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COVID-19 pandemic grounds popular balloon festivals in N.H., Maine By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated May 13, 2021, 11:52 a.m. Email to a Friend David L. Ryan/GLOBE STAFF FILE An annual hot air balloon rally beloved by locals on the ground in Pittsfield, N.H., will be canceled this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, organizers said in a Facebook posting Tuesday. “The Suncook Valley Rotary Club has announced that it will be cancelling the 2021 Annual Hot Air Balloon Rally,” the club said in the posting. The club said it normally begins planning and fund-raising for the ex...

More bank branches closing due to increased pressure from COVID and movement to online transactions The TD Bank in Allenstown will be closing in April. GEOFF FORESTER Published: 2/23/2021 12:44:43 PM Carol Testa, a 67-year-old Henniker resident, has done her banking for the last 20 years at her local Santander branch in Hillsborough, which is only seven minutes from her house. “It’s real convenient,” she said.  That branch is closing on March 12, and Testa is displeased. “I was really pissed when I got my letter,” she said, referring to the notice that the bank sent out in advan...

Spirits are high in Epsom with new liquor store The new New Hampshire State Liquor and Wine Outlet at the Epsom traffic circle on Friday. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff A car ran off the road near the entrance of the new New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlet at the Epsom traffic circle on Friday, February 5, 2021. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff Published: 2/7/2021 12:15:51 PM The New Hampshire Liquor Commission’s goal – expand the size of its outlets and open some closer to more heavily-traveled roads – has changed the landscape of two Suncook Valley towns. In Epsom, at the busy traffic ...

Heavy rain is slowly easing east, tapering to showers this evening. But even as rain ends, the runoff continues. The abundance of water in northern and Western New England means at least minor flooding on many rivers, and moderate to perhaps major flooding on the Otter Creek and Walloomsac River in Vermont; the Pemigewasset and Suncook rivers in New Hampshire; and the Hoosic in Western Massachusetts. It will reach its peak Christmas night, with larger rivers like the Connecticut expected only to reach minor flooding but doing so into the weekend. Colder air streaming in Friday night brings c...

Saturday Will Be Chilly After Mild, Soggy Christmas Day Tim Kelley It was a sad, soggy weather day for Christmas 2020. All that snow we had just vanished in the last 24 hours thanks to record warmth and heavy rain. Our snow melted down to an inch or two of water, in addition rainfall amounts have passed four inches in parts of southern and western New England warranting flood warnings for many communities Friday afternoon and evening. Heavy rain is slowly easing east, tapering to showers this evening. But even as rain ends, the runoff continues. The abundance of water in north...