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A proposal to allow a floating oyster farm in the Great Bay Estuary in Broad Cove for the next 10 years has been sunk by the Fish and Game Department after numerous people and agencies opposed it.
The state has activated its Office of Emergency Management in part because of impending severe weather but also had planned for it to be opened as the state is hosting a NASCAR race in Loudon.
There is a slight to enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms across the area today, especially in New Hampshire, with the risk of a few tornadoes and damaging winds being the primary concerns.
The NWS said there is the potential for winds in excess of 70 mph, and the Storm Prediction Center has issued a 10% risk for tornadoes across New Hampshire for Sunday.
At the Quincy Bog Natural Area Saturday, the story was told and cake was enjoyed, marking an amazing story of community can-do, which began with a developer trying to blow up dams to drain the wetlands.
Before an audience of business owners and executives, three of the top four candidates for governor took the stage together to introduce themselves.
The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for southern New Hampshire, with “heat index values up to 105 expected.”
Find the forecast for your town or city by going to the National Weather Service website. Then in the upper left hand corner, type in where you live.
A new EPA classification of two PFAS chemicals as hazardous under the Superfund Law has also entered the conversation about the cleanup of the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics site in Merrimack, a manufacturing company notorious for widespread PFAS contamination of drinking water.