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March 1, 2012 Storm
Thursday, March 1, 2012
PSNH on outage alert; 2-3 inches so far
While everyone is cautiously optimistic any power interruptions from the current storm won’t approach the widespread damage and extended outages the Halloween storm left behind, …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Al Kaprielian's special Thursday winter storm update
Here's what you can expect the rest of the day from the first big winters storm of 2012. …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Late winter storm has homeless outreach workers scrambling
NASHUA – With the falling of the first flakes of a delayed winter’s first significant storm, Kathy Paquette scrambled to find emergency shelter beds, just …
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
PSNH statement on company’s storm preparation
For Immediate Release: PSNH Takes Precautions for Winter Storm MANCHESTER, N.H., February 29, 2012 -- Public Service of New Hampshire is prepared for the possibility …
October 2011 Storm
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Merrimack getting $150,000 to help defray ‘Snowtober’ costs
MERRIMACK – Six months after the October snowstorm leveled much of Merrimack, the town is set to accept $150,000 in federal funds to reimburse the …
Friday, December 30, 2011
2. Unprecedented ‘Snowtober’ storm knocks out power to 95 percent of Nashua customers
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Telegraph will be wrapping up its review of the 10 biggest local stories of 2011 in Saturday’s paper. Timing is everything in …
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Trees, wires are a bad combo during storms
Power outages: Just one more thing to blame on the decline of the family farm. Fewer farms mean more trees. More trees mean more limbs …
Sunday, December 4, 2011
PSNH report paints powerful picture of storm aftermath
Public Service of New Hampshire considers its efforts after a freak Halloween snowstorm that left hundreds of thousands without power to be a triumph. The …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
FAST problems seem mostly fixed – at least, nobody’s complaining
NASHUA – It appears most problems with FairPoint’s high-speed Internet network cleared up Tuesday, although no official word came from the company. The Telegraph received …
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Paperwork for federal declaration is next step following storm for city, state officials
NASHUA – After a dizzying week of power outages following the rare October snowstorm, the city begins another heavy task of filing the paperwork that …
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Nashua’s final few grateful to have power restored; City begins damage assessment
Sitting in their living room and preparing for a seventh-straight night without power, Frank and Carol Menard noticed their ceiling fan slowly begin to circle …
Sunday, November 6, 2011
How did telecom services handle the storm? Hard to say
A week ago, after the Halloween snowstorm swept through the area, Wilton and Lyndeborough experienced this connected world’s ultimate nightmare: Not only were many homes …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Hudson Trick or Treat rescheduled for Sunday, 4-6 p.m.
HUDSON – Police announced Wednesday that the town’s annual Halloween Trick or Treat has been rescheduled for Sunday, Nov. 6, from 4-6 p.m. The decision …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
No school Thursday in Nashua, Hollis, Brookline; delays in Hudson, Litchfield
The Nashua and Hollis/Brookline Cooperative school districts called off school Thursday, the fourth consecutive day canceled since last weekend’s snow storm. Hudson issued a 90-minute …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
PSNH customers still waiting for signs of the cavalry
NASHUA – Coleridge and Spenser are dead English poets. Coleridge and Spencer are dead ends in Nashua – just two of several city roads that …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Brookline FD serves meals to utility workers
BROOKLINE – A generation or two ago, when this town was half its current size and no one was a stranger, helping your neighbor was …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Lynch asks feds redo declaration
CONCORD – Gov. John Lynch appealed to the Obama administration for more federal assistance after last weekend’s historic snowstorm than it’s expected to get. The …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
During outages, issue of buried power lines surfaces
With New Hampshire facing its third multiday, widespread power outage in less than three years, this question arises, as it always does in such situations: …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Advance force speeds work of PSNH crews
HUDSON – If your electricity is still out, it may feel like line crews are moving at a snail’s pace. But it could be slower …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
National Guard called in to help Litchfield; residents grateful but still waiting on power
LITCHFIELD – Spcs. Nick Collishaw and Alex Peck drove around Litchfield on Wednesday afternoon in a military Humvee and knocked on doors to check on …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Merrimack inundated with calls, including for carbon monoxide
MERRIMACK – Fire officials say they dealt with an extremely high volume of calls Monday night into Tuesday morning, many storm related. Calls tied to …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Nashua schedules brush collection for storm debris
NASHUA – Starting Monday, the city will haul away brush, including limbs and debris from the Halloween weekend storm. Brush should be at the curbside …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Why oaks broke: Snow clinging to their leaves can add up to 3,000 pounds
Two tree species were hit particularly hard by the Halloween snowstorm, says the county forester – one because it’s too weak, the other because it’s …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
