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PORTSMOUTH — A Greenside Avenue man is charged with a felony alleging he pointed a loaded gun at a woman while intoxicated.Charged with reckless conduct/place another person in danger, is William Cronin, 65, of 445 Greenside Ave. Greenside Avenue is off Sherburne Road near the Pannaway Manor neighborhood.According to the public police log, officers were…

For the sixth year, kids living in Portsmouth Housing Authority developments were treated to free backpacks and school supplies but because of COVID-19, it looked a little different.The Back to School Bash was held at the Greenleaf Recreation Center Sunday. The event included a cookout, with individual meals of hamburgers, cheeseburgers or hot dogs packaged…

PORTSMOUTH – An emergency Police Commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday to discuss ongoing and new infrastructure problems at police headquarters in City Hall.Chief Robert Merner told the commission during its monthly meeting last week that sweating and leaky plumbing remains a problem and there was new water damage in a training room that was…

LAKE CHARLES, La. — In a matter of hours last week, Hurricane Laura tore through the tire shop Layla Winbush’s family started just under a year ago, reducing most of it to rubble and scattering hundreds of tires across the lot. The storm also damaged her home, which now reeks of mold.Federal and state officials…

KITTERY, Maine — A scuba diver rescued Sunday near the Isle of Shoals has died, according to a spokesperson for Portsmouth Regional Hospital.The Maine Marine Patrol reported Sunday the woman was injured during a scuba diving accident with an unnamed recreational charter company. Marine Patrol reported it was investigating the accident, the woman was transported…

WASHINGTON — Racing the political clock, frustrated Democrats on Sunday searched for a way to force the Trump administration to continue briefing Congress in person about foreign attempts to interfere in the November election.The director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, said most briefings on what the administration knows about efforts to influence the vote will…

WASHINGTON — During its search for a new postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 53 candidates screened by an outside company. Not on the list: Louis DeJoy, who ultimately got the job.Instead, in what Democrats call a breach of protocol and blatant cronyism, DeJoy’s name was added as a…

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee that funds the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, announced that NASA has selected proposals from the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College to help improve understanding of the sun’s interaction with the constantly changing space environment around Earth.Both schools will receive $1.25…

DOVER — When Greg Walker retires from his position after 24 years as chief executive officer and president of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, he’ll leave a job he deeply loves, and big shoes to fill.”I will miss the challenges of this job,” Walker said. “I never know what my day will look like, even though much is…

LAKE CHARLES, La. — The destructive storm surge has receded, and the clean up has begun from Hurricane Laura, but officials along this shattered stretch of Louisiana coast are warning returning residents they will face weeks without power or water amid the hot, stifling days of late summer.The U.S. toll from the Category 4 hurricane…

WASHINGTON — Fresh off the Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump is headed to Louisiana and Texas on Saturday to survey the damage after Hurricane Laura, a trip that allows him to use the trappings of his office to try to project empathy and leadership.The president is making the trip two days after the Category…

WASHINGTON — The credibility of two of the nation’s leading public health agencies is under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts say smack of political pressure from President Donald Trump as he attempts to move past the devastating toll of the coronavirus ahead of the November election.The head of the Food and…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine Principals’ Association committee has given its approval for fall sports for high schools, but that’s not the final word.The state Department of Education and other state agencies will review guidelines adopted by the MPA to ensure they comply with all of the state’s COVID-19 safety guidelines.The MPA’s Sports Medicine…

DOVER – Police Chief William Breault announced Friday he has terminated police officer Ronald “R.J.” Letendre following an internal investigation.”After a thorough internal investigation that began as a result of a July 10, 2020, off-duty incident involving officer Ronald “R.J.” Letendre that occurred in Rollinsford, Mr. Letendre’s employment as a city of Dover police officer…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is allowing external drop boxes for absentee ballots and letting clerks begin processing ballots earlier to deal with the anticipated heavy volume, her office said Thursday.The executive order limits the number of people in polling places to 50 and requires physical distancing.”The right to vote is the…

PORTSMOUTH — Inventor of the portable fax machine and Portsmouth Herald columnist, Shintaro “Sam” Asano, died Tuesday leaving a large, local legacy.He was a father of four, had seven granddaughters and many friends.In February, on his 85th birthday, Asano opened the Umelink store on Lafayette Road, selling CBD products and elder-focused technology, while hosting events…

KENOSHA, Wis. — Peace and calm prevailed on the streets of Kenosha on Thursday after the first relatively quiet night of demonstrations since last weekend’s police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake.The mood of marchers during Wednesday night’s protests in the southeastern Wisconsin city between Milwaukee and Chicago was more somber following the chaos…

Nonprofit and municipal organizations nationally and locally with projects aimed at building their communities may apply to the 2020 A Community Thrives program, a $2.3 million initiative of the Gannett Foundation. The program is sponsored by the USA Today Network’s parent company, Gannett, which is also the parent company for Seacoast Media Group.The nationwide crowdfunding…

The first week of August in 1917 brought with it a five-day heatwave. “Saturday and Sunday were delightful,” reported the Exeter News-Letter, “then began a period of extreme heat, the 2 p.m. temperature at Boston on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday having been 98. These figures doubtless approximately correct for Exeter, are official and taken in…

KITTERY, Maine — Pops of color among rows of concrete, the work of local artists has brightened the Foreside’s unusual summer streetscape.Set up Tuesday afternoon, 30 concrete barriers – delineating street from sidewalk from congregating areas – are now transformed into public art with festive, appealing visuals, an effort by the town to beautify the…

CAPE NEDDICK – For over 20 years, Center for Wildlife has opened its doors on a late summer day and welcomed the community to witness its work in conservation medicine firsthand, and the center is eager to continue this tradition safely again this year.”When we began planning, we were feeling a little disheartened that we…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — State officials are offering a back-to-school toolkit to help schools navigate reopening during the coronavirus pandemic.The materials will include videos, posters and resources about coronavirus, the Maine Department of Labor said. The materials will help identify symptoms and provide information about preventing the spread of COVID-19.The toolkit will be “a multitude…