Canterbury

A hermit known as River Dave — whose cabin in the New Hampshire woods burned down after he had spent nearly three decades on the property and was ordered to leave — has found a new home in Maine. David Lidstone, 82, has put in windows and is working on installing a chimney on his rustic three-room cabin, which he said is…

A former hermit in New Hampshire whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave has been charged with trespassing there once again, turning a shed that survived the fire into a makeshift home outfitted with a wood stove. There had been an outpouring of support for David Lidstone,…

An off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known to locals as “River Dave,” whose cabin burned down on the wooded property where he was squatting for 27 years, says he’s grateful and overwhelmed by fundraising efforts and offers for a place to live. “I feel about as good as I ever have in my life,” David Lidstone 81, said in a phone…

David Lidstone, the 81-year-old man friends call “River Dave,” has lived in the New Hampshire woods for almost three decades, building a cabin in Canterbury and mostly living off the land. “He’s really a good soul,” said Jodie Gedeon, who met Lidstone 20 years ago while she was kayaking along the Merrimack River. They’ve been buddies ever since. “We...

A Canterbury, New Hampshire highway was shut down after a fiery crash Saturday evening.  State police said they received a call of a vehicle driving in a reckless manner on I-93 around 6:45 p.m. According to authorities, a vehicle was traveling 85 m.p.h. in a 70 m.p.h. zone and having lane control issues, eventually veering off the road. The...

Two 17-year-old girls have died and a third has serious injuries after a car crash and fire in Brooklyn, Connecticut, early Monday morning.

New Hampshire state police have accused a driver of traveling 129 mph in a 70-mph zone on Interstate 93.

New Hampshire state police have accused a driver of traveling 129 mph in a 70-mph zone on Interstate 93.

Students in Canterbury Public Schools won’t be taking the bus to school on Wednesday due to an administrative issue.

Rhode Island prosecutors say a youth baseball coach from Connecticut accused of soliciting a minor has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the case. U.S. Attorney Aaron Weisman says 33-year-old Christopher Merchant, of Canterbury, Connecticut pleaded guilty Wednesday to interstate travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and transporting child pornography.

A small earthquake rattled parts of Central New Hampshire Friday night.

The death toll in the massacres at two New Zealand mosques rose to 50 on Sunday after police found another victim while removing bodies from the crime scenes, and authorities announced they do not believe three people who had been arrested were involved in the shootings allegedly carried out by a 28-year-old white supremacist. Two of them, both men, are...

A New Hampshire teenager is facing numerous charges after police say he allegedly assaulting a woman with a pipe after a car crash, then tried to steal two state police cruisers Friday morning. Alan Clark, 18 of Hillsboro, is facing reckless operation, conduct after an accident, resisting arrest, and two counts of felony escape.

A woman was killed Monday and a man was arrested for driving under the influence after the car they were in veered off the road and crashed in Canterbury, New Hampshire.

A car crash in New Hampshire killed two women Friday afternoon, police say. According to officials, State Police received a call for a serious motor vehicle accident on Interstate 93 South in Canterbury just after 3 p.m. Friday.

21-year-old Phillip Nash exited Merrimack County Superior Court in an orange jumpsuit and shackles Friday afternoon. He is headed to jail without bail.

A New Hampshire man faced a judge Friday in connection with the stabbing death of his mother last month in Canterbury.

Fran Nash was a well-loved librarian at the public library in Loudon, New Hampshire. Authorities have ruled her death a homicide after finding her body in the woods on Monday.

Friends and coworkers are mourning the loss of Fran Nash, a well-loved librarian at the public library in Loudon, New Hampshire

A body has been found and police have arrested a New Hampshire man whose mother disappeared last week.