Boscawen News

A registered sex offender was arrested Thursday on charges of conspiring to commit a homicide after authorities said he hired someone while being held at the Merrimack County House of Corrections in Boscawen.

A Boscawen teen escaped injury in a hit-and-run crash, but police are still looking for the driver who they said left the scene.

A judge has set bail at $110,000 cash for a Concord man who had a prolonged standoff with the police Sunday morning after authorities said he repeatedly assaulted his girlfriend and threatened to kill her and their child.

After decades of indecision, state and local officials have determined that the historic bridge over the Merrimack River between Boscawen and Canterbury should be dismantled and sold for scrap.