Delays expected from runway work

BOSTON (AP) – Ongoing repairs to the runways at Logan International Airport will continue to cause flight delays, but the answer to when they will occur is blowing in the wind.

The first shutdown – part of a $7.5 million repaving project – began Monday evening and lasted 58 hours because prevailing winds shifted to the northwest, leaving just two operable runways.

The situation led to an estimated 205 flight delays, some lasting a half-hour or longer, according to a spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan.

Ship limits urged to help whales

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (AP) – Scientists are recommending speed zones for ship traffic as one way to help to help the endangered North Atlantic right whale population.

Whale experts studying the right whale in the Bay of Fundy this summer said that while there are more calves than usual, too many of the slow-moving leviathans are being killed in ship collisions.

Lifeguard cites Web site in firing

HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) – A lifeguard says he was fired for refusing the state’s request to take down his Web site about safety tips at Hampton Beach, but a state official disputes that.

Dan Ryan, a lifeguard in Hampton for 10 years, said Thursday he was ordered to take his site down by Aug. 12, and that he complied, anticipating a meeting with state officials to discuss the problem. On Monday, when no meeting was scheduled, Ryan put the site back up, then reportedly was fired.

Burglars raid student office

STORRS, Conn. (AP) – University of Connecticut police are investigating the theft of $30,000 worth of computer and photography equipment from the office of the Daily Campus, the student newspaper.

The items were discovered missing Friday morning, police said.

Editor Tom Gaffey said burglars made off with a computer server, two digital cameras and five flatscreen monitors. There was no sign of forced entry, he said.