Entries by Tony

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Study Names Maine #1 State To Be A Nurse In, NH #8

New Hampshire is one of the top 10 best states to be a nurse according to a new study. In celebration of National Nurses Week the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States for Nurses. New Hampshire came is as Number 8 and Maine was ranked as number 1. WalletHub […]

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New Hampshire Electrical Coop Employees Go On Strike

  CONCORD,NH – New Hampshire Electric Coop Employees went on strike today. According to the NHEC 83 employees represented by The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1837 went on strike after negotiations failed. The contract between the union and the NHEC expired on April 30th and despite meeting 18 times over the past […]

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Teens Stranded On Icy New Hampshire Trail Rescued

LINCOLN, N.H. (AP) — Two teenagers from Massachusetts have been rescued from an icy New Hampshire trail considered too dangerous for descending any time of year. New Hampshire Fish and Game says the 17-year-old and 18-year-old hikers from Lynnfield, Massachusetts, had planned to ascend the Liberty Spring Trail in Lincoln on Saturday and come down […]

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Negotiations Halt Plans For Electric Cooperative Strike

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Negotiations will resume Monday between between management and the union representing workers at the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, delaying for now plans for a strike. New Hampshire Public Radio reports that union members had planned to strike after voting 79 to 1 to reject the company’s contract offer. But Dick Rogers, […]

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State: Caretaker Attacked, Hurt By Seized Great Dane

Photo Courtesy of HSUS OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) — Lawyers for the state want one of the dozens of Great Danes seized from a New Hampshire woman euthanized, saying the 145-pound dog attacked and seriously injured a caretaker who needed surgery. Court documents say the dog was removed from his kennel for exercise on April 9 […]

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Stow Resident Attacked By Suspected Rabid Bobcat

  A bobcat, that is believed to be rabid, attacked Justin Plowden of Stow Maine biting his face and scratching his back. ~ Photo Courtesy of Carolynn Plowden STOW, ME – A young man in Maine was attacked by a bobcat last night. According to Carolynn Plowden She was driving home with her son at […]