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Fire Destroys Dunstable Family’s Home Week Before Christmas
A four-alarm fire tore through a barn and nearby home in Dunstable earlier this week, displacing two people.
Dunstable fire crews were called to the Pleasant Street property around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, to find heavy flames pouring from a barn had reached the attached home, authorities said.
The people inside were able to escape without injury.
As the flames intensified, Deputy Chief Patrick Kerrigan called for third and fourth alarms, bringing firefighters and equipment from over a dozen nearby communities, including Pepperell, Tyngsborough, and Nashua,…
Longtime PA Girl Scout Volunteer Killed By Cancers Less Than 1 Week After Diagnoses
A mom of two of her own children but scout mom to hundreds, has died following a short battle with cancers, her family told Daily Voice shortly after her passing.
Stephanie J. (Porter) Pikora, 61 originally of Dudley, Mass. but more recently of Harrisburg, PA, passed away just after 3 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2024.
She was the youngest of five children born to Lorraine (Bonnette) and Lawrence Porter in Webster, MA on Oct. 14, 1962.
It wasn't long before she first met the love of her life and future husband Dennis. When he was 6-years-old he couldn't recall the address of his new home on t…
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Mass Man Used Money Meant For Suicide Prevention For Veterans On OnlyFans, Cruise: Feds
A Massachusetts man stole money from a nonprofit that was meant to prevent veterans from committing suicide and spent it on a cruise, OnlyFans models, and landscaping, federal authorities said.
David Duren, a/k/a Dawud Hakiem Duren, 48, was indicted in a New Hampshire federal court on Tuesday, March 5, on charges of wire fraud and federal program fraud, the US Attorney for New Hampshire said.
Duren was a program manager at a healthcare provider in Nashua, New Hampshire, and oversaw a $750,000 program funded by a Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant. The money was ear…
Lowell Repeat Child Offender, Former Church Worker Gets 10 Years In Prison
A Lowell man with a track record of possessing and distributing child pornography was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his latest offense, the US Attorney's Office for New Hampshire said on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Russell Graham, age 42, met an undercover law enforcement officer in an online chatroom on or around May 1, 2020, the office said in a separate release.
Between May 4, 2020 and May 11, 2020, Graham sent multiple images and videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct to the officer. Graham also told the officer that he had an ankle bracelet.
This was beca…
Wanted New Hampshire Couple Caught Trying To Break Into Car In Tewksbury: Police
A couple from New Hampshire, both of whom had previous warrants out for their arrests, were finally caught while trying to break into a car in Tewksbury, authorities said.
Police responded to a call about a breaking and entering in progress on Ferncroft Road around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, Tewksbury Police said. Responding officers learned that a person tried to break into a car but ran away when the car's alarm started going off.
Officers later found a woman, identified as 32-year-old Michele Nault, of Nashua, NH, who was wanted on a warrant out of Woburn District Court, …
Priscilla Cedar, 94, Wife Of Former First Congregational Church of River Edge Pastor
Priscilla Wentworth Cedar, 94, Wausau, WI, died April 2, at Stonecrest, under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services.
She was born August 8, 1925 in Sommersworth, NH, daughter of the late Raymond and Pauline (McIntire) Wentworth. On May 29, 1948 she married Robert Cedar in Manchester, NH. He preceded her in death March 6, 2005.
Those who were close to Priscilla know that she generously and wholeheartedly dedicated her life to caring for those around her — as a wife, mother, grandmother, healthcare worker and community member.
In the mid 1940s Priscilla trained to be…
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Jonathan Thomas Simko Of Bethel, Loved Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Dies At 26
A 26-year-old from Bethel who loved skateboarding and snowboarding has died.
Jonathan Thomas Simko died unexpectedly on Friday, June 7 in Nashua, New Hampshire.
He was born June 5, 1993, in Danbury son of John Simko and Josephine (Baxter) Simko. He worked as a line chef in Nashua, New Hampshire and was a communicant of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church in Bethel.
In his younger years, Simko was a member of Cub Scouts, played Pop Warner football and lacrosse. As an adult, he enjoyed golfing, fishing and loved skateboarding and snowboarding.
In addition to his parents John and Josephine,…
This Fairfield County City Ranks Among 50 'Most Stressful' In Nation
Two cities in Connecticut rank among the top 50 Most Stressed Cities in America, according to a new study by a financial website.
One is in Fairfield County: Bridgeport ranked 33rd.
The other is New Haven in New Haven County -- which ranked 41st based on an analysis that considered stress in four areas: the workplace, finances, family, and health and safety.
The top-10 "most stressed cities" in America, according to the WalletHub analysis, were Detroit, Newark, Cleveland, Birmingham, Toledo, Baltimore, Wilmington, Milwaukee, Gulfport and St. Louis.
Bridgeport ranked 17th in wo…
Man In Disabled Vehicle On I-84 Caught With Stolen, Loaded Gun, Police Say
A 61-year-old man was sent to jail after state police, who came to the aid of his disabled vehicle, say they discovered he had a stolen, loaded pistol as well as marijuana and charged him with three felonies.
Troopers observed the vehicle on I-84 in the Town of Southeast on Saturday, May 26 at approximately 11:30 p.m.
While interviewing the operator, Richard P. Kaley of Nashua, New Hampshire, an odor of marijuana was detected, police said. Further investigation discovered approximately eight grams of marijuana, and a loaded pistol that had been reported stolen in Ohio.
Kaley was charged wi…
