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A budding social media star who was charged with arson connected with a dumpster fire that police say he set for the sake of a video had his case bound over to Carroll County Superior Court last week.Kevin Emmerling, 30, of North Conway was arrested...

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CONWAY — Late one night in September of 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were allegedly abducted by aliens in the White Mountains during a journey from Canada to their Portsmouth home. The incident became widely publicized and their story is now recounted...

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A Maine man who was stopped by Bartlett police in an allegedly stolen truck on Monday told the officer he was just trying to find a nice place to write poetry, authorities said.Samik Roy, 40, of Kittery, Maine, was before Judge Charles Greenhalgh on...

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In January, 100 or so frustrated taxpayers took to town hall to take issue when a recent reval of their properties caused a sudden spike in their taxes. Now, a group of Conway taxpayers has petitioned the N.H. Board of Land and Tax Appeals to order a...

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As a heat wave with temperatures in the 90s rolled through the area this week, and a daily record for June 19 was broken atop Mount Washington.Mt. Washington Observatory Weather Observer and Education Specialist Alex Branton said the high recorded...

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Stumps instead of trees and open spaces instead of forest-lined trails. This is what greeted a local resident following the recent salvage cut in Whitaker Woods, which he calls “shocking.”But the town forester defended the cutting in the town-owned...

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A Bartlett man’s attempt to take some garbage to the Bartlett/Jackson Transfer Station on Sunday led to an unnerving encounter with a hungry mother bear and her two cubs, along with a major response from authorities.Bob Kebler of 9 Jennie Lane said he...

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Plastics in the environment break down and become absorbed by the human body, said speakers from the Green Mountain Conservation Group during a May 22 presentation at Cook Memorial Library.Education Coordinator Tara Schroeder and Water Quality...

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The Mount Washington Valley community is rallying to help the family of a young woman who was shot and killed last Friday at River Turn Apartments in Conway.Alexis Leach, 23. leaves behind the 2-year-old son she shared with the 24-year-old man charged...

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Owners of a parcel at Conway Lake are facing possible fines for allegedly cutting down trees within the 50-foot shoreline buffer zone.One owner said they were just trying to clear out dead trees from their property and have agreed to replant some...

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On Tuesday, Conway Selectmen Steve Porter and Ryan Shepard condemned racist comments that were made against a hotel developer at the April 11 planning board meeting.The comments were made during a conceptual review of Ashok Patel's proposal to...

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The Main Street Program’s president says she was blindsided by the Ossipee selectmen’s plan to tear down the Main Street building, which the board discussed in public last week.The Main Street Program, according to its Facebook page, is a non-profit...

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JACKSON — When a wayward pig started hanging out on the Windy Hill cross-country ski trail, Jackson Police Chief Chris Perley knew just what to do: He grabbed an apple from his lunch and put a plan in motion to return the pig to its home.Perley said...