A Manchester woman and her 2 teenage sons are facing charges in connection with a hit-and-run. Police say Rukija Buco let her 17-year-old son, Alen Jandric, drive the car without a license when he allegedly struck another car on South Jewett Street and took off Monday afternoon. Buco and her other son have been charged with making a false report.
Twelve New Hampshire schools considered low-performing, including 5 in Manchester, must choose from 4 options to qualify for improvement grants. The schools could either fire the entire staff, close, reopen as a charter school, or restructure.
Governor John Lynch is nominating Captain Robert Quinn of Seabrook to head the state police. The Executive Council still has to approve the nomination to replace Coloned Fred Booth who is retiring.
The widow of former Governor Meldrin Thomson has died at her home in Orford. Gale Thomson passed away yesterday surrounded by her family at the age of 90.
The family of a missing Barrington woman goes on national TV as they continue the search. Sarah Rogers disappeared on December 13th after driving to Maine, where her car slid into a snowbank off Interstate 95 in Clinton. Maine police believe she was picked up by a passing motorist.
In Concord, police are looking for a man who held up the West Street Market at gunpoint last night. They say the suspect was wearing large dark sunglasses and a gray hooded sweat shirt when he pointed a handgun at the clerk, demanded cash and cigarettes, and then fled.
The state Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its ruling rejecting the state's claim to $110 million surplus from a fund that underwrites medical malpractice insurance. Gov. John Lynch spokesman Colin Manning said Tuesday the decision was disappointing. Manning says the state continues to review other legal options for the fund's future.
Warm, dry air combined with debris and downed trees from the recent windstorm has led to an increased danger of brush fires. Two brush fires broke out over the weekend, and another burned in Lee on Monday afternoon. WMUR reporting the Lee fire began as a controlled burn of storm debris at the Lee transfer station. It took 10 Lee firefighters about an hour to bring the fire under control. Officials say the fire should serve as a warning that the conditions are ripe for brush fires. Brush fires also burned in Hooksett and Bow over the weekend it.
A lawsuit backed by 294 municipalities, counties and school districts was filed yesterday against the state of NH. According to this morning Union Leader newspaper, the suit contests the state's reduced contribution to the state pension fund for local police officers, firefighters and teachers. The leading plaintiffs are the city of Concord, Belknap county and Mascenic Regional School District. The suit says none of the communities agreed to pay a higher share of the retirement costs, going against a 1984 constitutional amendment.
A Concord city committee is recommending new changes to deal with a rapidly depleting parking fund. WMUR reporting a plan under consideration would increase on-street meter rates from 50 cents to $1 an hour -- a move that's expected to bring in $160,000 in new revenue. Other changes under consideration include doubling parking fines to $10, eliminating free holiday parking and extending weekday enforcement hours from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. The city's parking fund is currently expected to run a $270,000 deficit in 2011.
Forecasters are projecting a slight increase in the number of tourists visiting New Hampshire this spring. A report prepared for the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development by the Institute for New Hampshire Studies, says the number will increase one percent from a year ago. In all, an estimated 6.6 million visitors are expected. The report says spending by tourists and business travelers will rise by about two percent, to nearly $795 million.
Prosecutors have begun making their case against a man accused of killing his landlord in Danville in 2008. Jurors in Paul McDonald's trial today visited the home where Richard Wilcox was killed. McDonald is claiming he acted in self defense while prosecutors say he stole Wilcox's identity to steal the man's truck, intent on trading it in to get a new motorcycle.
A Plymouth justice of the peace has been arrested after state authorities say he sent the Concord police department a warrant seeking the arrest of all five members of the state Supreme Court. Prosecutors say Brian Blasi sent the warrants as retaliation after justices ruled against him in a domestic violence case.
There was something missing from yesterday's public hearing on the school budget. The public. The Union Leader reporting not a single person took advantage of the opportunity to address Mayor Ted Gatsas and the school board about their proposal to send $148.9 million to the city's schools next year.. The plan would mean the mayor and school board would have to come to terms on a proposal that increases funding to the schools by 1.7 percent. Tomorrow, district officials will file into City Hall to present that proposal to the aldermen, who have the final say on what the schools receive. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. Gatsas has said the proposal would allow the district to hire an additional 12 teachers
A Derry bus driver being sued for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old student at The Brentwood School is now facing criminal charges for dispensing prescription drugs to the teen and at least one other minor, according to prosecutors. The Union Leader says 38 –year old Joyce Merrill is facing charges for dispensing either Klonopin pills or alcohol to at least three teens total, according to indictments released yesterday. She is facing four felony counts of dispensing a controlled drug and two misdemeanor prohibited sales charges for providing alcohol to minors. The four felonies each carry a potential prison term of 3 1/2 to seven years in state prison.
Manchester police say they have seen a recent rise in the number of burglaries in the Queen City and are asking residents to assist them by keeping a watchful eye on their neighborhoods and pay attention to some basic home security measures that may curb Burglary. The best practice is community involvement. Talk to neighbors, watch out for each others property, and be a good witness by writing down detailed descriptions of your observations and promptly reporting them to the police. Anyone with information concerning a Burglary or any crime is encouraged to call Crimeline at 624-4040 or the Manchester Police Department at 668-8711.
After nearly 50 years of cutting locks, Frank Champagne has finally cut himself loose. The Union Leader reporting Champagne owner of Stanley's Barber Shop in Manchester is officially retired after working his last shift yesterday. It was an otherwise normal business day. He clipped and groomed away, including attending to some fourth-generation customers who came in with their parents or grandparents for a final hair cut.
