( Dover, N.H. ) - A truck driver from Center Barnstead was arrested this week in connection with a February accident that damaged a Spaulding Turnpike underpass.

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Police say 53 year old  Edward Ford never told authorities when a piece of logging equipment he was hauling on a flatbed trailer struck the Long Hill Road highway bridge on Feb. 6. The N.H. Department of Transportation is repairing the damage, which has closed a section of Long Hill Road from 7 a.m. To 3 p.m. on weekdays.

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A Manchester  man has been sentenced to  6 years in federal prison for wire fraud and other charges . Officials say 42-year-old Daniel Desrochers  acquired 91 personal loans totaling more than $191,000 from four new hampshire residents.

A Londonderry  man  who has been accused of shooting his wife and another man has been indicted by a federal grand jury. 58 year old Gregory Owens is accused of breaking into a home in Saco , Maine on Dec. 18 and shooting Rachel Owens and the homeowner. Both of the shooting victims survived. Gregory Owens is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Portland on march 18.

Governor Maggie Hassan has requested that president barack obama issue a major disaster declaration and provide federal emergency assistance for the blizzard and severe winter storm that occurred between January 26 and January 28. Most of the assistance funds will help support Hillsborough, Rockingham and Strafford counties in their snow removal and winter storm response efforts

 

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