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Judge denies request to discard $38M verdict in NH youth center abuse case
The judge who oversaw a landmark trial about New Hampshire’s youth detention center has refused to discard the $38 million verdict, saying the facility’s leadership “either knew and didn’t care or didn’t care to learn the truth” about endemic physical and sexual abuse. A jury earlier this month sided with David Meehan, who alleged he was repeatedly raped, beaten...
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Body of missing Mass. hiker found under boulder in NH river
The body of a Massachusetts hiker who’d been missing for nearly a month was found beneath a boulder in New Hampshire’s White Mountains Tuesday, officials said. William Neal Donovan, a 65-year-old avid hiker from Cambridge, was reported missing April 16. His car was located about two weeks later at the Crawford Path parking lot in Carroll. This weekend, hikers...
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President Biden to visit NH next week
President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit New Hampshire next week. He will be in Merrimack on Tuesday for an official White House event, the Union Leader reported. Additional details about the visit are expected to be announced later this week. Biden last traveled to New Hampshire in March, speaking about his new budget proposal at a speech at a…
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Woman dies in apparent lawnmower accident in Winchester, NH
A woman was killed when a lawnmower she was riding rolled over in an apparent accident on Sunday in Winchester, New Hampshire, police said. Investigators on Monday were still determining what happened in the incident about on Burt Hill Road, according to Winchester Police Chief David Rice. The woman was found by a family member, who called police shortly after…
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Group of Mass. teen hikers rescued from NH trail
The New Hampshire Fish & Game Department rescued a group of teenage hikers from Massachusetts, on Saturday night. The department received a distress call from hikers on the Flume Slide Trail, approximately 3 miles from the Liberty Springs Trailhead at Franconia Notch State Park Bike Path around 9p.m. The hikers, led by Jonathan Long, 26, were accompanied by three youths…
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Woman charged with impaired driving after crash on I-93 in New Hampshire
The driver, identified as 28-year-old Amanda B. Webber was airlifted to Concord Hospital to treat her non life-threatening injuries, according to police.
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Stunning photos of the aurora borealis over Mass., NH
The northern lights created an incredible sight over Massachusetts and New Hampshire Friday night. Here are some of the best shots we’ve seen — send yours to shareit@nbcboston.com and we may add it here or use it on TV! -
Three arrested after ‘unruly' crowd confronts police in Manchester, NH
Three people were arrested after an “unruly” crowd confronted police officers who were executing a search warrant in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Thursday, according to police. The Manchester Police Anti-Crime Unit was working a case involving firearms possession and drug dealing at a building at 139 Parker St. around 3:30 p.m. According to Manchester police, when officers tried to move…
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Canadian hikers rescued after getting stuck in deep snow on Mt. Washington
Two Canadian hikers had to be rescued Thursday night after they got stuck in deep snow on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington. Around 5:18 p.m. Thursday, Francois Nadeau, of Quebec, was hiking with a friend, Pierre Nadeau, also of Quebec, when they became wet, tired and weren’t able to continue due to deep snow and limited visibility on the trail,...
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Adam Montgomery sentenced to at least 56 years in prison
The father of Harmony Montgomery has been sentenced for the girl’s murder.
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Trucker acquitted in deadly NH crash asks for license back, but state says he contributed to accident
A commercial truck driver who was acquitted of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire testified at a hearing Wednesday on his request to reinstate his suspended license, while a lawyer for the state said he still played a role in the 2019 crash. A jury in 2022 found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of multiple manslaughter and negligent…
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Adam Montgomery gets 56 to life years in daughter Harmony's murder case
Adam Montgomery was sentenced to dozens more years in prison for killing his 5-year-old daughter Harmony at an emotional hearing in a New Hampshire court Thursday. “You treated her in the worst of possible ways, in both her life and her death,” Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Amy Messer said. Prosecutors had sought a sentence of 56 years to life…
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Adam Montgomery to be sentenced Thursday
Eyes across the nation are turning to New Hampshire on Thursday, where the father of Harmony Montgomery will be sentenced for her murder
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Parents of Harmony Montgomery's half-brother fight to make victim impact statement at killer's sentencing
Thursday is sentencing day for Adam Montgomery, the New Hampshire man convicted of killing his daughter. The disappearance of Harmony Montgomery made national headlines. The two fathers of Harmony’s half-brother, Jamison, are raising red flags about Thursday’s hearing. Jamison’s adoptive parents, Johnathon and Blair, say they deserve to be among the family members making a victim impact statement. “It’s...
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Controversy arises in Adam Montgomery sentencing
Harmony Montgomery’s father, convicted in her murder, is set to be sentenced Wednesday.
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Maine man arrested after leading NH police on 120 mph car chase through 4 towns
A Maine man is facing numerous charges after he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase through four New Hampshire towns Tuesday night. Around 9:21 p.m. Tuesday, state police said they received information about a car that had fled from officers with the Epping Police Department at a high rate of speed along Route 101 east. Minutes later, a state…
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Prosecutors seeking 56 years to life for Adam Montgomery in daughter Harmony's death
Prosecutors have submitted their sentencing recommendation for Adam Montgomery ahead of Thursday’s sentencing hearing. The sentencing document requests a sentence of 56 years to life for Montgomery, convicted earlier this year of second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old daughter Harmony, who police believe was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021 and whose body…
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Man arrested for shooting gun in direction of homeless encampment in Manchester, NH
A 47-year-old man is facing multiple charges for allegedly shooting a gun in the direction of a homeless encampment in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sunday night. Manchester police said they received a ShotSpotter activation around 7:45 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of Coolidge Avenue. ShotSpotter is a technology used by many police departments detects outdoor gunshots. Officers responded to…
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Second juror in NH youth center abuse trial explains verdict, says state misinterpreted
One of the jurors who awarded a New Hampshire man $38 million in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at the state’s youth detention center says the state is misinterpreting the verdict by capping the payment at $475,000. Jurors on Friday awarded $18 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in enhanced damages to David Meehan, who alleged that the state’s…
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Man seriously injured after explosion in NH home
A man was seriously injured after an explosion at a home in Derry, New Hampshire, over the weekend, according to authorities. Firefighters responded to Chases Grove Road at about 7:40 p.m. Sunday for a report of an explosion and fire, the Derry Fire Department said. When crews arrived, they found the home 50% engulfed in flames, and the man had…