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US: Wild Bear Spotted At Household Terrace In Colebrook, New Hampshire
A wild bear was spotted at a household terrace in Colebrook, New Hampshire on April 24. The video shows the bear climbing down from the deck table. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “@JollesMary via Spectee”. NOTE: looped video Video Location: Colebrook, New Hampshire, US Video Recording Date/Time: April 24, 2024.
Man arrested for second DUI after found unconscious at Orleans Maplefields
ORLEANS — A 23-year-old Charleston man was arrested late Tuesday night on suspicion of his second DUI after being found unconscious at a gas station. Vermont State Police responded to a call at 9:49 p.m. at the Maplefields gas station in Orleans, where they found Andrew Merrill unresponsive at the gas pumps.
Police find body of missing Maine man believed killed after a search that took nearly a year
STARK, N.H. (AP) — Police in Maine said they have found the body of a man who was the victim of a killing after a search that took nearly a year. The body of 34-year-old Alex Jackson of Windham, Maine, was recovered in the area of Stark, New Hampshire, on Friday, police said. They did not release the cause of Jackson’s death. Jackson was reported missing in May 2023. Police arrested Joseph Chute, 30, of Leeds, Maine, and charged him with murder in March stemming from Jackson’s death. Chute’s lawyer, Verne Paradise, tried to have the charges against Chute dismissed last week on the basis that no body had been found, the Portland Press Herald reported. Paradise told the Press Herald that the discovery of Jackson’s body did not change his position that Chute is innocent.
Pair of storms in April 1893 toppled luxury hotel being built in Colebrook
COLEBROOK, N.H. — In the late 1800s, a group of businessmen decided to build a large luxury hotel on 250 acres atop Lombard's Hill, overlooking the community of Colebrook. The plan was to construct a $50,000, 102-room, first-class hotel with the incredible natural surroundings being the big draw. The...
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