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The following is a list of New Hampshire state agencies—government agencies of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.Entries are listed alphabetically per their first distinguishing word (e.g. the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food is listed under "A" for Agriculture), with subordinate agencies listed under their parent agency.
Hopkinton is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.The population was 5,914 at the 2020 census. [2] The town has three distinct communities: Hopkinton village, mainly a residential area in the center of the town; Contoocook, the town's business hub, located in the north; and West Hopkinton, within the more agricultural portion of the town.
In New Hampshire, unincorporated communities may be either separate from any other municipality and be subject to county government, or located within an incorporated town and subject to that town's municipal government.
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As a result of increased flooding in the Northeast in the early 20th century, plans for the Hopkinton-Everett Dams were developed, with the Hopkinton Dam being built 0.2 miles (0.3 km) south of West Hopkinton on the Contoocook River and the Everett Dam on the Piscataquog River in the town of Weare. The dams were completed in 1962.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of New Hampshire. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 208 law enforcement agencies employing 2,936 sworn police officers, about 222 for each 100,000 residents.
Hopkinton, New Hampshire: United States 24 November 1993: Single-lane temporary bridge in construction zone Collapsed while being dismantled 2 construction workers killed, 1 injured Collapsed onto roadway below Bridge had been placed to divert traffic from resurfacing project on U.S. Route 202 Seongsu Bridge disaster: Seoul: South Korea 21 ...
Wildfire prevention programs around the world may employ techniques such as wildland fire use (WFU) and prescribed or controlled burns. [117] [118] Wildland fire use refers to any fire of natural causes that is monitored but allowed to burn. Controlled burns are fires ignited by government agencies under less dangerous weather conditions. [119]