EPPING, N.H. (AP)- Three men now have been charged in the theft of a loaded oil truck in Epping two years ago.Jerome Stapleford of Exeter, 51, is being held on $500,000 bail on two theft charges, one for the truck and one for the 3,000 gallons of home heating oil it was carrying.Two Massachusetts men […]

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) – University of New Hampshire researchers are looking into how babies are affected by stress during their mothers’ pregnancy.Barbara White, an associate professor of occupational therapy, says they might find that stress alone affects how fetuses develop, much as smoking or alcohol do.White says research on animals indicates that stress during pregnancy […]

HARTLAND, Vt. (AP) – A woman who claimed to have multiple personalities when she was arrested in an arson case has been charged with setting a second fire, authorities said Monday.Cheryle Potwin, 49, of Sharon, who already faces charges in a Sept. 29 house fire in Woodstock, was charged with arson, burglary and felony unlawful […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – A rare letter penned by author Lewis Carroll in 1890 recently surfaced on the Internet auction site eBay, where the seller detailed everything from its beautiful signature to its distinctive purple ink.To a Yale University librarian, however, it all sounded a bit too familiar for comfort.Now, police at the Ivy […]

CONWAY, N.H. (AP) – A man stole cash from a gift shop after cutting the store owner’s hand with a knife, then held a woman at knifepoint in her apartment, authorities said Monday.Jason Simon, 30, of Conway, was arraigned in the District Court for Northern Carroll County and was ordered held on $75,000 cash bail […]

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Real Gilbert began translating documents for the city’s French-speaking residents decades ago.Now his business has boomed along with the region’s immigrant population.Gilbert’s Words Translation and Interpreting Services Inc. now employs more than 200 interpreters who speak 50-plus languages.The state has gained at least 18,000 foreign-born residents in the past five years, […]

DANVERS, Mass. (AP) – Kathy Parker said she was glad to be back in her own house Sunday after a pre-dawn explosion four days earlier drove her and her family into the pitch-black night as sirens blared and shattered glass crunched underfoot.But the fear that gripped her and her daughters so tightly immediately following the […]

LACONIA, N.H.(AP) – A 36-year-old woman faces a charge of kidnapping after police say she failed to return a one-year-old boy to his parents Saturday night.Police said they got a call from the mother, Kristina Cleveland, Saturday night after the babysitter, Donna Powell, and the boy were several hours late returning from a planned shopping […]

BARRE, Vt. (AP) – A man paced in front of a sporting goods store for 45 minutes before smashing a window, entering and stealing five handguns early Sunday, police said.Police said they responded to an alarm at R&L Archery on Smith Street that was triggered when the window was broken, but that the man was […]

BOSTON (AP) – Two major police operations targeting violent criminals led to arrests on mostly minor charges, according to a Boston Globe analysis.From October 2005 until June 2006, about 1,250 people were taken into custody, but only about one-third on felony charges, according to information The Globe obtained through a public records request. At least […]