Alyssa Dandrea
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Concord, NH, United States
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Three people charged for refusing to leave Concord playground closed over COVID-19
Three people accused this spring of defying police orders to leave a Concord playground closed due to precautions over COVID-19 now face criminal charges.Their arrests come months after the incident at Rollins Park, where police say Tyler Workman,... → Read More
Concord committee balks at decision over backyard chicken ordinance
Ten-year-old Francesca Brown will have to wait a few more weeks to learn whether a city committee will support her calls to amend Concord’s backyard chicken ordinance, thereby getting her one step closer to realizing her dream of raising a flock.It... → Read More
N.H. state representative running for re-election charged with felony domestic violence assault
A New Hampshire state representative is accused of choking a pregnant intimate partner and kneeing her in the back during a domestic assault earlier this summer in Boscawen.Republican Rep. Robert Forsythe, 38, who is seeking re-election this November,... → Read More
Investigator: Evidence points to son killing mother in Belmont
The New Hampshire medical examiner concluded that 62-year-old Pamela Murphy had been dead for several hours by the time her husband came upon her lifeless body in the living room of their Belmont home and called 911.On the morning of March 16, Pamela... → Read More
Despite repeated ‘red flags’ about Howie Leung, Sica and Forsten ‘failed’
Two top administrators forced to resign last fall from the Concord School District failed to thoroughly investigate sexual misconduct complaints against teacher Howie Leung and implement “discipline of any consequence” prior to his arrest to ensure... → Read More
Tilton family recounts harrowing river rescue from Canterbury’s Pebble Beach on Fourth of July
For every 30 chest compressions David Sullivan performed on the man, his wife, Traci, gave two rescue breaths.Those few minutes spent trying to revive a stranger on the shores of Pebble Beach in Canterbury felt like an eternity as they waited for... → Read More
Concord police’s use-of-force policy assessed against ‘8 Can’t Wait’ guidelines
The Concord Police Department’s use-of-force policy was put to the test at a public meeting Monday using eight recommendations from a national police reform campaign.As protests throughout the country call for swift and concrete action in response to... → Read More
Concord woman who died swimming in Canterbury remembered as a “shining light”
A Plymouth State University student and a culinary specialist in the New Hampshire National Guard was one of two people who drowned in the Merrimack River on Saturday.Pamela Usanase, 21, of Concord was with friends that evening at Pebble Beach in... → Read More
Cousineau Forest Products says business will proceed in Henniker despite extensive fire damage
Hours after a three-alarm fire raged at a wood processing facility in Henniker, the owner and his management team were busy devising a plan to rebuild and strategizing about how to meet customers’ needs in the interim.“The important part of the story... → Read More
Concord police to rejoin state’s regional drug task force
After a few-years hiatus, the Concord Police Department will return an undercover officer to the New Hampshire Drug Task Force this summer.An officer will be selected for the full-time position by July 1 and work as a liaison between the police... → Read More
Sister: ‘Broken system led to my mother’s death and brother’s incarceration’
Michelle Crowley broke her silence Friday about something that has tormented her for 648 days.Just beyond the courthouse steps, she spoke about a broken system that she said did nothing to help her brother, Phillip Nash, who has long struggled from... → Read More
Advocates: Number of abuse victims at risk of lethal violence in N.H. is rising
She called New Hampshire’s domestic-violence hotline while sheltered inside her vehicle.He had threatened to kill her, and she knew she needed to leave before it was too late.She told him she had gone outside to check the mailbox. What if he caught a... → Read More
COVID update: Beaches stay closed until June 1, nine out of 10 deaths have been in people over age 70
Gov. Chris Sununu announced the partial reopening of a swathe of economic sectors Friday, from beaches, to tanning salons to fitness classes.But he also stressed that the number of new cases of COVID-19 is still high and that a full re-opening of the... → Read More
Police: Bow home invasion was one of several across state by teens looking to steal guns, electronics
A Manchester teenager who authorities allege has ties to multiple burglaries in the state, including firearm thefts, is in jail.Duncan Levey, 18, is being detained on three felony charges stemming from a Jan. 29 home invasion on Woodhill Hooksett Road... → Read More
N.H. Supreme Court denies appeal of man convicted running over wife at Bow gas station
The state’s highest court has denied the appeal of a Laconia man convicted in 2018 of driving toward his wife and pinning her under the vehicle at a Bow gas station after using methamphetamine.Jason Alleyne, 31, argued that a Merrimack County Superior... → Read More
Multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 93 grinds traffic to a halt in Concord
A portion of Interstate 93 in Concord was shut down for more than an hour Friday following a multi-vehicle crash, just north of exit 16.New Hampshire State Police said a 2006 Ford dump truck driven by Scott Marcotte, 27, of Tilton rear-ended a 2019... → Read More
Officials say Alton 11-year-old could be state’s youngest person to face murder charges
An 11-year-old accused of fatally shooting an Alton couple is the youngest child to face murder charges under New Hampshire’s juvenile laws in decades, perhaps ever.Veteran attorneys and law enforcement officials could cite murder cases against 14- to... → Read More
St. Paul’s graduate facing 12 sexual assault-related offenses dating back to 1970s
A St. Paul’s School graduate is accused of sexually assaulting two children on the prep school’s Concord campus in the 1970s.Benjamin Baker, 61, of Falls Church, Va., was taken into custody Monday morning in Virginia and charged with being a fugitive... → Read More
PHOTOS: Stepping up to support domestic violence victims
Every minute, an average of 20 people in the United States are physically abused by an intimate partner.One in four women and one in nine men experience abuse ranging from intimidation to battery to sexual assault.In New Hampshire, more than half of... → Read More
Concord man indicted following violent home invasion
A grand jury has indicted a Concord man accused of throwing pieces of broken glass at city police officers, spitting in a firefighter’s face and beating a golden retriever after he broke into a city apartment in June.Irakoze Ildephonse, 29, is charged... → Read More