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Serious Car Accident Closes Down Interstate 93 In Lincoln
LINCOLN, NH – Interstate 93 in Lincoln was closed for an hour after a serious car accident Monday. New Hampshire State Police Troop F said that at around 9:50am a Chevy Equinox collided with tractor-trailer near exit 34A in the North Bound Lane of the interstate.
Police said the SUV, being driven by 37-year-old Traci Sackett of Warren NH, was going about 60 MPH when it struck the rear of the 2003 Kenworth hauling a load of wood chips. S
ackett suffered moderate to serious injury and was initially transported to Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth, NH and was later transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH to be treated for her injuries.
A young girl who was riding with Sackett received only minor injuries.
The driver of the tractor-trailer 23-year-old Dakota Heon of Farmington, NH was not injured in the collision.
Authorities said that after an investigation they believe that Sackett was under the influence of drugs at the time of the accident and she was subsequently arrested and charged with Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated.
She was given a court date of October 15 in the 2nd Circuit-District Division-Plymouth Court on October 15, 2018.
Maine Real ID Compliance Exemption Gets Extension
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Airlines and federal facilities will accept Maine driver’s licenses through October 2020.
Maine’s secretary of state says the Department of Homeland Security has issued Maine another waiver for compliance with the Real ID Act. The federal Real ID law was passed by Congress after the 2001 terrorist attacks to strengthen rules for government-sanctioned identification. It sets minimum standards for government-issued IDs that are required to enter certain areas in federal buildings or board commercial airplanes.
The current waiver expires on Oct. 10, but Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap requested a renewal in August.
Dunlap’s office says the waiver will be valid through Oct. 1, 2019, but the Department of Homeland Security will not be enforcing Real ID until Oct. 1, 2020. That means Maine driver’s licenses will be valid for federal purposes, including boarding commercial aircraft, until that date.
Portland International Airport Director Paul Bradbury said airport officials are working with Dunlap’s office to eventually provide information on acquiring a driver’s license that complies with Real ID standards. The standards include adding anti-counterfeit technology such as a hologram to driver’s licenses.
Maine was the first state to opt out of Real ID requirement more than a decade ago, but Republican Gov. Paul LePage in April signed a bill into law directing the state to issue new Real ID compliant drivers licenses and non-driver identification cards.
The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles is implementing systems and procedures needed to issue Real ID licenses and identification materials starting on July 1, 2019.
New Hampshire Fish And Game Start Off Fall With A Busy Weekend
CONCORD, NH – The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department had another busy weekend with multiple rescues and searches.
On Saturday Conservation Officers were called to rescue 62-year-old Marcia Henry of Bradford, Vermont, who had fallen on a slippery ledge, was unable to walk off Mount Kinsman in Lincoln. Authorities said that Henry had badly injured her leg in the fall and was unable to hike under her own power. Pemi Valley Search and Rescue Team and the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team joined with conservation officers and reached the injured hiker at about 4pm. They then carried her to the trailhead arriving at abuot 8:30 that evening. She was then taken by a private vehicle to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
That night Fish and Game assembled a search party on Mt. Israel in Sandwich. A group of ten women where camping at Mead Base Camp, when two of the women decided to hike Mt. Israel from Mead Base Camp with plans to return a few hours later. When the women, identified as 43-year-old Charity Audet, from Hooksett NH and 34-year-old Amanda Simeone from Nashua NH, still hadn’t arrived by 8pm the group called for help. After several hours of searching one of the camping members received a call from one of the missing women at about 3am Sunday from a residence on Mt. Israel Road. The two said they needed to be picked up and were unsure of their location. They were picked up by a Conservation Officer and reunited with their group at Mead Base Camp.
When interviewed they stated that they had hiked Mt. Israel and then decided to go on to Guinea Pond. After reaching Guinea pond they decided to take the Guinea Pond trail back to Sandwich Notch Road. They soon encounter a large section of the trail that was flooded out and while attempting to go around it became disoriented. They found a power line and followed it until they eventually intersected Mt. Israel road where they called their friends for assistance.
