By Dan O’BrienThe chief of Bristol police said interviews with Bow High School students who attended an underage drinking party at the school superintendent’s house in Bristol last month are ongoing. Chief John Clark said a primary concern is how the alcohol was provided. “It has nothing to do with the superintendent. It has to ...

By DAN O’BRIENIt could be a while before Bow firefighters can move out of their dilapidated fire station on Knox Road. Until then, they’re sleeping in a camper outside. At least for the next month, that is. Many firefighters grew concerned about exposure to asbestos as crews continue for the next four or five weeks to remove the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYArea police departments are teaming up to show residents just how they work and will host a Citizens Academy for five residents in Dunbarton, Allenstown, Pembroke and Bow. The eight-week course will give residents the chance to experience classes in police procedures such as fingerprinting, foot-imprint casting and a mock trial ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYBy the beginning of January, Bow police officers will be armed with a new tool to help subdue suspects in a controlled manner. Bow Police Chief Erin Commerford said that by the end of the year or early January, the department will be ready to use six recently purchased tasers. Commerford said the decision came after thorough ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The Bow Police Department has signed on for a program that would help finding a missing person easier. As of Wednesday, Nov. 5, the department is part of the A Child Is Missing Alert program that includes an automated phone system of local search. With the program, when a missing child, elderly or mentally or ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Four members of the Bow Police Department have resigned in the past two weeks, leaving the department shorthanded as it searches for replacements. Lt. Dave Girard, patrol officer Jim McIntire, officer Joe Russell and patrol officer Ryan Cochrane – about one-third of the uniformed members of the department – ...

BY GRETA CUYLER As rain began to fall the night of Wednesday, May 21, Jameson Thissell, 35, called his wife to tell her he’d be home soon. Minutes later, the motorcycle he was riding went out of control along Hackett Hill Road in Hooksett. The case is under investigation as to why of Thissell, of Bow, veered out of his lane at 5:55 ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Erin Commerford is the new Bow Police Department chief – and the first woman to take on the role in the history of the town. Commerford, 37, who is successor to former Police Chief Jeff Jaran, was officially sworn in by Town Clerk Jill Hadaway during a Tuesday, May 27, ceremony with selectmen and fellow ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Jim Pelton has seen firsthand the effect that drugs can have on a family, and he wants to be sure that others don’t experience the same. Pelton, who had a family member deal with substance abuse for four years, started A Drug Free Kid, a group that provides drug-testing kits to parents. The Bow resident has ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow Police Chief Jeff Jaran is leaving his position after four years in town, accepting a position in Provincetown, Mass. “There are a number of personal reasons that play a part in it, but ultimately it was a job on Cape Cod that I really didn’t think I had a shot at,” said Jaran. “I was ...