Posts by Pat Grossmith
A New Hampshire native, Joey Calcavecchia, 36, is a 2006 graduate of Pinkerton Academy and a 2012 graduate of the University of New Hampshire where he earned his bachelor’s degree in communications with a minor in nutrition. He has worked as a food reviewer for a decade.
Adam Montgomery, convicted of beating his 5-year-old daughter to death and hiding and abusing her corpse for months before disposing of it in a still undiscovered location, was sentenced essentially to life in prison.
Prosecutors in the case of Adam Montgomery, convicted in the beating death of his 5-year-old daughter and of abusing her corpse, are recommending he be sentenced to 56 years to life because, they maintain, there is no hope of rehabilitating him.
The day of the incident Prunier anonymously posted his account of what happened on the private Goffstown The Real Deal Facebook page. He then posted “No Trespassing” orders he sent to five women banning them from his shop. They included Harbus, Select board member Kelly Boyer, her wife Pam Boyer, Jillian Bernat, admin of the Goffstown The Real Real Deal Facebook page, and Jillian Pelletier. The women’s addresses were listed.
Michael MacNeilly, 28, is charged with eight domestic-related offenses including six counts of simple assault taking place on multiple occasions; one charge of obstructing a report of a crime, and one count of criminal mischief. The alleged assaults took place between Aug. 27 and Oct. 2, 2023, at their Ward Street home.
Judge Messer, in her order, wrote said that while state law allows a judge to exercise discretion to excuse a defendant from appearing at sentencing “the Court does not find that the defendant has raised an adequate factual or legal basis to do so here. The only factual basis the defendant asserts is his contention that he is innocent as to some of the charges.”
The pending $2 million sale of Manchester Water Works-owned property abutting Currier Hill came as a surprise to some when it came up at an aldermanic committee meeting last Monday but the 20+ acres tract has been up for sale since last August.
On March 28, four kindergarten students at Smyth Road School went missing for 45 minutes but their parents only learned of it after they were found outside an apartment complex about a mile away, according to the mother of one of the children.
A city resident was awarded more than $134,000 in lost wages and damages after a federal jury agreed with him that his supervisors at Market Basket discriminated against him when they twice promoted much younger and less experienced co-workers over him.
Chef Chris Viaud, owner of three New Hampshire restaurants, is a finalist for the 2024 James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur of the Year Award.