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Joseph Raymond Goulet, a veteran who landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day, has died. The New Hampshire resident died on July 4. He was 99. Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to parents who emigrated from Canada, Goulet voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II, according to an obituary. His math and organizational skills led him…

A public pool in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was forced to close on the July Fourth holiday after it was the target of vandalism. The city’s public works department tweeted Monday morning that the outdoor pool at Peirce Island was closed. The city hopes to have it reopened by Tuesday. It was not immediately clear what the vandalism consisted of...

An 8-year-old boy from New Hampshire was tragically killed in what appears to have been a random shooting while vacationing in South Carolina over the weekend, according to police. Charles Montgomery Allen, 40, was shooting at cars from his home on Old River Road in Florence, South Carolina, around 2 p.m. on Saturday when he struck the child and his…

A former emergency medical technician in New Hampshire has been charged with drugging and sexually abusing three children under the age of 13. Todd Burnim, 54, of Kensington, was indicted this month by a grand jury in Rockingham County on a dozen counts of felonious sexual assault and aggravated felonious sexual assault related to the abuse which allegedly took place…

Hourslong delays were reported on the Piscataqua River Bridge on Interstate 95 from New Hampshire to Maine on Thursday morning due to police activity. Maine State Police said they were called to an incident around 6:30 a.m. involving an individual on the northbound side of the bridge. The bridge was shut down in both directions but reopened fully around 11…

President Joe Biden spoke to supporters in New Hampshire about the impact of his infrastructure plan.

President Joe Biden is scheduled to make a stop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, where he will talk infrastructure spending.

President Joe Biden visited Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Tuesday to talk infrastructure. The president spoke about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a $1 trillion investment bill meant to tackle improvements to roads and highways, build bridges and railroads, address climate change concerns and other infrastructure needs in the country. Biden’s destination is the state’s only deep water harbor, making it...

President Joe Biden will visit Portsmouth, New Hampshire next week to talk infrastructure. The visit is slated for Tuesday, April 19, with the exact details yet to be released. The president will talk about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a $1 trillion investment bill meant to tackle improvements to roads and highways, build bridges and railroads, address climate change concerns and…

Postcards promoting the QAnon web of conspiracy theories arrived in the mail at thousands of New England homes recently. The card, titled “The True Story of QAnon,” features a QR code surrounded by 20 faces of famous politicians, actors and tech giants. “They’re just trying to hook people in and trick them,” said Brian Duffy of Acton, Massachusetts. The back…

Portsmouth, New Hampshire police have arrested a high school baseball coach accused of sexually assaulting a minor.

Residents in Portsmouth, New Hampshire can now pay their bills using cryptocurrency. Customers who have cryptocurrency, like bitcoin, stored in their PayPal account can now use it to pay any outstanding debts to the city. The mayor brought the idea to city leaders, saying he wanted Portsmouth to embrace the idea of virtual currency and give residents more ways to pay...

A fisherman who reeled in a woolly mammoth tooth off the coast of Newburyport, Massachusetts, sold it at auction for more than $10,000 to help the people of Ukraine.

A New Hampshire man who has been living in Ukraine is finally back home in Portsmouth. John Cavanaugh had been in the country for about nine months before Russia invaded. He was able to get from Kyiv to Lviv easily, but that’s when the journey back to the United States took a turn for the worse. “It was just...

The New England Fishmongers crew was dredging for scallops in December off the coast of Massachusetts when it made the unusual find.

A treehouse for kids has turned into a dispute between adults in one New Hampshire neighborhood. A Portsmouth mother says she and her husband built the treehouse for their 9-year-old son, and that neighbors didn’t express any opposition until after the work was done. “We were completely blindsided, my family and I,” said Jill Maloney. “Throughout the whole process,...

Multiple boats caught fire at a dry dock in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Friday, sending a plume of smoke into the air. People on social media were sharing images of the fire and smoke. The column of smoke was visible across Narragansett Bay Friday morning, NBC affiliate WJAR reported.

A woman’s body was found near a restaurant in the waters of Narragansett Bay near Bristol, Rhode Island, Thursday, police said. Police in Portsmouth said Friday that the body is that of a woman who fell from a ferry in the bay this week, She was 39-year-old Laura Ward from Prudence Island. The body was found in the water...

A Rhode Island man involved in a legal tussle with the town of Portsmouth earlier this year over signs on his property critical of town officials is back at it. Michael DiPaola recently bought a plot of land on a busy road on which he placed more signs, including one that includes a picture of actors Jim Carrey and Jeff…

A New Hampshire State Police trooper died early Thursday when a tractor trailer collided with his cruiser on Interstate 95 in Portsmouth. Staff Sgt. Jesse Sherrill, 44, was working an overnight New Hampshire Department of Transportation paving detail on I-95 north near Exit 3 around 12:30 a.m. when the crash happened, officials said. Sherill was on duty as Brox Industries installed…