PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — An aging bridge that connects New Hampshire and Maine is getting $25 million in federal grants for its replacement. The 70-year-old Sarah Mildred Long Bridge connects Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery. It is rated structurally deficient. The states successfully applied for the federal Transportation Investment Generating Recovery, or TIGER, grant. Work on […]
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Biden promises U.S. will chase terrorists to the ‘gates of hell’
KITTERY — Vice President Joe Biden addressed a crowd of more than 1,000 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery on Wednesday morning, throwing political star power behind a slate of Democratic candidates in both Maine and New Hampshire. Biden was accompanied on the stage by Maine gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud and 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie […]
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Pingree: Biden to tour Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
KITTERY — Vice President Joe Biden is paying a visit to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard this week. Joining him on Wednesday will be U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Rep. Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire, along with Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud of Maine. The shipyard announced the visit on Sunday. Pingree said Sunday that […]
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Kittery man killed in New Hampshire motorcycle crash
RYE, N.H. — Police say a 25-year-old man from Kittery has died in a motorcycle crash. The accident happened Friday morning in Rye, N.H. Responders arrived at the scene to find Matthew Dodge unconscious. Bystanders performed CPR until paramedics arrived and transported him to a hospital where he died of his injuries. The crash remains […]
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Maine man killed in New Hampshire motorcycle crash
RYE, N.H. — Police say a 25-year-old man from Kittery has died in a motorcycle crash. The accident happened Friday morning in Rye, N.H. Responders arrived at the scene to find Matthew Dodge unconscious. Bystanders performed CPR until paramedics arrived and transported him to a hospital where he died of his injuries. The crash remains […]
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USS California sub at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
KITTERY — The USS California submarine is at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for maintenance. The fast-attack sub and its crew of 115 enlisted personnel and 15 officers docked at the shipyard on Sunday. The California is the eighth Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine “built to excel in anti-submarine warfare” and other missions. The sub’s home port is […]
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Navy decommissions arson-damaged sub
The somber deactivation ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard marked the end of the sub’s nearly 24 years of active service. Rear Adm. Ken Perry, commander of the submarine Group Two in Groton, Conn., where the sub was based, acknowledged the seriousness of the event, but told the crowd they were there to celebrate the submarine […]
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Kittery-Portsmouth bridge getting underwater inspection
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Transportation officials are optimistic that a bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine hasn’t sustained any structural damage after an oil tanker struck a pier supporting the span. Foster’s Daily Democrat reported (http://bit.ly/1ctf9Dt) officials are awaiting the results of an underwater inspection by divers Tuesday of the Memorial Bridge. The 600-foot Seapride […]
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Oil tanker hits Portsmouth-Kittery bridge, does little damage
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The New Hampshire Transportation Department says an oil tanker struck a pier at the Memorial Bridge that connects the state to Maine, and there’s no apparent damage to the bridge itself. Bill Boynton of the Transportation Department said the 600-foot-long oil tanker “Seapride” was outbound on the Piscataqua River when it struck […]
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U.S. Navy takes another stab at developing Piscataqua River island
KITTERY — The Navy is trying for a third time to let the private sector redevelop Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s shuttered prison, a fortress-like structure that has priceless views of the Atlantic Ocean but needs millions of dollars of repairs. The prison, located on Seavey Island in the Piscataqua River that separates Maine and New Hampshire, features […]