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Farmer’s Almanac Calling for Lots of Snow and Rain for Maine, New Hampshire, & Massachusetts This Winter
Last winter was definitely abnormal. With the exception of a few really nasty storms (one in mid-December and one in mid-January), the winter was fairly mild. With the exception of a handful of rain and snowstorms, last winter was calm. Even the temperatures remained mild. According to records kept by...
Woman with outstanding warrants in NH accused of trying to kidnap child in California
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A woman with outstanding warrants in New Hampshire is accused of trying to kidnap a child in California. Santa Monica police said Courtney Perrone tried to grab the 8-year-old girl and run off with her Thursday afternoon. At the time, the child was helping a neighbor...
Sarah Waring: A watershed moment in local government
Communities up and downstream from one another must work together to share equipment and professional staff, and advocate for state policy changes based on watershed needs and conditions. Read the story on VTDigger here: Sarah Waring: A watershed moment in local government.
Dem Lawmaker Confronts Edelblut on Proposed Minimum Standard Changes
CONCORD – Draft changes to minimum standards for public schools, approved unanimously by the State Board of Education last week, were the subject of a legislative oversight meeting Thursday with a Democrat tangling with the Education Commissioner for two hours on whether they water down education in New Hampshire.
A step forward for ADUs in Greenfield
Greenfield’s recent changes to the town’s zoning bylaws regarding accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, will provide increased opportunity for affordable housing as well as financial opportunity to residents, according to members of the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Planning Board. Rob Walling, chair of the...
Roger Wood Talks Democratic Convention with Jim Demers
Podcast producer Roger Wood speaks with Jim Demers of Concord, former state legislator and one of 34 New Hampshire Democratic National Convention delegates. He is currently in Chicago at the convention. Jim Demers serves as President & CEO of Demers & Prasol Inc. Jim is a former member of the...
Legionnaire's disease outbreak: Two more cases identified in NH from cooling tower water
An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New Hampshire that made five people sick earlier this summer has now been expanded to seven cases, officials announced. The state's Department of Health and Human Services said earlier this month that five cases of Legionnaire's disease occurred in people who had visited Lincoln in June and July. ...
Brian Curtis Derby ID'd As Victim Of Collapse At Rock Quarry
Brian Curtis Derby, 67, of Townsend, died just before 8 a.m. when the rocks fell on his heavy machinery at the Sterling quarry along Stone Crest Way, the Worcester County District Attorney said. Firefighters and crews worked through the day and night to retrieve Derby's body from beneath the rubble.
Barstool hosts tease Bill Simmons over Celtics rumor
The news cycle around Amazon founder Jeff Bezos potentially buying the Boston Celtics lasted less than a week, but that didn’t stop The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Fox’s Jason McIntyre from putting their tinfoil hats on and dreaming up an angle anyway. So when leaks from the Bezos camp confirmed he was not interested in Read more... The post ‘Pardon My Take’ teases Jason McIntyre, Bill Simmons over discredited rumor of Jeff Bezos buying Celtics appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Boston teen grateful to be alive after shooting near Franklin Park
BOSTON - Oriana Dunker is grateful to be alive. She was one of five people Boston police say were shot Sunday night near Franklin Park following the Dominican Festival. "I don't know why they would shoot me and my friend. I don't understand I was not expecting to get hurt," Oriana said. Oriana, 17, was there with her best friend who was also shot. She says they were just about to leave the event. "I just heard five gunshots pop, pop, pop so I just started running and then I just fell down and I knew that someone shot me," Oriana...
Boston at high risk for West Nile virus, health officials say
Boston is one of eight Massachusetts communities where the risk of getting West Nile virus is now considered high, health officials said Friday. The other seven communities at high risk for the virus, which can cause severe illness, are in Plymouth County, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Abington, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester and Whitman.
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