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Friday, July 20, 2012
Volume 8 • Issue No. 29
Young Girl & Grandfather Save Man, Dog from Piscataqua River By Michelle Kingston Staff Columnist
Terry Adams and his granddaughter Hillary Adams-Wainwright, local heroes. (photo by Michelle Kingston)
YORK – As if running your own lobster boat at thirteen years old isn’t impressive enough, Hillary Adams-Wainwright, of York, is now considered a local Seacoast hero after saving two lives on Monday, July 11, from the Piscataqua River. “Everyone kind of made it seem like it was (a big deal), but I don’t really think it was at all. It was just kind of like, it happened,” she said. She had just finished drop-
ping off a load of lobsters at Chrissy D. Lobster Company in Kittery with her grandfather, Terry Adams, 66, when she spotted Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers whistling and motioning them to turn around. As the pair began to rotate the boat, scanning the river for what they thought would be divers, Adams-Wainwright spotted a small, scared and struggling four-legged friend searching for help. “We went and grabbed the dog, and we were heading back, and they were still telling us to
go back,” she said. A woman on Peirce Island was also frantically screaming for Adams-Wainwright and her grandfather to continue looking around. “She was hysterical,” said Adams. Penny, the small pup, who Adams-Wainwright believed was an English Terrier, was recovering on the boat when Adams spotted a hand pop up out of the river. Penny’s owner was also gasping for air, requirSee RESCUE page 9...
First Responders Honored for Work Battling USS Miami Fire KITTERY – New Hampshire’s U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D) and Kelly Ayotte (R) were in Portsmouth Monday, July 16, to honor the emergency first responders responsible for containing the fire aboard the USS Miami this past May. Shaheen and Ayotte presented a Senate
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Resolution recognizing the responders, which they introduced along with U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Scott Brown (R-MA), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT). The June 7 resolution commends the service of all those who responded to the fire, minimized damage to the submarine and ensured there was no loss of life. Shaheen and Ayotte presented the Senate resolution they and other New England senators sponsored to commend the first responders at a ceremony at Prescott Park in Portsmouth.
Last week, the Navy convened a special panel to investigate the May 23 fire that damaged the USS Miami while it was in dry dock for an overhaul at the shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The investigation was ordered by U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia. Early estimates put the fire damage at $400 million. It damaged the torpedo room, crew quarters, and command and control areas. “Your swift response and commitment to containing the fire helped minimize damage to the submarine and more imporSee HONORED page 6...
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New Hampshire’s U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D) and Kelly Ayotte (R) at ceremony honoring first responders at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (courtesy photo)
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Kennebunk High School Welcomes Chinese Students from Sister School By Timothy Gillis Staff Columnist
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Chinese students from the Tangshan Foreign Language School were in Kennebunk this week. Here, students listen as Glenn Black, from the science department at KHS, teaches a morning class. (Photo by Tim Gillis)
KENNEBUNK – Thirteen Chinese students and their chaperone were in town this past week for a summer camp at Kennebunk High School. They are from Kennebunk High’s sister school in Tangshan, China. They arrived a little later than scheduled when a connecting flight to Maine was cancelled at the last minute. So their first night in the United States was spent stuck in a Washington, D.C. airport, but the tired travel-
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ers finally arrived in Maine and were greeted by their host families from Kennebunk. Principal Susan Cressey went to China last March and visited the Tangshan Foreign Language School, located north of Beijing. It was then that she set up the exchange. “Students are fluent in English,” Cressey said. “I got to attend classes there. I was very interested in the discussions.” Classes are held in English in many schools in the area, See STUDENTS page 4...
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