Route 4 Bridge Work Will Alter Traffic Pattern

Canaan — State transportation officials say Route 4 as it crosses the Mascoma River in Canaan will soon see some traffic changes as part of a $1 million deck replacement project.

Starting Tuesday, one-way alternating traffic will be in place, controlled by temporary signals between South Road and Goose Pond Road, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation said Friday.

The new pattern will be in place until early October. Miller Construction of Windsor is the contractor on the project. Work includes a complete concrete deck replacement of the bridge and additional repairs to the concrete abutments, the DOT said.

Dartmouth College Students To Host Climate-Change Rally

Hanover — Students at Dartmouth College will hold a climate-change rally at the end of this month, led by an undergraduate group that wants the school to dump its investments in fossil fuels.

The student group, Divest Dartmouth, says it has 50 co-sponsors for the event, which it claims will be the first climate-change rally held at the college.

“It’s an incredible feat,” senior Leehi Yona, a member of Divest Dartmouth, said in an April 17 news release. “It’s also a sign of the times. Just this week, the world’s largest privately owned coal company, Peabody Energy, declared bankruptcy. Divesting from the top 200 fossil fuel companies makes financial and moral sense, and the Dartmouth community knows that.”

The rally is scheduled for 1 p.m. on April 30, near the intersection of North Main Street and Tuck Drive.

I-91 Work Will Cause Traffic Delays On Route 113 in Thetford

Thetford — Motorists can expect traffic delays along Route 113 in Thetford next week as crews continue to install a new underdrain between the Interstate 91 interchange and Thetford Center, project officials said Friday.

Travel will be reduced to alternating one-way travel around construction zones, with guardrail work also taking place. Traffic flaggers will be in place to control traffic flow.

Transportation officials said motorists should allow extra time for travel.         — Staff Report

Contact Francine Perkins, the project outreach coordinator, at 802-479-6994, with any questions.

Scientists Say More Cod Might Survive Fishing Than Thought

Biddeford, Maine— A group of scientists say more Atlantic cod might survive being thrown back in the water by fishermen that previously through.

Scientists from several organizations, including the New England Aquarium in Boston and University of New England in Biddeford, conducted a study. It’s published in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea’s Journal of Marine Science.

The scientists examined the recreational rod and reel fishery for cod in the Gulf of Maine. Fishermen will toss cod back, for example, when they don’t meet minimum size requirements.

Atlantic cod are declining in New England waters, and the scientists also sought to find ways to improve their chance of survival after being discarded They recommend that anglers reel cod to the surface at a slow to moderate pace.