School Board votes to return Lafayette building to city
The Lafayette School building will be returned to the City by unanimous vote. The board favors potential uses including a new site for the Community Day Care Center and a combined youth services HQ with the Seacoast Counseling Center. Proposals will go to the City Council, with caution to keep the school tied to school-related use.
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Lafayette
T. Russell Brightman
Seacoast Counseling Center
Richard Lockhart
Joyce Hanrahan
Ctarters
Esfate
Seacrest Village
Lockhart
Nyad abandons Jamaica Key West swim after jellyfish attack
AP reports Diana Nyad stopped her crossing about 85 miles south west of Key West due to a blistered mouth and swollen tongue from jellyfish stings. She was helped aboard an escort boat to finish the journey. The Coast Guard confirmed the cessation around 11 a.m. EDT. The same day financial markets showed dollar weakness with gold prices rising to about 216 an ounce and the British pound trading above 2 dollars for the first time since early March 1976.
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Diana Nyad
Key West
Coast Guard
Ray Baker
London
U.S
Zurich
New York
Texaco finds gas off New Jersey outlook modestly optimistic
Texaco Inc reports a gas discovery in the Baltimore Canyon about 100 miles off Atlantic City New Jersey. Robert Palmer Texaco senior vice president for worldwide exploration says the find modestly improves prospects for further discoveries and notes one discovery does not make a gas field.
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New York
Texaco Inc
Baltimore Canyon
New Jersey
Texaco
Robert Palmer
Atlatic City
N.J. Palmer
Mattawamkeag Man Dies After Maine 7 Car Crash
A 51 year old Mattawamkeag man Edward Coury died in a collision with a state police cruiser on Maine 7 in Waldo Maine. Deputy Chief Ronald Hiltz identified the victim.
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Waldo
Maine
Edward Coury
Ronald Hiltz
New Hampshire schools to offer healthier, more appealing meals
Dr. Lloyd Littlefield, director of Food and Nutrition Services, says NH schools will provide more nutritious options this year and increase student choices. The effort focuses on making healthy foods more attractive to encourage better eating habits.
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Concord
N.H
Food and Nutrition Services
State Department of Education
New Hampshire
Lloyd Littlefield
Thomson vetoes bill creating state agency sunset review
Governor Meldrim Thomson rejected a phased in agency review bill saying a joint committee of legislature and executive is needed to inspect agency performance. He argued the bill infringes constitutional independence and would politicize oversight, urging lawmakers to sustain the veto.
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Concord
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
Thomson
House
Chris Spirou
Liquor Commission
Department of Safety
Department of Employment Security
Spirou
Crime Commission
George Roberts
R-Gilmanton Iron Works
Roberts
Pease NCO pleads guilty to misappropriation at base
Air Force master sergeant John Huber of Pease Air Force Base Concord faces sentencing Sept 18 after pleading guilty to six counts misappropriating government property. He admitted four felonies and two misdemeanors tied to about $50,000 in current value of vehicles and flight jackets. Huber served 1972 1976 as supply liaison for the Air Force and Civil Air Patrol with authority to secure and screen surplus property.
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Concord
N.H
Air Force
John Huber
Pease Air Force Base
Portsmouth
Shane Devine
U.S. District Court
Huber
Robert Kennedy
U.S
Hampton faces fourty thousand dollar year end deficit
Town Manager Peter Lombardi told selectmen Hampton expects a 40000 deficit through year end driven by 2093 unbudgeted workers compensation hours for firefighters and non reimbursable Blizzard of 78 costs. He cited legal police fire and public assistance as largest overdrawn accounts and warned storms could erode a projected public works surplus.
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Hampton
Peter Lombardi
Lombardi
Ee Selectman
Robert Lessard
Public Works Department
Fire chiefs back Dudley on LPG
New Hampshire fire chiefs association urged Gov. Meldrim Thomson and the Executive Council to back a study of hazardous material movement through the state. Concord Fire Chief Clayton Higgins said the issue transcends municipalities and urged a joint review by Safety, Public Works and Highways, and the Public Utilities Commission to assess laws, enforcement, and needed steps to protect public safety and property.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire Fire Chiefs Association
Meldrim Thomson
Executive Council
Clayton Higgins
Higgins
Department of Safety
Department of Public Works and Highways
Public Utilities Commission
Dudley W. Dudley
Durham
Hearing on LEG transport to address LNG and LPG safety
A Boston hearing before Sen John A Durkin and the Senate Commerce Committee will examine LEG transport. Testimony from Dudley Dudley James Splaine and transportation department reps will discuss protections for Seacoast area residents. The session starts 9 a.m. in JFK Building Room 2003 A Government Center.
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John A. Durkin
Senate Commerce Committee
Boston
Seacoast
Dudley Dudley
Portsmouth
James Splaine
Department of Transportation
Jfk Building
Government Center
Thomson urges restraint at Seabrook as workers return
Gov Meldrim Thomson addresses Seabrook construction workers after an anti-nuke protest, praising restraint and vowing to publicize if any of 18 Clamshell demonstrators on bail are welfare recipients. About 1,000 workers are on site, with 2,200 planned pre-shutdown levels, as EPA cooling system approval faces appeal in Boston court.
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Seabrook
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
Thomson
Seacoast
Hampton District Court
Alfred Casassa
Clamshell
Ray Morrison
Public Service Co
Norman Cullerot
Environmental Protection Agency
Douglas Castle
First Circuit
Boston
Incinerator Shipments Delayed as Tests Continue in Kittery
KITTERY The first of two incinerators faces delays as the Kelley Company reports the unit fails emission tests due to excess air in the main chamber. Redesign seals and expect new results by Aug 25, then two weeks to prepare shipment. now slated for Sept 11.
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Kittery
Kelley Company, Inc
Manuel Sousa
Conservation Commission
Arthur Martin
Commission
Martin
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