DOVER, N.H. — Defense lawyers and prosecutors stressed one thing throughout the trial of a 31-year-old man convicted of raping and killing a University of New Hampshire student: The key was the truthfulness of the defendant’s ex-girlfriend. The jury Friday decided that Kathryn McDonough, the star witness in Seth Mazzaglia’s murder trial, was telling the […]
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US Geological Survey finds metals in southeast New Hampshire water wells
PEMBROKE, N.H. — A U.S. Geological Survey report says about a third of well water samples from southeast New Hampshire contained metals at concentrations that exceed federal standards. Researchers sampled water from 232 private bedrock wells from 2012 to 2013, testing for levels of naturally occurring arsenic, uranium, manganese, iron and lead. Three in 10 […]
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Maine Community Health Options to offfer plan on New Hampshire health care exchange
LEWISTON — The nonprofit health insurance cooperative Maine Community Health Options has received preliminary approval to offer its plans in four New Hampshire counties that border Maine, where the company started and has captured nearly 80 percent of the federally required health care marketplace. The New Hampshire Department of Insurance reported Monday that it licensed […]
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New Hampshire police officer dies in shooting before fire
Suspected gunman Michael Nolan, 47, was presumed dead Monday after a late afternoon fire demolished the duplex in a tree-lined neighborhood restricted to people 55 and older. State Attorney General Joseph Foster said Monday night that Brentwood Police Officer Stephen Arkell, 48, answered the domestic dispute call at about 4 p.m. and was fatally shot […]
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Helen C. McGuire
1923 – 2014 AUBURN — Helen C. McGuire, 90, of Lewiston, died peacefully April 26, following a period of declining health. Helen was born in Medford, Mass., on Dec. 6, 1923, the younger of two children born to Clair V. Chesley Sr. and Maryella (Rendall) Chesley. She was raised and educated in Hanover, N.H., and […]
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150 doctors targeted for tax fraud in NH, Vt.
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has asked the Secret Service and Internal Revenue Service to investigate reports of tax fraud affecting more than 150 doctors and health care providers in the state and in Vermont. The medical societies in both states say Social Security numbers have been stolen and used to file […]
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Alfred A. Delisle
1930 – 2014 MANCHESTER, N.H. — Alfred A. Delisle, 84, of Manchester, N.H., died on Wednesday, March 12, at Hanover Hill Health Care. He was born on Jan. 15, 1930, in Lewiston, the son of Alfred and Evelina (Bouchard) Delisle. Alfred worked at the Raytheon Company in Massachusetts for 30 years and lived in Framingham, […]
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Father of Bates College student defends son, waits for autopsy results
Italian police are continuing to investigate the death of 21-year-old Bates College junior John Durkin, hoping autopsy and toxicology results expected Tuesday will provide insight into what happened in Rome early Thursday morning. According to the news outlet Roma Today, a camera shows Durkin, a linebacker and captain of the Bobcats’ football team, walking alone […]
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Les Otten in discussions with Balsams resort owners
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — The owners of the Balsams Grand Resort said Tuesday they’re in talks with a businessman and former part-owner of the Boston Red Sox on how to redevelop the storied North Country hotel. Owners Dan Dagesse and Dan Hebert said they’ve entered into an agreement with Les Otten. Any final deal […]
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Officials probe explosion at N.H. plant that injured 15
Monday afternoon’s blast at the New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc. plant in Peterborough is being investigated but all indications were that it was an industrial-related incident, said Peterborough Fire Department spokesman Eric Bowman. There didn’t appear to be any environmental damage. Plant machine operator Paul Clark said he was outside in the parking lot when […]