Then on Sunday Fish and Game were alerted to a report of an injured hiker on the Black Angel Trail in Bean’s Purchase around 1:30 p.m. Due to the nature of the injury and lack of specificity as to the seriousness of the hikers condition, a rescue call was initiated with Fish & Game Conservation Officers, members of the U.S. Forest Service, Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue (AVSAR), Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, and Mahoosuc Mountain Rescue responding. The exact location for the hiker, later identified as 21-year-old Sarah Fenton from Temecula California, was also unknown and a USFS Back Country Ranger, who had been patrolling near the Blue Brook Shelter at the time, was able to locate the injured hiker approximately half way between the junctions of Basin Rim Trail and Wild River Trail.
Fenton was on an overnight hike as part of a UNH outdoor adventure crew. The crew was on their way out when Fenton slipped and fell on a wet section of trail, striking her head. A member of her group was able to get a call through to 911, but due to the remote location and lack of cell coverage no additional calls were able to be made or received.
After a medical assessment was conducted, Fenton was deemed capable of hiking out under her own power and was assisted down the trail by the ranger and members of her hiking group. The rescue crew hiking in from the Wild River trailhead continued their response into the scene to provide assistance if necessary.
Fenton was assessed by the Bethel Ambulance at the trailhead and was ultimately transported to Memorial Hospital in Conway for precautionary reasons.
Blackjacks Looking To Win Big In Berlin
BERLIN, NH – The new Berlin Blackjacks will be taking over the ice at Notre Dame Arena starting this Saturday.
The Blackjacks are among the first American teams to be added to the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey, a minor-level professional hockey league based out of Quebec. LNAH translates to the North American Hockey League and is regarded as a more respected hockey league than the Federal Hockey League of which the River Drivers were a part of.
According to Wikipedia the LNAH differs from other leagues because it lacks a veteran limit rule, which allows teams to stock up on experienced players.
The league is also considered by fans as being the toughest league in the world.
News Director Christian Mower spoke with Blackjack Team President Mark Dorval Thursday about the new team and what hockey lovers can expect this coming season. You can listen to the interview below.
The Blackjacks play the Thetford Assurancia Friday (9/28/18) in Thetford Mines Quebec, and have their first ever home game at Notre Dame Arena Saturday night (9/29/18) at 7:30pm.
For the latest information on Blackjacks’ hockey check out their their facebook page.
Wolfeboro Teen Dies In Car Accident At Problem Intersection
OSSIPEE, NH – A car accident in Ossipee took the life of a 17-year-old girl yesterday morning. Ossipee Detective-Sergeant Robert J. King Jr. said that at 7:14am police responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Routes 28 and 171.
Police said a dump truck being driven by 61-year-old Joseph Goodrow of Alton was headed north on Route 28 when it struck a Chevy Cobalt driven by Ramsie Taylor of Wolfeboro as she entered the intersection from Water Village Road. Authorities said Taylor was killed upon impact.
Investigators said that speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors.
Investigators with state police are checking the truck for mechanical problems as they try to figure out what happened.
Kingswood Principal Guy Donnelly told the Conway Daily Sun that Taylor was a senior at Kingswood regional High School, and they will have counselors available for students who need them.
Ossipee Town officials said the crash should never have happened, noting that they have been lobbying the state to fix the intersection for years.
WMUR-TV reports that there have been 65 milti-vehicle accidents at that intersection, including multiple fatalities since 2010.
Officials Predict Record Fall Tourism Season
HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) — Tourism officials in New Hampshire are projecting a slight increase in the numbers of visitors and the amount spent this fall in the state.
The New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development on Monday projected that 3 million out-of-state visitors who spend the night will spend $1.4 billion in the state. That would mark a 4.5 percent increase for visitors and a 5 percent increase for spending.
The fall season is considered the second most important travel season in New Hampshire, representing a quarter of all the visitations. Scenic drives and outdoor recreation are among the most popular activities for visitors.
