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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...
Eversource gives up on Northern Pass hydropower project
By DAVID BROOKS
Bowing to the inevitable, Eversource has officially taken Northern Pass off the table.In a statement late Thursday, the company said that “after evaluating all potential options following last week’s decision by the New Hampshire Supreme Court on...
Despite exciting NASCAR race, New Hampshire Motor Speedway still struggles to fill seats
By NICK STOICO
Sunday’s NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway came down to a last-lap shootout.Fans rose from their seats as veteran drivers Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin bumped and nudged one another through the final lap with Harvick edging out the win by...
Concord man sentenced to 16 to 32 years for sexually assaulting child
By ALYSSA DANDREA
A Concord man convicted of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl while he was on parole for domestic violence was sentenced Tuesday to 16 to 32 years in state prison.Nickolas Micucci, 32, is eligible to have his minimum sentence reduced by five years...
What you can do to protect yourself from the painful bite of deer flies
By DAVID BROOKS
Between ticks, mosquitoes and black flies, New Hampshire has no shortage of infamous biting bugs. Recently, however, it seems that deer flies have taken center stage.“They’re brutal,” said Deb Koltookian, co-owner of Outdoor Sports Center in Concord....
In Concord, a land use case over an overgrown garden gets emotional
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
Pauline Copeley moved through her Liberty Street backyard with ease, plucking blackberries from the bushes flanking a trellis wound with green grapes.She pointed out the tomatoes, corn, broccoli and kale growing in the dirt, in tires, in planters and...
New Hampshire has a dirty mind when it comes to rejected vanity license plates
By JAKE SHERIDAN
Figuring out why certain vanity license plates have been rejected by the New Hampshire Department of Motor Vehicles can be obvious or perplexing, depending on the message.A Loudon driver, for example, requested “PRO420,” a reference to marijuana. It...
Sexual harassment records sought in federal lawsuit against Concord School District
By ALYSSA DANDREA
A former Concord student and her father are asking a federal judge to force the school district to hand over four years of records as part of their lawsuit that says administrators improperly investigated the girl’s report of sexual assault and failed...
On National Hot Dog Day, a giant weiner rolls into town
By JAKE SHERIDAN
Is it a bus? Is it a tank? Well, according to the pilot, it’s certainly not a sandwich on wheels.“It’s not a sandwich-mobile, it’s a Wienermobile,” said Carly Jean the Hot Dog Queen, a Wienermobile pilot – or “hotdogger” – who is also known as Carly...
A different kind of rail trail opens in Concord
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
A different type of rail trail has opened up in Concord.Scenic RailRiders opened Friday off Sewalls Falls Road in Concord along an abandoned stretch of Pan Am Railways track that stretches from above the state prison to Commercial Street in...
Neil Armstrong was also a boyhood buddy to a local man
By DAVID BROOKS
When one of your childhood buddies grows up to become one of the most famous people of the century, you hear a certain type of question a lot.“Did we think he was special?” said John Blackford, responding to a Monitor query by looking back on his Boy...
A fishing trip turns tragic on the Merrimack River, leaving a family to mourn
By NICK STOICO
Scraping through the brush along the Merrimack River as cold raindrops poured overhead, Jake Bronchuk hoped each branch he pushed aside would be the one to reveal his son. It was June 13, and Alec Bronchuk had been missing since early that morning in...
10 facts about expansion
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Ten straight years of growth. Unemployment at a five-decade low. Higher wages for the poorest workers.The economic expansion that just became America’s longest on record didn’t produce an especially fast pace of growth. It didn’t narrow the vast gap...
Former Concord High student sues district for Title IX violations
By ALYSSA DANDREA
A former Concord High School student who says she was sexually assaulted by a classmate on a school bus in late 2017 is suing the district, alleging that its administrators improperly investigated the incident and failed to make accommodations to...
Family of overdose victim confronts drug dealer at sentencing
By ALYSSA DANDREA
Every night before falling asleep, Kayla Smith checked Facebook messenger to ensure there hadn’t been a significant lapse in time since her brother’s account was last active.She knew if he hadn’t logged in for 24 hours or more that something was...
Officials identify 3 of 4 victims discovered in barrels near Bear Brook State Park
By RAY DUCKLER
The identification of a woman and her two daughters – found dead in a pair of barrels 15 years apart in Allenstown – partially ended a mystery that had stumped police since the first two victims were discovered in 1985.Associate Attorney General Jeff...
Greg Makris, longtime restaurant giant, dies suddenly
By RAY DUCKLER
More than once over the past five years, Greg Makris had mentioned his desire to leave the restaurant business and the grueling schedule that accompanied it, saying he was ready for retirement so he could spend more time at his second home in...
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