Pembroke
A Pembroke man has been charged with criminal solicitation to commit murder following a two-month investigation by the state police. Brian Schultz of 235 Dearborn Road was taken into custody May 7, according to a press release. He was arrested at the Merrimack County House of Corrections where he was being held at…
May 25, 2012
Henniker
Henniker will try to clean out its land reserves next month by auctioning three parcels of town-owned property. If the town receives its minimum bids, the sales would bring in about $64,000. "We're hopeful that we reach that. Anything above and beyond is bonus," said Kris Blomback, chairman of the board of selectmen. Blomback said the town decided to sell the property several years…
May 25, 2012
Manchester
Shortly before he posted $400,000 cash bail, Christopher Compas told a judge he couldn't afford his $600 per month child support payment. Compas, accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his daughter in February, is also looking to reinstate unsupervised visitation, according to court documents provided by the woman's lawyer. Compas, of Manchester, was indicted…
May 24, 2012
Henniker
Carl Knapp will remain Henniker's highway superintendent despite his conviction of stealing fuel while working in neighboring Weare, the board of selectmen decided in a closed-door meeting Tuesday. Chairman Kris Blomback said yesterday the board had many "disciplinary options" at its disposal, but declined to say if any such actions had been taken. "We are pleased that, for both…
May 24, 2012
Epsom
Rep. Tony Soltani has been indicted on a felony charge of reckless conduct and is now facing prison time for his alleged involvement in a high-speed police chase last month in Epsom. Soltani had initially been charged with misdemeanors after the police said he interfered with an officer trying to stop a fleeing vehicle.…
May 23, 2012
Pembroke
The state has fired the contractor tasked with building a new National Guard facility in Pembroke, alleging TLT Construction Corp. was stiffing one of its suppliers. But the move, which led to workers being escorted from the site Friday by the state police, comes only after the state voiced larger concerns that the…
May 23, 2012
Epsom
A Pembroke man has died from injuries he sustained in a bicycle accident Saturday, according to the police. Roger Caron, 60, was riding on Echo Valley Farm Road in Epsom about 5 p.m. when he lost control and went off the road, according to Sgt. Brian Michael of the Epsom Police Department. He said there were no witnesses to the accident. A motorist who found Caron told the police…
May 23, 2012
Sanbornton / Bow
The roofer gave a pitch so compelling that Stephen Benoit signed a contract that night. He wrote a check for $10,000 - enough to cover half the work slated for his Sanbornton home - and handed it to Tim Currier. Today though, rain stains the plywood walls in what should be Benoit's second-floor bedroom while wind…
May 21, 2012
CLASSIC COKE containers, delicate inkwells and other glass bottles of various hues and shapes will be on display tomorrow in Danbury. The Danbury Historical Society is hosting its first antique bottle event and is inviting the public to bring bottles to be appraised. Michael George, a native of New Hampshire and an avid glass collector, will be attending to show pieces from his…
May 19, 2012
Concord
Racism boiled over on the day a seminarian from Keene took a bullet on a Selma, Ala., street for 17-year-old Ruby Sales. The story of that day, when Jonathan Daniels, 26, died so Sales could live, has become a lasting memory of the civil rights movement. But yesterday, Sales asked a Concord audience to consider the cause she and Daniels took up in 1963 as still urgent. "Black…
May 19, 2012