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Tests begin on bones that may be Revolutionary War soldiers’

by CHRIS EHRMANN Associated Press January 3, 2020January 3, 2020

A university laboratory is beginning tests on skeletal remains found beneath an 18th century home to help identify the three people believed to be soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War.

Mainer among 4 activists arrested trying to block coal-carrying train

by Associated Press January 3, 2020January 3, 2020

The group Climate Disobedience Center has held several protests recently trying to stop coal shipments to the power plant in Bow, New Hampshire.

Nation & World, New England

New Hampshire hiker rescued after night in whiteout, freezing conditions

by Associated Press January 2, 2020

The man had turned back after trying to make it to the summit of Mount Lafayette when he fell down a steep, rocky section of Mount Lincoln.

Local & State, New England, News

Turnpike tolls about to end at N.H. highway exit

by Associated Press December 31, 2019December 31, 2019

There will be no more toll-collecting at the Exit 11 northbound and southbound ramps of the Everett Turnpike in Merrimack as of New Year’s Day.

Local & State, New England, News

In search of Thoreau’s Mount Katahdin map

by Steve Collins December 29, 2019December 30, 2019

A retired University of Maine at Farmington administrator has been trying to track down an elusive ‘diagram’ Henry David Thoreau may have drawn more than 160 years ago.