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• New Boston Police adopt new alert system

  By SARAH LEBRUN In an effort to keep residents more informed about safety issues in town, the New Boston Police Department has adopted a communications network called Nixle. This federally backed program sends residents text or e-mail alerts regarding Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:10 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: New Boston, police

• New Boston Police acquire Tasers

  BY STEPHEN BEALE At the end of a three-day binge of drugs and alcohol, an angry former lumberjack was confronted by police, and only one thing stood between them – a Taser gun fired by a state police trooper. The confrontation was triggered by a Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:34 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: New Boston, police, tasers

• Police drop charge against Mont Vernon chief

  BY JENN McDOWELL The New Boston Police Department has dropped a restraining order violation charge against Mont Vernon’s police chief, and has issued a public statement apologizing for arresting him. Mont Vernon Police Chief Alexander “Rick” Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:54 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: New Boston, police, Mont Vernon, Goffstown District Court

• Finance Committee approves two full-time police positions

  By Michelle Kim NEW BOSTON – The departure of yet another New Boston police officer may have opened the door for the Police Department to eventually meet its basic scheduling needs. And that news has Chief Chris Krajenka elated. At the Jan. 5 meeting, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:43 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: New Boston, Merrimack Valley, Weare, budget, police, taxes

• New Boston Year in review 2007

  BY MICHELLE KIM For many residents in Goffstown, Weare and New Boston, 2007 had a strong a sense of deja vu. Few would have thought a 100-year flood would happen two years in a row. But it did. Here’s a look at a few events in New Boston: Rose Meadow Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8:00 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: New Boston, Merrimack Valley, police, floods, Fire, Board of Selectmen, voting

• Woman dies in New Boston car accident

  On Friday, Oct. 26, at approximately 4:20 p.m., officers of the New Boston Police Department responded to a motor vehicle accident on Francestown Road west of Tucker Mill Road. A Chevy Blazer driven by 48-year-old Cynthia Comely of Francestown was traveling Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:28 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: New Boston, police, accident, fire department

• Police say more officers needed – New Boston operates at less than half force

  BY DAVE CHOATE When officer Josh Woehl resigned recently, he left behind more than his badge and his gun. He left a police department facing one of its most persistent problems, one that hangs over every skeleton shift and late night call: understaffing. Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:30 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: New Boston, police, jobs

• Drugs, assault lead to three arrests

  BY DAVE CHOATE An odd series of calls from a residence in New Boston led police to arrest three people on separate charges on Monday, Aug. 13. Police responded twice to calls from 252 Bunker Hill Road, the first of which led to the arrest of 23-year-old Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 5:18 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: New Boston, police, drugs

• Builder busted for forging documents

  BY SUSAN WARE When the new owners of 32 Hutchinson Lane moved into their just-built Colonial home on April 24, they had an occupancy certificate in hand. Little did they know that their certificate of occupancy from builder Aaron Fielder was a fake, according Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:03 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: New Boston, police, housing, local business

• Police: Damage much more substantial than 2006

  BY ROD HANSEN The storms of April 15 and 16 caused worse damage to local roads than last year’s Mother’s Day floods, according to the local police chief. “The damage was much more substantial than last year, and we’ve lost areas Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:29 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: New Boston, police, floods

• Local man gets 10 years for child porn

  BY ROD HANSEN A local man who pleaded guilty to trafficking pornographic photos of his 2-year-old granddaughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crime. Richard Hawes, 65, who lives part of the year at the Friendly Beaver Campground, was Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:50 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: New Boston, police, crime