Chichester News

New Hampton's town offices weren't enough to hold a crowd of 50 residents outraged they hadn't been informed that convicted child killer Raymond Guay moved to town nearly two months ago.

More than 40 townspeople turned out last night to express their concerns that they were never told convicted child murderer Raymond A. Guay has been living in the community since mid-May. "I have a 12-year-old son.

Selectmen in New Hampton, N.H., have known since May that a paroled child-killer is living in town.

The Concord police will hold a sobriety checkpoint this week with the Merrimack County DUI Task Force.

Since leaving Chichester last month, Raymond Guay has moved in with a family in New Hampton, an arrangement his probation officer says is working well so far.

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.

The state parole board yesterday unanimously found attempted murderer David M. Edwards violated his parole in 2006 when he allegedly snuck into his ex-fiancee's house and burst out from behind the shower curtain when she was in the bathroom.

Gambling on slot machines instead of two new taxes, the N.H. Senate Finance Committee last week completed its proposed two-year state budget, making significant changes to a House version.

That's the question 2,200 University of New Hampshire graduates currently face during an economic crisis.

The five districts of SAU 53 recently submitted invoices totaling more than $23 million to the U.S. Department of Education for unfunded special education expenses stretching back to 1999.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 EJ Hersom/Staff photographer Gas prices in Rochester are well above the $2 a gallon mark as posted on a self-service price sign Monday.

With another battle over mandatory use of seatbelts pending in the state Senate, a key committee yesterday was urged by supporters to use common sense to save lives but warned by opponents not to infringe on Granite Staters' traditional "Live Free or Die" personal rights.

Bernard J. Conboy, 78, died at home on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, after a brief illness, with his wife by his side.

Most of the state is under a flood watch with flood warnings issued for two rivers - the Suncook in North Chichester and the Saco, near Conway.

High water on the Suncook River near the Epsom-Chichester town line. The water was up to the top of the word 'campground' on this sign during last year's floods, according to the owner of the Lazy River Campground.

Residents who live along the bloated Suncook River can breathe a sigh of relief - at least for now - emergency management officials said yesterday.

Officials are keeping an eye on the Suncook River in Chichester, N.H., which could crest a foot above flood stage on Saturday.

Can someone who has committed violent crimes change ? Some residents of a New England town say absolutely not.

Gunshots can be heard on Durgin Road in Chichester, the neighborhood where convicted child killer Raymond Guay is living temporarily with the family of David Pinckney, pastor of the River of Grace Church.

Would you roll out the Welcome Wagon for Raymond Guay? Guay supposedly paid his debt to society and is just looking for a new start.