Posts by Pat Grossmith
A side effect of the ongoing opioid crisis is the increased number of incidents where individuals from New Hampshire trade guns with drug dealers to obtain drugs or settle a debt, according to U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray.
Dale Holloway, the man charged with shooting a Pentecostal bishop during a wedding last October and later assaulting a public defender at the Valley Street jail, again pleaded with a judge to release him on bail because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the answer once again was no.
Judge Diane Nicolosi issued her bail order in which she said there is clear and convincing evidence that Michael Grove is a danger to himself or the public after he threatened to he threatened officers and medical staff saying he “would eat their children.”
Ten years ago, Cameron MacDonald died from a severe brain injury caused by his father in 2006. On Wednesday his father, Brian MacDonald of Concord, was charged with killing him.
A man accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl was released on personal recognizance bail but with conditions he have no contact with her, his children, his wife or anyone under the age of 18.
The proposed settlement, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Concord, also involved the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of New Hampshire, which joined the U.S. government as a co-plaintiff on the agreement that resolves alleged violations of the Clean Water Act by the city.
The venture is the brainchild of Granite State Hospitality (GSH), a partnership among three restaurateurs: Brad Pernaw, the managing partner who runs Common Man Roadside at the Hooksett Welcome Centers on I-93; Rusty McLear, former owner of the Inn at Mill Falls in Meredith; and Alex Ray, owner and founder of The Common Man, that includes 16 restaurants and two hotels.
A city man is suing a downtown bar saying a bouncer last year punched him in the eye resulting in needed surgery at a Boston hospital.
Manchester High School West Principal Richard Dichard led the 173 graduates of the Class of 2020 in a synchronized dance, Pamela Martinez Fuentes played “Over the Rainbow” on the trumpet and a handful of students took the knee as classmate Abigail Chretien sang the National Anthem.
Fire Chief Dan Goonan said those services – portable toilets, handwashing stations and food delivery – will still be available to the homeless population but they will have to go to other locations to access them.