Canterbury, N.H.
Son faces questions in stabbing of woman
A 21-year-old Canterbury man, wanted for questioning in the death of his mother, was arrested Monday night in Emporia, Va., New Hampshire State Police said in a statement. Officials had been seeking Phillip Nash “in connection with two stolen vehicles,’’ the statement said. But troopers are investigating a possible link between Nash and the death of his mother, Frances E. Nash, 51, of Chichester, N.H.Her body was found Monday in Canterbury, the victim of multiple stab wounds, authorities said. Patricia Watson, a state attorney in Greensville County, Va., said Nash was held without bail at his Tuesday arraignment on a fugitive from justice charge. He is due back in court for an extradition hearing on June 19, Watson said.
Nantucket
Discoveries of remains of Native Americans rise
Discoveries of Native American remains have been increasing on the island, as new development means many previously undisturbed parts of Nantucket are being dug up. The most recent occurred this spring, reported the Cape Cod Times, when a contractor uncovered a skull while digging a hole for a new foundation. The skull was determined to be one of the island’s Native occupiers. Nantucket police say that in recent years, they have received calls up to six times a year about remains. AP)
CONCORD, N.H.
St. Paul’s School rector will step down early
The head of St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., has said he will resign at the end of June, a year before his planned departure. The news comes less than two weeks after a former student accused the Episcopalian boarding school of failing to protect her from sexual assault. Rector Michael Hirschfeld requested the early departure in a letter Sunday to the president of the school’s board of trustees. “This has been an unusually painful time for the entire school community and also for my family,’’ Hirschfeld wrote. “It is for this reason that I hope you will allow me to step down earlier than I had originally planned.’’ Hirschfeld was a faculty member of the school since 1994 and the school’s rector since 2010. St. Paul’s said in January Hirschfeld would step down at the end of his eight-year term in 2019.
Westbrook, Maine
Donor gives $10,000 toward school lunch debt
An anonymous donor has paid off more than half of a Maine school district’s student lunch debts. Westbrook Superintendent Peter Lancia said he received a check from the anonymous donor Monday for $10,000, which would erase more than half of the $17,000 owed by families. (AP)
Canton, Conn.
Bear gets stuck in car, tears up interior
What might be the world’s hairiest vandal has destroyed the interior of a woman’s car. Linda Morad tells WFSB-TV she was house-sitting in Canton Friday when she noticed her car lights on and heard strange noises. She called police. Officers found an adult bear that had somehow gotten into Morad’s car and could not get out.The car’s exterior was almost untouched, but the car’s interior was shredded. Police opened a door and the bear scampered into the woods. (AP)
