Bretton Woods motel hit by fire

CARROLL, N.H. (AP) – A two-alarm fire at a motel that’s part of the Bretton Woods resort destroyed much of the building and forced guests to evacuate Saturday night.

Resort spokesman Chip Steward said no one was injured in the fire that started around 6 p-m. Guests who were displaced by the fire were being taken in at other area hotels, he said.

Steward said the fire appears to have started in a room on the second floor and spread. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Officials say N.H. fire was arson

DERRY, N.H.(AP) – Officials say an early morning fire at a Birch Street apartment building was arson.

Two people were injured in Saturday’s fire. Firefighters used a ladder to rescue one woman trapped in a second-floor bathroom. A second person was injured trying to reach the trapped woman before firefighters arrived. Both were taken to Parkland Medical Center for treatment of injuries that officials said were not life threatening.

Nine people were left homeless by the fire.

Spring Hill Farm offers sleigh rides

CHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Winter sleigh rides are coming back to Spring Hill Farm this week.

The hour-long rides by horse-drawn sleigh will take visitors around the 400-acre town-owned farm.

The sleigh rides mark a return to a winter tradition after a dozen years. The farm’s board of trustees worked since summer to find someone who could offer the rides again. Sleigh rides will open to the public on Friday and be offered every weekend on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Woman charged in vehicle assault

LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) – A local woman has been charged with vehicular assault after a crash that forced a Derry man to have his foot amputated.

Police say Lorraine Elwood, 77, turned herself in earlier this week. The charge stems from an accident in September when Elwood hit 53-year-old Ronald Lawrence, who was riding a motorcycle.

N.H. woman paid in 39,000 pennies

KEENE, N.H. (AP) – A local woman who won a case in small claims court against a painting contractor got her money in pennies.

Gerry Day says she came home to find 39,000 pennies in buckets on her front porch. After asking police to investigate, she learned they had been delivered by Roy’s Painting of Swanzey, the company ordered to repay her a portion of her deposit.

A Keene District Court judge determined the pennies covered the debt since there was no legal requirement dictating how payment was to be made.

However, the judge said Roy’s Painting will be liable for any fee charged by the bank for processing the pennies.