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Ogunquit kicks off Pride Month with flag raising, festivities, and free balloon rides
OGUNQUIT (WGME) - June is Pride Month and many communities across Maine are celebrating in different ways. In Ogunquit, Saturday kicked off their "be yourself and be proud" celebration. It began with a Pride flag raising and continues all weekend with festivities around town. Saturday morning, folks could take a...
Islington Creek, New Franklin air quality tests good, but could be better
PORTSMOUTH — The state Department of Environmental Services has released a report on the results from air quality monitoring done at the CSX rail yard — located near Portsmouth’s Islington Creek neighborhood and New Franklin School. Four monitors collected several months of data for analysis by state...
Meet of Champions: Winnacunnet, Portsmouth athletes win track titles
DURHAM - The Winnacunnet High School track teams won three individual championships and set two school records at Sunday's Meet of Champions at the University of New Hampshire. Wyatt Patterson won the pole vault with a leap of 14 feet, 6 inches, Oliver Duffy won the long jump (22-0.25), and...
St. Thomas 2024 graduates celebrate, looking back and to future: 'It's very surreal'
DOVER — One hundred soon-to-be graduates in blue gowns and mortarboards waited at the top of the hill where St. Thomas Aquinas High School stands on Dover Point Road on Saturday, awaiting the commencement ceremony that would transform the Class of 2024 into the school’s newest alumni. “I’m super excited,” said Brooke Dorr of Greenland before the ceremony. She’s headed to Johnson and Wales in the fall to study cuisine and business management in hopes of owning...
NHPR and ClassicalNH celebrate Pride Month 2024 with special programming
Each June marks Pride Month, a time to celebrate LGBTQIA+ people and to reflect on the global movement that pushes for full and equal rights for members of the queer community. NHPR is proud to offer locally and nationally produced arts and culture programming to help you celebrate victories won, and better understand the struggles still facing this community.
Owner of closed drug clinics is under indictment in Vermont for health care fraud, other offenses
MANCHESTER, NH – The closure of six drug clinics in two states follows the indictment in April of its owner on federal charges in Vermont. Dr. Adnan S. Khan, 48, of Grantham owned New England Medicine and Counseling Associates (NEMCA) with locations in Grantham, Manchester, Newport and Rochester, and two others in Rutland and Colchester,Vermont.
Karlee's Home Team looking to create a care center in Rochester for homeless clients
ROCHESTER — Karlee's Home Team is looking to organize a care coordination center to help the homeless meet some very basic needs. The nonprofit group was the agency chosen this past winter to operate the Willand Warming Center in Somersworth, a Tri-City effort of Somersworth, Dover and Rochester to provide a warm place for the area's unhoused during the coldest parts of winter. ...
'Always keep growing': Kennebunk High School celebrates the graduating Class of 2024
KENNEBUNK, Maine — The Class of 2024 said they learned growth and resilience at Kennebunk High School as they stepped off the football field as graduates Sunday. The students, 167 of which graduated this year, started their four years during the COVID-19 pandemic, still in eighth grade when schools closed in spring 2020. Student leaders who spoke said they tried to make the most of their years at KHS as they worked to return to normalcy in...
Oyster River baseball hangs on to upset Saint Thomas and advance to D II semis
DOVER − Oyster River High School baseball head coach Cam Calato used the word "resilient" to describe the Bobcats. After losing to St. Thomas Aquinas (the No. 2 seed), by a combined score of 24-4 across two regular season meetings, the ORHS Bobcats proved the truth of the phrase "third time's the charm". ...
Lindsay Dube, a familiar face, 'honored' to be named Dover Middle School principal
DOVER — The interim principal of Dover Middle School has been approved to take over the school’s top title on a full-time basis. Lindsay Dube, a 10-year Dover Middle School administrator, was named principal of the school this month by the School Board after serving on an interim basis since the winter. Dube stepped into the role after longtime principal Kim Lyndes went on personal leave and informed the Dover school district she’d be leaving her post in July.
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