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March 05. 2014 8:14PM
Two weeks ago, Manchester police brass held a news conference to announce the arrests of some 30 people, people described by Police Chief David Mara as street-level dealers of heroin and other narcotics.
Mara was flanked by his own top officers, an FBI agent and the Hillsborough County sheriff, all an effort to show that police are taking the scourge of cheap heroin seriously. The roundup even had a name — Operation Clean Sweep.
Three things were missing:
• Drugs. The heroin seized in the bust amounted to about 60 grams, about 2 ounces, far too small an amount to spread out on a table for cameras. The street value — about $6,000.
• Kingpins. Many of those arrested had previous records involving small amounts of drugs; Mara said many were likely users. The following day, a judge reduced the bail for several. One said he was starting a job. Another had a baby on the way.
• Stephen Coco. The fired detective, who spent most of his 17-year career as an undercover narcotics cop, never showed up at news conferences about drug busts. His name wasn't included in news releases when police announced major drug busts and federal indictments.
His absence this time, however, was real. If former busts were media splashes, the one two weeks ago was a kerplunk, a pebble whose ripple will be an annoyance at best in the city's drug trade.
By now, we've all seen Coco's face when he shows up at court hearings about his hit-and-run accident last year, when he took off after hitting two teenagers in Bedford. His eyes dart about like a doe during hunting season; his once-beefy cop body is lost in a loose-fitting suit.
His career is already over; as will his freedom probably be. The career is what I take note of.
In 2009, Coco received two FBI director awards. One was for his work to break up Bloods gang members who were selling drugs and getting high while using guns and home invasions to enforce their enterprise.
The other was the Easter Sunday 2009 arrest of a Mexican drug operation, where members sold cocaine by the pound and exchanged six-figure cash payments in duffel bags. Also, New England narcotic officers recognized his work in arresting a high-level heroin dealer in Manchester, and his work in solving the 2007 homicide of Aaron Kar.
"He was fantastic undercover," said New Hampshire State Police Lt. John Encarnacao, who worked alongside Coco in the multi-agency efforts that are the staple of police drug investigations. "He knew the talk. He was sincere. He was able to come across and make a connection with people."
Coco's undercover cop work was different from that of Hollywood cops. One of the biggest challenges to a narcotics cop is to keep up the nerve of the confidential informant — the low-level dealer who's working with police to avoid a big sentence, Encarnacao said.
The biggest danger isn't when the identity of the undercover cop gets blown. What's most frightening is when his cover is working, Encarnacao said. Robbery, assault — even murder — are enticing when bad guys handle kilos of white powder and duffel bags crammed with twenties and fifties.
"It's a criminal world we're dealing with. That can be dangerous in and of itself," Encarnacao said. He noted that the murder of Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney took place at the conclusion of an undercover drug operation.
"It's not like putting a uniform on," said Steven Maloney, the president of the Manchester police union. The uniform gives an officer some degree of recognition and safety.
"It's a job I couldn't do," Maloney said. "It's dangerous, hard work, and tough on the family."
An undercover cop doesn't go to a bar after work and banter with cop buddies. He can't tell his children what he does for work. He doesn't shop at the supermarket with his family, in case he bumps into a drug dealer who knows him. He may go to his son's hockey game, but in his uniform of the scruffy, drug-dealer.
The fact that Coco was promoted to sergeant in September 2012 meant he had done a good job, Maloney said. Furthermore, Coco was staying on the narcotics unit as an administrator, another sign of his value to the force, Maloney said. (Most police officers bounce to a different unit and a different shift after promotion.)
While Encarnacao and Maloney said the loss of Coco is a setback, they said police will still be able to work up the ladder and go after traffickers and kingpins.
"I can assure you there's still big investigations going on," Maloney said. "It's not like all we can do is street level."
Through his spokesman, Mara wouldn't comment for this article. A Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI, which could shed more light on Coco's awards, is pending.
I don't write this to hit the high notes for Coco on a violin of sympathy. There are certainly aspects of the Coco saga that sour everyone — the plea bargain that got torpedoed, the parsing of words by his lawyer, his excuse that he was distracted by a cell phone.
He has drawn the scorn of bloggers, media types and all self-appointed judges whose verdicts come with a few clicks of a computer keyboard. Many would add extra time just because of the uniform (or non-uniform) that he wore.
No doubt Coco committed a crime. And no doubt this state no longer gives quiet slaps on the hand to errant cops. Yet, Manchester police has lost a good one, and few people find comfort in that.
"I'm sure he will pay for it; he's paying for it right now," Encarnacao said. "That doesn't diminish the good things he has done."
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Auburn Police Commission in fight for its political life
AUBURN - Residents filled the meeting room of the town's Safety Complex on Tuesday night to witness what could be one of the Auburn Police Commission's last meetings.
With the local election a week away, members of the commission sought to clear the air of harsh accusations made by a political advertisement that appeared in the March edition of the Auburn Village Crier.
The advertisement is in support of Article 8, which would abolish the 17-year-old commission. The advertisement asks, "What has the Police Commission done for taxpayers recently?" The ad continues to list seven examples of ways in which the commission has negatively impacted the town. It claims that the commission has no reason to exist, that it used more taxpayer money than is justifiable and that it even violated state law.
Auburn is not the only town to consider the removal of its commission. A voter's guide delivered to Auburn residents states that 13 of 234 municipal governments in New Hampshire have a commission. The Rochester, Hooksett, and Auburn elections all include articles asking voters whether or not the commission should be disbanded.
The Auburn Police Commission was established to ease the board of selectmen's burden of managing the Police Department. The duties of the commissioners include the appointing, evaluation and removal of police personnel and staff and the supervision of the police operations.
Chairman David Dion addressed two claims made by the ad. The first claims that during 2010 and 2011 the police commission reorganized the police department's full-time positions in order to raise the salary of personnel while no other town employee received a pay raise.
"Well, that's very misleading," Dion said. He said that during the reorganization, the Auburn Police Department was operating with one less officer. He argues that the reorganization allowed the department to both promote personnel internally and employ a new officer for a lower cost than hiring an external, experienced officer. He said the move saved the department $12,000.
"The town paid substantial money to have a wage study done on all positions in the town: police, fire, everybody," Dion said and stressed that the new personnel salaries were set in accordance with the wage study and that the budget committee sanctioned the decision.
"Being a businessman for 37 years, I always believed in promoting from within," Dion said. "It was just pure business common sense that we do that."
The second claim stated that the police commission caused significant officer dissatisfaction that caused the Auburn Police to unionize. It states that unionization cost taxpayers $11,743 in 2012 and is projected to cost $25,000 in 2013.
Dion asked Calvin Kapos, an Auburn patrol officer of 13 years and the Auburn Police Union president, to speak on behalf of the union. Kapos said the Union is "110 percent behind the police commission.
"We wanted to make sure that we could negotiate our rights and not have them dictated to us."
He argued that the cost of unionization was due to the town's decision to use an attorney to negotiate from the beginning. "There is going to be a cost association with the formation of any union," said Dion. Kapos said the attorney's excellent negotiations were worth the expense.
