Concord

A four-unit apartment building caught fire shortly after midnight in Concord, New Hampshire. The five people and a cat who live in the Merrimack Street apartments were able to get out safely, according to Concord Fire Chief Sean Brown. The four-alarm fire started on a second floor balcony around 12:30 a.m. but quickly spread to the third floor and the…

Four former youth detention center workers charged with sexual assault made initial court appearances in New Hampshire on Thursday, including a man accused of abusing a girl multiple times in a candy storage closet at a second state-run facility.

One parent jumped from a third-floor apartment building balcony to the one below and the other handed off their child before escaping from a fire that had trapped people inside, firefighters in New Hampshire said. The fire was at The Pines Apartments in Concord early Friday. Firefighters rescued residents using ladders from the ground and a tower-ladder truck. The family…

The state of Massachusetts is short some 1,200 school bus drivers.

First Lady Jill Biden is scheduled to travel to New Hampshire next week, her office announced Friday. She is scheduled to appear in Concord on Wednesday, March 17 to talk about the COVID-19 relief bill signed by President Joe Biden this week. Additional details are expected to be released at a later date. President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American…

A former Concord High School teacher faced a judge Friday, a day after police in New Hampshire arrested him over allegations that he paid a 16-year-old boy for sexual photos and videos, as well as for a sexual act. Joshua Harwood, a 36-year-old from Manchester, pleaded not guilty to a string of charges, including prostitution involving a child under the…

A former teacher in New Hampshire was in court Friday where he dnied multiple child sex abuse charges against him.

A New Hampshire high school teacher is facing child sex abuse charges, and police are asking for anyone with information to contact them.

A Concord, New Hampshire, police officer is facing multiple charges for allegedly assaulting a woman and then attempting to conceal evidence from investigators. Bryan Croft, 39, of Concord, was arrested Friday on several felony and misdemeanor charges dating back to an incident that occurred on Oct. 17, 2020, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. He was employed as…

Authorities in New Hampshire were responding Saturday to a suspicious death in Concord. Deputy Attorney General Jane E. Young and Concord Police Chief Bradley C. Osgood say police responded to a disturbance call outside a fourth floor apartment on Warren Street after 11:30 a.m. Officials say the caller reported hearing gunshots. Police arrived to the scene and found a man…

It was an alarming start to 2021 for a family in Concord, New Hampshire.  They were woken up on New Year’s Day by an RV smashing into their home. “My fiancé and I sleep downstairs and it was literally like an earthquake,” explained Elizabeth Cushman. Elizabeth and her mom, Deanna, say when an RV came smashing into their Loudon...

An RV smashed into a Concord family’s home early Friday morning. Police are investigating what went wrong and whether alcohol or drugs played a role.

Two months after a compliance monitor overseeing the handling of sexual abuse claims at St. Paul’s School resigned in protest, the school has agreed to hire an additional person to support his replacement and have an anti-sexual violence organization review its student safety programs. Jeffrey Maher resigned in October, accusing campus officials of thwarting his efforts. He had been...

A New Hampshire man who appeared in court Friday pleaded guilty to murdering his wife last year, Attorney General Gordon MacDonald and Concord Police Chief Bradley Osgood announced. Emerson Figueiredo, 43, pleaded guilty to knowing second-degree murder in the July 2019 stabbing death of his 35-year-old wife, Nathalia DaPaixao. On July 28, 2019, police responded to a 911 call from…

On Election Day, a young lieutenant in the Strafford County Sheriff’s Office made history, becoming the first Black person ever elected sheriff in New Hampshire. “I’m so excited, I really am,” said Lt. Mark Brave. “That says that New Hampshire is open to progress, they’re open to new ideas.” The 35-year-old Dover resident ran on a platform of transparency,...

A Strafford County sheriff’s lieutenant became the first black person ever elected sheriff in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire health officials announced Saturday that they have identified three more establishments with potential community exposure to COVID-19, one day after they announced exposure at five well-known restaurants across the state. The newly affected establishments include two restaurants and a casino. Anyone who visited the Concord Casino in Concord, Paddy’s American Grille in Portsmouth or La Vista Italian...

A man was arrested while walking along the breakdown lane of Interstate 89 in New Hampshire Friday night after he assaulted the driver of a taxi he was in, police said. Dax David Duclos, 44, of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, is accused of assaulting the driver while he was riding in the cab on I-89, New Hampshire State Police said. The…

New Hampshire health officials announced Friday that they have identified potential community exposure to COVID-19 at five well-known restaurants across the state. The affected restaurants include the Daniel Street Tavern and The Goat Bar and Grill in downtown Portsmouth, The Draft Sports Bar and Grill and The Barley House Restaurant and Tavern in downtown Concord and the Bantam Grill in…

A monitor appointed to oversee the handling of sexual abuse claims at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire has resigned, accusing campus officials of thwarting his efforts. Jeffrey Maher was appointed as the school’s independent compliance overseer last year as part of an agreement with the attorney general’s office that subjected the school in Concord to up to five...