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Shootings In Seabrook
High-Speed Rail On Biden’s List
Flash flooding forced an hours-long shutdown of a section of Route 11 by the entrances to the Hannaford supermarket and Lowe’s home improvement store in the Winnipesaukee Crossing shopping center on Oct. 31. Gilford Fire Chief Stephen Carrier said the water was waist-high after a culvert near one of the entrances was unable to handle the torrential rains that fell overnight.
When firefighters arrived, there was a disabled vehicle in the middle of the flooded four-lane highway. They were able to lead the occupant to safety. Police attempted to detour traffic around the area, but one driver went around a police cruiser and the car stalled in the deep water, leaving firefighters to lead the driver and a child passenger to higher ground.
Authorities closed off about a quarter-mile-long stretch of the road between the entrance to the Walmart Plaza and where Route 11 intersects with Lake Street at the Gilford-Laconia line.
Shootings In Seabrook
Attorney General John M. Formella, State Police Colonel Nathan Noyes, and Seabrook Police Chief Brett Walker announced a continuing investigation into a “suspicious death” in Seabrook on Nov. 1 in which a man was found dead in a driveway and another man had a shotgun wound that left him in critical condition.
According to the report, a third man was said to have run away from the home at 19 Boynton Lane.
Police have not released the identity of the deceased man pending contact with the family. They said the second man remains in critical condition at an area hospital.
High-Speed Rail On Biden’s List
President Joe Biden’s scaled-back plan to promote social services includes a $10 billion commitment to the development of high-speed railroad corridors around the country.
The money would go to the states in support of projects connecting passenger trains between cities.
Former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama also attempted to promote high-speed passenger rail for both convenience and as a means to reduce automobile pollution, but their efforts faced various obstacles, from outright opposition to funding shortfalls and construction delays.
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