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5 arrested in Lewiston drug bust; 3rd search warrant at same home in 8 months
LEWISTON (WGME) -- Five Mainers are facing charges after a drug bust at a home in Lewiston. Police say they've been to the home multiple times recently. Authorities searched a home at 149 College St. on Tuesday as part of ongoing drug investigations. Police say they found 46.1 grams of...
New home on undersized lot protested by Portsmouth neighbors: 'It will change how we live'
PORTSMOUTH — Despite opposition from neighbors — which included a petition signed by more than 30 people — the city's Zoning Board of Adjustment granted the variances needed for a proposal to build a three-story home on a vacant and undersized lot to move forward. The project is proposed at 0 Melbourne St., which a group of neighbors contended has been used as a backyard for an adjacent lot owned by the same family. ...
'Cotton candy' colored lobster caught off New Castle is 1 in 100 million
NEW CASTLE — An extremely rare, cotton candy lobster was discovered by a local lobsterman Sunday off the shores of New Castle, a once-in-a-lifetime catch estimated to be 1-in-100 million. Joseph Kramer, a Stratham resident and owner of Atlantic Lobster Company in Portsmouth, is no stranger to the seas. The 25-year-old merchant marine works on tugboats in New York City and has experience working for lobstermen in southern Maine dating back to his days at St. Thomas...
Rye Fire & Rescue reunites Hampton man with those who saved his life after heart attack
RYE — Chris Phillips set off on a bike ride from his Hampton home to York Beach, Maine, on Sept. 11, 2022. The next thing he remembers is waking up in a hospital bed, confused, with doctors telling him they thought they would never see him again. Phillips later learned that he had suffered...
UNH Makes Space Technology Available to Industry
When engineers at Creare wanted to test their space instruments destined for Saturn’s largest moon, they turned to the University of New Hampshire. Creare, an engineering and research firm based in Hanover, N.H., needed access to a local facility that could simulate the space environment; UNH’s thermal vacuum chamber met their stringent requirements.
Crisis of leadership? RSU 21 superintendent, School Board told 'teachers need a champion'
KENNEBUNK, Maine — Greg Cavanaugh told the School Board on Monday what teachers in RSU 21 are craving as they wrestle with low morale and see many of their colleagues resigning from the district. “Every teacher needs to have a champion,” he said. Cavanaugh, a former RSU 21 teacher, accused Superintendent Terri Cooper of...
Dover's Dick Behan joins his brother and sister in Soap Box Derby Hall of Fame
DOVER — In the summer of 1969, at the age of 14, Dick Behan won the New Hampshire Soap Box Derby, and then placed second in the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, later that summer. Ever since those two memorable events, Behan and the Soap Box Derby went hand-in-hand. Fifty-five years later,...
Dover seeks feedback on Conservation and Open Space Master Plan chapter update
DOVER — The city is updating the Conservation and Open Space chapter of its Master Plan and seeks public feedback about the project's work through an interactive, online visual story map available at rebrand.ly/DoverStoryMap. The story map provides an overview of the chapter’s goals, defines the differences between conservation and open space lands, and...
Facing enrollment drops and new law, New Hampshire colleges rush to team up
Even after the exams and papers are done, students at New Hampshire’s community colleges have sometimes faced another headache: credit transfers. Across the state’s public higher education systems, not all completed courses at a community college are helpful for a given degree at a public four-year college or university. A student pursuing an engineering degree, […]
After 13 months, state says it’s begun sending $15 million to child care providers
Child care providers who’ve waited 13 months for the $15 million lawmakers included in the budget for critical workforce development should see their money this week, according to Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Weaver. Weaver’s assurances to the Executive Council Wednesday followed a letter sent Friday by 286 child care providers to […]
Ruiz and Silver Selected to CAA Football Preseason All-Conference Team
RICHMOND, Va. – Senior defensive ends Dylan Ruiz (Orlando, Fla.) and Josiah Silver (Hampton, Va.) of the University of New Hampshire football team were named to the Coastal Athletic Association Football Preseason All-Conference Team on Wednesday as part of Day 1 of the conference's two-day Media Day. Both Ruiz...
Eleven 'Cats Named to IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – The University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team was named an IWLCA Academic Honor Squad for the 2023-24 academic year and 11 Wildcats were named to the 2024 IWLCA Division I Academic Honor Roll on Wednesday. To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, student-athletes must...
Seacoast’s Genevieve Aichele named NH Artist Laureate
New Hampshire’s Executive Council has confirmed Gov. Chris Sununu’s nomination of Genevieve Aichele of Portsmouth as the next New Hampshire Artist Laureate. Founder and former executive director of the N.H. Theatre Project, Aichele has performed, directed, choreographed and taught theater arts nationally and internationally for more than 40 years.
Portsmouth Booma Post 6 holds off Nashua Coffey Post 3 in NH American Legion title game
NASHUA - One of the driving factors for Portsmouth Booma Post 6 was scoring in the first inning in this year's New Hampshire American Legion baseball tournament at Holman Stadium. Booma did just that in its opening game Friday against Bedford Stevens-Buswell Post 54, against Lebanon Post 22 on Saturday, and Nashua Coffey...
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