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By DAVID BROOKS
The horrible conditions at an alleged puppy mill of Great Danes in Wolfeboro reflect a fact that isn’t always obvious: Breeding dogs is a difficult business.“Doing it well is much harder than people probably realize,” said Stephen Crawford, the New...
By ALYSSA DANDREAand NICK REID
A homeless man had some shots of whiskey at a bar Wednesday night, found a 9mm pistol and recklessly fired it 30 times in downtown Concord, a prosecutor said.No one was struck, but “there were certainly people in the area” when Timothy Dearborn, 33,...
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
Two alleged motorcycle club members, including a Hells Angels member, are among four New Hampshire men arrested recently on federal drug trafficking charges following an investigation officials say spanned several years.James Cunningham, 60, of...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
The Merrimack County Attorney’s office has dismissed its case against a former Proctor Academy student accused of sexual assault.Derek Tillotson, 20, of Bow was scheduled to stand trial this week in Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord on three...
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
Not much can stop Kati Preston from telling her story.The 78-year-old Holocaust survivor had a knee replacement operation almost three weeks ago. Recovery requires lots of bed rest in her Barnstead farmhouse, and most would probably prefer to take it...
By ELLA NILSEN
Filmmaker Todd Wider was first inspired to make a documentary about mental illness when he experienced it firsthand in his hometown of New York City.Wider came home one night to find that a homeless man had broken in because he was cold and trying to...
By ELLA NILSEN
When Jocarl Bureau became upset, his eyes got huge and he started yelling, according to his ex-girlfriend.“When he gets mad about something, he doesn’t think,” Loreal Williams told police in an interview last April.The things that set him off were...
By DAVID BROOKS
In a possible blow to Northern Pass, another utility giant wants to build a power line carrying Quebec electricity through New Hampshire – but this one would involve little of the right-of-way construction that has generated so much controversy for...
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
Brian O’Connell, currently the assistant principal at Timberlane Regional High School, will replace Dr. John House-Myers as the principal of Bow High School.The Bow School Board made the hire official during Thursday’s meeting.O’Connell is in his...
By NICK REID
Concord police joined with a regional special operations unit and the state police SWAT team to raid two separate apartments about 4 a.m. Thursday.Between those drug busts and other efforts over the past two days, 10 people were arrested on charges...
By ALLIE MORRIS
It’s now legal to carry a concealed, loaded gun in New Hampshire without a license. In his first bill signing since taking office, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed so-called constitutional carry into law Wednesday. “It is common-sense legislation,”...
By RAY DUCKLER
The local jock from a family of well-known jocks doesn’t fit the mold.At least not the kind we see in the movies and on TV. Not even close.Sure, Joey Craigue still loves sports, breathes sports, eats sports like Fred Flintstone chomping on a...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
Growing up, Evenor and Natalia Pineda couldn’t hug their father and say “I love you” before bed. Instead, the young children clung to the sound of his voice, which he recorded from prison to CDs that accompanied books of their favorite stories. “We...
By NICK REID
The weather turned wet in the White Mountains on Christmas Eve, likely sopping a Massachusetts hiker who had set out alone on a challenging trek into the Pemigewasset Wilderness.The 26-year-old had adequate experience and equipment to venture onto the...
By DAVID BROOKS
Marc Geaumont doesn’t work for a telephone company, but when it comes to utility poles, he has a confession to make. “People in my family still call them telephone poles,” the director of field operations for Eversource Energy in New Hampshire...
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
Early Tuesday morning, 17 Laconia police officers fanned out across several towns, including Concord, to arrest 12 individuals wanted for drug possession and distribution charges.The operation began at 6 a.m. with officers executing warrants on the...
By NICK REID
The Salvation Army’s McKenna House celebrated the completion of a major expansion Thursday, allowing the year-round emergency shelter to increase its capacity by 60 percent.Beyond adding 16 beds for the city’s homeless residents, the 3,500-square-foot...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
A month after a beloved kindergarten teacher was found dead in her Dunbarton home, her family and friends continue to plead with investigators for answers.They remember Wendy Arnold Tefft as a strong-willed caretaker and a loving mother who would do...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
A man convicted of helping kill a fellow Concord inmate in 2010 says a superior court judge restricted the defense’s cross-examination of key witnesses at trial and erred in not allowing the testimony of two others.William Edic, 34, has taken his case...
By ALLIE MORRIS
Executive Councilors and top state officials said they had no knowledge Dartmouth-Hitchcock planned to lay off hundreds of employees when they approved a $36.5 million contract with the provider this week to staff New Hampshire Hospital.“I am...
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