MWC Daily: Expect Delays on Spaulding Turnpike
If you'll be traveling the Spaulding Turnpike today or tonight, you may want to be prepared for some delays.
Work crews will be out and about on the northbound lanes of the Little Bay Bridge on the Spaulding Turnpike. The lane closures will be in effect between 9am and 5pm. Also, work crews will be out on the Spaulding Turnpike tonight between 7pm and 2am on the southbound side installing an overhead sign near Exit 4 in Newington.
WOKQ Year of Service Partner
NH Children’s Trust, our 2015 Year or Service partner, is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate child abuse and neglect. The New Hampshire Fiddle Ensemble will perform a very special concert this Saturday, April 11th at the Exeter Town Hall to benefit New Hampshire Children’s Trust.
Weather
Partly to mostly cloudy with a chance of a few rain showers, high 49...mostly cloudy with a chance of a few snow showers mixing with or changing over to rain this afternoon, high 39. Check your 5-day forecast.
Top News Stories
Kenyan warplanes attack suspected militant positions
The Kenyan military says it launched air strikes against Islamic militants in Somalia following an extremist attack on a Kenyan college that killed 148 people.
Col. David Obonyo, a military spokesman, said warplanes attacked positions of the al-Shabab militant group on Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning.
Ayotte aide resigns
The state director for Senator Kelly Ayotte has resigned after he was one of 10 men arrested last week in a prostitution sting in Nashua. Police say David Wihby was arrested at a hotel on Friday after he responded to a woman's ad on the Internet. Ayotte released a statement late Saturday saying she was shocked at the arrest of a man she described as "a friend for many years."
Slide-in construction technique to be used in Vermont
The Vermont Transportation Agency is using what it calls a "slide-in construction technique" to minimize disruption for travelers when it replaces two Interstate 91 bridges in White River Junction. The highway will remain open during construction, except for two weekends, likely in late August.
Wake Up Winning
We'll have tickets to Miranda Lambert's 'Certified Platinum' show at Verizon Wireless Arena this Thursday night! Have a great Monday.