Milford News

The Hollis man accused of helping his friends cover up the deadly Oct. 4 Mont Vernon home invasion first lied to police by saying the two alleged killers spent the night with him, but abandoned the alibi when police confronted him with new information.

Staff photo by COREY PERRINE Sgt. Bill Whitcher, of Concord, kisses his son Will, 6, on Tuesday at Milford Middle School.

Photo by Dean Shalhoup Autumn Savoy, 20, enters Milford District Court on Tuesday for a probable cause hearing on three felony charges against him in connection with the Oct.

A prisoner on the run from the Sullivan County House of Correction since November 19 was arrested after seeking refuge in a shed at the Amherst Transfer Station this weekend.

The Jingle Downtown Holiday Stroll in Milford will be held Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. with music, horse-drawn carriage rides, family activities and holiday shopping on the Oval.

The two hottest business trends that Dawn Wivell, a director at New Hampshire's International Trade Resource Center, always hears about when she travels overseas are sustainability and green technology.

It was a toss-up between parking, dreary weather and long lines. But shoppers taking advantage of steals and deals at the mall seemed not to mind the downside of Black Friday.

Milford makes merry on Saturday, Dec. 5, with the Jingle Downtown Holiday Stroll beginning at 1 p.m. with music, horse drawn carriage rides, family activities and holiday shopping on the Oval as well as a special appearance by one of the Budweiser Clydesdales.

" The arrest of 20-year-old Autumn Savoy of Hollis last week brings to five the number of young men charged in connection with the Oct.

Members of the New Hampshire Army National Guard head out next week for a deployment which will include a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

" The president of a Milford company that recently purchased a Maine manufacturer of modular buildings said modular housing is the "wave of the future." The R.J. Finlay Co., which owns a number of businesses in construction and real estate, bought Keiser Industries, Inc., a modular building manufacturer located in Oxford, Maine.

The 140 members of the Mountain Infantry Company are based out of Milford and are expected to arrive in Afghanistan early next year.

Police say a teenager from Hinsdale was shot while riding in a car on Route 101 in Milford last week, after which the gun was apparently thrown from the car.

MILFORDa ' A failed coaxial cable in the central office on South Street of Milford has cut high-speed Internet access for hundreds of customers throughout the Milford area.

Father of suspect in NH burglary says son - lost' FILE - In this Oct. 6. 2009 file photo Eighteen-year-old William Marks enters District Court charged with burglary in connection with the fatal attack on a Mont Vernon woman in Milford, N.H. Before a fatal attack on Kimberly Cates, Marks' father was trying to stop the 18-year-old from dropping out ...

New Hampshire's Legislative Ethics Committee wants to further investigate claims that a state lawmaker used improper influence to win a railroad lease.

Staff photo by Don Himsel James Marks listens to arraignments in Milford District Courth Tuesday, October 6, 2009.

Perfect attendance will continue to be recognized in at least one local town this year, despite concerns elsewhere that it gives sick students an incentive to come to school.

A Hollis man was arraigned Thursday on a charge that he helped dispose of evidence from the killing of a Mont Vernon woman last month and an attack on her daughter.

There has been additional arrest in the murder Kimberly Cates, 42, of Mount Vernon, NH.