Dion's own political advertisement appeared as an insert in the Crier. In it, he states the Police Commission has worked closely with the Auburn Police to implement two emergency broadcast systems, NIXLE and RAIDS, and that the services the police commission provides costs taxpayers nothing. It also says the commission was responsible for the recreation of the Auburn Neighborhood Watch.
Members of the audience expressed concern over the advertisement opposed to the commission. Unlike Dion's advertisement, which was printed as an insert, the opposing advertisement was printed on the publication's back page.
"We don't control the editorial staff of the newsletter," said Dennis McCarthy, a member of the police commission.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Dion expressed hope for the future of commission. He spoke about the commission's work with Auburn Village School.
"We've had two big rallies at the school," he said, "If we're here after the election, we'll have a third."

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Markos wrote:In my humble opinion (I know that many will disagree with me) a second year text better than the Anabasis is the simplified Anabasis:
Spending the second year with the simplified Anabasis would also provide an excellent preparation for spending the third year with the unadapted Anabasis.
Jefferson Cicero wrote:Thank you, everyone, for your answers and suggestions. I think I'll try the Loeb edition of the Anabasis, and I'll certainly download those Bedwere audio files. If the Loeb proves too difficult at first, then I'll get the Easy Selections and then move on to the Loeb.
I wanted to know if the Anabasis was the traditional second year text because it seemed to me that most of the texts used in recent decades just didn't seem to fit right for a second year learner. Most seemed too difficult, some seemed too easy, etc. So I thought that maybe the Anabasis was traditional for a reason. I'll see how it works, but I'll need to brush up on my Greek quite a bit first.
I can understand why some Latin or Greek teachers didn't want to use The Gallic Wars or the Anabasis in recent times, but it appears to me that their objections seemed politically motivated, and I don't care about all that. I just need a good second year text that works.
Jefferson Cicero wrote:I can see why Lucian or Lysias might be as good or better than Anabasis for a second year text...
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The reason why Caesar and the Anabasis have been displaced from second-year reading lists, I think, is that today most students don't start Greek until they reach the university level
So did you use Chase and Phillips as a textbook then? how did you find it?
Qimmik wrote:...they can start reading Homer in the second year (Homer occupied most of the second-year curriculum in my day...
Plato's Apology is relatively easy--easier than the dialogues--...
I think Lysias isn't as hard as he's made out to be...
I picked up a copy of Xenophon's Hellenica the other day and found it's written in a very straightforward Greek and reads easily.
I think that students ought to be engaging with more difficult material in the second year, and getting used to the ways Greeks expressed themselves, even if it means something of a struggle--because ancient Greek will always be something of a struggle.


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With sales in full swing and the heat here to stay, now is the time to put together an outfit for those balmy evenings when you want to turn heads during your evening 'paseo'. A mix of high street and simple staples can pull together current menswear trends without trying too hard. First up, this very fun sailor hat from Topman, with authentic braiding detail. With such quirky headgear best to keep the rest simple, hence the simple tank (buy a size up) and black cuffed shorts. The mix of brown shoes with black clothing is very 2009 and these battered-looking Oxfords would look great matched with cotton socks in a soft pastel shade, like a cream or lemon.
5 beach totes: pack up and go in style
With beach time and festivals ongoing, a pick of the best totes is timely. Topman continue to have some bang on-trend totes, this lion playing card print would look great with a foppish English garden party ensemble. Or try the acid Aztec print for a MGMT/summer festival psychedelic spin. Speaking of Williamsburg, the Brooklyn idyll's other favourite sons, Yeasayer, have this lovely hand print denim tote available from their merchandise site. Prefer back straps to shouldering a flimsy tote bag? This steel wire backpack from Manufactum is from an original Bauhaus design and will make you look arty (just make sure your reading material is suitably highbrow – Grazia just won't do). If you really need to lug a load of stuff around with you, Uniqlo have very affordable cute backpacks in some perky colours.
Don't sweat like the rest. Rock a vest!
Being on public transport in the glorious-but-annoyingly-timed-to-coincide-with-the-working-week heat wave is pretty grim. Buses, trains and especially the Tube are hotter than Bin Laden's pager number, if you were naked you would still be wearing to much. Clearly you can't rock out with your cock out on public transport, however you can compromise with Granddad's favourite, a vest.
Outfit pick: Summer on the high street
There's a lot of great summer items out there on the high street, even without the sales. Topman in particular are doing well replacing the label's history of sweatshop man-made horrors with on trend items in natural fabrics. But first up is Uniqlo, these pink washed chinos are very Hamptons, an easy shape to wear in a brave colour. Button down shirts and denim continue to be trends in shirting .. and Topman combine both in one lovely, slender shirt. Their Liberty-print floral bow tie would be a great contrast and is a keeper. Finally, how nice are these patent grey sandals? Sadly sold out online, hit the stores (especially if you can reach one out of town) to nab a pair.
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We're all for giving, but how many times have you been out shopping for someone and bought something for yours truly? Our Father's Day gift guide is great if you want to give your dad a push in the right style direction, there's nothing too out there or kooky, just a few pieces that will give a little panache to …
Gallery: Summer Shorts
Summer is most definitely here, at least for today and if you're sweltering under the heat of some office trousers we feel your pain. Actually we've got our legs out, sorry.
Take a look at our guide to this summer's shorts, we've trawled the internet for the best in short trousers to keep your legs cool and your outfit stylish without a toggle, cargo pocket or zip in sight. There's something for everyone from denim to tailored and also floral pair you'll love, honest!
There's an urban myth that in London that you are never 8 feet away from a rat, it's clearly bullshit but you try to get 8 feet away from a pair of Wayfarers this summer- you won't. The number of companies ripping off the Ray Ban original is staggering with prices and quality ranging from £12 for a cheap pair from Topman up to £115 for a pair of Ray Ban's from ASOS.
Top 5: Skinny Summer Ties
The Times has a feature at the moment detailing the changing size of the common tie as we go through decades of economic change. Apparently John Lewis has announced "a dramatic inch-loss of nearly 25 per cent in width over the past six months" with its most popular ties. Charlie Allen, the famous tailor Brandish recently had an exclusive sit-down with over the new 'n' improved England kit, told the Times that "the impact of economic turmoil on tie design can be traced back through the previous recessions of the 20th century. While postwar Britain and the Swinging Sixties embraced exaggerated prints and widths of up to 5in, the downturns of the 1930s and 1980s saw sizes reduce to as little as an inch."
See after the jump for my Top 5 'Skinny Summer ties'– on the cheap for your enjoyment! (They're all under £10)


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False rumors ruined woman's SAU44 career, suit saysBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
April 02. 2013 10:30PM
The former special education director for School Administrative Unit 44 has filed a scathing 21-page lawsuit claiming that her school superintendent and other school officials did nothing to stop the spread of a false rumor accusing her of having an extramarital affair with another school employee.
