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Brush and forest fires break out in Bristol, Effingham
EFFINGHAM, N.H. — Multiple forest and brush fires broke out in New Hampshire on Saturday. In Bristol, authorities said they helped extinguish a brush fire on Old Stage Road. The deputy chief said the fire was started illegally and spread to around two acres. He said no one was injured, and no buildings were impacted.
Arrest made in 2023 hit-and-run boat crash on Lake Winnipesaukee
A man was arrested Friday in a hit-and-run crash that badly damaged a boat on New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee last summer, police said, but the case remains under investigation. Boaters on a 50-foot-SeaRay boat fled the scene after it crashed into a docked vessel in Wolfeboro's Winter Harbor late Saturday,...
Decades after her sons were taken from her, woman hopes she'll see them again
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Some consider it the oldest parental abduction case in the country, and the search for a Rochester real estate broker and his two young sons who went missing in 1986 is still ongoing. Charles Vosseler is wanted by the FBI for the 1986 kidnapping of his...
Warming center in Sanford set to close, unhoused Mainers unsure where to go
SANFORD (WGME) -- The warming center in Sanford is open 24 hours a day and seven days a week, but Tuesday, that comes to an end. “Tuesdays coming around. You know a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, sadness," Robert Edson said. Robert Edson says he and his wife...
Waypoint Music Fest 2024: Motor Booty Affair headlines show for a cause
This year’s Music Fest, formerly Tele-Fest, has an electrifying lineup, including Dock Squares. This festival is about more than just music; it’s about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children with autism and intellectual developmental disabilities. Proceeds from the Music Fest will directly support Waypoint’s children’s...
RSU 57 leaders call for review after student's death by suicide
WATERBORO, Maine — RSU 57 held a regularly scheduled board meeting on Wednesday but immediately made adjustments to their agenda at the start of the meeting. They moved their executive session, which is a closed portion of the meeting that allows them to handle confidential matters, up to the top of the meeting. They then moved the superintendent's report to follow it.
Kristin and Craig Jordan
Owners Kristin Jordan, left, and Craig Jordan in the Gilford Village Store on Thursday afternoon. The Jordans, who also own Jordan’s Ice Creamery in Belmont, purchased the Village Store on April 12. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
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