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Two burglars nabbed for Dunbarton crime

Bow Editor — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:02:00 GMT

Concord police arrested two men on July 6 in connection with a series of smash and grab burglaries in Dunbarton and Concord last month, with a third man believed to be an accomplice still at large.

Jonathan Bulliner of Warren, 17, was arrested on four counts of conspiracy to commit burglary and Scott A. Savage of Concord, 17, was arrested on one count of conspiracy to commit burglary.

The pair allegedly stole from Ordway’s Market, F & P Market, Capital Farms, Sandy’s Korner Kupboard and Makris Lobster Pool and Steak House in Concord. The two are also accused by police of being connected to a burglary at the Dunbarton Country Store.

Bulliner has been released on $20,000 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in the Concord District Court on Aug. 9.

Savage is being held on $10,000 bail and is due in court on July 23.

Concord police have a warrant for Andrew Abelha, 18, of Concord, who is being sought on charges of attempting to commit burglary and burglary.

Anyone with information on Abelha’s whereabouts can call the Concord Police Department at 225-8600 or the Concord Regional Crimeline at 226-3100.

Stained-glass artist to exhibit work at Circle of Art event

Bow Editor — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:15:00 GMT

BY RYAN O’CONNOR

When Donna Edwards discovered the art of stained-glass making, so did her family and friends.

“I accidentally stumbled onto it one day when I was watching a craft show on TV and saw this woman doing a mosaic design behind her bathroom sink. I thought to myself, ‘I can do that.’ So I got a book, picked out a project, and it’s been full steam ahead ever since,” said Edwards.

“For the first three years I inundated my children and my grandchildren with stained glass, and I think they finally ran out of spaces to put it.”

At the suggestion of a friend, Edwards began selling it on her own roughly a year-and-a-half ago.

Currently, Edwards belongs to the Contoocook Artisans. She marketed and sold many of her creations at a December craft fair, sponsored by the group, and now looks forward to offering some of her more advanced work at the Circle of Art Fair in Dunbarton and Goffstown, from May 4 to 6, and 12 to 13.

There, she will set up at two of the three locations taking part in the fair, the Dunbarton Arts and Gardens Festival in town center on Route 13, and at the Artisan-A-Faire at 66 Long Pond Road.

“It’s getting harder and harder to find people that make real good stained-glass,” said Patricia Murphy, who owns Dunbarton Arts and Gardens. “It’s very labor-intensive, so I appreciate the dedication and hard work artists like Donna Edwards put into their craft.”

For Edwards part, making stained-glass creations is often challenging, but always enjoyable.

“It’s fun to work with and I like the the end result, which is always very nice. I’m always trying something new,” she said. “I like color coordinating and working with lots of colors and different textures of glass.”

Included in her various creations are vases, small boxes, window hangings, mirrors, picture frames, garden stones and table tops, among many other items.

The most difficult projects, so far, have been making lampshades.

“Cutting curves is pretty challenging,” she said.

The next step in her progression as an artist, said Edwards, is working with more whimsical creations.
“I want to get into using bottles with my glass, dishes and old silverware,” she said. “I’m always

so busy doing the standard things that I never get a chance to work on whimsical stuff, so after the show I think I’m going to take a little break and try something new.”

Before picking up the art of stained-glass making, Edwards focused her artistic talents on creating greeting cards.

“I just did it for fun. I still have a lot of my supplies, but right now most of it is just sitting there right now,” Edwards said.

Edwards purchases her supplies from, attends classes and works one day a week at Detailed Stained Glass on Main Street in Concord.

Home for the holidays: U.S. Marine gets to spend Christmas in Dunbarton with his family

Bow Editor — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:54:00 GMT

BY RYAN O’CONNOR

Daniel Domin spent most of 2006 dodging bullets, mortar rounds and other potentially lethal weaponry while risking his life to serve his country in Iraq.

Alive and well, Domin is home to spend Christmas with his family in Dunbarton, and his father, Pastor Doug Domin of the First Presbyterian Church of Concord, couldn’t be more greatful.

“Every time he can come home we are just so thankful to have him here, and we cherish these times and are so thankful to God that God watched over him while he was in Iraq,” said the Doug Domin.

“We’re proud of him for what he did in combat while facing danger for the war on terror,” he said. “We’ve seen a lot of growth and maturity in him, and we’re just very thankful and appreciative to him for all he has done over there.”

Domin, 22, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps 3rd Battalion Infantry Division, spent the majority of his time in Iraq in Ar Ramadi, where he said up to 60 percent of insurgent attacks in Iraq occur.

“We knew going in that the unit we were relieving had taken a lot of casualties,” he said. “It’s been on CNN all the time and just a really hot place (for attack). I knew a lot about what was going on there so it was kind of unnerving, but also kind of exciting as well.”

He spent seven months, from March to October, in the region training Iraqi soldiers fighting of insurgents. His unit lost 17 Marines and sailors.

“For that area, it’s really hard to keep a good attitude because nothing good is going on there,” he said. “But, we went into the worst place and we did really well.” Domin said soldiers basically get paid to be miserable.

“But that’s the life of a grunt,” he said. “But you love it. You love to be miserable because you’re doing something that nobody else can do.”

While he’s seen a lot of horrible things, he sleeps well at night and looks forward to going back to Iraq in the near future, Domin said.

Though Ar Ramadi is a tough place to serve, he said a lot of good things are going on in other areas of Iraq, including the spread of democracy.

Now stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Domin has also come home for Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving, a gift his mother welcomes wholeheartedly.

“Having him home for the holidays is much more special, as opposed to him coming home from college, because he can be called back up; that’s something every mother fears,” said Linda Domin.

With their son risking his life several thousand miles from home, the Domins are forced to rely on their faith and family while Daniel was deployed.

“Every time we heard of a Marine being killed or injured or an IED going off, it hit home and we always wondered if we were going to get a visit from the Marines,” said Doug Domin. “We pray a lot, and when I would wake up in the middle of the night, I would just pray for him and God’s protection of him and all the men that were with him.

“My wife and I have each other and we have the Lord and we’re supported through the whole family and our friends who pray for us, so we’re surrounded by a lot of support.”

Though Domin misses the action in Iraq, he said he sees his time at home in a different light now.

“I’m definitely grateful to be home, especially intact both physically and mentally,” he said. “Being put in harm’s way on a 24/7 basis, you definitely develop an appreciation for your family and the small things in life,” he said.

Domin entered the Marines in 2005 to take advantage of the educational benefits and to be part of “the most well-renowned infantry fighting force in the world.”

Over the next couple of months, Domin will train to become a recognizance Marine, something he said could place him among the elite soldiers in the world.

When Domin’s military service is completed in May 2009, he plans to go back to college, maybe even Harvard or Yale, and work in private contracting.