In her suit brought last month in Rockingham County Superior Court, Anne Kebler of Intervale claims the administration ignored its own sexual harassment policies and allowed the rumor to go on for months.
Over time, Kebler claims the rumor made its way through the school system, which serves Northwood, Nottingham and Strafford, and into the community.
Kebler argues the rumor negatively affected her professional and personal reputations, her marriage and family, and eventually caused her to become depressed and leave her position.
"When there's bullying or a hostile work environment, it needs to be fixed and remedied quickly," said her attorney, James Bianco Jr. of Bianco Professional Association in Concord.
The problem in this case, Bianco said, is that nothing was done and that it went beyond "ordinary workplace misspeak."
Bianco insisted that the rumor could have been stopped if action had been taken, such as addressing a letter to school personnel explaining how spreading rumors isn't appropriate and offering proper training on sexual harassment. "What we're really hoping is that we get to return this very capable, hard-working administrator back to a job," he said.
No extramarital affair
Superintendent Michael Ludwell, one of several defendants named in the suit, refused to comment on the case Tuesday because he hadn't seen the lawsuit.
"I don't even have a copy of anything," he said. "Without seeing it, there's nothing I can really say."
The lawsuit was filed a month after the SAU's Joint School Board named a new superintendent to replace Ludwell, who plans to retire at the end of June.
Also named in the suit are the SAU, the SAU Joint School Board, and "John and Jane Does" who were either school employees, volunteers, elected officials and/or SAU contractors whose identities will be revealed in future court filings.
The suit makes numerous allegations against the defendants, including defamation, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy.
The case stems from the rumor that began in November 2011 when one or more unnamed "Doe Defendants" began telling coworkers that Kebler had engaged in an extramarital affair with another SAU employee, the suit alleges.
"This rumor was false, as Anne has never had an extramarital affair with an SAU 44 employee, and has been happily and faithfully married for more than 36 years," the suit said.
The suit cites a sexual harassment policy adopted by the three school districts in the SAU which defines "comments about someone's sexual activity" or "gossiping about" someone's sexual experiences as "sexual harassment."
No action, suit claims
According to the suit, Kebler, who became special education director in 2009, met with Ludwell on Nov. 13, 2011 to report the rumor.
"During this conversation, Anne was shocked to learn from Superintendent Ludwell that he had known about the rumor for over a month," the suit said.
Kebler asked Ludwell to immediately investigate and "remediate the false rumor" to stop it from spreading throughout the SAU, according to the suit.
While the suit said Ludwell indicated that he would investigate and take action to stop the rumor, Kebler claims nothing was done and that the alleged inaction violated district policy requiring the superintendent to investigate the rumor and file a report on the complaint within 10 days.
Two weeks later, Kebler claims she was informed by Ludwell that he had spoken to three staff members who were aware of the rumor.
"By that point, the rumor had become widespread throughout the SAU 44 workplace, causing Anne's emotional distress to increase and a hostile work environment to develop," the suit said.
Kebler met with Ludwell again on Nov. 30, 2011, and asked if any action had been taken, the suit said.
"In response, Superintendent Ludwell then asked Anne to tell him what she thought he should do. Anne then suggested that, at the very least, staff training and education could help to stop the false rumor from spreading even further outside of SAU 44," the suit said.
Kebler claims he still did nothing. His alleged failure to take action "had the effect of reinforcing the rumor," causing it to spread to school board members, her family, friends and the community, the suit said.
iPad rumor swirls
In February 2012, the suit accuses one of the so-called "Doe Defendants" who is believed to have started the rumor with spreading another "false" rumor that Kebler had misappropriated special education resources and funds to buy an iPad for the "benefit of the SAU 44 employee who was allegedly in an affair with Anne."
Kebler complained to Ludwell again, but claims no action was taken even after it was determined that no money had been misappropriated, the suit said.
According to the suit, Kebler later met with the Joint School Board to discuss the rumors and how she had repeatedly brought her complaints to Ludwell.
"After this meeting, Superintendent Ludwell sought out Anne and blamed her and her comments for the Joint Board's renewal of his contract without a raise. That same day, Superintendent Ludwell gave Anne her performance evaluation, where for the first time in her 15-year career in administration, the ranking of her performance in five different areas decreased," the suit said.
After her meeting with the Joint School Board on June 25, 2012, the suit claims the board asked Ludwell to investigate the rumors and make a report; Kebler has never seen a report.
The "emotional distress," "mental anguish," and "severe stress" over the "hostile work environment" and damaged reputation caused Kebler to become depressed, the suit said. She took a medical leave in October 2012 and has now resigned, her lawyer said.
Kebler seeks damages for lost wages and other benefits, the depression she suffered, legal expenses, and enhanced compensatory damages because the defendants' conduct was committed "wantonly, maliciously, and/or oppressively," the suit said.
Bruce Patrick, a Strafford School Board member who chairs the Joint SAU Board, could not be reached for comment.
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Police line up, seek Manchester aldermen's resignationBY TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 15. 2013 9:05PM
MANCHESTER — City police officers lined up at a Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Tuesday to call for Alderman Joe Kelly Levasseur to resign, accusing him of disparaging the reputation of the force.
Among those who addressed aldermen during the public comment period was Officer Daniel Doherty, who was nearly shot to death in the line of duty last March.
"He made a remark that the police were an embarrassment," Doherty said outside the City Hall chamber, referring to Levasseur. "I took that personally. He's talking about the force that I almost gave the ultimate sacrifice for 10 months ago."
Doherty's appearance before the aldermen came one day after his assailant, Myles Webster, was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison.
The aldermen did not take action on the call for Levasseur to step down, nor did he respond to the comments during the meeting.
Mayor Ted Gatsas did address the matter near the end of the meeting.
"I'll apologize, because I think every one of you do a great job, if any of you have been offended in any way," he said. "I can tell you I respect the police department and every officer. I respect the chief.
We may not always agree, but if ever in a bind, he'll be there for every citizen of Manchester."
The dispute between Levasseur and the police first flared at an aldermen's meeting in December, when the alderman criticized Police Chief David Mara's handling of the naming of the new police station.
The building was named after Officer Michael Briggs, who was killed in the line of duty in 2006. Levasseur expressed the view that the choice did not show respect to the memory of Ralph Miller, an officer killed in 1976 and the namesake for the old Chestnut Street station.
Levasseur charged that a police officer in the audience at the December meeting behaved in an intimidating way toward him; he called on Mara to provide his name so he could lodge a complaint. In an email to Mara forwarded to the media, Levasseur wrote: "Who knows how far his hatred for me has pervaded throughout your department or will after he talks to more officers? We all know how hot headed a particular group of officers are as the reputation of your officers has been well established."
The person Levasseur had referred to was in fact a dispatcher for the police, not an officer.
Officer Steven Maloney, the president of the Manchester Patrolman's Association, then wrote a letter to aldermen calling on Levasseur to apologize for "smearing the reputation" of the police.
At Tuesday's meeting, Maloney said Levasseur should either be asked to resign, voluntarily step down or recuse himself from votes concerning the police.
