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Video: Some showers Saturday; dry Sunday before warming trend
Temperatures turn cooler while clouds and showers return to start the weekend. But we're right back to the warmth and brighter skies by Sunday. Next week looks very summer-like with temperatures well into the 80s mid-week! Next chance of rain and thunder will be when a cold front rolls through on Thursday.
55 New Hampshire law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty remembered at ceremony
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire's fallen law enforcement officers were remembered in Concord on Friday as people gathered for the annual memorial ceremony. "It's important to honor the sacrifice that these officers have made," Michael Latvis, whose father served at the Nashua Police Department, said. The ceremony has been...
Judge quickly denies request to discard $38 million verdict in New Hampshire youth center abuse case
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The judge who oversaw a landmark trial about New Hampshire’s youth detention center has refused to discard the $38 million verdict, saying the facility’s leadership “either knew and didn’t care or didn’t care to learn the truth” about endemic physical and sexual abuse. A jury earlier this month sided with David Meehan, who alleged he was repeatedly raped, beaten and held in solitary confinement at the Youth Development Center in the 1990s. The attorney general’s office is seeking to drastically reduce the award. While that issue remains unsettled, the state also asked Judge Andrew Schulman to...
Man charged with theft of $13,000 in beauty supplies from Nashua store
NASHUA — A Brooklyn man has been arrested in connection with the theft of over $13,000 worth of beauty supplies from an Ulta Beauty store in Nashua, police said. Mohammed Diaby, 21, was taken into custody on May 14 after a lengthy investigation into the Nov. 20 theft at the Ulta Beauty location on 258 Daniel Webster Hwy.
2023 hit farmers hard. Now, many say NH's Ag department is making things worse in 2024
At the start of every growing season for the past 14 years, James Steever, who co-owns Generation Farm in Concord, works his fields, plants his seeds — and hand-delivers his organic certification application to the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture. But this February, when he arrived at the department’s...
Dozens of unclaimed remains buried, cremated each year in New Hampshire
For many people, it's hard to imagine — a loved one finding their final resting place on a shelf in the back closet of a funeral home. “We do wonder, what's the story? You know, who's the person behind the name and what happened that led them to a situation where no one nobody came forward?” Todd Marsh, Rochester’s welfare director, said.
NH education chief, told changes harm public schools, says he's 'champion of children'
MANCHESTER — After an hour-long public conversation with the commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education, school board members in Manchester – the state’s largest school district – remained frustrated by a lack of clear answers and unconvinced that proposed revisions to the state’s minimum standards for public schools, known as the 306s, will improve education in the Granite State. Despite that, the state Board of Education plans to finalize the revisions as soon as next...
New Hampshire mom holds down rabid fox after it bites her 4-year-old daughter, police say
Both the mom and her daughter are expected to be OK after receiving prompt medical attention. A New Hampshire woman physically held a rabid fox down until first responders arrived after it bit her 4-year-old child, officials said. The fox, which was euthanized on scene, later tested positive for rabies,...
NH religious Sisters begin walking 65-day pilgrimage to Indiana
MANCHESTER, NH – Four New Hampshire Sisters from the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Healing Love order in Manchester have begun a walking pilgrimage to attend the National Eucharistic Conference in Indiana. Mother Mary Maximilian, Sister Theresa Marie, Sister Mary Fatima, and Sister Miriam Christe will depart on foot from New Haven, CT, on Friday.
New Hampshire Senate tables bill inspired by state hospital shooting
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A bipartisan bill drafted in the response to the fatal shooting of a New Hampshire Hospital security guard has hit a roadblock in the state Senate. The GOP-controlled Senate voted 13-10 along party lines Thursday night to table a bill inspired by Bradley Haas, who was killed in November by a former patient at the psychiatric hospital in Concord.
Man indicted on attempted murder, assault charges in connection with Manchester stabbing
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A 76-year-old man has been indicted on attempted murder and assault charges. Police said Robert Hardy stabbed another man outside a building on Manchester's Central Street in January. The victim told police that Hardy stabbed him several times before he was able to get away. Officers...
Timothy Verrill Sentenced for Murders of Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini
Concord, NH – New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark Hall announce that Timothy Verrill, 41, was sentenced Friday for his Second-Degree Murders of Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini on January 27, 2017. He was also sentenced on five class B felony...
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