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Officials announced that an autopsy has been completed on the body of Robert Prest (age 83). Mr. Prest’s body was discovered inside his residence at 774 Center Road in Lyndeborough on Nov. 23.
The Ballot Law Commission has its hands full Monday with appeals from a number of ballot recounts, including the unusual case of the House of Representative Manchester Ward 6 court-ordered second full recount.
Robert Gagnon (age 45), of Manchester, New Hampshire has been arrested and charged with one count of attempted murder alleging that Mr. Gagnon, with a purpose that the crime of murder be committed and under the circumstances as he believed them to be, shot Carlos Quintong with a firearm, constituting a substantial step toward the commission of the crime.
A new hate incident in Franklin, this time white supremacist graffiti painted on a downtown building, has city leaders looking for answers.
Attorney General John M. Formella announces that Raymond L. Moore, age 40, has been indicted and charged with multiple offenses in connection with the stabbing death of Daniel Whitmore, age 75, in Manchester, New Hampshire, on September 2, 2022.
The court-ordered recount for a House seat in Manchester’s Ward 6 flipped again Tuesday, this time with Republican Larry Gagne winning by 26 votes with 1,824 votes over Democrat Maxine Mosley’s 1,798.
A judge ordered a full recount of all the votes in Manchester District 16 Ward 6 House race Tuesday morning denying the declared winner’s attempt to legally stop any further recounting.
A judge will decide whether the Secretary of State can continue recounting Manchester Ward 6 House votes that appeared to wrest the 23-vote win from Republican Larry Gagne to Democrat Maxine Mosley during a recount last Monday by one vote.
The number of women who were victims of rape and sexual assault at the university of New Hampshire rose sharply, up by close to 65 percent, according to the school’s annual safety report.