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Tonight at midnight, the world will enter a new year, and New Hampshire will enter a new era.

As of January 1st, civil unions will be legal in the state, allowing gay and lesbian couples to be recognized in state law.

Ceremonies and celebrations are planned across the state, but one of the largest is scheduled to take place on the State House Plaza.

State Representative Gail Morrison, from Sanbornton, is one of the organizers.

She tells NHPR's Amy Quinton that tonight's ceremony will mark the instant that civil unions are legal in New Hampshire.

The Romney camp is hoping the time on the ground will help hold off a resurgent John McCain, and buoy a candidate who’s lately faced some harsh local criticism.

For years, Manchester has been trying to revitalize downtown shopping.

And over the past year, several new shops have sprouted up on Elm street,

Enough critical mass had grown to even warrant the city's first annual holiday stroll earlier this month to launch the Christmas shopping season.

Shopowners applauded the evening's turnout, but say it didn't necessarily result in higher holiday sales,

NHPR correspondent Ellen Grimm reports.

Many cities across the US are taking steps to save energy and reduce the pollution that causes climate change.

But one New Hampshire city is the first in the nation to come up with a plan to prepare for the effects of global warming.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton takes a look at how the city of Keene is preparing to adapt to a warming climate.

If you've been in a late model car recently, you may have seen and maybe even used its navigation system.

It takes only a minute to enter a destination into the car's computer and,voila, the system gives you turn-by-turn directions.

NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen took a ride in the North Country with a couple of the guys who put that information in the system in the first place.