A North Sutton woman suffered minor injuries yesterday after driving off Interstate 89, becoming airborne and crashing into a brook. Ruby Hale, 27, crashed near the junction of Interstate 93 shortly after 7 a.m. yesterday, the state police said in a news release. Hale's car could not be seen from the roadway, but she walked up an embankment to flag down a passing motorist. She…
August 14, 2010
Concord
Concord's recreation department is launching a final push over the weekend to raise money to keep the pool at Rollins Park open until Aug. 19. All of the city's seven pools are slated to close for the season Thursday, but Recreation Director David Gill said he hopes to keep at least one open until Aug. 19. The city would need to raise $2,500 in donations to pay for lifeguards and…
August 7, 2010
Authorities have issued a warning about a door-to-door sales company operating in the state that offers customers magazine subscriptions at inflated prices. Senior Assistant Attorney General Jim Boffetti said representatives of American Circulation Enterprises may be misrepresenting themselves as neighbors or college students working to earn money for school, but they're actually…
August 6, 2010
New London
Fire struck a guesthouse at Twin Lake Village in New London early yesterday morning, leaving nine people on vacation from Georgia, Arizona and Connecticut with only the clothes they were wearing, an American Red Cross spokeswoman said. Firefighters from New London were called to a fire near the shores of Little Lake Sunapee about 1 a.m., but the blaze destroyed all of the guesthouse.…
July 4, 2010
TAKE A MOMENT to smell the roses in downtown Franklin. Forty flowerpots bursting with color have been placed on top of lampposts along Central Street thanks to a number of local community groups. Resident George Dzujna led the effort to draw economic activity downtown and beautify the city along with the Franklin Business and Industrial Development Corp. High school teacher Ken…
July 1, 2010
Hopkinton
A 21-year-old woman who was found unconscious and floating face down in the water at the Elm Beach Recreation Area in Hopkinton yesterday was pulled to shore by swimmers who administered CPR, the police said. Hopkinton police Chief Stephen Pecora said emergency crews were called around 1 p.m. yesterday when beachgoers noticed the woman was not breathing. She had earlier been spotted…
June 19, 2010
Weare
A Weare man was arrested Friday night after, the police said, he drunkenly beat his 64-year-old mother, making her right hand bleed and causing injuries to her face and neck. David Cuddemi, 45, of 16 Hunters End, was attempting to sneak alcohol through a bedroom window at the family home when his mother tried to stop him, the police said. Cuddemi knocked his mother to the ground…
June 8, 2010
Gilford
The police arrested a 61-year-old Massachusetts man about noon yesterday after finding him lying completely nude in a fern patch next to a hiking trail in Gilford. Officers found Bradley Jones about 200 yards from the start of the Lockes Hill trail, near Lakeshore Road, where they said he was in plain view of other hikers. Officer Dan O'Neill placed him under arrest on charges of…
June 8, 2010
Amid budget cuts, state courts will cut the number of hours they serve the public in an effort to wrangle the growing backlog of cases, the court system's communications director said yesterday. At fifteen family and district court locations throughout the state, clerks will not be available to answer phones or assist at the clerk's window. Instead, they will focus on processing…
May 18, 2010
Bow
Don't mind the noise, neighbor. That's the message from Public Service of New Hampshire as it plans nighttime work at the Merrimack Station power plant in Bow starting tomorrow. A number of trenches and sumps will be lined with a special material to prevent seepage under the flue gas desulfurization building, project manager Nicholas Golon said. Because of the nature of the material,…
May 16, 2010
As a Mothers Day treat, you can catch a bit of nonpolitical theater tomorrow on the State House lawn, where young trapeze artists are putting on an aerial dance show. The show, organized by local aerial dance artist Sara Greene, will feature four girls r from sixth- to 11th-grade age. While the concept may conjure up images of circus performers, Greene said this kind of trapeze…
May 8, 2010
Bow
The Bow police broke up an underage drinking party on Colonial Terrace last week, arresting an 18-year-old man and taking juveniles into protective custody. A police officer working at the high school was tipped off to the party, which was held April 29, according to police Lt. Scott Hayes. When officers went to inspect the party about 10 p.m., they arrested Christian Calkins of…
May 6, 2010
The police arrested a Boscawen man early yesterday after they said he led them on a 27-mile car chase that hit speeds of more than 110 mph. State police Sgt. Gregory Ferry tried to stop a 1995 Mazda 626 sedan on Interstate 93 northbound in Bow for speeding at about 1:52 a.m, according to a press release issued yesterday. But the driver, Mark Nelson, 41, of Boscawen, attempted to…
May 2, 2010
Franklin
A father and three children came home Tuesday morning to find their Range Road home in Franklin on fire, according to fire Capt. Kevin LaChapelle. By the time firefighters arrived about 10:30 a.m., heavy smoke was coming from the building. Inside, emergency crews found a closet and stairwell on fire. An initial investigation showed faulty wiring somewhere in the basement of the…
April 22, 2010
