{"id":26171,"date":"2026-05-09T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=26171"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:35:53","slug":"may-9-2026-new-england-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=26171","title":{"rendered":"May 9, 2026 New England News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New Hampshire:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A bipartisan compromise has emerged amid potential changes to New Hampshire\u2019s state civil rights law. Source: New Hampshire Bulletin, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/05\/05\/amid-potential-changes-to-state-civil-rights-law-a-bipartisan-compromise-emerges\/\">https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/05\/05\/amid-potential-changes-to-state-civil-rights-law-a-bipartisan-compromise-emerges\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Drought conditions are raising the stakes of New Hampshire\u2019s relationship to fire. Source: New Hampshire Bulletin, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/05\/04\/drought-raises-the-stakes-of-new-hampshires-relationship-to-fire\/\">https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/05\/04\/drought-raises-the-stakes-of-new-hampshires-relationship-to-fire\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>An appeals court has halted a lower-court ruling that would have required the state to continue vehicle inspections. Source: NHPR, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhpr.org\/nh-news\/2026-05-01\/vehicle-inspections-appeals-court-stays-lower-court-ruling-that-nh-continue-car-inspections\">https:\/\/www.nhpr.org\/nh-news\/2026-05-01\/vehicle-inspections-appeals-court-stays-lower-court-ruling-that-nh-continue-car-inspections<\/a><\/li>\n<li>New Hampshire\u2019s medical marijuana program added 2,100 new patients last year. Source: Concord Monitor, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/05\/new-hampshire-cannabis-program-growth\/\">https:\/\/www.concordmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/05\/new-hampshire-cannabis-program-growth\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Maine:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Areas near Sebago Lake and Turner are seen as browntail moth hot spots in an otherwise quiet year. Source: Portland Press Herald, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/05\/07\/areas-near-sebago-lake-turner-seen-as-browntail-moth-hot-spots-in-otherwise-quiet-year\/\">https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/05\/07\/areas-near-sebago-lake-turner-seen-as-browntail-moth-hot-spots-in-otherwise-quiet-year\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ADU construction in Maine hasn\u2019t matched interest despite best efforts. Source: Portland Press Herald, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/05\/07\/adu-construction-in-maine-hasnt-matched-interest-despite-best-efforts\/\">https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/05\/07\/adu-construction-in-maine-hasnt-matched-interest-despite-best-efforts\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Caribou school board advances a revised budget up $1.5M from the previous year. Source: Bangor Daily News, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2026\/05\/06\/aroostook\/aroostook-education\/caribou-school-board-advances-budget\/\">https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2026\/05\/06\/aroostook\/aroostook-education\/caribou-school-board-advances-budget\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Madison town manager resigns after improper dismissal by the Select Board. Source: Bangor Daily News, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2026\/05\/06\/central-maine\/madison-town-manager-resigns-after-improper-dismissal\/\">https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2026\/05\/06\/central-maine\/madison-town-manager-resigns-after-improper-dismissal\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Vermont:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Perrigo will lay off 161 workers as the company heads toward closure of its Vermont site. Source: VTDigger, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2026\/05\/06\/perrigo-to-lay-off-161-as-company-heads-toward-vermont-site-closure\/\">https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2026\/05\/06\/perrigo-to-lay-off-161-as-company-heads-toward-vermont-site-closure\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vermont lawmakers grapple with giving farmers exemptions to local zoning. Source: VTDigger, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2026\/05\/06\/vermont-lawmakers-grapple-with-giving-farmers-exemptions-to-local-zoning\/\">https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2026\/05\/06\/vermont-lawmakers-grapple-with-giving-farmers-exemptions-to-local-zoning\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Governor Scott vetoes the Legislature\u2019s attempt to reduce road salt pollution. Source: Vermont Public, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontpublic.org\/local-news\/2026-05-06\/scott-vetoes-legislatures-attempt-to-reduce-road-salt-pollution\">https:\/\/www.vermontpublic.org\/local-news\/2026-05-06\/scott-vetoes-legislatures-attempt-to-reduce-road-salt-pollution<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vermont State Police identify remains of a man missing 25 years ago. Source: Vermont Public, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontpublic.org\/local-news\/2026-05-06\/vermont-state-police-identify-remains-man-missing-25-years\">https:\/\/www.vermontpublic.org\/local-news\/2026-05-06\/vermont-state-police-identify-remains-man-missing-25-years<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Hampshire: A bipartisan compromise has emerged amid potential changes to New Hampshire\u2019s state civil rights law. Source: New Hampshire Bulletin, Link: https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/05\/05\/amid-potential-changes-to-state-civil-rights-law-a-bipartisan-compromise-emerges\/ Drought conditions are raising the stakes of New Hampshire\u2019s relationship to fire. Source: New Hampshire Bulletin, Link: https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/05\/04\/drought-raises-the-stakes-of-new-hampshires-relationship-to-fire\/ An appeals court has halted a lower-court ruling that would have required the state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":26172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-news"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-England-News.jpeg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26173,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26171\/revisions\/26173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}