The dynamite is found in the basement of a home in Portsmouth after its contents were left to a museum.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire youth center halts admissions after possible overdoses
Four girls and a boy from a Manchester substance abuse treatment center were taken to a hospital Monday night after a 911 caller told authorities the children may have taken the sedative Xanax.
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Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Massachusetts lawmakers approve ban on drivers using hand-held cellphones
The Senate voted 38-1 in favor of the bill Wednesday. The House approved it on a 153-1 vote Tuesday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Warming waters spell more bad news for New England shrimp
The fishery has been shut down since 2013 and recent surveys show the species is still struggling.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
Details emerge about how Coast Guard tracked down sailboat from Maine
Coast Guard officials plan to interview the Dove’s three crew members when the 40-foot yacht next makes port on its trip south.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Werner Doehner, last survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, dies at 90
He was 8 when his mother tossed him to safety from the burning airship.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England, News
New England lawmakers question border patrol checkpoints far from the border
Federal law allows Customs and Border Protection to conduct the checkpoints within 100 miles of the international border.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
Sens. Collins, King co-sponsor effort to expand regional climate programs
The group has introduced bipartisan legislation to support and expand programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
Ex-Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick launches ‘Hail Mary’ bid for president
In Concord, N.H., he registers to appear on the ballot in the first-in-the-nation primary, expected to be held on Feb. 11.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Some northern New England cities among those breaking cold records
In Maine, Augusta plunged to 11 degrees Wednesday morning, breaking a previous record, and more records were expected to fall Thursday morning.