Some worry that faculty lost because of a retirement incentive program will be replaced by lecturers and not fully credentialed professors.
Nate Thompson
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
State lawmakers consider removing size limits on open-pit metal mines
The current three-acre limit prohibits the mining of a lithium deposit in Newry that could be worth over $1 billion.
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Posted inNew England
Coast Guard finds 3 unresponsive people in search for missing fishermen off Massachusetts
Four fishermen left Hampton Harbor in New Hampshire on Wednesday.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Seven charged with hundreds of catalytic converter thefts across New England
Authorities say the group worked with the speed and efficiency of a “NASCAR pit crew.”
Posted inMaine Crime, New England
Man arrested in Portland on charges of threatening New Hampshire high school
Kyle Hendrickson is accused of showing a gun in front Portsmouth High School and threatening to ‘shoot up the school.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Nation & World, New England
Ocean fish farm proposed off New England coast
A group of fish farmers wants to be the first to bring offshore aquaculture to the waters off New England by growing salmon and trout miles from land.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Jurors’ names in New Hampshire crash trial won’t be released, judge rules
The Boston Globe sought the information to gain insight into the controversial trial of a truck driver who was acquitted in the deaths of seven motorcyclists. The judge said he feared for the jurors’ safety.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Bottle battle: Boston talks of banning tiny bottles of booze
A Boston city councilor has proposed barring city liquor stores from selling the single-serve bottles that hold 100 milliliters or less of booze – both as a way to address alcohol abuse and excessive litter.
Posted inNew England
New Hampshire college student accused of threatening member of Congress
A Keene State College student told investigators he was “emotional and intoxicated” when he left a threatening voicemail.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine dollar stores fined tens of thousands of dollars for safety violations since 2017
Seven Maine locations have been cited as part of a national crackdown by regulators on the stores’ practices.