GILMANTON — Police are searching for a wanted man, considered armed and dangerous, last seen at a Route 140 residence on Monday.
BELMONT — A handful of people serving time in county jail after sentencing are helping maintain and beautify the town, in coordination with the public works department.
CENTER HARBOR — A driver suffering from an apparent medical episode narrowly missed a head-on collision after passing out behind the wheel, and crashing into the woods last week.
A city resident was sentenced this month to more than 13 years in federal prison on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges. Benjamin M. Fields also faces felony charges in Belknap Superior Court, including for selling fentanyl to someone who later fatally overdosed on the drug.
Police scanners everywhere have had a flurry of activity in recent months around accidents involving ebikes and motorized scooters locally, statewide and nationally.
NEW HAMPTON — A 30-pound goat was rescued this weekend, after falling into a well on Bristol Road.
BELMONT — First-time mom Lauren Chaffee started to feel different during the end of her pregnancy, in August. Presuming she was in labor, she called Concord Hospital’s obstetrics triage team, only to be told to stay home. Around 2 a.m., she went to Concord anyway, just to be sent home less t…
MEREDITH — The selectboard approved the town’s ambulance contract, as well as the closure of several downtown streets for trick-or-treating on Halloween, which will continue in subsequent years.
An alleged arsonist from Ashland, awaiting trial in Grafton Superior Court, appeared in Belknap Superior Court on charges of felony drug possession, stalking and criminal threatening, last week.
GILFORD — Town Administrator Kristian Kelley told the selectboard, on Sept. 23, the blinking left-turn light at the intersection of Weirs and Lake Shore roads will be temporarily shut off from noon to 8 p.m.
WEIRS BEACH — Police are investigating an alleged drive-by shooting attempt over Labor Day Weekend on Tower Street.
GILFORD — A New Hampshire motorcyclist was killed in a single-bike accident on Lake Shore Road Friday night. The crash happened near the Belknap Point Inn, which has been a common spot for accidents, including another single-motorcycle crash where a husband and wife died six years ago.
A 19-year-old Thornton man accused of shooting and killing his sister has been indicted on a pair of second-degree murder charges, as well as falsifying evidence. He is due to appear in Grafton Superior Court on Tuesday, Oct. 13 for a formal reading of his charges.
ASHLAND — The Ashland Firefighters Association is raising funds for a new training center, scheduled to be up and running by summer 2027.
GILFORD — There were no injuries in a fire Tuesday afternoon outside a home on Cat Path, though the blaze caused over $150,000 in damage.
LACONIA — A pedestrian using a walker fell into parking spaces along Union Avenue Tuesday afternoon. He was sent to the hospital with injuries from the fall.


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