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Laconia elementary playgrounds reopen after summer renovations
Playgrounds for Elm Street, Pleasant Street and Woodland Heights schools reopened after a summer of renovations on Tuesday afternoon. The renovations aim to ensure safe equipment for play, providing accessibility options and inclusivity for all students. The playgrounds also now offer equipment developmentally appropriate for preschool students. Laconia School District set aside $249,000 for the project and launched a capital campaign to raise the remainder of the cost. Local donors include Bank of New Hampshire, Irwin Motors, RFS Engineering, Harvey Construction, Melcher & Prescott Insurance, Meredith Village Savings Bank, Kiwanis Club of Laconia, Lakes Region Rotary, Porter Paving, Clean-O-Rama and Northway Bank. Interim Superintendent Bob Champlin said the district recently received additional donations, bringing the capital campaign total close to $180,000.
Women’s Volleyball Falls to Stevens in Season Opener
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – First year outside hitter Marina Miller racked up a match-high tying eight kills and hit .263 in her first collegiate match, but it was not enough as the Keene State College women's volleyball team could not slow down the Stevens Institute of Technology on Friday night at the Springfield College Dearing Classic, falling 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-19) at Blake Arena in the season-opener for both teams.
Video from northern New Hampshire shows mama bear entering car to grab snack
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A mother bear in Bartlett enjoyed a snack with her cubs after she jumped into a car to grab some chips. Video of the bear jumping in and out of the car was posted by a u local user. Geoffrey Starr said the car window was...
Owls Coast to Season Opening Win
KEENE, N.H. – The Keene State College women’s soccer team kicked off their 2024 season by hosting Rivier University on Friday night under the lights at Dr. Ron Butcher Field. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first half, the Owls cruised to a 3-1 win over the Raiders to secure the opening night win. Records Keene State: 1-0 Rivier: 0-1 How it Happened Rivier opened game in control, as they had the first opportunity to score, 2:38 into the contest, but Riley Andriski held her ground in net by saving a shot from Emily Harper to keep…
PCI’s Bedford Plant Completes ICMRA Inspection
The company also participated in the coalition’s pilot inspection program, making it the first CDMO to do so. PCI Pharma Services (PCI), a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has completed the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) inspection of its Bedford, NH campus.1. According to PCI, this...
Holy Trinity students to start year in Rochester
LACONIA — Holy Trinity School will begin its school year on Tuesday, but for the first time in its 40-year history, students won’t have their first day of the year in Laconia. The private Catholic school, overseen by the Diocese of New Hampshire, will begin its 2024-25 school year within the walls of Seton Academy in Rochester.
New buyer for Laconia site offers $10.5M, would have two years to close
This story has been updated The state has chosen a new buyer for its 217-acre former Laconia State School property. The $10.5 million cash offer is about half what the state’s prior buyer offered but ultimately could not deliver. But a sale is not imminent, and this deal wasn’t what an advisory committee of state […]
Dover teen Carys Fennessy makes LPGA debut as amateur: 'It was just so cool to be here'
NORTON, Massachusetts — When 17-year-old Carys Fennessy walked off the green at the 18th hole near dusk on Friday at TPC Boston, it marked the end of her two-day stay at the FM Global Championship, her debut LPGA tournament as an amateur. Most important to the Dover High School senior, there was a legion of fans, about 40-50 relatives and friends, there to congratulate her for her latest achievement in the game of golf. It was a big...
Main Street America Insurance Exits Personal Lines
Main Street America Insurance said Thursday it will stop offering personal lines insurance in favor of a commercial lines strategy. The Jacksonville, Florida-based insurer founded about 100 years ago in Keene, New Hampshire said it is “tightening” its focus and leaning into what it called a “tremendous opportunity” in commercial lines.
