A man says he’s grateful New Hampshire’s governor came to his aid when he started choking during a lobster roll eating contest.
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Cowabunga! Dover celebrates being birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
It wasn’t the New York City sewers, where the Turtles mutated from regular reptiles into a crime-fighting quartet who battled foes with nunchucks, snark and pizza. Rather, it was a small city near the New Hampshire coast.
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Facing natural disasters, more state lawmakers look to make oil companies pay for the damage
Vermont is leading the way with a new law. Other states could be close behind.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, New England, News
New Hampshire resident dies after testing positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus
The Hampstead resident’s EEE infection was the first in New Hampshire in a decade. Maine’s CDC has also warned of the presence of EEE and West Nile viruses in animals.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Judge declines to dismiss murder case against Karen Read after July mistrial
A Massachusetts judge has ruled that Karen Read can be re-tried for murder and leaving the scene where her Boston police officer boyfriend died.
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Defense attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber seek recusal of judge overseeing case
Attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claim the U.S. District judge overseeing the bomber’s death sentence legal battle, made public comments on the case during the appeals process.
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Weeks after floods, Vermont businesses struggling to get visitors to return
The loss is a domino effect in a state that relies on outdoor recreation as an economic driver.
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Floods from ‘training thunderstorms’ lead to dramatic rescues, 2 deaths in Connecticut
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said more than 100 people were evacuated by search and rescue teams Sunday evening.
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Hundreds of miles away, Ernesto still affects U.S. beaches with rip currents, house collapse
The storm’s high surf and swells contributed to damage along the coast, including the collapse of an unoccupied beach house along North Carolina’s narrow barrier islands.
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Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class
Years after the pandemic, nearly every state is still struggling with school attendance.