Gorham

A man and a woman who were found dead Wednesday morning in Gorham, New Hampshire, were fatally shot, investigators say. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office identified the victims Thursday as 28-year-old Holly Banks and her acquaintance, 42-year-old Keith Labelle. Both were found in Banks’ home on North Main Street. An autopsy conducted Thursday determined Banks and Labelle died...

Authorities say they are investigating two suspicious deaths in Gorham, New Hampshire, on Wednesday morning. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said they, along with Gorham and state police, are responding to the scene. No further details were given, but the attorney general’s office said more information will be released as they become available. The attorney general’s office said...

The robbery of an estimated $59,000 worth of weed products from a Maine marijuana business in October is just one of a string of weed-related burglaries in New England that police suspect are being organized by the same group. The group cut through the wall of a warehouse in Gorham and ran away with nearly 30 pounds of marijuana and…

A man was sent to the hospital from a New Hampshire ski resort Saturday, and the ski lift he was on when the incident took place has been closed, officials said. Terrified witnesses recalled seeing a chair on the ski lift falling to the ground at Wildcat Mountain Saturday afternoon. First responders rushed to help the man before taking him…

Two northern New Hampshire communities have issued temporary mask mandates as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Coos County. The Berlin City Council and the Gorham Board of Selectmen met on Monday night. In Berlin, the City Council brought back an indoor mask mandate for at least 30 days. In Gorham, the board decided on an indoor mask mandate for…

Federal agents have charged a Maine man for taking part in the January storming of the U.S. Capitol. Thirty-four-year-old Nicholas Patrick Hendrix, of Gorham, is at least the third person with a Maine connection to face federal charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot. A federal affidavit states that Hendrix faces four charges in U.S. District Court, including violent...

A 3-year-old boy is dead after he was struck by a car being driven by a 13-year-old girl Wednesday in Gorham, Maine. The incident happened around 6:30 p.m on Tamarack Circle, which is in the Friendly Village of Gorham mobile home park. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. “This is something that certainly affects the community as a…

There’s a lot in a name, at least when it comes something like college, in which you might invest years of your life and thousands of dollars. That’s why there is a clash brewing in Maine over what to call one of the state’s more popular public universities. Monday, the University of Maine System Board of Trustees voted 10-2 to...

The University of Southern Maine is moving to change its name to the University of Maine at Portland.

A motorcycle ride is being planned to commemorate the lives of the seven bikers killed last month in a collision with a pickup truck. The memorial is being called the Ride for the Fallen 7, and its organizers are set to appear with state and local safety officials at 1 p.m. Friday to announce its final route.

One of the deadliest crashes in New Hampshire history has left a community of motorcyclists in mourning and a slew of unanswered questions as outrage simmers over why the driver of a truck, now charged with negligent homicide, was allowed behind the wheel. Seven people, many of them Marine veterans, were killed in the wreck last Friday. It was not...

A 52-year-old man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Lowell, Massachusetts early Wednesday morning.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper was hospitalized Friday morning after his cruiser was struck by another vehicle while he was in it on Interstate 95 in Newburyport.