Mont Vernon News

GOP organization supports Friend of the Court Brief before the Supreme Court as part of an effort to secure citizens' federal constitutional right to bear arms.

A Hollis man was arraigned Thursday on a charge that he helped dispose of evidence from the killing of a Mont Vernon woman last month and an attack on her daughter.

The father of a New Hampshire teen charged with burglary in connection with the fatal attack on a Mont Vernon woman wishes his son had learned from a previous mistake.

Staff photo by Bob Hammerstrom Autumn Savoy, 20, is escorted by New Hampshire State Police into Nashua District Court for his arraignment Thursday morning, November 19, 2009.

Wed Nov 18, 6:20 pm ET CONCORD, N.H. A New Hampshire man was charged Wednesday with helping two others come up with an alibi in a home-invasion attack that killed a woman and severely injured her 11-year-old daughter.

Mont Vernon police announced an additional arrest Wednesday in the murder of Kimberly Cates.

" Too often teenagers are growing up in a Facebook world, dominated by appearances and surface urges that lead away from the paths of happiness, kindness, compassion and creativity.

BACKGROUND: Motivated by the outrage over the murder of Kimberly Cates, Mont Vernon lawmakers are proposing expansion of the death penalty in New Hampshire.

It's a cliche that a picture is worth 1,000 words, and like most cliches there's an element of truth in it.

Peanut butter and jelly have long been a marriage made in sandwich heaven, but times have changed.

" After more than a year of study and discussion, school start times in Amherst and Mont Vernon won't be changing.

" Educators and school officials across the Souhegan Valley are mourning the loss of one of their own this week with the death of Milford High graduate and Mont Vernon Village School principal Gail E. Westergren.

"Chicago the Musical", the Tony Award winning Broadway smash hit, will be bringing "the story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery" to Manchester this November.

On Sunday, the Daland Memorial Library in Mont Vernon will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the library building.

The recent Mont Vernon tragedy has given me cause to reflect on the community of educators at Souhegan High School in Amherst, where I am a part-time photography teacher.

Two Mont Vernon lawmakers want to expand the state's death penalty law to include murders during home invasions.

An underage drinking party rocked a house on Mont Vernon Road on Halloween while the alleged hostess' stepfather watched television in his room.

The Mont Vernon General Store will reopen today long enough for the store's operators, Julie Whitcomb and Matt Gelbwaks, to distribute candy to local trick-or-treaters making their Halloween rounds.

Since the arrests of two Souhegan High School students in connection with the murder of a Mont Vernon woman, the school has come under increased scrutiny -- from those on the outside looking in as well as those on the inside looking for answers.

Maria Gagnon doesn't mind being the bad guy. She doesn't need to be her kids' best friend.