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Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
52-year-old Massachusetts hiker rescued from New Hampshire mountain
A 52-year-old hiker was rescued on Friday after being in distress on a New Hampshire mountain. According to NH Fish and Game on Friday March 21st around 8:45 a.m., officers were made aware of a hiker in distress off the Twinway Trail between Mount Guyot and South Twin Mountain. The hiker was able to text 911 from his phopne reporting that he had lost the trail and was in deep snow without snowshoes and that his phone was dying. The hiker was able to set up a shelter but would need navigational assistance to find the trail. The hiker was located in a remote section of the Pemi Wilderness and it was determined the best access would be from Gale River Road in Bethlehem, even though it would be a 6.5 mile hike. As Conservation Officers and volunteers from Pemi Valley Search and Rescue Team responded to the area, a call was made to the NH Army National Guard to see if they would be able to transport rescuers closer to the area or locate the hiker and fly him off the mountain. Two Conservation Officers and two Pemi SAR volunteers started off from Gale River Road and by 1:00 p.m. the NH Army National Guard was able to fly to Cannon Mountain Ski area where they staged hoping for the clouds to lift. Around 4 p.m. the NH Army National Guard returned to Concord as the weather had not improved above 3000 feet. At 5:20 p.m. the first rescuers arrived with the hiker who was located a short distance south of the Twinway Trail. His gear was packed and he was provided with snowshoes. There the hiker was identified as 52-year-old Gary Sullivan of Acton, Massachusetts. Sullivan was prepared for a two-day excursion and had a tent, sleeping bag, extra clothing, traction devices, food, water, the ten essentials, and even a Hike Safe card. The only item he lacked that would have proven helpful was a pair of snowshoes. Sullivan was extremely grateful for the assistance provided and for the attempt by the NH Army National Guard. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
CBC
26-02-2025
- Business
- CBC
Pulp mill's parking lot plan hits 2nd delay in front of Saint John council
An Irving Pulp and Paper plan to turn part of Wolastoq Park into a parking lot hit its second delay with Saint John council. At the continuation of a public hearing Monday night, councillors said they want to see the company and city staff come to an agreement on community benefit. The company is asking the city for approval to convert 30 per cent of the park into a roughly 500-space parking lot to accommodate the workers needed for a $1.1-billion upgrade project. After a lengthy discussion, councillors voted to send the plan back to the city manager for further discussion, ultimately delaying a final decision. The nearby Simms Corner intersection and its well known issues played centre stage in the discussions, along with the loss of park space for the community. Many councillors expressed concerns about quality of life impacts. "At the end of the day, it comes down to a loss of park, a reduction of quality of life for those who live and use that area," Coun. Gary Sullivan said. "If you're losing a big hunk of park and increasing traffic and making their life tougher, what's the community benefit?" The public hearing on the proposal began two weeks ago at the Feb. 10 council meeting, but the issue didn't get resolved before the 11 p.m. scheduled end. The majority of speakers in that meeting spoke against the proposal, with five left to speak in favour of it. While a date for the item's return to council has not been determined, the city's general counsel, Melanie Tompkins, said council must vote on the bylaw change within six months or the application process would need to restart. One of the remaining speakers — Andy Carson, J.D. Irving's director of government relations — said projected traffic increases resulting from the Irving NextGen project won't hit the same peaks as traffic resulting from other projects. He pointed to the Harbour Bridge construction project slated to be near completion in 2027. Carson said traffic related to its construction will ease this year and while the Irving project will add traffic back into Simms Corner, it would never reach the peaks of traffic related to bridge construction. "Which isn't to say that there won't be an impact. That's still hundreds of cars. We appreciate that and we're going to work hard to try to minimize that impact as part of what we do," Carson said. Tim O'Reilly, the city's director of public works, said Irving doesn't take several factors into account, such as train growth, port expansion and other industrial growth. Irving wants the parking lot for workers who will be needed for the mill's $1.1-billion plan to replace its recovery boiler and increase pulp output. While J.D. Irving Ltd. owns the land, the company's proposal requires a zoning change. The proposal was announced in October and has drawn criticism from city residents and staff, but support from trade and union groups, the city's Chamber of Commerce, mill employees and others. Irving Pulp and Paper mill vice-president Mark Mosher and others say the upgrade would bring a significant economic boost to the city and province through job and tax revenue growth. Opposed residents and city staff members say creating a parking lot would effectively make the area unusable as a park. Carson also addressed concerns about green space loss and said the company is open to discussion with city staff about how it can support other park lands on the city's west side. Mayor Donna Reardon said the delay in making a decision was about doing the right thing. "I mean, 25 years ago when they purchased that, we didn't talk about mental health and we didn't talk about green spaces and we didn't talk about neighbourhoods," Reardon said. "But we've evolved since those 25 years and now those things are important to us as communities." J.D. Irving Ltd. bought the land overlooking Reversing Falls in 1998. The company announced layoffs early Monday to roughly half of its paper plant workforce. The layoffs were not mentioned in the parking lot public hearing.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
RIFM releases "How to Use the Fragrance Material Safety Resource Center" video
Brief video guides access to peer-reviewed safety assessments covering over 2,100 fragrance ingredients and dozens of related research papers MAHWAH, N.J., Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM) announced the posting of a video explaining how to navigate the Fragrance Material Safety Resource Center. (Watch the video at The Center is an ongoing collaboration between RIFM and science publishers Elsevier. It provides free access to dozens of recent and historical papers, as well as thousands of fragrance ingredient safety assessments and monographs. "The video shows how easy it is for fragrance safety stakeholders to find information to help with formulation and other critical work," explained RIFM Marketing Communications Specialist Olive Chon. "Elsevier will host a webinar detailing everything available via the Resource Center and how to access it later this year." Visit the Fragrance Material Safety Resource Center at About RIFM RIFM is an independent international non-profit scientific organization that assesses the safety of fragrance ingredients by the most current, internationally accepted guidelines—and has done so since its founding in 1966. RIFM's peer-reviewed safety assessments and research are free to the public via Media Contact: The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM) Gary Sullivan Marketing & Communications Manager gsullivan@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. Sign in to access your portfolio
