CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire say a woman in labor demanded to be injected with heroin and methamphetamine before 911 could be called. Police in Concord arrested 29-year-old Felicia Farruggia this week, about six months after her son was born. The state has custody of him. Police also arrested 37-year-old Rhianna Frenette, […]
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Maple syrup producers face challenges in warming world
Parker’s Maple Barn employee Jon Jonis carries maple tree sap he gathered from metal buckets, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Brookline, New Hampshire. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, led a discussion with maple syrup producers in New Hampshire about how climate change is impacting their industry.Parker’s Maple Barn employee Jon Jonis taps a maple tree, Tuesday, […]
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Normand E. Rocheleau
BRUNSWICK — Normand E. Rocheleau, 87, died peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 7, at Mid Coast Senior Health in Brunswick. He was born in Lewiston on Feb. 22, 1929, the son of Fernando and Cora St. Pierre Rocheleau. He attended St. Peter’s School and Bliss College. He was employed as a hotelier for many years, first at […]
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Police in Maine, N.H. search for Livermore Falls man
YORK — Police in Maine and New Hampshire are looking for Michael Gatcomb, 33, of Livermore Falls following a high-speed, pre-dawn chase on I-95 in New Hampshire. According to police, at 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, New Hampshire State Trooper Matt Locke attempted to stop a gold-colored 2003 Hyundai Elantra traveling northbound on I-95. According to a […]
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Texas man being held as fugitive from justice out of New Hampshire
JAY — A Texas man who is wanted by New Hampshire police on sexual assault charges is being held as a fugitive from justice at the Franklin County jail in Farmington. Jay police officer Dylan Rider stopped the vehicle Eric Hawkins, 23, of Jasper, Texas, was driving for having no inspection sticker, Jay Police Chief […]
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Peru man accused of being fugitive from justice
RANGELEY — A Peru man wanted on several warrants and burglary of a Carthage store was arrested Monday after a local resident reported seeing a truck that was reported stolen, Lt. David St. Laurent of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Chief Deputy Steven Lowell arrested Matthew Haines, 23, without incident on a complaint of […]
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200-acre N.H. fire investigated as an arson
STODDARD, N.H. — Gov. Maggie Hassan says a brush fire that burned nearly 200 acres of forest in New Hampshire, temporarily forcing residents from their homes, appears to be under control. An evacuation order that sent residents of 17 homes fleeing was lifted Friday. The fire was reported Thursday afternoon in Stoddard, about 40 miles […]
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Lillian H. Auchterlonie
1915 – 2016 PORTLAND — Lillian H. Auchterlonie, of Auburn and formerly of Hudson, N.H., passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, March 30, at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation and Residence in Portland at the age of 100. Lillian was born in South Paris on May 17, 1915, the daughter of the late Paul and Amanda (Koskela) […]
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Maple Mills starts sugaring in Northern Oxford County
WILSONS MILLS — With roughly 25,000 taps and 150 miles of tubing draining sap from maple trees down Aziscohos Mountain to a sugarhouse, Nick Staley is getting little sleep these days. Staley and his wife, Melanie, of Lancaster, N.H., are in the first year of operating the family business, Maple Mills. It is off Route […]
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Snow squall, about 40 cars involved in I-93 pile up
DERRY, N.H. — Authorities say multiple cars have been involved in accidents along southbound Interstate 93 near Derry after a snow squall caused slippery roads and whiteout conditions. It was not known exactly how many cars were in accidents along that part of the interstate Friday morning. Derry fire officials said its communications center received […]