September 2008 - Posts

• Two arrested in Windham convenience store robbery

  BY JENN McDOWELL Pelham police have arrested two suspects in connection with the Sept. 8 armed robbery of Cousin’s Convenience store on Main Street. Kristopher Boissonneault, 22, of 101 Mammoth Road in Pelham, was charged with armed robbery after Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:51 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Windham, Police, crime

• Windham to use portable classrooms to make room for kindergarteners

  BY JENN McDOWELL The Windham School Board has decided on a temporary facilities plan to get kindergarten up and running by the state’s deadline of September 2009. The board voted unanimously at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16, to place portable Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:42 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: schools, Pelham, Derry, school board, kindergarten, windam, lyndeborough, hudson, litchfield, auburn, milford, chester

• Windham town employee arrested for sex assault

  BY JENN McDOWELL A Windham town employee has been arrested for an alleged sexual assault after the victim reported the crime to a victim’s advocate. Robert Dobson, 55, of 5 Princeton St., Windham, was arrested the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 19, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:39 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Police, crime, windam

• Windham official must solve high school access road issue

  BY DERRICK PERKINS State and local officials said the town is not in serious jeopardy of losing state building aid for the new high school after voters rejected a second access road required under the state fire code. In order to receive financial aid Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:34 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Windham, fire department, school board, windham high school

• Windham officer struck while directing traffic

  BY JENN McDOWELL For the second time in just a few months, a Windham police officer was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic in the construction area along Route 111. Officer Bryan Smith was hit in the back by the driver’s side mirror of Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:04 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Windham, Police, accident

• Emergency detours in Windham will help if I-93 closes

  BY DERRICK PERKINS At least one local police chief has hailed the permanent blue emergency detour signs marking alternative routes around Interstate 93 as a “significant benefit.” Windham Police Chief Gerald Lewis said the newly placed road Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:57 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Police, accident, I-93, windam

• Windham-Salem sewer partnership proposed

  BY JENN McDOWELL A Windham resident and an engineer proposed the town look into working with Salem on sewer lines before making a definite decision on where to install a utility conduit along I-93. Windham’s Board of Selectmen has been pondering Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:38 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, Salem, I-93, sewer

• Too much road salt in Windham hurting aquatic life

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Town officials in Windham have begun working with surrounding communities and several state departments to clean up the chloride levels in four local watersheds. Policy, Dinsmore and Beaver brooks, along with a western tributary of Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:46 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, Environment, roads

• Windham high school access road fails

  BY JENN McDOWELL Windham voters turned down a special warrant article at the polls on Tuesday, Sept. 9, that would have allowed the town to enter a $1.25 million agreement to build a town road to provide a second access to the new high school. Warrant Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:45 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, selectmen, windham high school, vote

• Windham man charged in sex assault on boy

  BY JENN McDOWELL A Windham man is facing a charge of aggravated felonious sexual assault after a 17-year-old boy told his therapist the man had sexually assaulted him twice, the last time being seven years ago in Londonderry. Registered sex offender Richard Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:23 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, Police, crime