KITTERY (AP) – A small fire broke out Monday aboard the nuclear submarine USS Jacksonville while it was undergoing a refueling overhaul in a dry dock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
The fire was immediately extinguished and the reactor was never in danger, said Danna Eddy of the public affairs office at the base. A shipyard firefighter and a sailor aboard the Jacksonville were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
Five missing after boat sinks
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) – Five fisherman were missing in rough seas Monday after their scallop boat capsized and sank in cold waters about 45 miles southeast of Nantucket.
Coast Guard boats and aircraft searched for the crew late into the night in high waves and freezing weather.
“We’re still searching right now, and we wouldn’t be searching if there wasn’t a chance of finding them alive,” Coast Guard spokesman Andrew Shinn said.
The 75-foot, New Bedford-based vessel with six crew members sent an emergency signal at about 4:44 p.m., Shinn said. Shortly after, a mayday followed, reporting the Northern Edge had overturned and was sinking.
One crew member was found by another fishing vessel. Pedro Furtado was in a life raft, but there was no sign of his crew mates, Shinn said.
“We were dredging, and the boat was on one side. Then came a wave, and it just flipped over,” Furtado said He said he threw himself on the raft and called his crewmates, but they never came.
Shots fired at car dealership
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – A Bedford man faces reckless conduct and criminal threatening charges after allegedly firing a gun inside his workplace – a Subaru dealership.
Police arrested Zbigniew May, 23, last weekend after finding a box with bullet holes in it at the dealership. They also said he may have threatened someone.
with the gun.
Jesus statue stolen from Nativity
BARRE, Vt. (AP) – Town police are investigating the theft of a statue of Jesus from a Nativity scene at the Knights of Columbus hall.
The figure was reported missing on Thursday.
The wooden baby figure was the second statue in Washington County reported stolen from a Nativity scene in a week. The wooden Jesus is described as being about two-feet square in size and hand-painted.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Barre Town Police Department at 479-0509 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-529-9998.
Shots fired at car dealership
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – A Bedford man faces reckless conduct and criminal threatening charges after allegedly firing a gun inside his workplace – a Subaru dealership.
Police arrested Zbigniew May, 23, last weekend after finding a box with bullet holes in it at the dealership. They also said he may have threatened someone with the gun.
Shack fire ruled not suspicious
MILAN, N.H. (AP) – Police have concluded that a fire that destroyed a Fish and Game Department guard shack was not suspicious.
The fire was discovered on Friday. Berlin Police Cpl. Dan Buteau said the shack was still smoldering on Sunday.
No one was injured.
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