Monthly Archive for August, 2012

Download The Messenger – August 31, 2012 pages 1-16 (pdf)

Download The Messenger – August 31, 2012 pages 17-32 (pdf)

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Candlelight vigil honors the memory of John Wallace

Word travels fast in small towns. Less than 24 hours after his death, a crowd of over 200 gathered at Hillsborough’s Butler Park for an impromptu candlelight vigil to both mourn the death and celebrate the life of Karate Master John Wallace, 50, of Deering. Wallace, the owner of Villarai’s Studio in Hillsborough was killed when he…

New Boston coach carried a handgun

Recreation Commissioner Lee Brown informed the New Boston Selectmen that one of the baseball coaches was carrying a firearm while on the field coaching the children. Brown spoke with the individual and requested he lock the firearm in his car, but that spurred a…

Two motorcyclists killed as tragedy strikes “Rollins’ Ride”

Skip Rollins of Newport, the father of the soldier whose memory was honored Saturday by an annual benefit motorcycle ride, will now also help the families of the two killed and five injured when an elderly man drove into a line of riders. More than 200 motorcyclists were traveling…

New staff at Hillsboro-Deering and Washington Schools

SAU 34 Schools will have some new faces this year. There will be eleven new teachers in the districts. At Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School we are welcoming….

Man charged with sexually assaulting boys

Robert Joubert, the youth baseball coach, recently charged with sexually assaulting two boys in Concord and Pembroke, has been indicted on two additional…

Goffstown dentist has license suspended for 60 days

The NH Board of Dental Examiners has suspended the license of Goffstown dentist Gregory A. Tracy on a 60-day emergency basis, based on allegations that he wrote numerous prescriptions for himself and at one point appeared impaired when he crashed…

Download The Messenger – August 17, 2012 pages 1-16 (pdf)

Download The Messenger – August 17, 2012 pages 17-32 (pdf)

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Newbury adopts a fee for use policy at Veteran’s Hall

At Monday’s meeting, the Newbury Selectmen decided to institute a fee for use policy for town buildings. Selectman Richard Wright suggested that the meeting room at Town Hall was never designed for public use and suggested that it be reserved for town functions with private meetings being shifted to the newly…

Deering officials criticized over “unchecked nepotism”

A Superior Court judge has issued his order in the case of Raymond Daniels v. Town of Deering and Elizabeth Kelly. In his opening sentence, Judge Kenneth Brown made it clear how he was going to rule. “This case involves small town politics, personality quirks, conflicts and unchecked nepotism,” he said. Brown found that…

Police investigating burglaries in Henniker, Bradford and Contoocook

Henniker police are looking for two men caught in surveillance pictures in connection with the burglaries. Henniker police responded to a break-in at the Mobil on the Run just off Route 114. Sgt. Matt French of the Henniker Police Department told WMUR TV9 that “One of the north entrances was smashed…

ConVal aid arrested, charged with felonious sexual assault

A former Rindge police officer, who also worked as a program aide, working with children with behavioral challenges at ConVal High School, has been arrested and charged with attempted felonious sexual assault. Keene police arrested…

Former New Boston man files false claims with Vets and Social Security

A former New Boston resident is being held on federal charges after allegedly lying about being involved in special operations missions during Vietnam and claiming he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in order to collect…

Download The Messenger – August 3, 2012 pages 1-16 (pdf)

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Hillsborough pleads – keep our street lights on

On behalf of the Hillsborough Board of Selectmen, Building/Code/Health Inspector Kelly Dearborn-Luce has written to the NH Department of Transportation asking that officials reconsider the decision to shut off the street lights in two of the several areas they have proposed. Local officials are particularly concerned with…

Antrim house destroyed – fire remains under investigation

Antrim Fire Chief Mike Beauchamp has not released the cause of a Sunday night fire which destroyed a house on Concord Street. He would say only that the fire remains under investigation. The Antrim Fire Department responded to a single alarm at about 11:30 p.m. but soon required assistance from…

$560,000 Weare home sells for $60,000

A Weare house, valued at $560,000 on the town’s tax rolls, which was seized by the U.S. Marshals Service in 2010, was sold at auction last week for $60,000. Christian Laura, 44, who owned the home until 2010, was indicted on drug trafficking and…

O’Dougherty and By off to Korea in Jan

Two athletes from New Hampshire will be joining nearly 3,300 fellow athletes and teams from over 100 nations around the world in PyeongChang, South Korea, Jan 29–Feb 5, 2013. The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games will feature world-class competition in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, snowboarding and speed skating, among other sports. Special Olympics New Hampshire is proud to announce that two athletes from our state will be competing as …

Two young children survive Weare crash

On July 29th Weare Officers Ken Cox and Nick Nadeau responded to Abijah Bridge Road in Weare for a reported single vehicle crash. It was reported that the vehicle had impacted a sign and rolled over. It was also reported that…