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Local organizations commemorate Overdose Awareness Day
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Saturday is a difficult day for many as Vermonters remember their loved ones lost to overdose. Saturday is Overdose Awareness Day, and many organizations across the state put on events over this past week to spread the word. According to Vermont’s Health Department, the state saw...
Disaster Recovery Centers open over Labor Day weekend
LYNDON, Vt. (WCAX) - FEMA teams will be available at various Vermont locations over Labor Day weekend, to help those that are still recovering from flood damage or other disasters. A Disaster Recovery Center opened in Lyndon Friday, other towns you can find a centers are Barre, Waterbury and Plainfield.
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.
After a string of violent crimes, Burlington residents are questioning the city's safety
Burlington residents are left with concerns and questions in the wake of a few weeks of violent crimes throughout the city. The fatal shooting of Teville Williams outside Red Square Aug. 24 was just one incident of gun-related violence in the Queen City in August. This is the first homicide in Burlington in 2024. While police so far is investigating the shooting as an isolated incident, it comes in a summer where the city has seen a...
Women’s Soccer Stumbles in Season Opener
PLYMOUTH, N.H. – The New England College women’s soccer team experienced a 7-0 loss as they traveled out towards Plymouth, New Hampshire for a non-conference matchup against the Panthers of Plymouth State University at Arold Field on Friday. THE BASICS Score: New England College 0, Plymouth State University 7 Records: Pilgrims 0-1, 0-0 GNAC | Panther 1-0, 0-0 LEC HOW IT HAPPENED At around the 34th minute of action junior goalkeeper Hollie Bomba (Seymour, Conn.) was faced with a one on one situation that went according to plan at the start of the sequence as she managed to deflect the…
Causes Of Death And Names Released In Piscataqua River Bridge Incident
Medical Examiners in Maine and New Hampshire have finished the autopsies of 3 people involved in an incident that started in NH and ended, tragically, in Maine, on Thursday. Shannon Moss, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesperson, says they now have the cause of death and have identified those who were killed.
Women's Soccer: Cadets Chase Badgers with Second Half Eruption
NORTHFIELD, Vt.- On the back of three second half goals, the Norwich Women's Soccer team opened their 2024 season with an authoritative 3-0 victory over intrastate foe Vermont State Johnson with newcomer Lily Briggs (Fair Haven, Vt.) and senior captain Lindsey Duggan (Belmont, N.H.) leading the charge. Despite the Badgers...
Dartmouth Edged Late by Boston College
HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth women's soccer team falls 1-0 against ACC opponent Boston College on Thursday night at Burnham Field. The Big Green held the Eagles scoreless for nearly 83 minutes. With the loss, Dartmouth falls to 2-1 this season, experiencing its first loss in the 2024 campaign....
Man suffers traumatic injuries in Granite Gorge mountain bike crash
KEENE, N.H. (MyKeeneNow) – One man was seriously injured in a mountain bike crash late Friday afternoon. First responders with the Keene Fire Department responded to Granite Gorge Mountain Park around 5 pm Friday where a news release says the man crashed following a jump on the Reptar Trail.
Kelly Ayotte apologizes for ad indicating false information about Denise Robert's murder
MANCHESTER, N.H. — It's been nine years sinceDenise Robert was murdered on Ray Street in Manchester. A recent ad from Republican candidate for governor Kelly Ayotte indicated false information about her murder, which took place on Aug. 30, 2015. On that night, Denise Robert was out for a walk...
Tiny Portsmouth, NH, Home Was $2 Million and Is Now Just Under $700,000
The house known as the "candy cottage" in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has a big price tag for such a tiny property. Seacoast Online says that this 320-square-foot little cottage home is back up for sale for a bargain at $699,000. For 320-square-feet? Yup. And that's down from its asking price...
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.
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.
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.
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