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Midcoast Humane hosts special adoption event for overlooked cats
BRUNSWICK (WGME) -- A cat can be a great companion and at Midcoast Humane in Brunswick they are working on a special event to help give some of their overlooked cats a chance at finding a new home. They are hosting a feline adoption event later this month. “It can...
New Hampshire eases regulation of physician assistants
Come Jan. 1, the state’s nearly 1,340 physician assistants, the provider many patients see, will no longer have to have a signed “collaboration agreement” with a physician for their entire career. The sponsors of House Bill 1222, which Gov. Chris Sununu signed recently, said complaints from physician assistants prompted the legislation. Some said they are being charged $1,000 a month for a collaboration agreement they don’t believe changes how they practice. Others said this year that they’ve lost...
Portsmouth man charged with smashing Temple Israel lanterns faces hate crime charge
PORTSMOUTH — A Portsmouth man accused of smashing two Star of David light sconces outside Temple Israel with a hammer is facing new charges, including a hate crime punishable by 10-30 years in jail if he's found guilty. Kevin O’Leary, 31, was indicted by a Rockingham County Superior Court grand jury on two criminal mischief charges, including a special felony, which can carry the longer jail term and a fine of up to $4,000. The other criminal...
Joy Oladokun at Prescott Park, Matty & Penders in Dover: Things to do in Seacoast
It's hard to believe we are already in August and smack dab in the middle of summer. The Seacoast entertainment scene is still hot, hot, hot like the weather. This weekend head over to Prescott Park for music and theater, bring the kids and their favorite stuffed friend to the Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover for a Teddy Bear Clinic, rock out with Matty and The Penders, a 90s alternative cover band (and a local favorite of mine), at the Cochecho Arts Festival, or bring Your Lawn Chairs to Sullivan Square in Berwick, Maine, for a summer festival. ...
Dover OKs pedestrian bridge over Bellamy River as part of Community Trail expansion
DOVER — Planning leaders in the city have endorsed a design for the expansion of the Community Trail, including a 105-foot pedestrian bridge over the Bellamy River. Designed and built in three phases dating back to the start of the millennium, the Community Trail currently spans eight roundtrip miles. The next phase would increase it in length by more than a mile by extending the trail from Knox Marsh Road at Route 155 onto Lilac Lane, become...
Dover High rising senior Carys Fennessy wins second straight NH Women's Am by 18 strokes
ROCHESTER – No worries. With a big lead, that’s how Carys Fennessy approached the third-and-final round of the Women’s State Amateur. Disappointed with a first-round even-par 72 on Monday, the golfing prodigy fired back-to-back 3-under 69s in winning her second straight title, this time by a whopping 18 strokes at Rochester Country Club. ...
Noble falls short in Guinness World Record bid; raises money for 9/11 foundation
RYE — Natalie Noble was almost eight hours into her quest to set a Guiness World Record for most pull-ups in a 24-hour span last Saturday when her body started to shut down. She eventually bowed out of her attempt at Flight House Gym. "Nothing was getting better, nothing was getting easier," said Noble, a Spaulding High School graduate. "I pushed as far and as long as I could. I definitely did the best that I could,...
Seabrook’s own: MMA fighters Charles and Lucas Rosa take center stage at Foxwoods
SEABROOK — Two Rosas for the price of one. That's the compelling deal for local mixed martial arts fans this Saturday night as Seabrook’s Charles “Boston Strong” and Lucas “King of Monsters” Rosa headline Classic Entertainment and Sports (CES) MMA 78 at the Grand Cedar Ballroom at Foxwoods Resort and Casino. The main event...
Maine school district votes to reinstate transgender and gender expansive policy
UNION, Maine (WMTW) - More changes are coming to the RSU 40 community after its school board voted to reinstate the Transgender and Gender Expansive Students Policy in a vote of 568 to 390. Several community members came to the school district’s board of directors meeting at Union Elementary School...
Kennebunk’s Select Board welcomes first female chair in over 30 years
KENNEBUNK, Maine — For the first time since the 1980s, and for only the second time in the history of the town, a woman is now leading the Kennebunk Select Board. Miriam Whitehouse is the new chair of the Select Board, following a unanimous appointment from her colleagues during their first meeting of the new fiscal year in July. ...
For many Granite Staters, this July was unusually hot
No, it wasn’t just you. This July was extra hot in many places, setting records in some parts of New Hampshire and elsewhere. That includes for tens of thousands of people in greater Manchester, the state’s largest city, who had their warmest July at least this century, according to data from the National Weather Service. […]
Wanted: Poll workers. Must love democracy.
This week, a coalition of election officials, businesses, and civic engagement, religious, and veterans groups will make a national push to encourage hundreds of thousands of Americans to serve as poll workers in November’s presidential election. Poll worker demand is high. With concerns over the harassment and threats election officials face, and with the traditional […]
Rooftop at The Envio of Portsmouth welcomes new leadership and menu
PORTSMOUTH — Rooftop at The Envio, the rooftop bar and restaurant atop the AC Hotel at 299 Vaughan St., have announced the additions of Deb Weeks in a leadership role and Jesse Souza as executive chef. Weeks and Souza have introduced a new social and shareable menu, as well as a cocktail...
Seacoast Community Power communities launch contest for choosing 'greener' electricity
The cities of Dover and Portsmouth, along with the towns of Newmarket, Durham and Exeter, are challenging each other to see which community’s residents can do the most to fight climate change. Specifically, the municipalities are launching a friendly competition to see which town can persuade the highest percentage of customers of their community power programs to “opt-up” to greener (generated by from more renewable sources) electricity choices. All...
ACLU questions use of state tax dollars on NH border security
CONCORD, N.H. — The ACLU of New Hampshire questioned whether the state is spending money on enhanced enforcement along New Hampshire’s border with Canada after Customs and Border Protection reported no apprehensions or encounters in the area during the first four months of 2024. According to a Freedom...
The 10 Hottest Small-Town Real Estate Markets in America
Editor's Note: This story originally appeared on Construction Coverage. After more years of stiff competition and fast-rising prices, the U.S. residential housing market experienced a rapid cooldown. Despite signs that market conditions could be heating up again, 2023 marked a notably more subdued year for U.S. real estate compared to...
Dartmouth Health to offer advanced robotic surgery procedures
LEBANON, N.H. — This week, Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center joined a select group of hospitals nationwide when it obtained a state-of-the-art surgical robot. The da Vinci 5 was delivered Monday. The hospital says it will improve efficiency, accuracy, and patient outcomes. The da Vinci 5 allows...
Two trucks ‘storrowed’ under bridges in Maine and New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Two box trucks from Maine and New Hampshire were stuck under bridges on Thursday after misjudging their clearance. The crash in Maine occurred in Westbrook, where the truck had its roof torn off. In New Hampshire, the crash happened in Exeter. Neither driver was injured. Police...