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• Recycling key to keeping costs down

  BY TOBY HENRY Town officials say initial department head requests total some $2.35 million as they begin to look at the expenses in store for 2009-10. The first initial view of next year’s budget began on Sept. 13, as selectmen reviewed the budget Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:52 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Candia, Fire Department, police, budget, selectmen, transfer station

• Candia man dies in crash

  BY TOBY HENRY Candia police say a local man died in a July 6 motorcycle accident after colliding with a granite mailbox post. Officials said on Tuesday, July 8, that Dennis Hoyt, 39, of Merrill Road, was not wearing a helmet as he drove his Harley Davidson Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 2:30 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Candia, police, accident, motorcycle

• Candia firefighter charged with arson

  BY TOBY HENRY Court documents say a 21-year-old local firefighter charged with two felony counts of arson admitted to police that he set the blaze which destroyed $125,000 worth of logging equipment. Christopher Millspaugh, a Flint Road resident, was Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:09 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Candia, police, arson, Firefighter

• Lost and found

  By JENN McDOWELL Hooksett police found a man lost in the woods off Chester Turnpike after the man called in and reported that he was lost and disoriented. The call came in on Sunday, Nov. 25, at 3:17 p.m., from Scott Tenney’s cell phone, according Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:27 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Fire Department, Hooksett, police, Hunting

• Felon turns self in

  By JENN McDOWELL Candia police finally caught up with a convicted felon who brandished a gun at a house party in July and robbed a guest of cash, a gold necklace and a watch. Richard Menczywor, 20, turned himself in to police after his father, who has Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:01 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Candia, Merrimack Valley, police, crime

• It’s your right to know – Not all officials comply with requests for public documents – Hooksett fails, Candia passes our test

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Have you ever wondered how much your child’s teacher is paid? How about what happened at the last school board or selectmen’s meeting? Or whether your neighbor was arrested in that commotion last week? You have every right Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:04 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Candia, Hooksett, police, schools, local government, New Hampshire

• Calls up – Police activity increases while department budget cut

  BY SUSAN WARE A typical week for the police in Candia includes a stolen F-350 pick-up truck crashing into a telephone pole and snapping it in half, leaving the transformer in the middle of the road; copper pipes stolen from vacant homes; a domestic assault Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:51 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Candia, police, budget, crime

• Close call for Candia officer

  BY SUSAN WARE In the early morning hours, a vehicle swerved into the breakdown lane on Route 101, and heads straight toward a police officer sitting in his cruiser on a traffic stop. Officer Kevin Cashman had pulled over a vehicle on Route 101 at 3:15 Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 6:38 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Candia, police

• OHRVs cause trouble for Candia business

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN A town-owned sand pit off Brown Road has been a hot spot for Candia police in recent weeks. On May, 16, the town’s road agent, Dennis Lewis, reported that a Caterpillar-brand front-end loader belonging to a subcontractor had been Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:42 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Candia, police, business

• Crime’s up but money’s tight - Candia Budget Committee trims proposed police budget

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN CANDIA – Candia Police Chief Michael McGillen said cuts in his department’s proposed budget – which will be up for deliberation at the upcoming Town Meeting – could hinder police productivity as the department Read More... Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:30 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Candia, police, budget