Early projections are that this fall season should be a good one, with a University of New Hampshire scientist suggesting there will be vibrant fall colors.
Teens Injured In North Conway Rollover
NORTH CONWAY, NH – A group of teens were injured during a Conway car accident on Tuesday. According to Conway Police Lt. Christopher Mattei Police responded to a rollover at the intersection of Randall Farm Road and Beechnut Road in North Conway at around 6:09 pm.
Lt. Mattie said that though the accident remains under investigation it appears that the 16-year-old driver was headed down Beechnut and was unable to navigate the turn onto Randall Farm Road. The car then allegedly went across the road, striking a large rock. It rolled over and came to a rest on the passenger side, trapping two of the occupants inside.
Authorities said that two of the juveniles were transported to Memorial Hospital with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.
The names of the driver and passenger were not released due to their age, but police did say that all three were from the Conway area.
Lt. Mattie said that speed does appear to be a factor in the crash and that charges may be pending.
UNH Scientist Say Conditions Are Right For Favorable Fall Foliage
DURHAM, N.H. – If past banner leaf peeping seasons are an indication of future years’ color, this year could be a favorable year for New England’s fall foliage season, according to a scientist with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire.
Experiment station researcher Heidi Asbjornsen, associate professor of natural resources and the environment in the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, explains that in the fall when leaves start to senesce, chlorophyll is degraded. This allows carotenoids, which have yellow, orange, and sometimes red colors, to be expressed. During this time, anthocyanin concentrations, which have darker red to purple colors, also can increase in the leaves.
Historical trends suggest that, in general, good foliage years occur when springs are fairly mild and wet, sufficient rainfall occurs in the summer, and in particular, late summer and early autumn have lots of warm, sunny days and clear, cool nights. Thus far, New Hampshire has continued to experience unseasonably warm days with abundant sunshine, while nighttime temperatures have overall been above average. The forecast for the New England region calls for a continuation of above-normal temperatures associated with the El Nino that NOAA predicts will strengthen this fall and into the winter of 2018-19, since this would keep the polar jet stream further north than usual.
“This year has been relatively wet, with the exception of periods of moderately dry conditions and periods without substantial rainfall between May and July. Certainly, in August we saw frequent rainstorms and overall wet conditions. We also experienced unusually hot and humid conditions this year, but in general, rainfall and sunshine tend to be more important factors determining fall foliage colors than temperature,” Asbjornsen says. “Leaves also have remained relatively healthy this year, due to a lack of widespread pest or pathogen outbreaks, which would tend to support more favorable fall foliage.”
Asbjornsen is also interested in the possible effects that drought may have on NH forests, including potential implications for fall foliage. “There is some evidence from recent studies suggesting that more drought in the autumn can delay peak of redness for some species such as red maple, white oak, while other species may exhibit earlier redness peaks. These include sugar maple, black birch, shagbark hickory, beech, red oak,” Asbjornsen says. “For sugar maple in particular, warmer temperatures during September and October appear to be especially important in producing higher intensity of red leaves. In contrast, more frosts in October tend to reduce red intensities.”
Additionally, certain types of stress, such as droughts, can cause more of these anthocyanins to build up in the leaves, resulting in more intense and vibrant fall foliage colors. Although scientists don’t yet have a good understanding about how the timing and severity of drought may affect anthocyanin production and foliage colors, in general scientists expect that some drought stress during the growing season may lead to enhanced foliage colors.
“Although there hasn’t been much work specifically focused on the effects of moisture stress on fall foliage colors, it’s interesting to note that despite the severe drought that we experienced throughout much of New England in late summer of 2016, the display of foliage colors that year was still quite spectacular,” she says.
Asbjornsen says that the understanding of interactions between all the various environmental factors that affect anthocyanin production and expression is still very poor. “The factors that influence foliage color are complex. For example, there are other pigments in the leaves that interact with anthocyanins and can affect color expression while different species also may show very different responses to the same environmental conditions.”
