Merrimack County News

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A former Merrimack County legislator with a lengthy rap sheet was jailed again at the Carroll County House of Correction this week after being charged with three counts of theft from his former employer, Anchor Business Services in Conway.

A 35-year-old Concord man is being held on $25,000 cash bail on charges he repeatedly assaulted a toddler and broke the boy's leg by throwing him on a linoleum floor.

The Concord police were still setting up their sobriety checkpoint Friday night when an impaired driver drove over several of their orange traffic cones, the police said.

Anonymous tips made Robert Boyd a prime suspect in this month's armed robbery of Checkmate Pizza, according to the police.

One of the Concord High School students charged Friday with burglarizing the Concord Country Club was free on bail on a separate burglary at the time and has recently been convicted of disobeying a police officer.

For many seniors, graduating high school is a milestone that comes without too much struggle.

A Concord man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly masturbating in sight of an underage girl behind Johnson's Performance Center on Manchester Street.

The Executive Council has unanimously confirmed Gov. John Lynch's nomination of Carol Ann Conboy to serve as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, the second woman appointed to the court.

Vegas Block property manager Nina Mujakovic and her husband still have unresolved issues relating to maintenance of the building's upper-story apartments.

New Hampshire's courts continue to feel the strain of too few judges and clerical employees, with delays for trials and judicial orders and constant rescheduling of cases regular events at many courthouses, according to judges, lawyers, clerks and other members of the state's legal community.

A former Merrimack County jail guard wants the state Supreme Court to overturn his assault convictions against an inmate because he says he was acting in self defense when he shoved the inmate from behind and pulled his legs out from under him while the man was handcuffed.

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The state parole board yesterday unanimously found attempted murderer David M. Edwards violated his parole in 2006 when he allegedly snuck into his ex-fiancee's house and burst out from behind the shower curtain when she was in the bathroom.

Throughout June, the Concord-Merrimack County SPCA is sponsoring National Adopt a Shelter Cat Month with a special promotion.

The special election to fill the vacant state representative seat in Concord will likely be held on the same day as the regular municipal election, on Nov.

Cassandra Stanley, 20, of 368 Central St., was arrested May 1 on a bench warrant.

New Hampshire health officials have confirmed 85 swine flu cases in the state. Health officials said Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties have had the most cases, at 30.

New Hampshire's public pension funds don't have to divest of their Sudanese investments for now.

A long-time Superior Court judge is the Governor's choice for a seat on the New Hampshire Supreme Court.