Newport

Suit Claims Employee Stole Funds

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Newport — The owner of the North Country Smokehouse has filed a lawsuit against the company’s longtime office manager, accusing her of stealing more than $600,000 from his Claremont business since 2005 and using the money to buy luxury vehicles, snowmobiles and expensive jewelry. In filings in Sullivan County Superior Court, Mike Satzow accused Bonnie Johnson, whom he says he trusted with his company’s finances, of writing checks to herself …

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 …

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 …

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Hanover’s Katie Irwin reaches for a ball from St. Thomas’ Kelly Carson during their NHIAA Division II semifinal match at the Boss Tennis Center in Hanover yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Saints Stop Marauders

St. Thomas at Hanover girls tennis in Hanover, N.H., on May 24, 2013. St. Thomas won, 7-2. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Photo Gallery: St. Thomas at Hanover Girls Tennis

Radio host Terri Dudley jokes with Mascoma Savings Bank President Stephen Christy during a break in the last taping of Sunday Mornings with Terri Dudley on WTSL-AM in West Lebanon yesterday afternoon. Dudley is retiring after 50 years in the public eye. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Dudley Steps Away From Mic

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Lucian W. Gentes

Friday, February 8, 2013

Newport, N.H. — Lucian W. Gentes, 56, of 135 Beech Street, Newport, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, of an unexpected illness. He was born March 21, 1956, the oldest son of Lucien and Beverly (Wentzell) Gentes, in Newport. Although small in stature, he had a big personality and …

School Budget Would Lower Newport Taxes

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Newport — A handful of residents, many of whom work for the school district or serve on the Budget Committee, voted to adopt the 10 articles on the school warrant in about an hour after approving just one amendment last night. The warrant now goes to voters at …

Stephanie Zara, left, and Mary Alice Wilson let their imaginations take flight at Family Lego day at Richards Free Library. (Courtesy Janice Brehio)

Valley Parents: Family Lego Fun at Richards Free Library in Newport

Friday, February 1, 2013

Newport — One Saturday each month, Richards Free Library on Main Street in Newport opens its doors — and its stockpile of Legos — for children and their parents to come in and make Lego creations together. When …

Packed Gym Watches Newport Hoops Edge Stevens

Friday, February 1, 2013

Claremont — Newport is the top team in New Hampshire Division III boys basketball because it does not lose any close games. Last night at Stevens, the Tigers hung on for a 61-57 win over the Cardinals at Carr Gym and it was the sixth time this season …

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Welding Mishap Nearly Costs Lebanon Resident His Garage Lebanon — A Lebanon man saved his garage from catching fire yesterday after he used a bulldozer to pull a piece of machinery that was ablaze out of the building. The fire began when Mike Townsend was welding a piece …

Teacher Costs Up in Newport

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Newport — A one-year teachers’ contract and a proposed $17.8 million school budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 will be among the warrant articles discussed at Tuesday’s Newport school district deliberative session. If adopted by voters as recommended by the School Board at the deliberative …

Closed Again Tuesday: Ruptured Water Pipe Idles Newport School

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Newport — Richards Elementary School remained closed for a second day as workers continued cleaning up from Sunday’s ruptured sprinkler pipe that flooded three floors in a section of the building. “We will reassess and go from there,” SAU 43 Superintendent Irwin Sussman said at the school yesterday …

Sherry Roger, an estimator for Servpro, runs a vacuum in the media center to clean up debris caused by a burst pipe at Richards Elementary School in Newport. (Valley News - Libby March)

Newport

Suit Claims Employee Stole Funds

Fast Moving Fire in Canaan Leaves Three Tenants Homeless

Dudley Steps Away From Mic

Saints Stop Marauders

Lebanon’s Alexander On USA’s ‘A’ Team

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