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Jenna Lucy, Zack Pattow win Seacoast girls, boys Athlete of the Week
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (246+ words) The Seacoast high school Athletes of the Week for Feb. 23-28 are Portsmouth High School girls basketball player Jenna Lucy and St. Thomas Aquinas boys hockey player Zack Pattow. Lucy won the online poll by receiving nearly 29% of the votes, totaling…...
Maine committee backs bill that would halt Sanford AI data center project
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (458+ words) SANFORD, Maine " A bill described by a local state senator as certain to kill a proposed new AI data center from opening in Sanford cleared the state's Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Technology on March 5. The bill, LD 307, includes an…...
Four Seacoast gymnasts will compete in New England championship meet
10+ hour, 54+ min ago (127+ words) Four Seacoast gymnasts will compete in New England championship meet'Foster's Daily Democrat Four Seacoast gymnasts will compete in New England championship meet Three Seacoast area high schools - Exeter, Winnacunnet and Oyster River - will be represented at the 30th annual New England…...
We built childcare into our plans. Red tape kept it empty: Randolph
11+ hour, 5+ min ago (130+ words) This is exactly why New Hampshire House Bill 1195 is needed. Communities like Dover and Portsmouth want more affordable housing developments. Childcare belongs in those communities too. But zoning delays can add months or years to already tight timelines, discouraging small,…...
Pease-based 157th Air Refueling Wing deploys for war on Iran
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (581+ words) NEWINGTON " There is "no bigger morale boost" for 157th Air Refueling Wing members deployed as part of Operation Epic Fury "than knowing our citizens back home have their backs," said Greg Heilshorn, public affairs director for the New Hampshire Air National…...
One dead after late-night mobile home fire in Madbury
12+ hour, 41+ min ago (179+ words) MADBURY " Authorities are investigating after a man died in a mobile home fire on Bunker Lane. The Madbury Fire Department responded at 11:59 p.m. March 5 after receiving multiple 911 calls, according to a press release issued by the New Hampshire state fire marshal's…...
Justice system seems deaf to cries of women sex abuse victims: Miller
14+ hour, 24+ min ago (278+ words) I went to school from second to 12th grade at 9 East 71st St. in New York City, an address that has since become infamous. This building was purchased and turned into a mansion , which eventually became the home of Jeffrey Epstein." What…...
If money talks, who’s speaking in New Hampshire elections? Splaine
14+ hour, 24+ min ago (694+ words) New Hampshire's U.S. Senate candidates will raise and spend tens of millions of dollars on November's midterm elections.Gubernatorial and Congressional candidates' costs will go over two, three million each. And that's just in our small state.Candidates in larger states…...
Strafford County Democrats take stand against ICE's jail contract
19+ hour, 15+ min ago (86+ words) Strafford County Democrats take stand against ICE's jail contract'Foster's Daily Democrat DOVER " Democratic state representatives in the Strafford County delegation took a stand March 4, calling for county commissioners to renegotiate the multi-million-dollar contract for housing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees…...
Proposed $180M biosolids facility plan in Sanford draws City Hall support and protests
19+ hour, 24+ min ago (1162+ words) SANFORD, Maine " As officials continued to promote plans for a proposed $180 million biosolids facility in Sanford's industrial park during a March 3 council meeting, residents gathered outside City Hall to protest what they view as an environmental and financial risk. Outside,…...