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CBS News
02-07-2025
- CBS News
Pease airport in New Hampshire will see increased military aircraft activity. Here's why.
People in the seacoast area of New Hampshire are being warned that they may see an increase in military aircraft operations in the coming weeks near Portsmouth International Airport at Pease. According to the airport, there will be additional military aircrafts through July 15. The aircrafts will be in the area for Atlantic Alliance 2025, which is described as "a large-scale, multinational military training exercise involving U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forces and allied partners from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom." The naval integration exercise is used to rehearse various scenarios to help prepare different units from states spanning North Carolina to Maine. As part of the event, the airport "will support an increase tempo of flight activity." That will include "amphibious assaults, naval maneuver exercises, and expeditionary support missions." "We recognize that this increased military activity may cause temporary noise disruptions for our neighbors. But we ask everyone to keep in mind, Portsmouth International Airport plays an integral role in global security," said Paul Brean, executive director of the Pease Development Authority. "Even though this training exercise will encompass an enormous geographic area off the eastern seaboard, our airfield is a critical strategic asset, similar to our role in real-world events. As a joint-use commercial military airport, Portsmouth has an unwavering commitment to the Department of Defense and our global partners." Most of the increased takeoffs and landings will take place during the day, though the airport said it's possible there will be some flights at night.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
State says lawsuit by Rye lobster shack should be dismissed
The state says a lawsuit filed by the owners of a popular Rye lobster shack against the Pease Development Authority, claiming they were targeted by former Port Authority Director Geno Marconi in a campaign of 'extortion, intimidation, and corruption,' should be dismissed because 'none of the plaintiffs' claims has legs.' Rye Harbor Lobster Pound, owned and operated for more than 27 years by Sylvia Cheever and Nathan Hanscom, filed the lawsuit in January in Merrimack County Superior Court against the Pease Development Authority (PDA) and its Division of Ports and Harbors (the Port Authority). The Lobster Pound leases land from the PDA at Rye Harbor. The lawsuit names Marconi and Paul Brean, executive director of the PDA, alleging Marconi improperly influenced the PDA and the Port Authority. It accuses Marconi, whose family owns and operates Geno's Chowder and Sandwich Shop in Portsmouth, of using his power to 'harm a competitor to his family business and in retaliation against the plaintiffs who were not part of Marconi's network of allied businesses and individuals who worked for or were otherwise connected with the Port Authority.' In response to the suit, the Attorney General's Office said the plaintiffs are not entitled to relief. 'The plaintiffs have failed to state any viable claim under the (Administrative Procedures Act) or the state or federal Constitution that would entitle them to prospective relief,' the AG's Office wrote. 'The plaintiffs' claims against the PDA, the Division of Ports and Harbors, and Paul Brean should therefore be dismissed in their entirety.' Marconi, 73, who was placed on paid administrative leave from the Port Authority in April 2024, is scheduled to go to trial in November on felony charges of witness tampering and falsifying evidence. He faces two felony and four misdemeanor indictments that allege he shared protected motor vehicle details and pier permit fee information about Neil Levesque, vice chairman of the PDA and director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. The lawsuit alleges the PDA and Port Authority implemented 'harsh, anti-business policies' that 'specifically target Rye Harbor Lobster Pound due to its competition with Marconi and other businesses aligned with him in Rye Harbor State Marina.' Those policies and actions, the suit says, include imposing an unauthorized and illegal tax, framed as a 'concessions fee' of 10% on the lobster pound's gross sales, a fee not applied to other similar businesses; interfering with its relationships with local fishermen; removing parking spots and harassing and interfering with its customers. The lawsuit asks the court to prevent the defendants from 'applying and enforcing their illegal rules to Rye Harbor Lobster Pound's prejudice,' and seeks compensatory damages. The AG's Office argues the plaintiffs do not allege any facts that, when taken as true, would support claims of negligence against the PDA. 'Indeed, they fail to identify any purportedly negligent acts in their complaint at all,' the state's motion says. 'The facts alleged in the complaint likewise do not support an inference that the plaintiffs suffered serious mental and emotional harm, much less identify any objective physical symptoms the plaintiffs allegedly suffered. In the absence of either of these elements, the plaintiffs have necessarily also failed to allege that the defendants' negligence foreseeably caused their emotional harm.' pfeely@
