Looks like Hurricane Earl is going to be a "nonevent" for New Hampshire.While town beaches in Seabrook and Rye were being closed Friday because of the rough surf--tropical storm warnings were cancelled late this morning.
Residents of a three-story building at 346 S. Main St. lost everything in their apartments in a Thursday night fire that left the building so structurally damaged it is too dangerous for them to enter the building again. The Union Leader reporting none of the 14 residents were injured. One firefighter sustained a minor eye injury, but was able to return to duty. The fire chief said the cause appears to be electrical in origin and is "absolutely not arson."
Three people are in custody after a standoff in Belmont that included shots being fired from within a house.U.S. Marshals went to a house on Union Rd Thursday night to take 33-year-old Christopher Kelly into custody on parole violation charges.Two other adults and a 4-year-old girl were inside with Kelly. The child was released and Kelly surrendered. Two other Belmont residents were arrested and face several charges. No one was injured in the nine-hour ordeal.
A federal jury finished its first day of deliberations in the trial of a New Hampshire woman seeking more than $24 million from the maker of a prescription drug she took to ease shoulder pain, but suffered a reaction so severe the is now blind and scarred by burns.Deliberations began Friday after a 14-day trial in the lawsuit filed by 51-year-old Karen Bartlett of Plaistow against Philadelphia-based Mutual Pharmaceutical Co.
The state's largest health foundations has unveiled a website breaking down how the new federal health overhaul affects individuals, families and small businesses. The Endowment for Health put together the EH Pilot gateway to give consumers a tool to help understand the law's practical effects.
An 83-year-old Sunapee woman died last night from injuries following a two car accident. The truck driven buy her husband 84 year old James Carrier turned in front of an SUV driven by 37 year old Melinda Leno of Newport causing a t-bone type accident. The Union Leader reporting Carrier accelerated driving into a nearby parking lot, stricking a parked car and driving over a concrete retaining wall into the Sugar River. Alice Carrier was flown to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon following the accident where she later died from her injuries