During the public comment period, the aldermanic chamber was filled with police officers, and they applauded the comments of Doherty and others who spoke.
Maloney also said at Tuesday's meeting that Levasseur, on his Manchester cable access show, referred to the police as "buffoons and idiots."
After Tuesday's meeting, Levasseur said he was upset that the issue escalated to the point it had, and that he would issue an apology.
"I will apologize for this misunderstanding to the police of Manchester. I don't have any personal animosity toward them," he said.
But Levasseur reiterated the charge that Mara could have ended the controversy by identifying the person at the December meeting.
He added that he had no intention of stepping down.
"I'll resign when the chief moves back to Manchester," Levasseur said.


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Utah to get concrete section of World Trade Center for 9/11 memorial
07/20/2013 9:55amOrganizers are working to bring a piece of the World Trade Center foundation to Utah as part of a planned memorial at Fort Douglass.
Orem police turn to Pinterest to catch criminals
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Man found guilty of killing ex-wife's boyfriend gets prison sentence
07/20/2013 11:21amA man convicted of murder in the 2010 shooting death of his ex-wife's boyfriend was sentenced to prison Friday.
Police investigate whether same masked man robbed 2 banks
07/20/2013 12:02pmPolice are investigating the possibility that a man who robbed a South Salt Lake bank Thursday is also responsible for a robbery in Salt Lake City last week.
DWR proposes cheaper youth fishing license, other changes
07/20/2013 4:51pmThe state Division of Wildlife Resources has proposed changes to fishing licenses.
Rancher sues Forest Service for damages in 2003 fire
07/20/2013 5:38pmA prescribed fire that erupted into a wildfire nearly a decade ago in Summit County has now become the basis of a lawsuit. A rancher says the Forest Service deviated from its own policies and was inadequately prepared, harming his ranching operation.
Months after Willard Bay oil spill, campground opens
07/20/2013 6:44pmThe Utah Division of Parks and Recreation flung open the gates at the Willard Bay North Campground and Marina, months after a diesel fuel leak from a pipeline left the area idled. A risk assessment says the area is safe for the public to return.
Youths kick off Pioneer Day celebrations with parade
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Man put under citizen's arrest for alleged death threats
07/20/2013 10:31pmA man allegedly making death threats and showing aggression toward other campers in Provo Canyon was put under citizen's arrest Saturday morning.
Boy Scouts, 2 others missing near Kings Peak located
07/20/2013 10:36pmTwo Boy Scouts who went missing in the High Uintas Friday afternoon were located Saturday afternoon.
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07/20/2013 10:37pmTwo women were killed in a car crash near Coalville Saturday afternoon.
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In NH, big snowstorm translating to cold, hard cash for someBy LARISSA MULKERN
Special to the Union Leader
February 10. 2013 10:16PM
With shovels, snow plow trucks, snow blowers and front-end loaders at the ready, residents took the Blizzard of 2013 in stride as cleanup continued.
On a bright Sunday afternoon, Nicole and Cory Howe of Howe Two Landscaping of Wakefield and two crew members spent hours clearing the Paul School parking lot, driveways and paths using the company's snow blowers and front-end loader, as well as good, old-fashioned shovels and muscle.
"Cory's been out most of Friday and Saturday," Nicole Howe said.
It was a long weekend for snow clean-up crews, but after last year's nearly snowless winter, Nicole said the weekend storm was a boon.
"We were open all the time," said Seven Lakes Provisions co-owner Linda St. Germain in Moultonborough. The market was open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. both days, serving snow plow drivers and tourists alike.
St. German said business picked up Thursday night, with customers filling gas cans and snow plow trucks. The first wave of vacationers from Massachusetts arrived Thursday night, eager to get out on their snowmobiles, she said.
She credited the store's snowplow contractor, Mirror Lake Construction, for keeping the lot clear throughout the storm. At one point, she said, the plow driver even slept in the truck in the store lot rather than travel home only to return 30 minutes later.
"We're delighted with the snow," St. Germain said. "We are hoping for more."
Most customers bought lots of coffee, snacks and sandwiches, then beer when the clean-up work was done, she said.
"Snow helps business," said a worker at Skelley's Market in Moultonborough, which sold many essentials such as milk and bread in the pre-storm hours.
In Sanbornville, the parking lot outside Poor People's Pub was packed Sunday as visitors grabbed a bite and a brew at the popular eatery, located along a snowmobile trail.
"It beats staying home," said one rider, a man from Rochester.
"It brings a lot of money to the state," he said of snow.


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Broadway show tells Goffstown man's story
Michael McAlary was a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, a loving husband, a father of four – and a 1975 graduate of Goffstown High School. When he died of cancer on Christmas Day in 1998, he was 41 years old.
Hanks is portraying McAlary in the play, "Lucky Guy," which opens April 1 and is currently in previews. It's Hanks' first Broadway role and the last work by the late writer Nora Ephron.
Kevin McAlary, Michael's younger brother, said Ephron was a fan of his brother when he was writing for the New York tabloids in the 1980s and '90s. After he died, she contacted his widow and proposed a movie about his life and career.
Over the years, that script turned into a play that Ephron kept working on even as her own health was deteriorating. She died of leukemia last June, but not before she had convinced her friend Hanks to star in her play.
Kevin McAlary is planning a trip to Manhattan the weekend of April 13 with his parents, Jack and Ellen McAlary, and other family members to see the play. They'll get to go backstage and meet the cast. "I think it's going to be a pretty spectacular night," he said.
Seeing Tom Hanks play his big brother, he admitted, "is going to be almost surreal."
The play recounts McAlary's rise to become one of the highest-paid columnists in the country. At one point in the early 1990s, the Daily News and New York Post were in a bidding war for his talents.
Kept illness secret
Alice McAlary, who lives in Port Washington, N.Y., said Ephron approached her after Michael's death, and they worked together over the years. She never knew the writer was terminally ill.
When she first heard the title of the play, she wasn't sure. "He passed away. He was 41," she said. "I don't get the 'lucky.'"
"But then when you think about his life and everything that happened along the way, he really was. He was really blessed."
Being involved in the play has been like an "out-of-body experience," she said. "I have somebody on stage that I can't take home that looks exactly like my husband."
But the experience has also reignited old friendships with her husband's colleagues.
"We all have so many stories to tell," she said.
She met her future husband when both were students at Syracuse University; Michael was a year older.
She literally ran into him at the local campus bar, where beer was a quarter and mixed drinks 75 cents.
"I don't know what he was looking at, but it wasn't me," she recalled. "He bumped smack into me and he dropped his mixed drink. So he looks at me and says, 'Now you have to buy me another one.' We talked all night long and laughed."
Beginning their life
That was the beginning of their long and happy love story.
"He was this light bulb to me," she said. "He was funny and he was gregarious. Everybody knew him in the place. He had a million friends. Plus he was very handsome."
They had four children together. Their youngest was conceived while Michael was undergoing chemotherapy, a treatment doctors said would leave him sterile.
"They were wrong," she said.
Quinn was just a year old when his father died.
