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New Hampshire authorities are investigating the murder of an 88-year-old woman, who was found dead on Sunday in her home.
Janet Risneill Kelsen, a resident of Exeter, was found dead in her Front Street residence, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office. Police were first notified of her death on Sunday, but her cause of death was initially not immediately apparent to first responders.
An autopsy later conducted by the chief medical examiner determined the 88-year-old’s cause of death was blunt head trauma and the manner of her death was homicide.
“At this point, the investigation into the events surrounding Ms. Kelsen’s death remains active and ongoing,” the AG’s office said. “There is no known threat to the general public.”
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HAMPTON, N.H. (WHDH) – Cub Scouts recently showed their committment to cleaning up their community.
The scouts of Pack 177 were at Plaice Cove Beach in Hampton last month scouring for trash and getting it ready for the summer fun.
One scout said it’s all in a day’s work.
“Imagine you were coming just down to the beach to enjoy a holiday in the water and then you feel something at your foot and it’s a bag,” scout Logan George of Pack 177 said. “We help our community, we help our friends, we’re always kind and trustworthy and we help other people.”
The Cub Scouts do several other cleanups each year, including along the highway and on the side of roads around Hampton.
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BOW, NH — Bow police and fire and rescue teams were sent to a crash on Sunday afternoon, not far from a previous crash earlier this month.
At 2:30 p.m., Concord Fire Alarm reported a crash involving multiple vehicles not far from the intersection of Page Road and Clinton Street. About 10 minutes later, a battalion commander told dispatch there were three vehicles involved and two patients were being evaluated. Dispatch asked if EMTs needed a retone for an engine, and the commander said, “Yeah, why don’t you send them.”
News 603 posted a video from the crash scene on Facebook, linked here.
Just before 3 p.m., EMTs cleared the scene after reporting the patients refused transport.
The crash site was not far from a crash on May 1 that sent one driver to Concord Hospital. In July 2024, a fatal motorcycle accident, which took the life of Joseph Kasper of Weare, occured not far from the location of Sunday’s crash.
Not long after, Concord Fire and Rescue teams were sent to a downed tree on Merrimack Street by School Street.
The tree was knocked down after a small storm moved through the region around 2:45 p.m.
NASHUA, NH — Here is the week ahead roundup.
Get out, New Hampshire.
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