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Pam Smart case getaway driver denied parole supervision end
01-12-2023 10:37 PM

By KATHY McCORMACK

CONCORD — A judge denied a request to end parole supervision for the getaway driver in the case of a former New Hampshire high school employee who was convicted of recruiting her teenage lover to kill her husband more than 30 years ago, according to...


New Hampshire considers mandating cursive, communism history
01-11-2023 4:10 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Communism and cursive would be part of the mandatory curriculum in New Hampshire schools under a pair of bills harking back to bygone eras of history and handwriting.The House Education Committee held public hearings Wednesday on Republican...


Woman found dead more than 50 years ago ID’d
01-09-2023 8:43 PM

By KATHY McCORMACK

CONCORD — Investigators have identified the body of a woman found over 50 years ago in New Hampshire as a Massachusetts resident who was supposed to see her family off at the airport as they prepared to move to Texas, but never showed up.Forensic...


Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to rights activist
01-09-2023 8:42 PM

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — Harvard University rescinded a fellowship it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he said Monday was his group’s criticism of Israel. Kenneth Roth, who was the executive director of Human Rights Watch, or HRW, until last...


Vermont seeks federal damage assessment from storm, outages
01-06-2023 5:13 PM

Vermont has requested a federal damage assessment to see if the state qualifies for a federal major disaster declaration from last month’s storm that caused tens of thousands of power outages and other damage. Vermont Emergency Management Director...


Hiker who died recalled as caring
12-23-2022 6:58 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Olivera Sotelo’s 19-year-old daughter was late returning from a solo hike, and she wasn’t answering her phone. Panicking at the trailhead, Sotelo called her husband for help.“I could not stop my anxiety,” she said. Emily Sotelo emerged from...


Colby-Sawyer basketball coach accused of sex crimes involving children
02-09-2022 9:54 PM

By KATHY McCORMACK

CONCORD — A New Hampshire man who coached men’s basketball at Colby-Sawyer College has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl under age 16 “over a period of time” in 2019 and making multiple child sex abuse photos and videos of her and other...


Vermont Supreme Court: Limit on gun magazine size is legal
02-19-2021 9:49 PM

By WILSON RING

The Vermont Supreme Court on Friday upheld the legality of a 2018 state law that restricts the size of large-capacity ammunition magazines for firearms.The law, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Phil Scott in response to what police...


Man arrested in Jamaica pleads not guilty to 2018 killing
02-18-2020 10:45 PM

By LISA RATHKE

BURLINGTON — A man authorities say killed the mother of his children in South Burlington and then fled to Jamaica, leaving the victim’s family wanting for justice, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an emotional court hearing.Leroy Headley, 38, is charged...


Events detailed in July killing
12-22-2019 9:51 PM

By WILSON RING

MONTPELIER — The legal cases are continuing against a mother-son pair from Vermont charged separately in connection with the shooting death of the woman’s husband as part of what court documents describe as a well-planned crime.Separate affidavits...


Scientists work to save seagrass from pollution
12-22-2019 9:50 PM

By MICHAEL CASEY and ANDREW SELSKY

DURHAM, N.H. — Peering over the side of his skiff anchored in the middle of New Hampshire’s Great Bay, Fred Short liked what he saw. Just below the surface, the 69-year-old marine ecologist noticed beds of bright green seagrass swaying in the...


Shooting suspect enters plea
10-15-2019 10:02 PM

By MICHAEL CASEY

NASHUA, N.H. — A man accused of storming into a New Hampshire church over the weekend and shooting a clergyman and a bride during a wedding pleaded not guilty Tuesday.Dale Holloway, 37, of Manchester, is accused of attempted murder, assault and other...


New solutions for old problem of illegal massage parlors
02-27-2019 10:16 PM

By PHILIP MARCELO

By PHILIP MARCELOAssociated PressBOSTON — They’re nestled amid bustling downtowns and tucked into nondescript strip malls across quiet suburbs. Brothels posing as massage parlors and Asian spas have been part of many American communities for decades,...


150 years, almost as many uniforms: Reds plan tribute to original 1869 Red Stockings
02-12-2019 5:58 PM

By DAN SEWELL

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds are fashionably celebrating the 150th anniversary of the professional baseball-pioneering Red Stockings team.Joey Votto and crew will play games in 15 sets of throwback uniforms, including a navy blue and a red-pants...


Researchers Observe as Eastern Coyotes Become More Like Wolves
11-19-2017 10:00 PM

By Patrick Whittle

Portland, Maine — The future of the coyotes that roam forests, cities and suburbs from Newfoundland to Virginia could hinge on the animals becoming the “wolves” of the East Coast. And humans better get used to them.Coyotes have lived in the East since...


N.H. Town Recalls Deadly Shooting
08-14-2017 12:08 AM

By Kathy Mccormack

Twenty years ago, an angry loner with a gun murdered four people, two of them state troopers, in the New Hampshire town of Colebrook, wounded four other officers and was killed in a shootout with police in Vermont.Today, people still hesitate to...


N.H. Juvenile Lifers Await Resentencing
08-01-2017 10:52 AM

By Holly Ramer

Concord — The victims were four men and three women, shot or stabbed to death between 1991 and 2009. The crimes differed, but the outcomes were the same: Five men, convicted in homicides committed when they were 17, have been serving life sentences...


Iconic Brick Store Coming Back
11-29-2016 11:24 AM

By Kathy Mccormack

Concord — When it closed earlier this year, there was much mourning over The Brick Store, the New Hampshire landmark that claims to be one of the oldest continuously operating general stores in the country.No more fudge, penny candy, or smoked meats....


N.H. Murder Convict Seeks Prison Release
04-17-2016 11:19 PM

By Lynne Tuohy

N.H. Murder Convict Seeks Prison Release- Concord — A New Hampshire man who got away with murder for 20 years now wants his sentence reduced to the 10 years he already has served.Eric Windhurst was 17 when he fatally shot a friend’s stepfather, Danny Paquette, after the friend told him that...

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