New Hampshire – NECN (2024)

NH man dies in Maine crash; alcohol apparently a factor, police say

A man was killed and two others hurt when a pickup truck swerved off a road in rural Maine early Saturday morning, state police said. Benjamin Harvey, a 23-year-old from Rollinsford, New Hampshire, wa...

Five people diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease after visiting Lincoln, NH

CORRECTION (Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, 6:50 p.m.): An earlier version of this article misstated where health officials said the people diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease may have been exposed. Fiv...

Aug 12

2 people from Mass. caught shoplifting at Merrimack Outlets

Two people from Massachusetts were caught shoplifting from two stores at the outlets in Merrimack, New Hampshire, on Saturday afternoon, and they allegedly didn’t go down without a fight. Merrim...

3 arrested after shots are fired outside NH hookah bar

Three people were arrested early Saturday morning after shots were fired outside a hookah lounge in Manchester, New Hampshire. Manchester police said they responded to the Babylon Hookah Lounge on Map...

Arrest made in hit-and-run crash that killed NH Air National Guard Commander

Police say an arrest has made in the July hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of the commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard. Rochester police said they arrested 81-year-old Paul Clement, of Rochester, on Tuesday in connection to the July 8 crash that killed 57-year-old Brig. Gen. John “Pogo” Pogorek, of Strafford. Cl...

Shelter in place issued in Allenstown, NH, amid police investigation

An incident on a street in Allenstown, New Hampshire, sparked a shelter-in-place order from police Thursday afternoon. It wasn’t immediately clear what happened in the incident on Sullivan Drive, or if anyone was hurt. Allenstown and state police both urged people to avoid the area. State police said there was no indication of “an immin...

Suspect remains on the loose after police standoff in Merrimack, NH

A suspect remains on the loose after a standoff with police at a home in Merrimack, New Hampshire, on Wednesday night. Merrimack police said they responded at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday to a residence on Adams Avenue for a report of a domestic disturbance involving a firearm. Upon arrival, officers were able to determine that the victims in the house were...

Beware of bears begging for food in NH's White Mountains, officials say

New Hampshire officials are warning people about a surge of bear encounters in the White Mountain region over the last few weeks, with bears following campers and begging for food.

NH man facing civil rights violations for allegedly assaulting ex-girlfriend because of her sexual orientation

A New Hampshire man is facing five civil rights violations and a penalty of up to $25,000 for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend last year after she revealed to him that she is bisexual. The civil complaint brought by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Civil Rights Unit in Hillsborough County Superior Court alleges that on the afternoon...

Massachusetts man dies while hiking in NH's White Mountains

A Massachusetts man died Tuesday while hiking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said they were notified of a hiker who was having a medical emergency between the summits of north and south peaks on Kingsman Ridge Trail in Franconia around 2:14 p.m. Tuesday. The hiker was about four miles from the n...

Will Tim Walz sway New Hampshire voters for Harris?

As Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz start their battleground blitz, they have their work cut out for them in another swing state – New Hampshire. The Minnesota governor was set to visit the Granite State this past Sunday, but he canceled at the last minute amid rumors that he was on a list of contenders for…

NH police say escaped inmate arrested after barricading self with knife in Concord

New Hampshire State Police say an inmate escaped Tuesday and barricaded himself in a room with a knife in Concord before being arrested. The standoff began around 3 p.m. at the state office complex on Pleasant Street, where administrative offices are located in several buildings. Police were initially tight-lipped about what had occurred, initially...

Aug 4

Adam Montgomery moved from NH prison to out-of-state facility

Adam Montgomery, the New Hampshire man who was convicted earlier this year of second-degree murder in the death of his daughter Harmony, has been transferred out of the New Hampshire State Prison for men in Concord. The NH Department of Corrections said Sunday that Adam Montgomery is in secure custody within a correctional facility outside of the N...

Split verdict for daughter of pitcher Dennis Eckersley NH in baby abandonment case

Jurors found 27-year-old Alexandra Eckersley, daughter of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley, guilty of reckless conduct and endangering the welfare of a child, but not guilty of assault charges.

Prisoner who escaped NH hospital caught in South Boston

A prisoner who’d escaped a New Hampshire hospital where he’d been getting treatment this week was tracked down to South Boston and arrested, officials said. Anthony Clark, 41, was found in a back bedroom of a South Boston apartment on Logan Way early Friday morning, according to the U.S. Marshals, who were able to take him into custody ...

Historic US-Russia prisoner swap reverberates in New England

Part of the overwhelming joy at the White House Thursday afternoon as President Joe Biden discussed the release of several Americans in the largest prisoner swap with Russia in post-Soviet history was Massachusetts’ Elizabeth Whelan. Her brother, former Marine Paul Whelan, was one of four Americans falsely accused of spying on Russia who retu...

Former NH youth detention center worker dies awaiting trial on sexual assault charges

A man charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy at New Hampshire’s youth detention center decades ago has died while awaiting trial, his lawyer said Wednesday. Gordon Thomas Searles, 68, died Sunday, said attorney Joseph Fricano. He said he did not know the cause of death and that his client had been looking forward to his day in court. “I&#82...