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Authorities unveil true identity of N.H. serial killer
By NICK REID
Authorities on Friday unveiled the true identity of a serial killer who used an alias while he murdered five people tied to two New Hampshire cold cases.The man who killed a woman and three children and stuffed their bodies into barrels near Bear...
Somber memories persist 20 years after Colebrook shootings
By KATHY McCORMACK
Twenty years ago, an angry loner with a gun murdered four people, two of them state troopers, in Colebrook, wounded four other officers and was killed in a shootout with police in Vermont.Today, people still hesitate to mention Carl Drega’s name, but...
For N.H. Little League, sometimes the big game is secondary to playing time
By RAY DUCKLER
Brendon McGahan, the president of Concord Little League, said he wasn’t surprised by what happened Friday in Bristol, Conn.He’d already seen Jeff O’Connell’s voracious appetite for winning. Just a couple of weeks ago, in fact, during the Little League...
On average, N.H. teachers get paid more in wealthy communities
By LOLA DUFFORT
In New Hampshire, a school district will pay teachers, on average, anywhere from $34,800 to $78,498 a year. The difference in salaries is the result of several factors – tax-base, affluence, and a community’s general willingness to pay. But in poorer...
This Concord senior is still throwing strong
By RAY DUCKLER
Buzz Gagne likes to poke fun at himself.I discovered that he doesn’t deserve it.He says he’s round, shrinking, achy and old, but the record book shows he’s dynamite with a javelin, throwing it farther than anyone else ever has for his age bracket – 70...
Seven arrested at Concord site of overdose; home boarded up
By NICK REID
Seven people were arrested and charged with drug crimes Thursday at a suspected Concord drug den where a person recently died of an overdose.Concord police and a special operations unit searched the 52 Concord St. apartment in the early morning hours...
Former Mayor Herbie Quinn, a polarizing figure, leaves behind a lasting impression
By RAY DUCKLER
Herbie’s backers loved him, struck by his humble start and bare-knuckled fight for government transparency, and his penchant to help the poor and elderly in a city that sometimes ignored them.To others, though, he was a monkey wrench, a troublemaker,...
Free parking: Are drivers allowed to park on highways in the White Mountains?
By NICK REID
If you’ve ever parked on the side of a state highway in the White Mountains – as so many drivers do – and worried that you might get a ticket, it probably wasn’t worth worrying about.Take this example: At the gateway to the Pemigawasset Wilderness is...
At long last, John Winant emerges from the shadows and into our hearts
By RAY DUCKLER
The bronze image of John Winant, unveiled Friday at the State Library, stayed covered and unseen through most of the ceremony.Just like the memory of the man himself. But eventually the black cloth came off, removed by a pair of family members and the...
Breeding dogs at home is a harder business than many people realize
By DAVID BROOKS
The horrible conditions at an alleged puppy mill of Great Danes in Wolfeboro reflect a fact that isn’t always obvious: Breeding dogs is a difficult business.“Doing it well is much harder than people probably realize,” said Stephen Crawford, the New...
Man accused of firing approximately 30 rounds from pistol downtown
By ALYSSA DANDREAand NICK REID
A homeless man had some shots of whiskey at a bar Wednesday night, found a 9mm pistol and recklessly fired it 30 times in downtown Concord, a prosecutor said.No one was struck, but “there were certainly people in the area” when Timothy Dearborn, 33,...
Alleged Hells Angel among four arrested on drug charges
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
Two alleged motorcycle club members, including a Hells Angels member, are among four New Hampshire men arrested recently on federal drug trafficking charges following an investigation officials say spanned several years.James Cunningham, 60, of...
Prosecutors drop rape charges against former Proctor Academy student
By ALYSSA DANDREA
The Merrimack County Attorney’s office has dismissed its case against a former Proctor Academy student accused of sexual assault.Derek Tillotson, 20, of Bow was scheduled to stand trial this week in Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord on three...
Vermont nude beach fans against parking lot, boardwalk
By WILSON RING
For decades, the tiny, out-of-sight beach at the south end of Vermont’s fjord-like Lake Willoughby has been known as much for its nudity as for its views of the clear, cold lake. Now, regulars fear its charm could be the area’s undoing.Concerned about...
N.H. Holocaust survivor tells story, discusses how it resonates today
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
Not much can stop Kati Preston from telling her story.The 78-year-old Holocaust survivor had a knee replacement operation almost three weeks ago. Recovery requires lots of bed rest in her Barnstead farmhouse, and most would probably prefer to take it...
Film tells story of mentally ill woman who died in Concord farmhouse
By ELLA NILSEN
Filmmaker Todd Wider was first inspired to make a documentary about mental illness when he experienced it firsthand in his hometown of New York City.Wider came home one night to find that a homeless man had broken in because he was cold and trying to...
Superior Court judge rules against DCYF on confidential records
By ALLIE MORRIS
A New Hampshire Superior Court judge has sided with a family suing the state child protection agency in a ruling that could pave the way to making confidential abuse and neglect records open to the public.“The Court finds defendants’ interests in...
Man accused of killing 3-year-old daughter has long criminal history
By ELLA NILSEN
When Jocarl Bureau became upset, his eyes got huge and he started yelling, according to his ex-girlfriend.“When he gets mad about something, he doesn’t think,” Loreal Williams told police in an interview last April.The things that set him off were...
National Grid proposes a Northern Pass-like power line from Quebec through N.H.
By DAVID BROOKS
In a possible blow to Northern Pass, another utility giant wants to build a power line carrying Quebec electricity through New Hampshire – but this one would involve little of the right-of-way construction that has generated so much controversy for...
School board hires new Bow High School principal
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
Brian O’Connell, currently the assistant principal at Timberlane Regional High School, will replace Dr. John House-Myers as the principal of Bow High School.The Bow School Board made the hire official during Thursday’s meeting.O’Connell is in his...
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