BOW, N.H. (AP) — An emu famous for running wild through New Hampshire for more than a week has been reunited with its owner and returned home safely to Vermont in the back of a Toyota Prius.
The Concord Monitor reports (http://bit.ly/1LX460C) Kermit Blackwood figured it was a long shot that the emu loose in New Hampshire was his bird, Beatrice. It wasn't until the Townshend, Vermont, resident traveled roughly 80 miles to the Henniker-based nonprofit Wings of the Dawn when he knew for sure.
STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker opened the door on Tuesday to including off-shore wind in his immediate energy plans if projects can prove competitive on pricing, prodding lawmakers to act with urgency this fall on two of his initiatives intended facilitate the solar industry and bring large-scale hydroelectric power to Massachusetts.
House and Senate lawmakers are working to update the state's energy laws this session in order to diversify the state's energy mix to meet carbon emission reduction goals while also controlling costs and meeting demand during peak seasons.
