Bedford Police Chief Daniel Douidi said no people or animals were harmed.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation / World, New England, News
East Coast port strike imminent as longshoremen talks show no progress
In Maine, the port of Portland is unlikely to be impacted by the strike, officials from the port and labor union say. Only one company, Eimskip of Reykjavík, Iceland, operates at the port of Portland and is not a party to the agreement between the union and the alliance.
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Suspicious mail sent to elections officials in several states
No state has reported – so far – that anyone has been harmed as a result of the suspicious mail.
Posted inNew England, Sports
Boston Marathon lowers qualifying times for most prospective runners for 2026 race
The change means men will need to run 2:55 – 5 minutes faster to earn a spot than for this year’s race. Women and nonbinary runners need to finish in 3:25.
Posted inNew England
Massachusetts police recruit dies after a ‘medical crisis’ during training exercise
The recruit’s mother told TV reporters that he was hit and injured.
Posted inNew England, News
Wreck of French steamship that sank in 1856 discovered off New England coast
Disaster struck during the ship’s first return voyage back to France from the U.S. The ship collided with the Maine-built barque Adriatic, which was en route from Belfast to Georgia.
Posted inNation / World, New England, News, Schools & Education
Harvard’s Black enrollment drops after Supreme Court ruling
Last year’s ruling overturned decades of legal precedent and forced the country’s most selective colleges to change the ways they evaluate applicants.
Posted inNation / World, New England
Shark biologists stumble into a deep-sea murder mystery
Porbeagle sharks aren’t known to have predators, but a new study says it recorded the first instance of the species being preyed upon by another massive shark.
Posted inNew England
New Hampshire governor helps save man choking on lobster roll at eating contest
A man says he’s grateful New Hampshire’s governor came to his aid when he started choking during a lobster roll eating contest.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation / World, New England, News
Cowabunga! Dover celebrates being birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
It wasn’t the New York City sewers, where the Turtles mutated from regular reptiles into a crime-fighting quartet who battled foes with nunchucks, snark and pizza. Rather, it was a small city near the New Hampshire coast.