New Hampshire
Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays From Patch In New Hampshire To You
CONCORD, NH — From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays.
We hope you have a great time with family and friends during this joyous time of the year.
Unlike last year, when it was kinda dreary due to not having any snow, there is a little bit on the ground this year, thankfully. It’s incredible how something as simple as a little white stuff on the ground can make the mood festive.
If you need some posts and videos to get into the holiday spirit, check out some of the ones I put together this season:
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The Concord Nativity scene outside the Statehouse on Christmas Eve 2024. Credit: Tony Schinella
This year, I ran out of time and did not get to put together a Christmas lights video. I ran out of time last year, too. However, I’ll make a mental note to do one in 2025; it’s work to put together, but they are a lot of fun.
If you haven’t seen the prior videos, check them out here:
Christmas Lights in Concord 2022:
Christmas Lights in Concord 2021:
Christmas Lights in Concord 2020, Part 1:
Christmas Lights in Concord 2020, Part 2:
I’ll have a few “Best Of” posts next week, and we can then welcome in the New Year.
Until then, stay safe and enjoy your time with your family and friends.
Got a news tip? Could you send it to tony.schinella@patch.com? View videos on Tony Schinella’s YouTube.com channel or Rumble.com channel.
New Hampshire
2 skiers from Mass. rescued from deep snow, blizzard-like conditions in NH’s White Moutains
Two skiers had to be rescued from deep snow and blizzard-like conditions in New Hampshire’s White Mountains on Saturday.
Shortly before 5 p.m. on Saturday, New Hampshire Fish and Game was notified of two skiers who were lost in deep snow and blizzard-like conditions on the summit of Mount Moosilauke in the White Mountains.
The two skiers said that due to strong winds and no visibility, they had lost the trail and were stuck in waist deep snow. They said they had only 2% battery life left on their cell phones and no warm gear or light to continue.
Fish and game conservation officers and volunteers from the PEMI Valley Search and Rescue team staged in Warren and used snowmobiles to travel four miles up Mount Moosilauke. The rescuers then hiked another mile and a half and then fought through extremely deep snow and thick trees, finally locating the skiers at 11 p.m.
The skiers were identified as Romain Tronchi, 30, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Gabriel Mahe, 32, of Somerville, Massachusetts.
Due to the deep snow and rugged terrain, it took over an hour to get the skiers back up and onto the trail. Once on the trail, the skiers and rescuers were able to hike back to the snowmobiles, where everyone was relayed back down the mountain by 2 a.m.
No further information was released.
Concord, N.H. – A New Hampshire Episcopal bishop is attracting national attention after warning his clergy to finalize their wills and get their affairs in order to prepare for a “new era of martyrdom.”
Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire made his comments earlier this month at a vigil honoring Renee Good, who was fatally shot on Jan. 7 behind the wheel of her vehicle by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
The Trump administration has defended the ICE officer’s actions, saying he fired in self-defense while standing in front of Good’s vehicle as it began to move forward. That explanation has been panned by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and others based on videos of the confrontation.
Hirschfeld’s speech cited several historical clergy members who had risked their lives to protect others, including mentioning New Hampshire seminary student Jonathan Daniels, who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in Alabama while shielding a young Black civil rights activist in 1965.
“I have told the clergy of the Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire that we may be entering into that same witness,” Hirschfeld said. “And I’ve asked them to get their affairs in order, to make sure they have their wills written, because it may be that now is no longer the time for statements, but for us with our bodies, to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable.”
Hirschfeld did not call for violence, but instead said people of Christian faith should not fear death.
“Those of us who are ready to build a new world, we also have to be prepared,” he said. “If we truly want to live without fear, we cannot fear even death itself, my friends.”
Other religious leaders have also called on Christians to protect the vulnerable amid the uptick in immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, including the Most Rev. Sean W. Rowe, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
“We keep resisting, advocating, bearing witness and repairing the breach,” Rowe said during a prayer earlier this week. “We keep sheltering and caring for those among us who are immigrants and refugees because they are beloved by God, and without them, we cannot fully be the church.”
In Minnesota, the Rt. Rev. Craig Loya urged people not to meet “hatred with hatred” but instead focus on love in “a world obviously not fine.”
“We are going to make like our ancient ancestors, and turn the world upside down by mobilizing for love,” he said. “We are going to disrupt with Jesus’ hope. We are going agitate with Jesus’ love.”
New Hampshire
Maine murder suspect arrested in New Hampshire after police chase that began in Massachusetts
A murder suspect from Maine was arrested on Saturday in New Hampshire after a police chase that began in Massachusetts.
The suspect was seen driving in a 2018 Jeep Compass with Ohio plates in Lowell, Massachusetts, around 8 a.m. Maine State Police said that the suspect refused to stop, causing them to chase him as he went north on I-93. Massachusetts State Police joined the chase.
The chase continued into New Hampshire and onto I-93, I-293, Route 101, and Route 114. The Jeep eventually crashed into a tree on Route 13 in Dunbarton. Police said the suspect then “barricaded himself inside the vehicle.”
“Nonlethal munitions” were used during the arrest, according to New Hampshire State Police. The suspect was arrested around 10:30 a.m by the SWAT team. He was identified as 55-year-old Dane Burke from Skowhegan, Maine. He was wanted in connection with the homicide of 46-year-old Nicole Jackson from Skowhegan, who died as a result of blunt and sharp force trauma, according to an autopsy.
Burke was determined to be Jackson’s boyfriend, according to the Maine State Police.
Burke was taken to Concord Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He has been charged with murder in Maine and as a fugitive of justice in New Hampshire. Investigators said that he will also be charged in Massachusetts.
He will remain in New Hampshire until he is taken back to Maine. No information is available about a future arraignment or when he will be transferred back to the state.
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