Category Archives: Around New England
With populations thriving, are bobcats the next urban pest?
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — As someone who has studied bobcats for almost four decades, wildlife ecologist John Litvaitis remembers many times returning from the field without spotting a single one of these solitary and shy creatures that often hunt at … Continue reading
NH Man Admits To Blowing Up LGBT News Box In Mass.
SALEM, MA — A Hollis, NH, man has admitted that he took part in a vandalism incident last summer that resulted in an alternative newspaper news box being blown up, according to a report in the Salem News in Massachusetts. … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Crime, Culture
Tagged Hollis, LGBT, Massachusetts, Milford, Salem
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New Hampshire Should Support the Massachusetts Soda Tax
Every jurisdiction that has imposed their progressive will in this manner has seen a drop in sales and jobs, which migrate just beyond the reach of said tax. I’m no geographer and I don’t play one on the internet, but … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Democrats, Economy/Economics, GraniteGrok, taxes
Tagged Massachusetts, Soda Tax
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Mount Washington Gets Record 33 Inches of Snow in 38 Hours.
The rain that fell in Southern New Hampshire over the weekend turned into 33 inches of snow on Mount Washington, a record total.The Mount Washington Weather Observatory recorded 38 hours of continuous snowfall over the weekend totaling 33.3 inches of … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Climate, Environment, New Hampshire News
Tagged Mount Washington, Snow
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Weigh Tax On Soda
BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are joining activists in other states pushing for taxes on sodas that they say will ease the rise in obesity-related diseases and bring in money for programs aimed at improving the health of … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Democrats, Economy/Economics, taxes
Tagged Massachusetts, Soda, Tax
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Berlin NH welcomes Canadian manufacturing company to Chapman Business Complex
Jacques, the CEO of Deflex Composite, was in Berlin on Friday to celebrate the news that the company, will soon expand to space in the Chapman Business Complex. The remarks, which Jacques made in French that was then translated into … Continue reading
Bring Sanity Back To Setting The Speed Limits On Our Highways
Around 1985 the NMSL was modified to allow states to set the speed limits in their highways up as high as 65MPH. Then Congress got around repealing the NMSL in 1995. The hew and cry from the Safety Nazis was … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, National News, Weekend Pundit
Tagged NMSL, Speed Limit
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Potato chips blamed for head-on collision in Vermont
At approximately 3:45 p.m., Michael W. Kavanaugh, 46, of Brattleboro was driving a 2015 Ford Focus north on Route 30 in Newfane when he started to choke on potato chips, Vermont State Police said in a news release. More… *| Keene … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, New Hampshire News
Tagged Collision, Michael W. Kavanaugh, Newfane
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Heavy Rain on the Way – Up to Two Inches Possible
Do you have outdoor plans for Mother’s Day? A coastal storm still looks to bring heavy rain to many parts of New Hampshire that will likely change those plans. Heavy rain will take over from south to north Saturday night … Continue reading
New Hampshire State Police arrest alleged drug peddler in Londonderry
LONDONDERRY — State troopers arrested a local man Friday and charged him with selling oxycodone and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Michael Toth, 22, is being held at the Rockingham County House of Corrections in Brentwood pending his … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Drugs
Tagged Drug Arrest, Londonderry, Michael Toth, Oxycodone
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The New Media Militia 