Going forward, she says the possible effects of climate change – especially increases in the frequency and severity of drought — on foliage color timing and intensity is especially important for ecotourism, and more research is needed in this area.
This material is based upon work supported by the NH Agricultural Experiment Station, through joint funding of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 1003450, and the state of New Hampshire.
Story Contributed by:
Lori Wright, NH Agricultural Experiment Station
Escaped Maine Murderer Found After Thursday Escape
PORTLAND, ME (AP) — A convicted murderer who escaped for a third time from prison has been captured, law enforcement authorities said Tuesday.
A sheriff’s deputy found 65-year-old Arnold Nash walking along a road Tuesday morning in Dover-Foxcroft, in Piscataquis County, state police spokesman Steve McCausland said. He was last seen Thursday evening at the minimum-security unit at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston, several miles down the road from where he was found.
Nash was serving a 45-year sentence for killing his former neighbor in 1991. He was due to be released last year and had previously escaped from Maine Correctional Center in Windham in 1973 and from the Maine State Prison in 1981.
Nash was taken to Piscataquis County Jail, McCausland said. The Maine Department of Corrections will attempt to determine where Nash has been since Thursday night, he said.
“The corrections officials can learn where he has been, and whether our search efforts were close. They were extensive over the weekend,” McCausland said, adding that bloodhounds were used to try to find Nash. “Having that information would be helpful as we prepare for future searches and manhunts.”
Nash has been charged with escape, which is a felony, said Piscataquis County Sheriff Robert Young. He has been transferred to the custody of the Department of Corrections, Young said.
It was unclear on Tuesday morning what Nash’s next stop would be or whether he was represented by a lawyer, he said.
Corrections Commissioner Joseph Fitzpatrick floated the theory on Monday that Nash had spent much of his life in prison and that his escape may have been his way of ensuring he would go back to prison.
But Young said on Tuesday that Nash “wasn’t trying to run, but he wasn’t trying to be caught,” and that the apprehension was a case of a deputy “being in the right place at the right time.”
Fitzpatrick had called on the public to offer any tips they had about Nash’s whereabouts, and stressed that “we do consider Mr. Nash dangerous.”
Nash was due to be released in December 2019, thanks to credits for time served in jail and good behavior. He was convicted of killing the neighbor in North Sullivan, a small community about 145 miles northwest of Portland.
Names Of Drivers Involved In Fryeburg Rollover Released
FRYEBURG , ME – A pregnant woman and an 8-year-old boy are in critical condition after a serious car accident in Fryeburg Saturday morning. According to Fryeburg Police the 29-year-old Denmark resident, later identified as Bridgette McAvoy, was headed west on Route 302 in her Subaru Outback with three children all under 10-years-old in the vehicle at around 9:30 am. a Volvo, driven by a 56-year-old Irene Thurston of Fryeburg, headed Eastbound entered the westbound lane colliding with the Subaru.
A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, Maine and an 8-year-old boy were severly injured in a Saturday morning car accident in Fryeburg. ~ Photo courtesy of Fryeburg Police
The McAvoy and her 8-year-old son were in critical condition and were Life flighted to Maine Medical center, where they are being treated for potentially life-threatening injuries. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said Monday Morning that the victims were stable/fair condition at Maine Medical Center.
A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, Maine and an 8-year-old boy were severly injured in a Saturday morning car accident in Fryeburg. ~ Photo courtesy of Fryeburg Police
The other two children who were in the Subaru, ages three and five, have been treated and released to their family.
The driver of the Volvo was not injured.
Route 302 was closed for all non-emergency personnel for 3.5 hours while Fryeburg Police and a crash reconstruction team investigated the scene. Fryeburg Police Investigators along with Crash Reconstructionists returned to the crash scene Monday for further investigation.
Police say the exact cause of the accident is under investigation, but they believe distracted driving could be to blame.
Center Conway, Conway and United Ambulance Service all responded to the scene, along with Life Flight of Maine.