Boscawen News

Aaron Hill, 34, of Pleasant Street, Pembroke, was arrested June 25 and charged with domestic simple assault for shoving his girlfriend during a disagreement about their relationship and the care of their child, according to a police report.

BACKGROUND: Hollis selectmen voted unanimously last week to approach the state with a proposal to take over Silver Lake State Park, one of several properties the state would like to remove from the state park system.

Fordyce Pearl, 28, of Acres Road, Boscawen, was arrested Saturday and charged with sexual assault, simple assault and three counts of possession of prescription drugs without a prescription.

Authorities have arrested two minimum-security inmates who New Hampshire authorities say tried to drive away from a Concord work center in a minivan carrying two women and a baby.

Reaction was swift and mostly negative yesterday to a proposal to possibly jettison 27 state parks.

A Concord man has been charged with stabbing a co-worker at the Market Basket in Concord on Saturday, then punching another employee who tried to break up the fight, police said yesterday.

A former Merrimack County jail guard wants the state Supreme Court to overturn his assault convictions against an inmate because he says he was acting in self defense when he shoved the inmate from behind and pulled his legs out from under him while the man was handcuffed.

When Matthew Mason was young, he was an altar server at the Immaculate Conception Church in Penacook.

A single family home heavily damaged in a blaze on Monday was destroyed last night in a second blaze that fire investigators consider suspicious.

The city will begin replacing traffic signals with stop signs at four downtown intersections next week.

You still can pay your respects to the men and women who fought and died for this great nation.

Walkway of History Outlook's Richard Ager talks with the director of NH's State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen and explores the Walkway of NH's Military History.

Single stream recycling brought a lot of debate to the floor at Sanbornton's Town Meeting last week.

Cheryl Saltmarsh of Boscawen will serve about 40 days in jail and four months of home confinement for stealing nearly $70,000 from the Penacook-Boscawen Water Precinct while she was its bookkeeper, a judge decided yesterday.

Paula Werme, a Boscawen lawyer who has devoted her practice to battling the state Division for Children, Youth and Families, has received a suspended penalty for violating a court order while representing a client in a child neglect case.

Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10 - so you still have a bit of time to make those brunch or dinner reservations to help Mom celebrate.

City Council authorized the sale of the Notre Dame school and three adjoining properties to developers Monday night in a unanimous vote.

Hyon Hui Burke of Concord, 69, died at the Hospice House surrounded by family Saturday, April 11, 2009, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.

We all have our favorite restaurant. When you go there, the waiters recognize you, the bartender knows how you like your drink and you know the menu without looking at it.

Maey Louise Voghel of Concord expected to remember her son Gary Gross, who hanged himself at the Boscawen jail last week, with his family by her side.