When Charyl Reardon needs to charge her electric vehicle quickly, she has to leave her home in New Hampshire’s White Mountains region and drive 65 miles south on the interstate highway until she reaches the capital city of Concord. For those like Reardon, a resident of the Lincoln Woodstock community in northern New Hampshire, this kind of routine is not uncommon. Public charging stations for electric vehicles, or EVs, are scarce in rural parts of the state. Compared to the rest of New England, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, the Granite State has lagged in its rollout of public EV infrastructure. “They’re kind of sprinkled along parts around the White Mountains,” said Reardon. “You don’t often see fast chargers by any means.”
A quick-moving storm continues to move through New England from the Great Lakes this morning, draping a warm and cold front across the region and spreading light snow. Boston and most of Massachusetts and Rhode Island will see steady light rain with scattered showers in the afternoon as temperatures warm up, returning closer to 50 degrees.
Mt. Blue and Edward Little both qualified three for the New England Championships, which are March 8-9 in Providence, Rhode Island. Here are Maine’s qualifiers, listed in order of finish: 106 —Preston Garland (Mt. Blue), Clayton McPheters (Mattanawcook), Remington Grunhuvd (Massabesic).
With the Mills' administration ready to defend federal funding in the courts, Republicans are pushing for state law to follow Trump's executive order.
The case, brought by attorneys general in 22 states and the District of Columbia, represents a pivotal test for the administration as it pursues a dramatic review of government spending priorities.