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Since the arrests of two Souhegan High School students in connection with the murder of a Mont Vernon woman, the school has come under increased scrutiny -- from those on the outside looking in as well as those on the inside looking for answers.

Closing Milford District Court would mean enormous costs and inconvenience for Souhegan Valley towns, local police chiefs and town officials told state lawmakers this week.

Three weeks after the murder of Kimberly Cates in her home, her family has broken their silence and issued a statement to the press.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 9:43 am US/Eastern MILFORD, N.H. Police affidavits in the slaying of a Mont Vernon woman and the attack on her 11-year-old daughter will remain private until the suspects are indicted or until Jan.

A report published by Applied Data Research explores medical coatings, a growing and increasingly important part of the medical device materials sector.

Maria Gagnon doesn't mind being the bad guy. She doesn't need to be her kids' best friend.

Jaimie Cates returned to Mont Vernon Village School Thursday for a brief visit with her classmates.

The four teens accused of the Oct. 4 home invasion allegedly picked their victims at random, targeting the single-story Trow Road home solely for its isolation when they struck their deadly pact to kill anyone they found inside.

Sixth-grader Jaimie Cates has left the hospital and returned to her rural home where her mother was killed and the 11-year-old severely wounded during a vicious Oct.

The parents and students at Souhegan High School are experiencing "a different kind of grief" as they come to terms with the idea that the fatal attack on Mont Vernon mother Kimberly Cates was allegedly perpetrated by two Souhegan students.

All four teens charged in connection with the home invasion and murder in Mont Vernon have waived their rights to probable cause hearings, which had been scheduled tomorrow in Milford District Court, the prosecutor said this morning.

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All four teens accused of participating in a murderous home invasion in Mont Vernon have court-appointed lawyers and two have waived court hearings scheduled for next week.

Milford Firearms has sold more pepper spray this week than they sold all last year, owner Nicholas D'Augustine says.

This community has been seeking answers since this month's random killing of one of its own shattered its sense of innocence.

Energy expenses can add up quickly - for Milford they reached $1.04 million between Jan.

A sense of relief briefly lifted hearts in Mont Vernon yesterday as word spread that four had been arrested in the murder of a local woman and the assault on her daughter.

Look deep, deep into those shoeboxes and SD cards overflowing with photographs - you know, the snapshots that every January, you resolve to dust off, print out and lovingly organize into a scrapbook with captions and cutesy embellishments that even Martha Stewart would envy.

Despite the shocking nature of the crime, those investigating the murder of Kim Cates are following a methodical pattern examining evidence and following leads.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Stories about the murder of a Mont Vernon mother and the attempted murder of her 11-year-old daughter dominated all discussion on our online comment boards this week.

Share + Oct 8, 2009 6:43 pm US/Eastern Reporting Ron Sanders MONT VERNON, N.H. Hope survives in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire with news that the condition of Jaime Cates, the 11-year-old girl visciously attacked with a machete, as her mother was murdered in their home, is improving at Children's Hospital in Boston.

The four small-town teenagers arrested yesterday in the brutal killing of a 42-year-old nurse and the maiming of her 11-year-old daughter stole upon a house they chose at random, solely because of its isolation on a forested patch of land along a dirt road, prosecutors say.

Alexys Lumibao heaved a shuddering sigh and wiped away tears while clinging to a friend Wednesday night and tried to talk about her friends during a vigil held in Mont Vernon on Wednesday.

Staff photo by Don Himsel William Marks is led into Milford District Court Tuesday, October 6, 2009.

Students and staff are shocked and saddened in the New Hampshire school district where two of the alleged assailants in the Mont Vernon attacks went to school -- along with the 11-year-old girl who was seriously injured when her mother was slain early Sunday morning, the school superintendent said this afternoon.

After allegedly murdering a Mont Vernon mother in her home and slashing her 11-year-old daughter, leaving her for dead, two Brookline teens sold gold jewelry at a shop in the Pheasant Lane Mall, the Union Leader reports.

William Marks' grandmother had only heard the news of her grandson's arrest early Tuesday afternoon following the his arraignment at Milford District Court.

As town residents expressed concern for their safety, police continued searching yesterday for two men suspected of killing a woman and severely wounding her 11-year-old daughter.

Four local young men are under arrest in connection with the violent stabbing death of a Mont Vernon mother and the vicious attack on her daughter.

A woman was found murdered Sunday morning at her home, with her young daughter badly injured, and police are looking for two men in connection with the killing.

With winter three months away, emergency services officials in Amherst and other local communities have formed Community Emergency Response Teams made up of residents with a variety of backgrounds to pitch in when unusual situations demand additional resources.

Police in two towns are hoping residents can help them track down vandals that have caused thousands of dollars of damage to parked vehicles in recent weeks.