Cheshire County News

Eric Mays, a former resident of Hancock who now lives in Wilton, was found guilty Wednesday of negligent homicide and aggravated DWI related to a 2011 car crash in Stoddard that killed his friend, Brandon Farrow of Hancock.

A homeless man who is a registered sex offender has been arrested and charged with one count of felonious sexual assault, a class B felony, after police learned through his parole officer that he may have assaulted a 15-year-old girl.

A Troy man has been indicted on a charge of felonious sexual assault of an 8-year-old, a child he met while working at Hannaford supermarket in Rindge.

John Keenan of Winchester asks Sen. Kelly Ayotte, "What is wrong with universal background checks?" at a town hall meeting in Fitzwilliam onThursday.

Brown, who lost his senate seat in November 2012, was the guest speaker at the Cheshire County Republican Committee's annual Lincoln Day Dinner Friday night.

John Keenan of Winchester asks Sen. Kelly Ayotte, "What is wrong with universal background checks?" at a town hall meeting in Fitzwilliam onThursday.

Accident: At 5:21 p.m., police responded to a single-car crash on Hillcrest Road near the cemetery.