Westmoreland News

The fire at Aumand's Furniture Store completely destroyed the company's main showroom.

Another round of powerful thunderstorms yesterday downed trees, utility poles and power lines and left about 2,700 PSNH customers without power.

Hail, rain and heavy winds struck four towns on the southwestern edge of the state last night, felling trees onto homes and wires onto roadways and leaving some 2,700 homes in the dark.

A heat lamp warming newborn chicks caused a fire this morning that destroyed a two-story barn and killed the hatchlings, other chickens and a cat, a fire official said.

Selling low-energy, long-life commercial lamps has become a serious business, as Cort Cary -- who runs Green Energy Management LLC out of his Westmoreland, N.H., home - has found out the hard way.

Wild weather raged through southern New Hampshire during the weekend and into Monday, with severe thunderstorms striking within the vicinity of four homes in the region and the Hinsdale Police Station.

While the bodies being freed from crunched-up cars were only plastic dummies, local emergency workers were saving lives.

“I keep thinking: 'What can we do that's going to be very special for her?' ”

What do you get a woman who's seen so much - and lived so long? Mary Josephine Ray's 113 years span 20 presidents, beginning with Grover Cleveland's second term in office and continuing through to George W. ... via New Hampshire Magazine

“Even if you have video evidence they'll say they forgot or the pump must have malfunctioned”

With gasoline thefts rising along with prices, more gas station owners are requiring customers to pay up before they fill up their tanks. via UnionLeader

“The top of the ground is so dry, it takes very little to get something going”

Fire crews returned to Mount Wantastiquet State Park to check for remaining hot spots after roughly 4 acres of the secluded land burned and two firefighters were hospitalized Wednesday night. via The Brattleboro Reformer

“It means it's extremely dangerous”

Brush fires were also reported in Kingston, Derry, Mason and Wakefield yesterday, a day state officials warned was a high fire danger day. via UnionLeader.com

The firefighter, whose injuries were unknown, was being helped off the mountain late last night, according to Southwest New Hampshire Fire Mutual Aid. via UnionLeader.com

Police in Keene are looking for two men who robbed a taxi driver at gunpoint during the weekend. via WCAX-TV Burlington

“Mostly, they're crossing the road on the ground. You might get a glancing blow on the bumper or something like that.”

State police said the turkey flew of the woods and struck the biker, Frank Grimes, as he cruised up Route 12 in Westmoreland. via UnionLeader

“This latest network investment provides more New Hampshire residents and visitors the ability to surf our high-speed wireless network, send and receive e-mail and take their desktop experience with them on-the-go.”

Verizon Wireless today announced the expansion of wireless broadband service across several New Hampshire counties. via Customer Interaction Solutions

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK Rubbing elbows with presidential hopefuls across the Granite State By Matt Westmoreland Princetonian Staff Writer One October morning in 1996, I put on a Bill Clinton mask and went to ... via The Daily Princetonian

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK Chasing the red and blue By Kate Benner and Matt Westmoreland Princetonian Staff Writers NASHUA, N.H. - For the past five days, we've been braving the below-freezing New Hampshire weather, ... via The Daily Princetonian

“This business has helped to establish a good work ethic in both of them.”

Relationships mean everything in business. And sometimes those relationships help companies build their businesses. via Timberline

“There is evidence connecting him to a number of other bank robberies”

The New Hampshire man charged in a local bank robbery allegedly threatened bank employees in a note during the crime, according to a New Hampshire county attorney. via Sentinel & Enterprise

“She just went for a walk that night”

A 21-year-old city woman died Friday night after being struck by a car in Westmoreland, N.H., according to police. via Sentinel & Enterprise