Sun Country Airlines receives glowing welcome from MHT
Despite gray clouds overlooking Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Aug. 22, skies directly above remained blue as an orange-and-white livery airplane landed on the runway. As the plane received a water salute greeting from fire engines, its landing ushered another airline to MHT, establishing a commercial aviation connection from the Great Lakes to the Granite State.
Poulakis and Calcari Score in Season-Opening 4-2 Loss to #13 Saint Joseph's
STORRS, Conn. – Junior captain Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) and classmate Brecken Calcari (St. Louis, Mo.) both scored a goal, but the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was defeated 4-2 by 13th-ranked Saint Joseph's University in Saturday's season opener at UConn's George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex.
Dover Fire's Toy Bank lost all toys in water leak: Car dealers, community rally to help
DOVER — Two local auto groups joined forces to replace the Dover Fire Department's Toys for Tots program after all the toys were recently destroyed due to a water line break. Dover Fire Lt. James Calderone said the toys were stored in a mill building on Central Avenue, as usual. "We got a call about a water leak," he said. "We had no idea how significant the damage was until we arrived." ...
Kevin Goodwin pleads guilty to disorderly conduct for role in fight outside Gilley's
PORTSMOUTH — Kevin Goodwin, the brother of former Portsmouth police sergeant Aaron Goodwin, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct this week for his actions during an alleged assault outside Gilley's Diner last November. The charges against Kevin Goodwin alleged he shoved two bystanders, who appeared to be Black and Asian-American, when they attempted to intervene as Aaron Goodwin allegedly assaulted Mamadou Dembele, a Portsmouth man and bank executive who is Black, according to court documents. ...
'Spiraling Serenity': Portsmouth selects public art for Peirce Island
PORTSMOUTH — The City Council has approved a public art sculpture/installation for Peirce Island called “Spiraling Serenity.” The council voted unanimously to approve the hiring of DiBari & Associates of Miami, Florida, to “design, construct and install” the public art feature on Peirce Island, based on the recommendation of the city’s Public Art Review Committee. ...
The Works offers health and wellness programs to seniors displaced by Rochester YMCA
SOMERSWORTH — A local fitness center has come forward offering a solution for clients of the Rochester Granite YMCA of Strafford County who are upset the facility will close at the end of September, leaving many seniors and other adults with no fitness class options. Staff at The Works Family Health and Fitness Center in Somersworth, a division of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Mass General Brigham, said they saw what was happening and wanted to help. They reached...
Christa McAuliffe Statue To Be Unveiled At The N.H. State House In Concord
CONCORD, N.H. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A statue commemorating former Concord, N.H. schoolteacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe will be unveiled to the public at the New Hampshire State House on Monday, Sept. 2. The statue will honor McAuliffe’s life and legacy on what would have been her 76th birthday. She...
UNH Football This Year Will Feature Seven Local MA Stars
If you are a fan of the University of New Hampshire sports, you have to be excited for the football season this year. Sure it was a disappointing first game loss to the Big 12 University of Central Florida, but it was a non-conference game and was their first ever meeting.
Poll Pads should keep election lines moving
CONWAY — When voters in Conway, Bartlett, Jackson and Ossipee head to the polls for the Sept. 10 primary and Nov. 5 general elections, with the help of new “Poll Pads,” people should be able to check in to vote faster and more easily than in the past. The four towns are among 18 in the Granite State that will be using the iPads in place of poll books to check in voters.
35th Annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival Coming
The 35th Annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival will take place for three days Sept 6-7-8 along Ocean Boulevard at Hampton Beach. The festival features local restaurants serving an abundance of seafood and non-seafood menus plus craft booths, a pop-up art show and two stages of live entertainment along with fireworks on Saturday night Sept 7th.
Three Wildcats Named to NFHCA Watchlist
DURHAM, N.H. – The junior trio of Tamera Cookman (London, England), Tasmin Cookman (London, England) and Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) of the University of New Hampshire field hockey team were selected to the NFHCA 2024 Division I Watchlist on Thursday. All three Wildcats were also named to the America...
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