Now 15, her son is getting to know his dad because of "Lucky Guy," Alice said. "It's a good experience for him."
It's harder for her.
At the first rehearsal, she watched Hanks, who had studied taped interviews with McAlary, capturing her husband's mannerisms, even his appearance.
"He looks so much like Michael. It was a little eerie at first," she said. "It took my breath away."
She had brought Quinn to the rehearsal and they went backstage to meet Hanks and the rest of the cast, who erupted into applause when they found out who they were.
"I got a big bear hug from Tom," she said. "It was just really phenomenal that this greatness was applauding us because this was our life. It breaks my heart."
N.H. beginnings
McAlary's story started in Goffstown, where friend and classmate Kerry Steckowych remembers Michael as a voracious reader, a great writer and conversationalist – with a knack for getting in trouble.
"If he was going to throw an egg at a house, his arm would release the egg just as the police cruiser was going by," he recalled. "He had terrible luck when it comes to those foolish kinds of childhood hijinks."
But he was also "a really bright young man" who was driven to get where he wanted, Steckowych said.
When McAlary was 16 and working as a sports stringer for the weekly Goffstown News, he decided to hitchhike to the Volvo tennis tournament, held at Bretton Woods back then.
He happened to get picked up by one of the organizers of the tournament, who gave him a press pass and got him an interview with tennis great Rod Laver, recalled Kevin McAlary.
"That wound up getting published in the Union Leader," he said.
Going to the streets
McAlary would refine his craft in the mean streets of New York, modeling himself after the legendary Jimmy Breslin, his brother said. "He really knew how to craft a story," he said.
McAlary was hooked up to a chemotherapy drip in 1997 when a source tipped him to a vicious assault by a police officer on a Haitian immigrant who had been wrongly arrested. He left his sick bed to pursue the story. His work won him the Pulitzer Prize.
Steckowych, who is the police prosecutor in Goffstown, said he holds McAlary up as an example to local youngsters.
"I think it's great that he's recognized and I think it's wonderful that you can see somebody who comes from small-town America that ends up winning the Pulitzer prize," he said.
But there was more to Mc-Alary than the awards and honors he won.
"He really was a powerful voice for people that didn't have a voice," his brother said.
Steckowych started a scholarship program in his old friend's name at Goffstown High School. Awards are given not necessarily to top students but to those like Michael Mc-Alary, he said.
The award is for "kids who really are showing they have character and drive and they've set goals, and no matter what gets in their way, they somehow find their way to get there," said Steckowych.
Kevin McAlary said there's such a big New Hampshire contingent going to New York to see the show that they have to split up and go to two performances. He knows, he said, "It's going to be a very emotional day. Because hey, we know how it ends."
Still, the trip means a lot to those who loved Michael Mc-Alary, he said.
"We're a pretty closeknit family, and we're really proud of what Michael was able to accomplish in his lifetime."
Steckowych will be part of the group going to see "Lucky Guy" on April 14.
Alice McAlary, who is portrayed in "Lucky Guy" by actress Maura Tierney, will be in the audience on opening night; she said she's proud that people who never knew her husband will get to know him through Hanks and Ephron.
"He was brave, and he had a great spirit," she said. "People would get mad at him for things he would write, and then they'd see him in a room and they'd forgive him.
"He had a big, big heart. And we miss that."


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Everyone thinks of light bulbs when they hear Thomas Alva Edison's name. His creative genius, though, came through in his numerous other inventions, from the electrical power system and the phonograph that could record and play back sound, to motion picture technology and storage batteries (he believed in electric cars!).
Thomas Alva Edison (nicknamed Al) was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. Edison was an inquisitive boy who began experimenting at an early age. His hometown of Milan, Ohio, was a busy place. Canals were the highways of the early 19th century. The Huron Canal connected Milan to the Huron River, which flowed into Lake Erie, giving eventual access to the Atlantic Ocean, making Milan an important shipping port. But when the railroad reached that part of Ohio, it bypassed Milan and the town's trade faded. So when Al was seven, the family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, hoping for a better future.
In this new location Al's father engaged in a variety of trades, including lumbering, land speculation, farming, and carpentry. Seeking a way to make money, he built a tall observation tower beside their home. Tourists paid a fee to climb the tower and enjoy the expansive view of the Lake Huron area. But the tower was never a great money maker.
Al, the youngest child in the family, was rather sickly and a great concern for his mother, who had already lost two children in infancy and a third before Al's first birthday. He had three older brothers and sisters, only one still living at home.
Al didn't attend public school for very long. Instead, his mother, a former schoolteacher, taught him at home. She organized lessons and an extensive reading program for her son. He loved to read and was especially interested in science and in what was going on in the world outside of Port Huron.
The Grand Trunk Railroad connected Port Huron to Detroit, the nearest big city, and the young Edison at 12, always fascinated by the steam locomotives and eager for adventure, got a job selling newspapers and candy on the train. Edison continued to devour science books and the newspapers, magazines, and novels he sold on the train. He later claimed that he had decided to read through all the books in the library but "gave it up after reading about 10 books that were pretty dry reading." (1)
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Netflix Inc. has broken HBO's 17-year streak of leading TV networks in Emmy nominations.
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Lancers spending the week in Fla.By APRIL GUILMET
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April 22. 2013 12:50AM
LONDONDERRY - Four planes, a fleet of buses, countless volunteers and one very large moving truck took the sounds of Londonderry High School's Lancers band to Florida this week, as the 340 members of the school's marching band, orchestra, jazz ensemble and choir readied themselves for the vacation of a lifetime.
On Sunday morning, the students and their 30 adult chaperones traveled by bus to Logan Airport, where they boarded four separate flights to Orlando. They'll spend much of their April vacation week performing at Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.
Music Director Andy Soucy said evening rehearsals have been constant over the past several weeks, with the young musicians polishing their performances of patriotic tunes, as well as the Latin-inspired beats of Gloria Estefan.
On Thursday evening, the high school cafeteria was abuzz with activity as students and parents streamed in the front doors, carrying suitcases and instruments.
"It's quite an aggressive undertaking to get everyone down there," Soucy said Thursday, motioning to the neatly ordered rows of black instrument cases and color-coded aisles of the travelers' luggage.
"We travel like a rock band," he laughed, showing the five-foot tall cases being used to transport nine bass drums. "Unbelievable," he added.
A large orange moving van departed for Orlando earlier in the weekend, carrying luggage and instruments and allowing the 370 travelers to board their flights without having to check in any items or equipment.
The fourth and final flight arrived in Orlando shortly before 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Lancers band and color guard will march in the Main Street Electrical Parade at the Magic Kingdom tonight.
On Tuesday, the local musicians will make three appearances at the Downtown Disney Resort, with the jazz ensemble, orchestra and choir playing back-to-back performances at midday.
Tuesday night the band will head over to EPCOT Center, where they'll be treated to a private viewing of the Illuminations show, followed by a march in Universal Studios' Superstar Parade on Wednesday morning.
