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Anthony Jarvis takes a moment to say goodbye to his wife, Angel Jarvis, after being sentenced in Sullivan County Superior Court in Newport yesterday. Jarvis pleaded guilty to drug charges including destroying evidence stemming from a February incident when a probation officer and Claremont police came to his home to execute a search based on an anonymous tip. Jarvis’ attorney, Bob Morgan, is at right. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

‘It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine’; Claremont Man Pleads Guilty to Charges From February Standoff

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Newport — By the time Anthony Jarvis finished serving his prison sentence last September, he had a drug habit, fueled by the ready availability of opiates behind bars. And once he was free, Jarvis quickly turned to selling marijuana as a way to pay for his drug habit, his lawyer said yesterday. What happened next shouldn’t come as a surprise: …

Newport Again Backs Budget

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Newport — In all-day balloting at yesterday’s Town Meeting, voters approved the town budget, purchase of a new ambulance and $250,000 for road repairs. They also approved the school budget and contracts for teachers and support staff in revotes forced after officials botched the school vote in March. A judge last month ordered the district to vote again on Articles 3-10 after a …

Man Receives Prison Time For Stabbing

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Newport — A Claremont man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years to seven years in New Hampshire State Prison yesterday after pleading guilty in Sullivan County Superior Court to stabbing a man with a box cutter in the Walmart parking lot in January. Eric Sanborn, 25, who was on parole from a 2007 conviction, which also involved a stabbing, was sentenced under a …