PSNH wants people to call in power outages: 800-662-7764
With slightly less than two-thirds of Greater Nashua still without power Tuesday night, PSNH continued bringing in crews and equipment to help repair lines, although …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Generator fumes hospitalize seven from Milford
MILFORD – Town rescue crews dealt with two cases of serious carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday, and a Nashua family narrowly escaped serious injury Monday night. …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
2 of 3 in area still lack power; Friday return seen
Slightly less than two-thirds of Nashua customers are still without power as of 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, while virtually all of Windham and a large number …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Fire during teeth of storm destroys 1920s Berkeley Street home
NASHUA – An electrical fire destroyed a stately Berkeley Street home early Sunday morning during the teeth of the snowstorm. A large tree limb fell …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Nashua, Hudson, Merrimack and other towns cancel school Wednesday
School bells won’t ring Wednesday in several Nashua areas communities, as downed utility wires and a lack of electricity force a continuation of a surprising …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Hotels fully booked as far north as Tilton; online confirmations not always guaranteed
NASHUA – David Roth thought he was booked for a warm hotel bed twice this weekend, only to get burned both times by “bogus” online …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Blacked-out traffic lights are ‘huge priority,’ call for police presence
HUDSON – Police are directing traffic when they can and urging caution when they can’t, as many traffic lights in Hudson remain without power as …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
No power real concern for wheelchair-bound on upper floors
NASHUA – No one likes being without power, but it can be particularly scary when your devices aren’t cell phones and laptops, but oxygen tanks …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Shelters, centers meet needs in communities
Amherst The warming center at the Public Safety Complex, 177 Amherst St., is open Wednesday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Emergency management director Brian Gleason said …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Carbon monoxide awareness urged
November is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month as carbon monoxide poisoning becomes a greater risk during the heating season. Nationally, carbon monoxide is one of the …
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
PSNH: 135,000 customers still without power
Step by step, inch by inch. On Monday, 73 percent of PSNH customers in Nashua remained without power. As of Tuesday morning, that was reduced …
January 2011 Storm
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Souhegan, Amherst budget hearings postponed
AMHERST – The snowstorm has forced the postponement of Wednesday night’s public budget hearings for the Amherst and Souhegan Cooperative school districts. The hearings will …
Friday, January 14, 2011
Storm Day 2: Sidewalks still caked with snow kept Nashua schools closed
With the Nashua street sidewalks coated in piles of uncleared snow, Erica Aponte and her four-year-old daughter, Rita, took to the streets for their daily …
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Snow blessing for some
Nashua, like much of New England, has a few days of shoveling and plowing ahead after a classic nor’easter pounded the region with up to …
Thursday, January 13, 2011
‘White gold’ just ticket for slopes
It’s almost as if New Hampshire’s ski resorts made a deal with Mother Nature. Wednesday’s snowstorm blew through the state and left many cities and …
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Snowfall measured in Nashua
Telegraph staff photographer Grant Morris measures the snowfall from Wednesday’s storm in downtown Nashua. …
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Plow drivers have to return again and again
9:00 a.m. HOLLIS – A plow truck driver was called out at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday following a fire call on Dow Road. The town’s other …
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Highways "a mess," police say
Police and fire dispatchers in Nashua, Merrimack, Hudson, Hollis, Litchfield, and the greater Milford area all report that they have heard of no major problems …
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Snow to continue all day, NWS predicts
The National Weather Service now calls for roughly 7 to 11 inches of snow to fall today in the Nashua area, with northeasterly winds and …
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Some schools announce Wednesday closings early
The first of the Nashua area school systems has preemptively canceled classes on Wednesday in advance of a Nor’easter expected to hammer New England. Milford …
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Storm warning upgraded to blizzard
The National Weather Service has upgraded the winter storm warning to a blizzard warning from 2 am. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. …
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
No word on Nashua snow day until tomorrow
NASHUA – Although it may seem inevitable, don’t expect any word on a snow day until tomorrow morning at the earliest, said Superintendent Mark Conrad. …
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Winter Storm Warning
...SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK UP THE EAST COAST TONIGHT AND WILL BE …
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Al Kaprielian winter storm update
Nashua Telegraph weatherman Al Kaprielian updates his forcast for Wednesday’s winter storm. …