There will be plenty of time for fun and relaxation in between, with students and chaperones catching a performance of the Cirque de Soleil Thursday evening before flying back to Boston Friday.


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John H. Fuhr Sr. of Dover, DE died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, November 10, 2012. He was 66.
John H. Fuhr Sr. of Dover, DE died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, November 10, 2012.
He was 66.
Mr. Fuhr was born May 15, 1946 in Wilmington, DE, the son of the late Davis R. Fuhr Sr. and Jean Miket Fuhr.
He started John's Well Drilling in 1974 and continued the business for the next 24 years until his retirement in 1998, where he then passed on the business to his son.
John enjoyed crabbing and fishing. He also enjoyed working in the garage on his various projects with his buddy, Ralph "Dude" Jones.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Davie Fuhr Jr.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Grace Ann Fuhr; a son, John H. Fuhr Jr. and his wife, Shannon of Smyrna, DE; a daughter, Tonya Snow and her husband, Steve, Jr. of Clayton, DE; five grandchildren, Chelsea, Katie, Kristen, Dylan, and Julie; a brother, William P. Fuhr of Dover; two sisters, Shirley Hestera and her husband Bob of Clayton, and Vickie Lowman and her husband Glen of Clayton; and several nieces, nephews; extended family members; as well as Drew and Tony, whom he thought of as second sons.
A viewing will be held on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 10 a.m., in the Faries Funeral Chapel, located at 29 S. Main St. in Smyrna. Funeral services will begin at 12 noon.
Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery in Smyrna.
Condolence letters may be sent by visiting www.fariesfuneralhome.com.


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The last week of September saw cash cheese continue the previous week's downturn. The Cheddar blocks closed Friday at $1.75 per pound, down 4 1/2-cents on the week and 32 1/2-cents below a year ago when they were at $2.0750.
The barrels were down 4 3/4-cents on the week, to $1.72, 31 1/2-cents below a year ago. Twelve cars of block sold on the week and nine of barrel. The AMS-surveyed block price averaged $1.7798, up 3.3 cents, and barrels averaged $1.8203, up 2.9 cents.
Cheese production is also lower as milk supplies across much of the country are described as tight, according to USDA's Dairy Market News (DMN). Increased Class I usage along with seasonally reduced milk volumes have cheese makers reporting a harder time finding milk. Good retail demand is moving cheese from storage and reducing stocks. Export demand is adding to the pull of cheese from storage. Cheese manufacturers would like to increase production, but are having to choose where to best use available milk supplies, according to DMN.
Butter saw a third week of gain this week, closing Friday at $1.61, up a penny on the week and up 18 cents in the last three weeks but is 34 cents below a year ago when the spot price hit $1.95. Twenty-eight cars traded hands on the week. AMS butter averaged $1.4304, up 3.1 cents.
Demand increased both domestically and in the export market, forcing butter manufacturers to decide which market to sell to. Manufacturers have been taking advantage of the greater profits in the export market, according to DMN. Several butter manufacturers are facing tight cream supplies due to declining milk production and lower butterfat levels. Retail buyers are trying to place orders to stay ahead of the recent upswing in butter prices but are finding it difficult.
Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.83, down 1 1/2-cents on the week, while Extra Grade remained at $1.78. AMS powder averaged $1.8149, up 1.1 cent. Dry whey averaged 58.23 cents per pound, up 0.7 cent.
Preliminary data in this week's Cold Storage report shows August 31 butter stocks at 268.5 million pounds, down 9 percent, or 27.3 million from July, 2013 but up a healthy 34 percent, or 67.4 million pounds from August 2012.
American cheese, at 670.4 million pounds was down 4 percent from July and 3 percent above a year ago. The Daily Dairy Report says this is the strongest July-to-August drop in American cheese since 2004. The total cheese inventory stood at 1.1 billion pounds, down 4 percent from July and 5 percent above a year ago.
Butter stocks ballooned to over 300 million pounds this spring, the first time since June 2003, according to FC Stone risk management advisor Ron O'Brien.
"That's what pressured the butter market lows to $1.36 this year," O'Brien said. "We've been rallying since the middle of August." He said that butter prices were only around $1.10 in June of 2003 when stocks were over 300 million pounds, but then rallied to $2.3725 the following spring.
"Markets can rally despite heavy stocks and we really have to turn our attention to demand. The first seven months of this year we have exported 15.1 percent of our total milk solids. January-July exports of butter are up almost 30 percent from a year ago. Demand is the big variable moving forward," according to O'Brien. "Adding an uptick in butter prices could bring record setting Class IV prices."
Cheese consumption increases
Meanwhile, DairyBusiness Update (DBU) reports that U.S. per capita cheese consumption totaled 33.51 pounds in 2012, up about one-quarter pound from 2012 and surpassing the previous high of 33.50 pounds in 2007, according to preliminary figures released this week by USDA's Economic Research Service. Annual U.S. per capita cheese consumption has increased in eight of the past 10 years, and is now about 2.9 pounds higher than 2002. About 82 percent (27.43 pounds) of all cheese consumed in 2012 was "natural," with the remainder (6.08 pounds) consumed as a processed cheese in other food products.
Mozzarella and cheddar continue to be the favorites among U.S. consumers in 2012, at 11.51 pounds and 9.43 pounds, respectively. Mozzarella consumption rose slightly in 2012, pushing total Italian cheese consumption to 14.93 pounds per person. In contrast, cheddar consumption declined slightly in 2012, but a small increase in "other" American cheese consumption pushed the total American category to 13.22 pounds, according to DBU.
Fonterra increases milk prices
New Zealand's Fonterra Cooperative provided some food for thought to the market this week by increasing its forecast farm gate milk price for the 2014 season, the third time in two months. Chairman John Wilson said the cooperative announced that it has increased its forecast by 50 cents to $8.30 per kilogram of milk solids. The increase, along with an estimated dividend of 32 cents per share, amounts to a forecast cash payout for 2014 of $8.62.
That's equivalent to a $21-$21.55 per hundredweight U.S. All milk price, after converting currency differences and fat and protein content of the milk, according to High Ground Dairy's Eric Meyer. He said this would be a record high, if realized, and could have a bullish impact across the entire global dairy complex and "mean good things for U.S. dairy farmers."
He credits solid demand and pointed to New Zealand's close relationship with China. Chinese demand has been fairly insatiable throughout the course of this year, he said, with whole milk imports up over 40 percent from a year ago.
A Fonterra press release stated that "The record forecast farm gate milk price reflected continuing strong international prices for dairy, particularly Whole Milk Powder driven by robust demand from Asia, especially China. We are still facing high levels of volatility around the world."
Speaking of the world market, Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted 18 requests for export assistance this week to sell 4.041 million pounds of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese and 992,080 pounds of butter to customers in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The product will be delivered through February 2014 and brought CWT's 2013 cheese exports to 100.97 million pounds plus 71.54 million pounds of butter, 44,092 pounds of anhydrous milk fat and 218,258 pounds of whole milk powder to 37 countries.
