Family’s paintings fetch $605,000

THOMASTON (AP) – A pair of late 18th-century paintings sold for $605,000 at a weekend auction, tying a record for the second-most expensive antique offered at auction in Maine, according to the auction house that handled the sale.

The bidding on the fireboard and three-panel overmantel by Jonathan Welch Edes took place Saturday at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries.

“We had four or five phone bidders and three or four in the audience,” said Chris McIntosh, general manager of the auction house. “It went to an audience member who promptly paid for it and took it out the door.”

Boating accident

MILTON, N.H. (AP) – A Massachusetts man is recovering after bumping up against a boat propeller while on the water Saturday.

Marine Patrol said Andrew Veronelli, 36, of Wakefield, Mass. was being towed on a tube behind a boat on Milton Pond. When he tried to climb back into the boat, he caught his leg on the boat’s propeller. He was taken to Frisbie Memorial Hospital with cuts to his foot and leg. Marine Patrol said he was treated and released.

Scam alleged

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A Penacook man has been charged with bilking elderly clients of almost $150,000.

According to police, Scott Prince, 36, reached potential investors while working for a Concord insurance agency. Police said Prince told his elderly victims he was reinvesting their money in higher-paying annuities but pocketed it instead.

The state attorney general’s office said the deceptions appear to date back to 1999 and continued through April, after Prince was fired from the company.

Teen robbed

LACONIA, N H. (AP) – Police are looking for three young men who attacked and robbed a 16-year-old boy near the Endicott Beach bathrooms Friday night.

Police said the teen was punched in the mouth, knocking out one of his teeth. The assault reportedly happened after he refused to hand over his wallet. The teen, who has not been identified because of his age, was treated and released from Lakes Region General Hospital.

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the attackers, who are described as being white males between the ages of 17 and 20, wearing baggy clothing. The assault took place around 11 p-m Friday.

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Fatal Accident

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NORTHFIELD, N.H. (AP) – A New Hampton woman died early Sunday morning after her car rolled over in Northfield.

State police said Kathleen Connor, 47, was thrown from her car after it hit the median on Interstate 93 and rolled.

Police said it appears Connor went into the median once and got back onto the highway but then overcorrected and lost control, veering into the median a second time and rolling over.

Police said she was not wearing a seatbelt. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

State police said the accident remains under investigation, but it does not appear that excessive speed or alcohol consumption were factors in the crash.

Dress codes

LITCHFIELD, N.H. (AP) – Back-to-school shoppers will have to consider the new dress code in their schools.

School board Chairman Cindy Couture said the new code tightens the rules. Students can’t wear lingerie, pajamas, hats or hoods. Skirts can’t be shorter than mid-thigh and chains and spikes are barred.

But rules vary at other schools. Hats are allowed in Londonderry as long as students don’t wear them in classes.

Hanover officials are trying to keep it simple. Students there must follow the Three-B’s. That means keeping backsides, breasts and bellies covered.