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VIDEO: Teen stops runaway boat after operator falls overboard in New Hampshire

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3 weeks ago

July 13, 2024

VIDEO: Teen stops runaway boat after operator falls overboard in New Hampshire

GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — An empty runaway boat speeding in circles on New Hampshire’s largest lake was brought safely to a stop by a teenager who jumped aboard from a personal watercraft.

Rich Bono, who captured the events on video, said he was on the dock Wednesday in Lake Winnipesaukee’s Smith Cove when he heard some commotion in what is usually a quiet, no-wake zone.

“I can hear an engine revving, and I looked down the end of the dock toward the noise and saw a boat circling, circling, circling, and no one was in it,” he said. “Obviously, that’s not good.”

Bono later learned that the boat’s operator, a sailing instructor, had reached into the water to pick up a tennis ball used for teaching when one of the students’ sailboats tipped over. The sailboat’s mast hit the motor boat’s throttle, sending the instructor overboard and the boat into a spiral.

In a still frame from video provided by Rich Bono, an empty runaway boat speeds in circles, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, on Lake Winnipesaukee’s Smith Cove, off Gilford, N.H. The empty runaway boat was brought safely to a stop by a teenager who jumped aboard from a personal watercraft. (Rich Bono via AP)

Brady Procon, 17, hopped on the back of his neighbor’s personal watercraft. They pulled alongside the runaway boat, and Procon jumped onto it and cut the engine.

“Brady was a hero,” Bono said in an interview Monday.

Though there were multiple children in sailboats and other vessels docked nearby, no one was injured, nor was any property damaged, Bono said.

“That boat was under power, throttled up,” he said. “Motors on boats are like meat grinders, they’re not very forgiving if someone gets hit.”

Procon, who is joining the U.S. Navy in the fall, told WMUR-TV the experience was both scary and fun.

“I’d do it again,” he said.

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Cyanobacteria Reported In Bedford, Dunbarton, Hopkinton, Pelham, And Windham Ponds

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2 hours ago

August 2, 2024

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Cyanobacteria Reported In Bedford, Dunbarton, Hopkinton, Pelham, And Windham Ponds

CONCORD, NH — State officials are reporting several continuing and new fecal bacteria and cyanobacteria watches and warnings around New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services posted a new fecal bacteria advisory at the Alton Town Beach in Alton Thursday, based on recent water testing. A new cyanobacteria warning-advisory has also been posted for the Hopkinton Dike at Elm Brook in Hopkinton.

The report stated the fecal bacteria advisory issued on July 18 for FB Argue Recreation Area Beach in Pittsfield was still active. A cyanobacteria watch-alert for Long Pond in Pelham, posted on July 25, was also still active, as were cyanobacteria warnings-advisories for Cobbetts Pond in Windham, issued July 25, and Gorham Pond in Dunbarton, posted on July 26.

Cyanobacteria is a natural component of lakes and ponds and form when excess nutrients are found in the water. The scum and blooms can cause health effects if exposed to them.

“Acute health effects include irritation of the skin and mucous membranes, tingling, numbness, nausea, vomiting, seizures, and diarrhea,” the state said in an alert. “If a person or animal is sick from a potential cyanobacteria exposure, please seek medical attention. Inform your physician or veterinarian that you or your pet may have been exposed to toxic cyanobacteria via recreation.”

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Ukrainian members of parliament visit New Hampshire

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10 hours ago

August 1, 2024

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Ukrainian members of parliament visit New Hampshire

Ukrainian members of parliament are in New Hampshire as part of a U.S. tour to thank Americans for their support, but also warn that the latest aid package, while significant, likely won’t be the last one needed to defeat the Russian invasion of their country.

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Coronavirus waste water levels in Mass., N.H. soar to ‘very high’ levels – The Boston Globe

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17 hours ago

August 1, 2024

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Coronavirus waste water levels in Mass., N.H. soar to ‘very high’ levels – The Boston Globe

The CDC reported that Massachusetts waste water levels reached 13.53 coronavirus RNA copies per milliliter of waste water as of July 20 compared to 6.14 copies per milliliter nationally. Just two weeks earlier, Massachusetts levels were recorded at 3.64 coronavirus RNA copies per milliliter, according to the CDC data.

An equally dramatic escalation was recorded in New Hampshire, according to the CDC. As of July 20, Granite State waste water levels hit 14.49 coronavirus RNA copies per milliliter, the CDC reported. Two weeks earlier, on July 6, test results recorded 4.93 coronavirus RNA copies per milliliter of waste water.

The data places both Massachusetts and New Hampshire among the 19 U.S. states with “very high” levels of the virus, the data shows.

Maine and Connecticut currently both have a “high” level of the virus in wastewater while Vermont and Rhode Island both have “moderate” levels, the CDC said.

Other states registering “very high” waste water levels include California, Oregon, Washington, Florida, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Maryland, according to the CDC.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

John R. Ellement can be reached at john.ellement@globe.com. Follow him @JREbosglobe.

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