Mont Vernon News

Panel eyes death penalty for home invasion killings 9 minutes ago CONCORD The teens accused of killing Kimberly Cates in her Mont Vernon home last fall were labeled barbarians and deviants yesterday by both sides of a debate on expanding the death penalty.

" The state can't put to death the four men who allegedly killed Kimberly Cates, but New Hampshire can send "a clear message: If you kill, you will be executed," said state Rep.

" A brief debate over cost of living raises for nonunion and support staff and a short discussion on the funding formula for the state retirement system were the high points of a quiet Amherst School District Deliberative Session on Thursday night.

For a sense of the emotion surrounding a bill to expand New Hampshire's death penalty law, consider the position of co-sponsor Rep.

New Hampshire's Legislature has historically shied away from expanding crimes punishable by death, but the horrific killing of a Mont Vernon woman in her bed during a burglary is inspiring legislation to make future home invasions a capital offense.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on SB 472 Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 2 PM in Room 103 of the State House.

" Prominent local officials and law enforcement from small towns along the Massachusetts, Vermont and Canadian borders lobbied a House committee last week to keep open district courts in Milford and three other communities.

Self-defense classes are in demand lately in Wilton, where a martial arts class for women filled up within days.

Here are the cost-per-pupil averages for area school districts for the 2007-08 school year, the last year of data made available by the state Department of Education.

House aides scrambled Thursday to correct a New Hampshire Public Radio announcer who said during a live broadcast that Speaker Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth, was resigning.

Two men have been charged with a break-in on Mason Road yesterday morning. Joseph E. Brown, 37, of 81 Putnam Hill Road in Lyndeborough, and Brandon A. Calderara, 20, of 19 Mason Road in Mont Vernon were arrested after allegedly entering the home at 312 Mason Road just after 10:30 a.m. yesterday.

" Amy Wyman's third child, come to find out, was in quite the hurry to see what this world is all about.

EDITOR'S NOTE: A letter to the editor opposed to a gun ban in the Statehouse and a story about the city's Phoenix Program being at risk generated quite a few comments this week from our online readers.

Are we sick yet of story upon story, revelation upon revelation, of the four young men charged with murdering a Mont Vernon mother and savaging her young daughter? Yes, but of course therea TMs much more to come.

" With its attempts to move thwarted and no gasoline sales to bolster income, the owners of the Mont Vernon General Store say they are closing its doors permanently Jan.

A new community group helping some New Hampshire communities cope with recent court documents released in the murder of a Mont Vernon woman held a forum on dealing with psychological trauma.

A new community group converged in Amherst on Monday less than a week after court documents revealed chilling details about the killing of a Mont Vernon woman in October.

Republican voters in a Manchester area state Senate district and all voters in the House district covering Hampstead, Kingston and Plaistow have choices to make in special elections this Tuesday.

Accused murderer Steven Spader showed no remorse over the apparent thrill killing of a Mont Vernon mother and maiming of her daughter during a recent jailhouse visit, his pastor said this week.

A man accused of brutally killing a mother and maiming her 11-year-old-daughter in Mont Vernon told authorities that he had wanted to kill for a long time and was disappointed that he did not feel any emotion after the slaying.