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Daily Sun earns investigative, podcast honors in NH Press Association 2023 contest
MANCHESTER — Three journalists from The Laconia Daily Sun were honored Thursday night during the New Hampshire Press Association Excellence in Journalism Awards Banquet for outstanding achievements in the year 2023, held at the Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. Reporter Adam Drapcho and Editor Julie Hirshan Hart...
New England Minimum Wage Comparison: How Each State Stacks Up
You probably learned about the minimum wage when you got your first few jobs while still in high school, as I did working at businesses in my hometown. When you're 16, you were quite happy with it, because you were probably still living with your parents and this money was earmarked for college.
Five Faculty Members Honored with Endowed Professorships
Plymouth State University has honored five faculty members with prestigious professorships. The University recognized Jennifer Nelson, PhD, with the Ed and Marilyn Wixson Endowed Professorship of Mathematics; Samuel Miller, PhD, with the Colonel Craig Souza ’87 Endowed Professorship in Meteorology; James Hannon, EdD, with the Helen Abbott ’39 Professorship of Environmental Studies; and Jonathan Santore, PhD, and Christian Bisson, EdD, with the Stevens-Bristow Endowed Professorship. The funds allocated for each professorship will support research and projects within their respective fields for the next three years.
New Hampshire Target Stores Are Decreasing the Number of Items You Can Buy in Self Check Out
The minute we get used to something, they have to go and change it. Recently, according to abcnews.go.com, Target announced that it was reducing the number of items you could bring through the self-checkout to 10 or less. Dollar General and Walmart made similar changes as well. There are three...
Got Lunch! toasts founders at start of 14th season
LACONIA — If this summer turns out like last, Got Lunch! Laconia will deliver weekly bags of groceries to the homes of more than 500 schoolchildren. The local Got Lunch! organization has become a robust and reliable source of support for families in the city, and has inspired communities around the state to replicate similar efforts in their own towns and cities.
State Mulls Impacts of Planned Parking Lot and Nearby Waste Lagoons at Mount Sunapee
NEWBURY – Questions about the need for Vail Resorts to spend $900,000 to clear trees and create a fourth parking lot and how that might change the capacity on trails and lifts for skiers and riders at Mount Sunapee State Park are now under consideration by the state. State...
Potential Motive in Concord Shooting
A Concord man accused of fatally shooting his half-brother in the back of the neck believed that his sibling had ‘ratted’ on him to Concord police in a separate investigation, according to a police document in the case. Jesse Sullivan, 32, is charged with first-degree murder in the...
Trial begins for Dover man accused of texting death threats to presidential candidates
CONCORD — The trial of a Dover man charged with sending death threats to the campaigns of three presidential candidates the month before the 2024 New Hampshire Primary, opened in federal court Monday. Tyler Anderson was arrested at his residence in Dover in December and charged with threatening to kill 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at an event in Portsmouth. He was later found to have sent similar messages to the campaigns of former South Carolina Gov....
Dublin, New Hampshire struck by second EF-1 tornado in less than a year
DUBLIN, N.H. (WGME) --An EF-1 tornado touched down in Dublin, New Hampshire on Sunday. @cbs13.fox23 Confirmed EF-1 #Tornado in Dublin, #NH on Sunday, June 23, 2024. This is some footage of rotation from this supercell thunderstorm further east (~35 mph E) in Bedford, NH. #fyp#tornado#newhampshire♬ original sound - CBS13/FOX23.
Orchard Hill Breadworks’ summer-long Pizza Night fundraiser
ALSTEAD, N.H. – Earlier this month, Orchard Hill Breadworks kicked off their 17th season of hosting Tuesday Pizza Night, a wonderful fundraiser in which they offer outdoor, wood-fired homemade pizza to patrons under the “pizza pavilion,” from 5-8 p.m., every Tuesday evening through the week before Labor Day. Each Tuesday, a different local nonprofit receives that day’s profits.
Mia's Bar & Lounge opening in Newmarket, Muddy River Smokehouse rises again
Summer is officially here! The Seacoast temps have been on the rise and the local restaurant scene has been bringing the heat as well. This week we learn that Mia's Bar & Lounge will be opening in Newmarket, Muddy River Smokehouse rises again, but this time it's located in Newfields, the Treat Truck rolls into Kennebunk offering unique cool treats for those hot days, Watershed Restaurant opens its doors in Newmarket, and Legends Billiards & Tavern is marking 30 years in Portsmouth with new BBQ menu.
UNH Archaeologists Discover Historic Homestead
Archaeologists at the University of New Hampshire along with a historian at Northeastern University say they have unearthed the long-lost homestead of King Pompey. Pompey was an enslaved African who won his freedom, later becoming one of the first Black property owners in colonial New England. Researchers have long sought...
Dog that ran off after Bedford, New Hampshire, tollbooth crash found uninjured
A dog missing since a crash at the Bedford, New Hampshire, tolls last week is now back with its owner. The dog's owner was hurt in the crash, and he couldn't stop the dog, named Bubs, from running off. Workers with Granite State Dog Recovery searched for the animal, and...
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