Milk supplies across much of the country continue to be described as tight. The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are sending milk to the Southeast for increased Class I demand. Florida imported over 200 loads of milk the week of Sept. 16 from outside the state. Milk production in the Central region bounced back some from the recent hot weather, but remains tight for manufacturing needs.
California milk production was mostly flat with recent weeks. Arizona production also recovered some from recent unfavorable weather conditions. Northwest milk supplies are seasonally tight and production is steady to fractionally lower. Milk supplies are sufficient for Class I needs, but manufacturing milk supplies are tight with many plants working on reduced schedules. Cream demand is good as production of products using cream increases for the fall.
Farm bill update
In dairy politics, International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) senior vice president Jerry Slominski says USDA should not move quickly to enforce the 1949 law that will come into effect Jan. 1, 2014 if the Farm Bill is not extended or updated before the end of the year. His comments came in response to U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., ranking Democrat on the House Ag Committee, who called on USDA to pressure Congress to pass a new Farm Bill.
Slominski said early implementation of the "outdated law" would "dramatically and artificially" raise consumer prices of dairy products and harm the dairy industry."
Some members of Congress are again using scare tactics on consumers in an attempt to obtain a new Farm Bill, according to Arden Tewksbury, manager, Pro-Ag. In addition, dairy farmers are being used as pawns by the same congressmen as an example to what the consequences could be to consumers if a new Farm Bill is not passed. These same congressmen are saying that prices to consumers could double in price if a new Farm Bill is not passed by Oct. 1. The assertion is that if a new Farm Bill is not passed, then the 1949 Ag Act would be implemented."
An IDFA press release charges that food manufacturer, restaurant and retailer groups recently voiced strong support for the dairy provisions as included in the House-passed Farm Bill. In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Ranking Member Thad Cochran, R-Miss., the groups urged the senators to reject "any new government dairy 'supply management' program." A new program to impose quotas on milk supplies, called the Dairy Market Stabilization Program, was included in the Farm Bill as passed by the Senate in June.
In July, the House rejected the controversial Dairy Market Stabilization Program by more than a 2-to-1 margin, 291-135. Ninety-five Democrats joined 196 Republicans in support of compromise dairy language that calls for a strong safety net for dairy farmers without also imposing limits on the amount of milk they can sell.
"The House bill has accepted and incorporated over 75 percent of what was approved by the Senate," the letter continued. "It establishes an effective and expanded revenue insurance program for dairy farmers that will help them endure tough economic times, while removing an unnecessary regulatory burden on dairy businesses and providing opportunity for market expansion, new jobs and economic growth."
National Milk sees it differently and called on lawmakers to get to work. A National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) press release stated, "Now that the House has passed its nutrition policy portion of the farm bill, the NMPF urges House leaders to quickly appoint conferees who should, with their counterparts in the Senate, finish work on a new farm bill and get it passed into law.
NMPF charged that "For the nation's dairy farmers, it is critical for agriculture leaders in the House and Senate to include in the 2013 farm bill the provisions of the Dairy Security Act, which has already been approved this year by both the House and Senate Agriculture committees.
The Dairy Security Act will provide dairy farmers with a cost-effective safety net, while protecting consumers and taxpayers at the same time. Dairy producers have been waiting two years to know the details of the federal dairy safety net. They need this information to make business decisions. Along with the rest of American agriculture, milk producers nationwide urge lawmakers to take this critical last step in the evolution of a better farm program."
Looking back to the futures, the Fourth Quarter 2013 pack average was at $17.35 per cwt. on Sept. 6, down 24 cents from the previous week. It averaged $17.67 on September 13, $17.62 on Sept. 20, and was averaging around $17.64 late morning Sept. 27.


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Laconia man dies of heroin overdose, Belmont man charged with supplying drugCorrespondent and wire reports
February 08. 2014 11:10AM
A Belmont man will be arraigned Monday for allegedly selling heroin to a 26-year-old man who later overdosed and died, police said.
Police and rescue crews were called to a home at 56 Arlene Drive, Belmont, Tuesday night. They found Michael L. Chamberlain of Clinton Street, Laconia, "suffering from breathing distress," police said. Despite attempts to save him, Chamberlain died.
By late Friday afternoon, police had determined that Jonathan L. Woodbury, who lives at the Belmont address, "had knowingly dispensed a quantity of the narcotic drug heroin to Chamberlain, which resulted in Chamberlain's overdose." Police on Saturday were awaiting the results of an autopsy done on Wednesday, Lt. Richard Mann said.
Police found "sufficient probable cause" to charge Woodbury with the sale of controlled/narcotic drug resulting in death. He was arrested at his home without incident Friday night, police said.
Woodbury was taken to the Belknap County Jail in Laconia pending his arraignment at Laconia District Court.
Belmont police Detective Gary Boisvert said police were not sure whether the drug fentanyl, a strong prescription painkiller that makes heroin more potent, was used by Chamberlain.
"Our detectives are investigating all angles of this," he said. "This is bad stuff, and if you've been following the news, this is happening a lot around the state."
Also last week, Salem police detectives were involved in Massachusetts drug raids that resulted in 30 arrests in Lawrence, Methuen and Haverhill on Thursday afternoon and evening. The raid spanned eight hours and also included detectives from Methuen, Lawrence, North Andover, Andover and Haverhill, Massachusetts state police, the FBI and the Essex County Sheriff's Department.
There's been an uptick in heroin overdoses regionally. Overdoses were reported in Haverhill, Methuen, Salem, N.H., and Portsmouth, N.H. A man died of a heroin overdose in Gloucester on Wednesday night.
A 20-year-old Haverhill woman who overdosed in Salem remains in critical condition at the Boston hospital. In connection with the woman's overdose, Salem police charged Jeffrey Pickett, 22, of 12 Ticklefancy Lane with a felony heroin possession charge and a misdemeanor heroin charge.
Area police chiefs met a week ago to discuss the overdose problem and arranged for the joint raid in response. Local police are working with the Massachusetts State Police, through its fusion center, to better track the overdoses, said Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon.
The following New Hampshire residents were among those arrested Thursday:
-- Brendon Lane, 19, of 185 Patridge Road, Conway; illegal possession of heroin.
-- Michael Guillet, 21, of 141 Golden Oaks Road, No. 41, Albany; illegal possession of heroin.
-- Anthony Michael Jaskolka, 24, of 386 Brunelle Ave., Manchester; illegal possession of Suboxone.
-- James C. Daniels, 23, of 57A Griffin Road, Hudson; illegal possession of heroin, conspiracy to violate narcotics laws, outstanding warrant.
-- Jessica Soucy, 22, of 453 Mammoth Road, Pelham; Lowell warrant for illegal possession of heroin, outstanding N.H. warrant.
-- Christopher Starr McCall, 32, of 711 South Main St., Manchester; Lawrence warrant for illegal possession of heroin.
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Man accused of pulling stun gun during argument
June 28. 2013 9:16PM
A Manchester man is accused of pulling a stun gun on a man who refused to give him money Thursday afternoon outside a Laurel Street market.
