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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Career law enforcement official Frank Cassidy coasted to victory in the Republican primary for Merrimack County Sheriff, vaulting him to a general election contest against Democrat David Croft, the current sheriff and Cassidy’s former boss.Cassidy...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A Merrimack County Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Tuesday afternoon in the first youth center abuse scandal case to go to criminal trial.Victor Malavet, 62, was accused of grooming and then repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl held at a...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

As Merrimack County Sheriff, Jason Gerhard says he wouldn’t hesitate to arrest IRS agents who “operate outside their authority.” And while he has no interest in resorting to violence, Gerhard is quick to point out that county sheriffs have the power...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The classic image of a firefighter plucking a kitten out of a tree is no more.Tasked with responding to a growing number of catastrophic car crashes, deadly overdoses and emergency medical calls and a shrinking number of calls for actual structure...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Neighbors along North State Street near the State Prison were tending to their yards, a mother and son were unloading the car in their driveway, and a UPS employee was making deliveries as Patrick Bettens went out for a bike ride on an unusually warm...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Richard McNamara was a newly minted graduate of Boston College Law School in 1975 when he was recruited by now-retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter to work at the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.Souter, then New Hampshire’s deputy...