Belknap County News

Daryl Carlson/Citizen photo With his attorney Mark Sisti by his side, Ryan Sell, who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of Robert Richey last year in Alton, apologizes to Richey's relatives in Belknap County Superior Court during his sentencing Wednesday.

Plans for a proposed police station have been modified following comments at a public hearing, though town officials still say the initial design is the better one.

New Hampshire's unadjusted unemployment rate for September continued its upward creep to stand at 7.0 percent, compared to 6.9 percent in August and 3.9 percent in September 2008.

The Concord police made arrests yesterday following a report of an armed robbery late Wednesday at the North Main Street Hess station, but not the ones they expected.

The proposed location and cost for a new police station came under fire by town residents, though most agreed the police department was in need of more space.

Police used tear gas to end a four-hour standoff at the Pine Gardens Mobile Home Park Thursday night.

Police have arrested a New Hampshire man at a motel in Massachusetts in connection with the shooting death of a man whose body was found in the middle of a Manchester street Thursday morning.

Lennoxx Tibbs, the man shot down in the middle of a city street Thursday morning, had a playful personality, could be hilarious at times and was a loving father to his young daughter, according to his former girlfriend.

Residents will be able to see and discuss plans for a new police station. On Saturday, Oct.

Melissa Deed of Gilford works for the Family Support Counsel and Lakes Region Community Service but says her newest collaborative project, Autism 911, is something she wishes to pursue with the title of "mom," since she herself has personal ties with autism.

Jeanne C. Foote, 90, of Court Street and formerly of Union Avenue, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct.

He was an angry sophomore high school student who attacked an Alton shopkeeper with a clam rake in 1991 and left her for dead.

For the second year in a row, the Belknap County Sheriff's Relief Association, along with county wide departments and agencies, held a Belknap County Public Safety Day last Saturday as a way to let residents get to know their local public safety organizations.

Former police Lt. Ed Correia's two-and-a-half-year legal battle against Alton's Board of Selectmen came to an apparent end on Oct.

Former Police Lt. Ed Correia's two-and-a-half-year legal battle against Alton's Board of Selectmen came to an apparent end on Oct.

Attorney General Michael A. Delaney and Commissioner Thomas S. Burack, of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, announced that the Belknap County Superior Court approved a settlement between the state and the defendant, Ames Farm Inn, to resolve violations of the state's wetland laws.

The state of New Hampshire finished the 2009 state budget in balance with $76 million in its Rainy Day Fund for future fiscal emergencies.

Voicing concerns about the potential impact of developer Ryan Heath's proposal to convert an elderly housing project on Route 140 into a 55-unit workforce housing project, planning board members voted on Sept.

Now that fall has arrived, bright yellows, oranges, and reds are starting to show on trees in the Lakes Region, while forestry and tourism experts are eagerly preparing for the second busiest season in New Hampshire, thanks to the large amounts of rain and the colorful peak season coming up on Columbus Day weekend.

After a public hearing to address the appropriation of the Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Grant awarded to the Gilford Police Department, the town has decided to accept the funds for a few items, but will place less crucial purchases on hold pending a court date in February.