The General John Stark Memorial Bridge linking the two Connecticut
River towns of Hinsdale and Brattleboro, will open just a few days
after Thanksgiving. According to information from the New
Hampshire Department of Transportation, the bridge will be open on
either Dec. 4 or 5. According to the Reformer, the town of Hinsdale
will be hosting an opening ceremony on Dec. 3, beginning at 12:30
p.m. and the public is invited to join in the celebration starting at
noon.
A nursing assistant pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he
sexually abused a vulnerable adult at a Vermont nursing home. The
Vermont Attorney General’s Office charged Paul Williams, 59, of
Morrisville, with sexually assaulting a 95-year-old woman at the
Manor nursing home in Morrisville, where he was employed as a
licensed nursing assistant. Williams was ordered held without bail.
A town employee in Enfield, New Hampshire, has been placed on
leave after a mistake resulted in a cybersecurity incident. The town
manager there says that the mistake led to a “substantial amount” of
town funds being deposited into a fraudulent account. When the
mistake was discovered, the town manager filed a report with the
Enfield Police Department, which immediately started working with
the Secret Service and the FBI Cyber Crimes Division to investigate. So
far, their findings suggest that a town employee responded to a
request to update Enfield’s bank account information but did not
follow the correct procedures. A portion of the funds have been
frozen and are now in the process of being returned to the town, and
there are ongoing efforts to recover more. The town says they are
now enhancing their cybersecurity measures.
A 54-year-old man is facing multiple charges after throwing hundreds
of screws and nails under cars and into the road Thursday morning. At
roughly 8:50 a.m., police were waived down by staff at Wells River
Savings Bank, who had observed a man throwing nails near Main
Street. Officers located James Denman, of Hartford, nearby as he
entered the driveway to Bradford’s Town Office. Denman was
observed throwing screws and nails into the road and under a BPD
cruiser. He was immediately arrested and processed at Vermont State
Police-Bradford Outpost.
A Marlborough woman has been indicted for stealing almost $200,000
from Monadnock Peer Support, a non-profit mental health
organization in Keene. 50-year-old Christine Allen, also known as
Christine Nowill and Christine Yardley, is facing four charges of wire
fraud. Allen was the Executive Director at Monadnock Peer Support.
She had full access to the organization’s finances and between
January 2021 and May 2023, Allen embezzled the nearly-$200,000 for
personal expenses, including Amazon purchases and renovations for
her home in Marlborough, gaming equipment, hockey equipment, a
meat cleaver, and a food dehydrator. Allen could be facing a 20-year
prison sentence, alongside a $250,000 fine or twice the gross gain or
loss, whichever may be greater. Allen is scheduled to appear in
federal court at a later, unspecified date.