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United Way Blooming Backpacks collecting donations
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — United Way’s annual Blooming Backpacks drive is underway with the collection of donated new backpacks filled with school supplies from the community happening now through August 8th when the distribution event is set to be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the John Zon Community Center in Greenfield. This program has provided hundreds of backpacks to Franklin County students since 2005.
Taylor Swift lookalike earns reputation for rendition of pop icon's music at this New England park
SALEM, N.H. — A Taylor Swift lookalike is gaining a reputation for her spot-on tribute to the music of Taylor Swift. And the internet is taking notice. "It's been overwhelmingly positive," said June (Taylor's Version), from her dressing room at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire. "And I'm so humbled by that."
Paris 2024 Olympics: Meet 4 athletes with Seacoast NH ties in Summer Games
Four athletes with ties to Seacoast New Hampshire — all women — are set to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. All of them are veterans of at least one Olympics. Dover native Jessica Parratto, who is in her third Olympics, will be looking to claim a second medal in synchronized diving with partner Delaney Schnell. ...
Portsmouth board praises 48-unit downtown housing project
PORTSMOUTH — City Planning Board members offered generally positive reviews about a revised plan to redevelop the former Portsmouth Steam Factory site with a four-building, 48-unit downtown housing project. The historic site at 361 Hanover St., built in the 1800s, was most recently the headquarters of the Heinemann Publishing Company. The project, which is...
'A win-win all around': Trash cans offer artist the chance to show off best of Gardner
Who says trash can't look good? Officials in Gardner have unveiled a new project aimed at beautifying the city's downtown area. After 30 trash receptacles, which were gray and bland, were installed in the area about two years ago, officials began kicking around ideas to make them more attractive. A plan to hire...
Charity ride tragedy: Durham man mourned after cycling death: 'He was always smiling'
NEWINGTON — Bob Kennedy of Durham, an accomplished ornithologist, bicyclist and marathon runner, is being mourned following his death after sustaining a head injury in a Seacoast charity cycling ride Saturday. He was 76. Kennedy was riding in the New Hampshire Bikes & Beers event, hosted by Portsmouth’s Cisco Brewers, when an accident occurred on Little Bay Road, according to Newington Police Chief Michael Bilodeau. He said police are investigating the accident. ...
Bike path users happy about new Snack Shack in Winchendon - here's what's offered
Hikers and bikers are enjoying a new stop on the North Central Pathway in Winchendon. Katie’s Snack Shack has enjoyed great success selling juice, lemonade and munchies to hungry and thirsty travelers since opening about a week ago in Grout Park. Owner and operator Katherine Gwinn, 22, said she got the idea...
Taxpayers foot the bill after Saint-Gobain refuses to sample wells it may have contaminated
The state and Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics have clashed over whether the company has a responsibility to sample wells within the area where it has agreed to remediate PFAS contamination attributed to its Merrimack facility. In recent years, the French plastics manufacturer agreed with the state that it would provide drinking water solutions to designated properties […] The post Taxpayers foot the bill after Saint-Gobain refuses to sample wells it may have contaminated appeared first on New Hampshire Bulletin.
Alexa Brodie Joins Women's Basketball Staff
DURHAM, N.H. – Alexa Brodie was named the University of New Hampshire women's basketball Director of Operations and Assistant Coach by Megan Shoniker, first-year head coach of the UNH women's basketball program, on Tuesday. "I am ecstatic to announce that Alexa will be joining our program as Director of...
Templeton celebrates newly resurfaced tennis courts: how the courts have been upgraded
Templeton's tennis courts have gotten an upgrade. The newly resurfaced courts at Gilma Waite Park are now fenced, with new nets and freshly painted lines. In addition, there are painted yellow lines so that the courts may be used for pickleball as well. The ribbon to courts was cut Tuesday evening, and the...
'He never missed anything': The late, great Mike Loftus was all about family and hockey
Over the course of four decades, Mike Loftus told countless stories, all of them compelling, to readers of The Patriot Ledger and the Enterprise. Since his death on July 21 at age 65, following a battle with lung cancer that cut short a well-earned retirement, people have been telling endless stories about him. ...
Third man pleads guilty in connection with threats and vandalism targeting New Hampshire journalists
BOSTON (AP) — A third man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with threats and vandalism targeting public radio journalists in New Hampshire. Prosecutors allege that four men were involved in a plot to vandalize the homes of New Hampshire Public Radio news director Daniel Barrick, reporter Lauren Chooljian and Chooljian’s parents in 2022 in retaliation for a report detailing sexual misconduct allegations against a prominent businessman. Eric Labarge, 46, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was accused of soliciting others or conspiring with them to throw rocks and bricks through the journalists’ windows and spray paint threats and obscenities on their homes. He pleaded guilty Tuesday in Boston to five charges including stalking and conspiracy to commit stalking and faces up to five years in prison on each charge when he is sentenced Oct. 18. Two other men — Tucker Cockerline and Michael Waselchuck — pleaded guilty previously and are awaiting sentencing. The fourth, Keenan Saniatan, is expected to go on trial Sept. 9.
EVENT FULL Pull up a Chair: AARP NH Local & Livable Community Dinner at Throwback Brewery
THIS EVENT IS FULL AND NO LONGER TAKING REGISTRATIONS. AARP NH has a seat for you at our upcoming Local & Livable Community Dinner on August 20 (5-7 pm) at Throwback Brewery in North Hampton, NH. At this special dinner event from 5 to 7 pm, attendees will enjoy a...
Search underway in New Hampshire in connection with Massachusetts missing-person case
BARRINGTON, N.H. — State police from New Hampshire and Massachusetts searched a private property in Barrington on Wednesday in connection with a decade-old missing-person case. Officials with the Essex County District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts would not say which case the search was connected to. The search was underway...
Northern Lights Possible Over Maine, New Hampshire, & New York This Week
For those who love to view celestial phenomena, 2024 has been a great year. In addition to the eclipse, the comet, and the annual meteor showers, we have also had increased Aurora Borealis activity. There have already been several opportunities (one in March and one in April) to see the...
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