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PORTSMOUTH — Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to impact parts of New England and preparations for the storm were ramping up Monday.Maura Casey, a meteorologist at the National Weather Station in Gray, Maine, said the storm was off the coast of Florida and Georgia on Monday. It was expected to track along the eastern coast,…

KITTERY, Maine – At its Tuesday meeting, the School Committee is scheduled to vote on a resolution that would establish a task force to review and assess the role of a school resource officer within the Kittery School District.Simultaneously, another agenda item for the meeting calls for action to be taken on the 2020-2021 memorandum…

YORK, Maine — It was supposed to be a magical summer evening under a tent on the lawn of The ViewPoint Hotel overlooking the Nubble Lighthouse.For the fifth year in a row, hundreds of guests were planning to gather to celebrate the achievements of the Hancock Family Fund for Healthy Aging at York Hospital and…

CONCORD – The N.H. State Police, Marine Patrol Unit wants to remind any New Hampshire shorefront property owner that now is the time to prepare for the possible impacts of Tropical Storm Isaias.Current forecasts suggest that New Hampshire will likely experience impacts from Isaias Tuesday night and Wednesday. Heavy rain and high winds are likely…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first astronauts to ride a SpaceX capsule into orbit headed toward a retro-style splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday afternoon to close out a two-month test flight.It will mark the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first return in the gulf. Unlike Florida’s Atlantic…

RYE – New Hampshire’s Atlantic coastline, the smallest in New England, is just 13 miles long, or 18.5 miles if you include inlets. And much of that very limited space is rocky, rather than sandy beach. So even in the best of times competition for parking and beach space is fierce.This year, to assist social…

PORTSMOUTH – A summer trip to Water Country for Lauren Cleary and her family has become an annual must-do event.This year, with new rules and safety regulations in place, was no different.”The kids are excited,” said Cleary, who made the 90-minute trip with her husband and two children from their Brockton, Massachusetts, home Wednesday morning.…

NEW YORK — As the Nov. 3 presidential vote nears, there are fresh signs that the nation’s electoral system is again under attack from foreign adversaries.Intelligence officials confirmed in recent days that foreign actors are actively seeking to compromise the private communications of “U.S. political campaigns, candidates and other political targets” while working to compromise…

KITTERY, Maine – Fair Tide Housing has disbursed $15,000 in COVID-19 emergency response funds to struggling households. Meanwhile, the nonprofit itself is hurting, wounded financially by the same pandemic sending vulnerable people to them.Fair Tide’s situation is representative of nonprofit organizations across the country, particularly those that serve marginalized and low-income populations. As the coronavirus…

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Hurricane season is in full swing and will be until at least November, and while there certainly is some intersect between preparing for a tropical storm or hurricane and preparing for a pandemic, there are COVID-19-specific preparations that need to be considered this year, particularly for those who may need to evacuate or who are…

PORTSMOUTH – Lonza Biologics has begun what it describes as “small-scale” production of the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna while the drug is in its phase 3 clinical trial.Lonza spokesperson Glenn Myers confirmed “we have started small-scale manufacturing,” but he couldn’t divulge how much volume the company at Pease International Tradeport was producing at this point.He…

Gov. Chris Sununu declared “the election will happen in New Hampshire on November 3rd,” joining many fellow Republicans pushing back Thursday after President Donald Trump suggested delaying the presidential election.Trump doesn’t have the power to change the election date, but he floated the idea as he pushed unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting due to…

EXETER — The Racial Unity Team has opened its 2nd annual Poetry & Art Contest, with eight prizes of $100 each for elementary, junior high, high school and adult categories.This year’s themes are “racial justice and racial identity.” Everyone is invited to submit a poem (no more than 50 lines) or a visual work of…

EPPING — In spite of COVID-19, the High Note Festival, a celebration of Epping and one of its native sons, will go on this September for its 20th year.The Festival will be held this year on Sept. 12 at the McPhee family farm on Prescott Road. Though it will look different from earlier celebrations, it…

PORTSMOUTH – When Portsmouth residents Susan and Bill Manfull lost their daughter Alex in 2018 at age 26, their pain was caused by an illness they knew almost nothing about.”We barely knew what PANDAS stood for,” said Bill Manfull, referring to pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. “Nor did most other people, including physicians.”Clarity and understanding…

Every so often someone asks me if we have electric eels in the Gulf of Maine. I smile and say, “No, electric eels are freshwater and live in the Amazon River, but we do have torpedo rays!” What in the world is a torpedo ray?Well, they are a cartilaginous fish, related to sharks, skates and…

July 278:31 a.m.: A found wallet was mailed to the police station.9:24 a.m.: Animal officer responded to Daniel Street for a call about a bat in a building. It was a bird and flew out.9:44 a.m.: Notified owner of found wallet.11:01 a.m.: Responded to Gosling Road for a call about a woman passed out in…

YORK, Maine — More than five years after voters approved funds for a traffic signal and road improvements for the Short Sands connector project, town leaders took a major step this week toward wrapping up the long-delayed work.York’s Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to hire construction firm R.J. Grondin & Sons of Gorham to…

7 a.m.: Private investigator reported they will be in the Grant Avenue area.7:27 a.m.: Hospital staff asked for help with a patient screaming.9:51 a.m.: Assisted on Sagamore Avenue with a crash involving a motorcycle.11:27 a.m.: Responded to Middle Street, where a cyclist rode into an opening car door. Firefighters on scene reported “they think the…

PORTLAND, Maine — A great white shark was confirmed as the culprit in a “highly unusual” shark attack off the Maine Coast yesterday near Bailey Island that left a 63-year-old New York City woman dead.Patrick Keliher, Commissioner for Maine’s Marine Patrol, confirmed in a press conference Tuesday afternoon that a great white shark was responsible…

YORK, Maine — The town has reopened the waters at Nubble Light to scuba divers, after the death of a 67-year-old recreational diver prompted a closure earlier this month.Walter Fabian of Nashua, New Hampshire, was diving with a friend July 7 when the two were separated after surfacing, according to the Maine Marine Patrol. Fabian…