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The Works offers health and wellness programs to seniors displaced by Rochester YMCA
SOMERSWORTH — A local fitness center has come forward offering a solution for clients of the Rochester Granite YMCA of Strafford County who are upset the facility will close at the end of September, leaving many seniors and other adults with no fitness class options. Staff at The Works Family Health and Fitness Center in Somersworth, a division of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Mass General Brigham, said they saw what was happening and wanted to help. They reached...
UNH Lacrosse ID Clinic Will Be Held Sept. 29
DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse program, led by first-year head coach Taylor Bastien, will hold a UNH Lacrosse ID Clinic on Sunday, Sept. 29 at UNH's Tucker Field. The three-hour clinic begins at 11 a.m. and costs $150 per person. This clinic is open...
UNH Football This Year Will Feature Seven Local MA Stars
If you are a fan of the University of New Hampshire sports, you have to be excited for the football season this year. Sure it was a disappointing first game loss to the Big 12 University of Central Florida, but it was a non-conference game and was their first ever meeting.
New Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a school district’s policy aimed at supporting the privacy of transgender students. In a 3-1 opinion issued Friday, the court upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Manchester School District student. She sued after inadvertently discovering that her child had asked to be called at school by a name typically associated with a different gender. The court says that the policy does not directly implicate parents’ abilities to raise and care for a child and that the plaintiff failed to show it infringed on a fundamental parenting right.
Poll Pads should keep election lines moving
CONWAY — When voters in Conway, Bartlett, Jackson and Ossipee head to the polls for the Sept. 10 primary and Nov. 5 general elections, with the help of new “Poll Pads,” people should be able to check in to vote faster and more easily than in the past. The four towns are among 18 in the Granite State that will be using the iPads in place of poll books to check in voters.
Dover teen Carys Fennessy makes LPGA debut as amateur: 'It was just so cool to be here'
NORTON, Massachusetts — When 17-year-old Carys Fennessy walked off the green at the 18th hole near dusk on Friday at TPC Boston, it marked the end of her two-day stay at the FM Global Championship, her debut LPGA tournament as an amateur. Most important to the Dover High School senior, there was a legion of fans, about 40-50 relatives and friends, there to congratulate her for her latest achievement in the game of golf. It was a big...
35th Annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival Coming
The 35th Annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival will take place for three days Sept 6-7-8 along Ocean Boulevard at Hampton Beach. The festival features local restaurants serving an abundance of seafood and non-seafood menus plus craft booths, a pop-up art show and two stages of live entertainment along with fireworks on Saturday night Sept 7th.
Three Wildcats Named to NFHCA Watchlist
DURHAM, N.H. – The junior trio of Tamera Cookman (London, England), Tasmin Cookman (London, England) and Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) of the University of New Hampshire field hockey team were selected to the NFHCA 2024 Division I Watchlist on Thursday. All three Wildcats were also named to the America...
Fatal crash claims life of woman on Route 101 in Epping
EPPING — A 70-year-old Florida woman died in a single-vehicle crash on Route 101 West early Friday morning, New Hampshire State Police said. Patricia Strohman of The Villages, Florida, was pronounced dead at the scene after her 2015 Nissan Rogue left the highway and struck a cement bridge abutment at the Martin Road overpass around 1:55 a.m., according to authorities.
Cyanobacteria warnings issued for Pool Pond and Emerson Pond in Rindge
RINDGE, N.H. (MyKeeneNow) – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) has issued new cyanobacteria warnings for Pool Pond and Emerson Pond in Rindge, following the detection of elevated cyanobacteria levels. The warning for Pool Pond was issued on August 27, while Emerson Pond received its warning on August 29.
Top 5 Weekend Events Greater Derry 8/30
Every Friday, Macaroni KID Derry shares 5 things to do THIS WEEKEND with your kids (or sometimes for your kids) in the Greater Derry area. Here are our picks for the weekend of August 30th, 2024. Click on the links below for all the details! Don't forget to check out all our events in the events calendar. See the full month here and if you click on a day, all the events for that day will appear below.
UNH Falls Short in Season Opener vs. LSU and Troy
Baton Rouge, La. – The University of New Hampshire volleyball team lost its first two matches of the season on Friday's opening day of the LSU Invitational. UNH fell to host LSU, 3-2, in the early match and then fell 3-1 to Troy in the evening. The set scores...
UNH football opens season with loss at University of Central Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. – Wande Owens recorded a game-high 14 tackles but the University of New Hampshire football team was defeated 57-3 by the University of Central Florida of the Big XII in Thursday night’s season opener for both teams at FBC Mortgage Stadium. Owens, in his first game as a Wilecat, was credited with six...
Hampton Beach's Wally's Pub settles legal battle over ‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’ cover
HAMPTON — A popular Hampton Beach bar and music venue, sued for alleged copyright infringement after a cover band performed Bad Company’s hit song "Feel Like Makin’ Love," has come to terms on a deal to end the case. Attorneys for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) said they have reached a "confidential settlement" with Wally's Pub owner Al Fleury. ...
New Hampshire Wildcats 2024 Football Schedule
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Alison Duffy Joins UNH Track and Field and Cross Country Staff
Durham, NH – Anna Magle-Haberek, Director of Cross Country and Track & Field, has announced the appointment of Alison Duffy as the new Assistant Coach for the University of New Hampshire's Track and Field and Cross Country team. "We're excited to welcome Alison Duffy as our new assistant coach...
Sunapee Girl Scout earns Gold Award for educating first responders on hearing loss
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A Girl Scout from Sunapee has earned the Gold Award, the highest Girl Scout honor, for her project educating first responders about how to interact with deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers. Eighteen-year-old Morgan Summerton, who is part of the community and uses hearing aid, developed the idea...
Thursday Seacoast Roundup: Keener nets game-winner for Exeter boys in opener
NASHUA - Jude Keener scored with 3 minutes left in regulation as the Exeter High School boys soccer team opened its season with a 1-0 win over Bishop Guertin on Thursday in a Division I match. Alan Barretto assisted on the goal. Exeter goalie Alex Fooa had three saves. ...
Woman reunited with wedding ring lost at Hampton Beach
HAMPTON, N.H. — A wedding ring is back on the hand of a New York woman after it was nearly lost forever at Hampton Beach, thanks to the kindness of a complete stranger. Kelsey Battease was walking in the ocean with her two-year-old son when the ring slipped off her finger.
Champlain Area Trails Hosts a Special Mushroom Walk on September 8th in Essex
Champlain Area Trails (CATS), an accredited land trust, will host a mushroom hike led by renowned mycologist Ari Rockland-Miller, co-founder of The Mushroom Forager. This 2-hour event, titled “Exploring Mushrooms on Black Kettle Trail,” will take place on Sunday, September 8th, 2024. Participants will have the chance to delve into the fascinating world of fungi and learn expert techniques for identifying mushrooms in their natural habitat. The 1-mile guided walk will take place on CATS’ Black Kettle Trail in Essex.
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