Police said witnesses saw William Signor, 30, ask a man who came out of the Savera Superstore, 250 Laurel St., for money.
When the man refused, the two began to argue and Signor pulled out a stun gun, according to reports.
Initial 911 calls reported a man zapping people with a stun gun, but police said it is unclear whether Signor actually deployed it or not, since the other man left the scene before police arrived. He has yet to be identified.
Police said they recovered the stun gun which was inside the purse of Signor's female companion, who was not identified in a news release.
Signor, convicted in 2007 of witness tampering, was charged with being a felon in possession of an electronic weapon.


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Hassan's spin: Who created the state surplus?
October 07. 2013 4:28PM
Gov. Maggie Hassan is shamelessly spinning the state budget — again.
When Hassan was Majority Leader in the state Senate, she led the crafting of two state budgets. Those budgets raised state spending by about 24 percent in just four years. Even with the dozens of tax and fee increases, those budgets were in the red, so Hassan and Co. borrowed — increasing state debt by $285 billion, or an astronomical and unprecedented 43 percent in four years — and shifted accounts off budget to give the appearane of balance.
When the inevitable happened — a $300 million shortfall in the budget Hassan had laughably called "balanced" — Hassan blamed the economy. But Republicans had warned all along that the spending would far outpace economic growth and would have to be cut. Gov. John Lynch was forced to make the cuts Republicans had predicted, bringing spending closer to levels Republicans had initially proposed and Hassan had opposed. Running for governor, Hassan claimed credit for those cuts.
The state just finished fiscal year 2013, and the current budget is $76 million in surplus. That is because Republicans in the previous Legislature undid the Hassan-Lynch spending spree and Republicans in the current Senate forced Hassan and the House to keep spending significantly lower than the governor had proposed.
Hassan strenuously opposed the previous state budget and the Senate's proposal this year (which became this year's budget almost entirely), both of which she called reckless, irresponsible and cold-hearted. Yet now she takes partial credit for the surplus created by the budgets she opposed, saying in a statement that "A strengthening economy and sound fiscal management from state agencies resulted in a strong surplus."
No, the surplus is the result of spending decisions she opposed, ridiculed and derided. During next year's gubernatorial race, look for her to continue taking credit for a budget that was balanced in spite of, not because of, her own actions.


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From times of peril arise great leaders. There is a unique opportunity for one person to be a hero and he will be remembered by the people for doing the right thing. The person who does what is right for the country will be remembered more than all the others combined. Such is the reward for putting country before personal agenda right now.
Do you think it's going to happen? For one politician, the opportunity of a lifetime awaits in the next 24 hours. Do any of them have the courage to do the right thing? That's what is at stake here.
The Santa rally ended with Christmas as my concerns for January came early as the post-Christmas period saw a quantum spike in the VIX. It's about time! My take has been some deal would get done but even if it did, the market would find some excuse to sell. This opinion is based on the iron law that markets can't sustain when the VIX is around 15. Now we actually have the possibility of a buying opportunity sometime in January if the VIX continues to spike.
I don't have a crystal ball but I think something will get worked out even if it's a temporary fix. Why? This is what we've come to expect from our government. In the last week we've gone on an incredible roller coaster as one day bears are covering based on the fact the House got called into session and the next day they come right back and sell it on the unfortunate rhetoric of gamesmanship.
If I wasn't following the hockey negotiations so closely I might be shocked but I've come to expect posturing as the theme of the day. Recently, the NHL said that the 5 year contract length demand refused by the players would be 'the hill the NHL would die on.' As of the Thursday night, the NHL offered the players a 6th year. So much for drop dead threats. So it is that the fiscal cliff negotiations have had more drama, gamesmanship and drop dead threats than any of us will ever know. Yet as I write this, legislators still fill cigar smoke filled back rooms trying to hammer out a deal and not ruin New Year's Eve for the multitudes. What surprises and saddens me is how the media has followed these negotiations, taking the bait at every turn.
This has been the light volume vacation week where the few get to bully the charts and that's exactly what happened. With all the information out there, with all of the charts I'm going to look at one to guide me and take it in the near term. The SPX has pulled back from the declining upper channel and should test the lower rising channel in what could be an intermediate level triangle which has been in force since we topped in September and October. I'll look as far as the next trend line which represents about 1370. The NDX is sitting near 2600 and the low back in November is about 2500. We could very easily get these lower tests this week. At the same time if fear does accelerate on Monday we could easily get the VIX to where it needs to be by the end of the week. My concern for January is happening now.
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Seeking Scientific Prof
Posted 30 November 2007 - 05:29 PM
I am a writer currently working on a short story, and I am looking for information on what the latest Scientific testing that is being done to prove or disprove the existance of Ghosts in general.
I am by no means informed in the Science world, and that I guess is why I need help. I am not even sure where to find such "Public" information. I know, as investigators, there are a lot of people who have just as valuable information, but I am looking for more Lab tested information.
If someone out there could direct me as to where to find some reference, I would greatly appreciate it.
Posted 30 November 2007 - 05:42 PM
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Posted 30 November 2007 - 09:42 PM
Writing is a lonely profession, and frustrating at times. Although I can't imagine doing anything else, and it's cheaper than therapy. Ha Ha Ha. The story I am working on was started quite some time ago, so I am afraid my information is now outdated. I have been involved with the paranormal for quite some time, although not able to keep up with all the reading it requires, so I am myself, outdated. I am looking for a general subject on the hottest topic with a teck. angle. Maybe even some sugested reading might get me started in the right direction. I appreciate the time and the support.
thanks again.
Posted 30 November 2007 - 10:43 PM
Posted 30 November 2007 - 10:48 PM
Fortunately, research is my thing, so I'll see if I can't come up with stuff for you.
Posted 01 December 2007 - 10:38 AM
Interesting subject. I know how lonely writing can be but I like it that way.
Fortunately, research is my thing, so I'll see if I can't come up with stuff for you.
Dear Lady,
thank you for the understanding. yes I also enjoy research, and it is a major part of writing. But I do run into subjects that at times I need a jumping off point. Are you a writer as well? To quote Stephen King, "write with the door closed, Re-write with the door open". I appreciate any help and support you have time for.
thanks again.
Posted 01 December 2007 - 01:55 PM
I hope this helped.
Posted 01 December 2007 - 06:14 PM
thanks so much, very interesting. I am sure by the time my story is ready to go to print, the information my be out of date, so maybe I should conscider a different angle. any help, is a big help. thanks again.
The only scientific proof I've known that disproves the existence of ghosts is lack of evidence, or falsified/faulty evidence that doesn't survive the scientific testing methods and just comes up as lack of proof on the ghost-existence end... but there WAS this one guy that tried to weight the soul by subtracting the weight of a living body from the weight of a dead body that was the same, um, weight, and he came up with -21 ounces. Or something. Here: http://www.snopes.co.../soulweight.asp
I hope this helped.
Posted 02 December 2007 - 04:30 PM
He's author of "The Afterlife Experiments", "The Truth About Medium", co-author "The Energy Healing Experiments".
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