By Don's Early Light
nhdoti93: NH TRAFFIC ALERT: In Salem on I-93 NB from the Mass State Line (MM 0.4) to Exit 1 (MM 1), right lane is now open.
511VT: Maidstone State Highway crossing the Connecticut River into New Hampshire is closed due to high water.
nhdoti93: NH TRAFFIC ALERT: In Salem on I-93 NB from the Mass State Line (MM 0.4) to Exit 1 (MM 1), right lane closed. Use Caution.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say five pairs of endangered piping plovers are nesting along the sandy shores of Hampton and Seabrook.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - Police in Portsmouth, N.H., have arrested four people on charges of selling heroin.
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - The police department in Nashua, N.H., has asked to be reimbursed for $15,000 spent in overtime while helping in the search for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev last month.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A committee of Vermont State Board of Education has been set up to do a national search for a new education secretary.
511VT: Rt. 128 closure clarification: It was closed overnight at Stygles Rd. and is now closed again at Weed Rd. (link)
A later last call is coming to at least some New Hampshire bars, assuming the House and Senate can reach agreement on a crucial detail. The Republican-led Senate yesterday approved a bill allowing bars…
Hanover -- A high-ranking Google executive energized an auditorium of graduate students with a public discussion on the possibilities of technology and business. Yesterday afternoon, Patrick Pichette,…
Montpelier -- Buffeted by criticism over a land deal with his troubled East Montpelier neighbor, Gov. Peter Shumlin said he'll waive the July 15 deadline by which Jeremy Dodge is contractually obligated…
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine is one of the nation's top maple syrup-producing states, and Gov. Paul LePage has signed a bill to change the way the sweet product is graded.
511VT: Route 128 is closed due to water over the roadway near Weed Road in Essex. #vt
Coe-Brown at Hanover girls tennis in Hanover, N.H., on May 22, 2013. Hanover won, 9-0. Valley News -- Libby March
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's senior U.S. senator says he hopes a farm bill now working its way through Congress will save taxpayer money while continuing assistance for dairy farmers and conservation programs.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Sen. Patrick Leahy says reforming the U.S. immigration system requires a comprehensive, rather than a piecemeal, approach.
511VT: VT-15 will be closed for morning commute. Traffic will be detoured to VT-104 then Vt-128. (link)
To the Editor: Route 4 is a scary road because of the way people drive it. It is very common to see vehicles, when traffic is thin, drifting over the line, especially on curves. Are they distracted?…
To the Editor: May 19 to 25 is Emergency Medical Services Week, and the Lebanon Fire Department administration would like to thank firefighters and emergency medical providers in Lebanon for all that…
To the Editor: Garlic mustard is a newcomer to the Upper Valley, but is taking hold in dozens of spots here. Recently, because of its effect on mycorrhizal fungi essential to forest plants, researchers…
To the Editor: The proposed contract for a change in the frequency of garbage collection in Enfield carries with it a potential problem for households in Enfield and Enfield Center. Collecting wet garbage…
One of my favorite writers died this week. He wasn't a literary lion, he wasn't recognized as a young prodigy, he didn't show up on Oprah's Book Club, he probably didn't get million dollar advances, and…
For a man with his surname, Peter Money picked the one profession in which he was almost guaranteed not to make any: publishing. And not just any kind of publishing, but poetry, which stands about as much…
Think back -- back before we knew that the IRS was unacceptably targeting right-wing groups for scrutiny or that the Department of Justice was unbelievably searching the phone records of journalists.…