Daily editionThursday, August 20th, 2026
Good morning, Keene.
The 5AM Keene Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 20th of August.
Community
Southwestern Community Services is expanding its housing development while continuing food, energy and Head Start programs in Cheshire and Sullivan counties.
The nonprofit is planning predevelopment projects and seeking local contractors + a few Head Start openings to boost community support.
MyKeeneNowRead more
A Manchester man is climbing all 48 of NH's 4,000-footers with a 60-pound rowing machine (bringing his total load to over 70 pounds) as he raises funds for Alzheimer's awareness; he has finished 13 peaks so far and aims to complete 20 this year.
WMURRead more
A family from Goffstown caught a once-in-a-billion blue lobster when a charter boat in Rye yielded a pregnant specimen during a fishing trip.
Experts say such events are extremely rare (one in two million lobsters), and the animal was safely released.
WMURRead more
Government
Keene's downtown infrastructure project is causing detours this week (traffic returns to normal by the end of each workday) as crews work on improving the city roads.
The Keene SentinelRead more