Bill to license N.H. massage parlors gets the cold shoulder from senators

By ETHAN DeWITT

As national concern over sex trafficking grows, advocates in New Hampshire are focusing on one problem area: massage parlors.A number of massage outlets across the Granite State may be fronts for prostitution, victims’ advocates allege, citing...

Convicted Concord murderer denied parole after refusing to accept responsibility, show remorse

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Seated before the New Hampshire Parole Board on Thursday, convicted murderer Clifford “Edgar” Avery Jr. showed no remorse for killing a Concord woman more than four decades ago and continued to profess his innocence.“I don’t believe I pose any risk to...

A ghost of a story behind hauntings of Ocean-Born Mary, in Henniker and across the country

By RAY DUCKLER

Martha Taylor, the official Henniker town historian, believes ghosts may exist.Not this ghost, though. Not the ghost named Mary Wallace – once connected to her hometown – despite visual evidence to the contrary, shown on a recent documentary on the...

Former Pembroke Academy student must register as a sex offender after assault convictions

By ALYSSA DANDREA

As part of an amended plea deal, a former Pembroke Academy student convicted Monday of assaulting female classmates must register as a sex offender in New Hampshire for up to 10 years.However, Griffin Furlotte, 18, could petition the superior court to...

Five arrested in Concord drug raid

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Concord police carried out a drug raid on Manchester Street early Friday morning that yielded five arrests.Additionally, police recovered a car on site that had been reported stolen from Vermont.Law enforcement executed a search warrant and arrest...

A shop of custom creations comes to Concord

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

There is a corner of Paulette Boghosian’s store on South Main Street where customers can fill decorated bags with 10 cent Swedish Fish and FireBall candies. In another section, visitors sift through piles of patterned paper to make their own free,...

AP Exclusive: Abusive South Korean facility exported children

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and FOSTER KLUG

A notorious South Korean facility that kidnapped, abused and enslaved children and the disabled for a generation was also shipping children overseas for adoption, part of a massive profit-seeking enterprise that thrived by exploiting those trapped...

What are roadsides good for, except signs? Helping butterflies and bees.

By DAVID BROOKS

Here’s one way to think about the latest effort by New Hampshire Fish and Game to support pollinators: It’s the skinniest environmental program in the state.The target of the program, which just got a funding boost, are the rights of way that the...

Attorney general warns of word game scam

Associated Press

New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald is telling residents to be aware of scammers targeting personal information through the use of popular phone-based word games, such as Words with Friends.The game’s app is downloaded for players to take...

In New Hampshire, lots of firearms are bought but not necessarily used in violent crimes

By DAVID BROOKS

Lots of firearms were bought in New Hampshire last year, putting the state in the top 10 in terms of per-capita sales. Yet the state’s use of guns during violent crimes was relatively low and the overall murder rate was the lowest in the country.These...

Losing Claire: Family of 22-year-old who died of overdose calls for more aftercare services

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

When Claire Lajoie left rehab to move into her new apartment in Penacook, it was cause for celebration.A family friend gave her furniture and a wooden dresser, which Claire polished in the yard of her childhood home in Concord.She went shopping for...

Criminal charges dropped in Concord sexual assault case

By ALYSSA DANDREA

All criminal charges have been dropped against a man accused of breaking into a stranger’s home and molesting a 13-year-old girl while she slept in Concord.Miles Anderson, who police said was homeless at the time, was found mentally incompetent to...

Merrimack Station power plant almost never runs these days, but not because of protests

By DAVID BROOKS

Merrimack Station, the big power plant in Bow, is used to being in the middle of battles, whether they involved the half-billion-dollar scrubber, tax payments to Bow or the temperature of Merrimack River water.Now it finds itself in the midst of...

Officials: U.S. deaths, illnesses from rare mosquito-borne disease are up

By MIKE STOBBE and JENNIFER McDERMOTT

The number of U.S. deaths and illnesses from a rare mosquito-borne virus are higher than usual this year, health officials report.Eastern equine encephalitis has been diagnosed in 21 people in six states, and five people have died. The infection is...

New lighting atop Hotel Concord might signal news and weather

By DAVID BROOKS

If you look up while strolling South Main Street you’ll find there’s a colorful addition to downtown Concord, and if all goes as planned it will be an informative addition as well.“Last week they were red because St. Paul’s School went back to school....

Unitil to spray under some power lines in Concord next month

By DAVID BROOKS

Unitil’s electric service will be spraying chemical herbicide around 6.7 miles of off-road power lines in north Concord next month, and adjoining property owners have the option of declining their use if they have concerns about drinking water or...

Weare police officer discusses his health after shooting

By RAY DUCKLER

For the human side to the story, Monday’s press conference at the Weare Police Department served its purpose.Officer Paul Lewis, his right arm totally bandaged beginning with his knuckles, was grateful he could celebrate his 28th birthday, seven days...

Merrimack County Attorney faces backlash over work environment, turnover

By ALYSSA DANDREA

In the last seven months, the Merrimack County prosecutors’ office has experienced rapid staff turnover, the county hired an independent investigator to evaluate a potentially hostile work environment and some police chiefs are growing concerned about...

Church abuse list: 73 names, 7 decades

Cases ConcludedCases that have been concluded canonically (by laicization, dismissal, or sentence to life of prayer and penance) or criminally (by plea or conviction).Paul Aube: St. Mary, Claremont (6/3/70); Guardian Angel, Berlin (1973); St. Aloysius...

Missing Hillsboro woman found dead in storage unit

By NICK STOICO

A woman who went missing in April was found dead in a Hillsboro storage unit last weekend, police say.Linda Minery, 53, was renting the unit where she was found Saturday at Hillsboro Mini Storage, Hillsboro police Lt. Derek Brown said.Police do not...