When Charyl Reardon needs to charge her electric vehicle quickly, she has to leave her home in New Hampshire’s White Mountains region and drive 65 miles south on the interstate highway until she reaches the capital city of Concord. For those like Reardon, a resident of the Lincoln Woodstock community in northern New Hampshire, this kind of routine is not uncommon. Public charging stations for electric vehicles, or EVs, are scarce in rural parts of the state. Compared to the rest of New England, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, the Granite State has lagged in its rollout of public EV infrastructure. “They’re kind of sprinkled along parts around the White Mountains,” said Reardon. “You don’t often see fast chargers by any means.”
Senior guard Madison Medbury (Scituate, R.I.) scored 16 points and dished out five assists in the final game of her career as No. 2-seeded Rhode Island College fell to No. 3-seeded Southern Maine, 71-57,
Lucy Wiles scored 29 points as the University of Southern Maine advanced to the Little East Conference women’s basketball championship game with a 71-57 victory Thursday night against Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island.
The case, brought by attorneys general in 22 states and the District of Columbia, represents a pivotal test for the administration as it pursues a dramatic review of government spending priorities.
A quick-moving storm continues to move through New England from the Great Lakes this morning, draping a warm and cold front across the region and spreading light snow. Boston and most of Massachusetts and Rhode Island will see steady light rain with scattered showers in the afternoon as temperatures warm up, returning closer to 50 degrees.
Mt. Blue and Edward Little both qualified three for the New England Championships, which are March 8-9 in Providence, Rhode Island. Here are Maine’s qualifiers, listed in order of finish: 106 —Preston Garland (Mt. Blue), Clayton McPheters (Mattanawcook), Remington Grunhuvd (Massabesic).