By Dana Wormald | Editor
Good morning, New Hampshire, and welcome to Wednesday. Today, Molly Rains reports on the new arrivals that are dethroning the lobster as king among New Hampshire’s coastal crustaceans — and what climate change has to do with it. Also, from Maine Morning Star’s Eesha Pendharkar, how Maine is paying a price for the Trump administration’s anti-DEI crusade. Thank you for reading, and enjoy the day. — Dana
Crabs caught in a research trap are pulled from the briny waters of Little Bay into bright sunshine on the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 10. Researchers are tracking the arrival of new species of crabs in New Hampshire’s waters, where climate change is contributing to shifts in important ecosystems. (Photo by Molly Rains/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By Molly Rains
Lobsters have long reigned as king among New Hampshire’s shelled sea creatures, but the chances of a coup are growing — and climate change is tipping the scales. Indeed, said biologist Christopher Peters in an interview this summer, it may already be the case that “the lobster is no longer the king crustacean of the coast of New Hampshire.” What kind of creature could hope to dethrone the lobster? Only, perhaps, a similarly large, jagged, claw-brandishing arthropod: the Atlantic blue crab, of Chesapeake Bay fame.
A sign assessing students’ well-being posted in the hallway of Lewiston Public Schools’ administrative headquarters on July 1, 2026. (Photo by Eesha Pendharkar/Maine Morning Star)
By Eesha Pendharkar
Three years ago, a handful of Maine school districts struggling with student mental health needs applied for a federal grant to help them hire school counselors and social workers. The grant applications included a commitment to hiring staff that represented their particular community and understood its needs. But last year, the grant — known as Expanding Access in School Environments, or EASE Maine —was inexplicably cut by the administration of President Donald Trump, which said in an April 2025 letter to the Maine DOE that it was among the “programs that reflect the prior Administration’s priorities and policy preferences and conflict with those of the current Administration.”
By William Skipworth
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is hosting a free educational conference in Bedford on Sept. 16, the organization has announced. Alzheimer’s experts will be in attendance to teach about the importance of early detection, provide support to caregivers, and discuss the communications challenges the disease brings, according to the event release.
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