Ian Lenahan - Portsmouth Herald

During the federal government shutdown, the overwhelming majority of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workforce is exempted from the furlough, leaving most of the 7,700-plus workforce at the navy yard no choice but to work without pay.

The $4.2 million sale of a five-bedroom, nine-bathroom Rye residence led 25 houses that sold for at least $1 million, a new September record. Home inventory on the New Hampshire Seacoast is at a five-year high.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, based in Kittery, Maine, employs thousands of civilians who live in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

The University of New Hampshire is cutting 36 positions, in addition to cutbacks earlier this year, in response to a $17.5 million state budget reduction.

Aaron Goodwin, a former police officer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, his brother Kevin Goodwin and sister-in-law Shannon Goodwin were all cleared of the state’s accusations July 2 by Judge Andrew Schulman.

Per Trump White House cuts, the University of New Hampshire stands to lose an estimated $17.5 million in the next five years, according to UNH President Elizabeth Chilton.

The Piscataqua River Bridge on Interstate 95, the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge and the Memorial Bridge, all within a several thousand feet of each other, are jointly owned and managed by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation and the Maine Department of Transportation.

Area mental health leaders will also advocate for suicide barriers to be installed on the three bridges connecting New Hampshire and Maine.

Possible upgrades to Rye Harbor are being studied by Tighe & Bond, a contractor hired by the Pease Development Authority, following a previous idea to remove the shack businesses at the site.

If the legislators’ proposed reduction holds, the USNH would be receiving $28.8 million less annually in the coming two years.