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NORTH HAMPTON – The post office was closed after a driver crashed into the building Monday morning, though police said they are not expecting charges.North Hampton Police Chief Kathryn Mone said a driver crashed their 2005 Honda Accord into the post office on Route 1 at about 10:50 a.m. Mone said no one was injured…

A Portsmouth woman is demanding an apology from American Airlines after she said she was forced off her flight home because her 2-year-old son would not wear his mask.Rachel Starr Davis said she was in tears as she tried to get her son Lyon to wear a mask while the airline staff threatened to remove…

ROCHESTER — Two people were killed in a two-car crash Saturday night on Washington Street near Rochester Crossing Mall, according to police.Police reported the crash was about 9:15 p.m. and they are investigating.Rochester police, fire and Frisbie EMS personnel responded after receiving calls reporting a serious two-car accident with injuries and entrapment, police said.A portion…

Republican Sen. Susan Collins said Saturday there should be no vote on a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg until after the election.Collins said in a statement she doesn’t object to President Donald Trump making a nomination to fill the vacancy or for the Senate Judiciary to begin vetting the nominee.…

DOVER — Many area elected officials signed on to the “Pledge for Change,” a list of demands released by the Seacoast chapter of Black Lives Matter on Saturday at Henry Law Park in Dover.Clifton West Jr., one of the co-founders of the chapter, said they want to hold elected officials accountable for change and will…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A late spring frost, devastating drought and labor troubles wrought by the coronavirus pandemic conspired to make 2020 a difficult year for the wild blueberry producers who harvest the fruit in the nation’s northeastern corner.America’s producers of wild blueberries are largely in Maine, where the industry battled fungal plant diseases and…

As the air turns crisp and New England’s characteristic fall colors begin to emerge, New Hampshire businesses are bracing for a leaf peeping season that could look quite a bit different than in years past.Travelers will encounter some noticeable changes this year, such as the requirement that visitors from outside New England must quarantine for…

GREENLAND – When schools and day cares shuttered in March, many students retreated home to well-furnished bedrooms, a plethora of technology, and two attentive, engaged parents.Others returned to chock-full homeless shelters, cars, and mobile home parks with little food access and no Wi-Fi connectivity.For these students, school buildings and the staff inside had been a…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The unemployment rate in Maine dipped below 7% in August, but labor officials warned the jobs picture in the state has been erratic since the start of the pandemic.The unemployment rate fell from 9.9% in July to 6.9% in August, the Maine Department of Labor reported on Friday. The department said…

PORTSMOUTH — PopUp NH has been given official notice of its eviction from the Bridge Street parking lot, along with good news that the city is in discussions with Strawbery Banke Museum about, maybe, relocating to near the museum’s winter skating rink.The potential for collaboration was announced during a meeting of the Bridge Street Lot…

PORTSMOUTH — The Department of Public Works will hold its biannual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day Oct. 3 at the Public Works facility at 680 Peverly Hill Road.Portsmouth, Greenland and Newington residents are encouraged to bring household chemicals for safe disposal between 8 a.m. and noon. Proof of residency required.The collection day is organized as…

The Seacoast chapter of Black Lives Matter has released a list of demands for local governments and law enforcement agencies, proclaiming it is not willing to accept any more “figurative words of change” from elected officials.The release of demands precedes a “Pledge for Change” […] Top Featured Tags: – New Hampshire News Press Release Distribution…

Once again, partisan politics are at the heart of the COVID-19 vaccine situation. On Sept. 15, CDC Director Anthony Redfield observed that “I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine, because the immunogenicity may be…

CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu recently said New Hampshire had one of the worst mental health crises in the country prior to him taking office.This week, the state Department of Health and Human Services released a report on implementation thus far of the state’s 10-Year Mental Health Plan published in 2019.The plan “set the vision,”…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A rural church wedding and reception on a beautiful day in the shadow of Mount Katahdin was no doubt a happy day. But it has spread misery ever since.That single event Aug. 7 is linked to outbreaks in at least two other locations in Maine, with more than 170 people contracting…

PORTSMOUTH – This weekend at PopUp NH outdoor venue located in the Bridge Street parking lot will feature some of the Seacoast’s favorite bands as well as the Prescott Park Arts Festival presenting a movie. Also, Dos Amigos returns for Sunday dining.The weekend kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 17 this week with an outdoor showing…

An air quality advisory for Rockingham County and southern New Hampshire is alerting to possible smoky skies throughout Wednesday, as a result of the still-raging wildfires out West.Smoky, hazy and milky skies are expected across southern New England this week, according to the National Weather Service advisory.The NWS in Gray, Maine predicted higher amounts of…

YORK, Maine — For the first time in six months, local schoolchildren are returning this week for in-classroom instruction, even as the threat of COVID-19 remains elevated.After repeated delays, the York School Department will hold its first day of the academic year this Thursday.Administrators and educators have prepared a “hybrid” reopening plan that combines classroom…

KENSINGTON – Jane Oneail will do a virtual talk on “New Hampshire Art and Artists through the Years” on Wednesday, Sept. 30.The event will take place at 7 p.m. via the online platform Zoom. Anyone interested in attending should contact the library at kensingtonlibrary@comcast.net or 603-772-5200 so they can receive the link.New Hampshire has attracted…

PORTSMOUTH — Marking the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the city and Portsmouth Historical Society on Monday officially opened “universally accessible” public restrooms, in the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center, a city-owned building.PHS board chair Dan Hoefle said the restroom project removed “the last barriers for the use of the Historical Society’s facilities…

PORTSMOUTH — Three-quarters of survey respondents said they’d pay for changes to the proposed redevelopment of the Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building and most said they’d prefer traditional architecture over contemporary.Those survey results were announced by City Manager Karen Conard during a Sept. 10 meeting of the McIntyre Subcommittee. Chair of the committee, Peter Whelan…

Now that the memorial to New Hampshire’s iconic Old Man of the Mountain is complete, an organizer of the project says maintaining it and keeping alive the memory of the fallen granite profile will be paramount.On Saturday, officials attended a ceremony celebrating the project at Franconia Notch State Park. The last parts were a fishing…