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By ANNA MERRIMAN

CLAREMONT — Witnesses near Main Street saw a man lighting a fire at the front of Daddypops Tumble Inn Diner on Thursday night shortly before the beloved restaurant was damaged by the flames, according to Claremont police.Arson investigators, including...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CLAREMONT — A major New York private equity fund has acquired control of Claremont IT consulting firm Red River Technology.Cerberus Capital Management, which oversees a portfolio of companies in aerospace, defense, health care, real estate and retail,...

By TIM CAMERATO

WEST LEBANON — New Hampshire’s school boards are now backing calls to ban firearms from school grounds, a move advocates hope will bolster a new round of legislation pending in Concord. Members of the New Hampshire School Boards Association voted,...

By TIM CAMERATO and DAVID CORRIVEAU

CLAREMONT — Police took a 55-year-old Claremont man into custody on Thursday afternoon after a day-long standoff during which the suspect fired “hundreds” of rounds in a residential area.Michael Burns, of Hanover Street, was taken into custody on...

By TIM CAMERATO

WEST LEBANON — Support is building to extend New Hampshire’s statute of limitations for sexual assault after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester this week released a list of priests credibly accused of abusing children. Meanwhile, attorneys...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Jeff Sessions, the CEO of Claremont-based Red River computer company, was killed along with his wife in a boating accident in Maryland early Wednesday morning.According to the Capital Gazette newspaper, Sessions, 53, and Elizabeth Howle,...

NORTH HAVERHILL — A 32-year-old Claremont man has been indicted on a felony charge alleging he unlawfully took a child from her custodial parent and brought her to North Carolina in July.Gabriel Croft allegedly took the young child “with the intent to...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Newport — A 42-year-old Claremont man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to theft and criminal threatening with a deadly weapon in connection with an armed robbery at Sugar River Pharmacy in Claremont last fall.Brian Mahoney was sentenced to a total of two...

By Patrick O’Grady

Claremont — The City Council resolution listing the reasons for the firing of City Manager Ryan McNutt earlier this week cited his “failure” to give the council advance notice of issues that could be of concern to the public and to communicate...

By Patrick O’Grady

Claremont — Claremont City Manager Ryan McNutt was dismissed by the City Council in a 7-2 vote on Wednesday night, Mayor Charlene Lovett said following another nonpublic meeting on personnel that lasted about two hours.McNutt, who was hired in...

By Patrick O’Grady

Newport — Two brothers charged with first-degree assault for allegedly firing a gun in two locations on Sunday night in Claremont were ordered held without bail following their arraignment on Monday in Sullivan County Superior Court.A third suspect,...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Newport — A Vermont woman who already was out on bail on a robbery charge pleaded not guilty last week to her alleged role in an August scheme to steal a 93-year-old woman’s purse in Claremont.Jennifer Graham, who allegedly served as the getaway...

By John Lippman

Claremont — An era is ending at another Upper Valley auto dealership as the family-owned auto dealership is being sold to a rapidly expanding regional car group.Subaru of Claremont owner Peter Mans, who has operated the dealership for 22 years, is...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Claremont — A Claremont man who was shot multiple times in a restaurant parking lot early on Sunday morning died from those wounds, according to the results an autopsy, which ruled Jesse Jarvis’ death a homicide.Jarvis, who had a lengthy criminal...

By Tim Camerato

Claremont — A former prison gang leader who was active in the white supremacist movement died shortly after midnight on Sunday in the parking lot of a Chinese restaurant after being shot multiple times, according to the New Hampshire Attorney...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Newport — A former Claremont police sergeant was charged on Thursday with lying about how he discovered weapons during an arrest earlier this year after a state trooper raised concerns about the search and a fellow Claremont officer told investigators...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Claremont — A former Valley Regional Hospital doctor who self-reported a sexual relationship with a patient in May has been charged with one count of aggravated felonious sexual assault.Dr. Eric L. Knight, 50, of Derry, N.H., turned himself in to...

By Patrick O’Grady

Claremont — If the new owners of the shuttered waste-to-energy incinerator on Grissom Lane want approval to restart the plant, they will need to do more than have the Title V operating permit transferred from the previous owner, officials with the...

By Patrick O’Grady

Claremont — On a warm, sunny morning last week, after days of steady rain, water crashes over a concrete dam on the Sugar River and boils in foaming rapids on its way to the Connecticut River.Next to the dam, along the riverbank off Lafayette Street,...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Newport — A 25-year-old Unity man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two charges stemming from a September 2015 incident in which he struck two pedestrians with his vehicle, killing one of them and seriously injuring the other.Aaron Moeller accepted a plea...