BY TOBY HENRYTown 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 requests from the town’s Fire Department, police, road crew and other areas. Selectman ...

BY TOBY HENRYCandia 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 motorcycle north on his home street at around 4 p.m. on Sunday. Police said Hoyt apparently ...

BY JENN McDOWELLEpsom Police Chief Wayne Preve said he’s lost two officers this year to other departments that offer higher pay and more opportunities. Officer Joseph Lister left in April, about two weeks after the March vote, at which the town inherited its fourth default budget in a row. He took an opening with the Northwood Police ...

BY TOBY HENRYCourt 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 arrested and arraigned on May 21 following a weeklong investigation into the May 14 fire which ...

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 the same name, orchestrated a meeting, police said. An Auburn District Court judge set ...

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 to get that information, but it may not be easy to do so. Neighborhood News investigated ...

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 arrest or two, several motor vehicle stops on Route 101 and new evidence in a 10-year-old ...

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 a.m. on Wednesday, July 4. All his emergency lights were on when Cashman was about to leave ...

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 vandalized while parked in the pit. Police Chief Michael McGillen said windows were ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNCANDIA – 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 has been dealing with increases in criminal activity, and will soon likely have to deal with some ...