Mont Vernon News

" Educators and school officials across the Souhegan Valley are mourning the loss of one of their own this week with the death of Milford High graduate and Mont Vernon Village School principal Gail E. Westergren.

"Chicago the Musical", the Tony Award winning Broadway smash hit, will be bringing "the story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery" to Manchester this November.

On Sunday, the Daland Memorial Library in Mont Vernon will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the library building.

The recent Mont Vernon tragedy has given me cause to reflect on the community of educators at Souhegan High School in Amherst, where I am a part-time photography teacher.

Two Mont Vernon lawmakers want to expand the state's death penalty law to include murders during home invasions.

An underage drinking party rocked a house on Mont Vernon Road on Halloween while the alleged hostess' stepfather watched television in his room.

The Mont Vernon General Store will reopen today long enough for the store's operators, Julie Whitcomb and Matt Gelbwaks, to distribute candy to local trick-or-treaters making their Halloween rounds.

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.

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

The recent killings that rocked New Hampshire caused many to question whether we can ever be safe from violence.

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A judge has denied a request from The Associated Press and other media outlets to make public police affidavits in the slaying of a New Hampshire woman and the attack on her 11-year-old daughter.

Since Oct. 4, when Kimberly Cates was taken from us and her daughter, Jaimie, was seriously wounded, the community of Mont Vernon has struggled to make sense of how such a horrible tragedy could happen.

A peace vigil is being held in Manchester, New Hampshire tonight. Residents are remembering those whose lives were taken this month.

A spike of recent high-profile violent crime has put the spotlight on neighboring New Hampshire.

I close my eyes and I can still see the 10-year-old bright-skinned boy sitting on my couch.

Jaimie Cates, the girl injured in an attack at her Mont Vernon home, visited her sixth-grade class Thursday, according to the school's Web site.

Share + Oct 22, 2009 7:21 am US/Eastern MONT VERNON, N.H. Neighbors of a Mont Vernon, New Hampshire mother killed during a home invasion wonder if their barking dogs saved their lives.

With Michael Addison, the first convicted murderer in seven decades sentenced to die, and a grisly Mont Vernon slaying earlier this month, a 22-member, high-powered commission began a cost-benefit analysis of capital punishment Wednesday.

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