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Schuyler Falls Field Day and Parade coming Aug. 3
The Bootleg Band plays from 6 to 9 p.m. as part of the town’s Music in the Park series with fireworks capping off the day’s events at about 9:15 p.m. — SCHUYLER FALLS | The Town of Schuyler Falls is bringing fun for the whole family with a parade and field day Saturday, Aug. 3.
Barre emergency services respond to four overdoses in three hours
Barre, VT- City Police and Fire Departments responded to four separate reports of overdoses over a three-hour time span on Tuesday, July 23rd. Authorities say that none of the overdoses were fatal. One of the individuals told police that they thought they smoked crack cocaine prior to overdosing. The drug...
New England states get $500M for heating pumps
(The Center Square) — New England states are getting hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to “supercharge” efforts to get homeowners to ditch natural gas or oil heating systems and install electric heat pumps. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $450 million to Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island to accelerate a transition to heat pump technology in residential single-family homes and multifamily buildings across the region. ...
Corrections seeking $1.9 million for Tasers
Corrections officers do not carry firearms inside the state’s prisons – and right now they can’t count on access to a reliable Taser, said Paul Raymond, assistant commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections. That would change if the Executive Council approves the department’s $1.9 million request Wednesday to buy 186 Tasers for use […]
NH childcare workers still waiting for $1.5M state lawmakers allotted a year ago
New Hampshire lawmakers got the message last session. The state’s dire shortage of affordable child care options had reached crisis levels during the pandemic as providers lost staff to higher paying and less stressful jobs at retail stores and fast food restaurants. Without child care, parents were leaving jobs to stay home with their children. Business owners were desperate to entice them back. ...
Chesterfield Police crack down on speeding after series of accidents; statewide efforts planned
(MyKeeneNow) – The Chesterfield Police Department conducted a high visibility speed enforcement patrol on Route 9 early Monday morning, resulting in 31 vehicle stops. Of these, 14 drivers received citations primarily for speeding, and one individual was issued a court summons for operating after suspension. The purpose of the...
Suspect arrested in Somersworth, Berwick road rage incident
SOMERSWORTH — Police have made an arrest in connection with an alleged road rage incident in Somersworth and Berwick, Maine. Police charged Dillon S. O’Shea, 34, of Berwick, with reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, a Class B felony. On July 7, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Somersworth Police responded to the area of Market...
Jenna Carroll to discuss Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dares
WEIRS BEACH — The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum will host NH Humanities speaker Jenna Carroll on Wednesday, July 24, at 7 p.m., to discuss Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dares. Jennie Powers took a stand against social vices in New Hampshire and Vermont in the early twentieth century. She was a humane society agent in Keene in 1903-36, and one of the first to become a deputy sheriff in New Hampshire in 1910. Powers was cited by the Boston Post newspaper in 1906 as having arrested more men than any other woman in America. As a photographic activist, she used her camera to document animal cruelty, family violence, and wide-spread poverty in New Hampshire's Monadnock region and beyond.
Singer-Songwriter Judy Collins to appear at Great Waters
WOLFEBORO — Legendary Singer-Songwriter Judy Collins will perform on stage as part of the Great Waters Concerts in the Clouds series at the Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough, on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Since the late ‘50s, Collins has inspired audiences with her sublime vocals and boldly...
Community invited to Wolfeboro Paintings for a Purpose art show reception Aug. 1
WOLFEBORO — Local watercolor artist Dr. Marc Bard will continue his Paintings for a Purpose Art Show with an August display at the Meredith Village Savings Bank Wolfeboro Office at 66 North Main St. The show will begin with an opening reception at the bank 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, and artwork will be showcased at the office throughout the month.
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