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The remains of a mobile home smolder after a fire that displaced three young tenants, killed one pet and left two others missing on Route 118 in Canaan yesterday morning. Officials said the damage was so extensive that the cause of the fire likely would go undetermined. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Fast Moving Fire in Canaan Leaves Three Tenants Homeless

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Canaan — A fast moving fire destroyed a mobile home off Route 118 early yesterday morning, authorities said, displacing three young tenants and killing a pet cat. Around 4 a.m., firefighters were called to a fire at 289 Route 118, about one mile north of the downtown fire station. The residents, who are in their late teens and early 20s, …

Lawyer Guilty Of Exploitation Gets 40 Years

Friday, May 24, 2013

Concord — Former Manchester lawyer Lisa Biron was sentenced yesterday to 40 years in prison for sexually exploiting a 14-year-old girl multiple times last year, including taking her to Canada for filmed sex with a man. In handing down his sentence in Concord’s district court, Judge Paul Barbadoro said that Biron had used the teen as bait to lure young men to have …

Ex-Oxbow Teacher In Court

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Chelsea — The woman police say was sexually assaulted as an Oxbow Union High School student by former teacher and coach Brian H. Musty said she is uncomfortable returning to the Upper Valley and trying to cope with her role in the ongoing case. In a statement filed in Orange Superior Court, the …