CONCORD – James Marks thinks back to last summer when a judge showed leniency to his son, who was arrested with a friend for chasing down another vehicle and ramming their car into it. He can’t help but wish a judge had thrown his son in jail. “He would’ve learned his lesson,” Marks said of his 18-year-old son, William, who now stands accused with his friend, Steven Spader, and three other young men in connection with the fatal machete attack on a Mont Vernon woman and her 11-year-old daughter. | Full Story

CONCORD - A Milford woman who admitted embezzling roughly $395,000 from two local companies while working as a bookkeeper was sentenced Friday to 27 months in federal prison.Linda Blanchet, 45, of 176 Westchester Drive, Milford, had pleaded guilty in July to bank fraud charges, admitting that she emblezzled from Inside Track Cabling Inc., of 6 Able St. | Full Story

NASHUA -- A Milford man is accused of robbing a store at knifepoint last year.Jacob Haggerty, 20, of 57 Briarcliff Drive, has been jailed since his arrest earlier this year, court records show. He was indicted this week in Hillsborough County Superior Court on a single count of armed robbery, alleging that he held up the Valero store, 163 South St. | Full Story

NASHUA - A Hudson man is accused of threatening several teens with a gun, to urge them not to give information to police.Robert Martin, 19, of 30 Derry St., Hudson, was indicted this week in Hillsborough County Superior Court on a felony criminal threatening charge, punishable by up to 10 to 20 years in prison, and seven counts of witness tampering, a lesser felony. | Full Story

NASHUA - Workers of southern New Hampshire, unite.A national socialist group, Socialist Alternative, will hold its first local meeting Saturday afternoon in the Hunt Room of the Nashua Public Library. The meeting, from 1 p. | Full Story

HUDSON – A 24-year-old man suffered life threatening injuries when his car struck a utility pole on Derry Road Thursday night. James Parker of Hudson was taken to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and later transferred to the Boston Medical Center. His injuries are believed to be life-threatening, police said. | Full Story

An article published on Wednesday regarding the arrest of Autumn Savoy in connection with the murder of Kimberly Cates makes reference to a previous arrest of Savoy in 2008 for possession of a controlled substance. Another Hollis-Brookline High School student was arrested and charged in the same time period with dispensing prescription medication. The two cases were not related, and the other student arrested at the time, Alexandra Tinkham, did not have any connection with Autumn Savoy. | Full Story

Hudson police have arrested three men accused of stealing two guns and a bail enforcement officer badge from a Hudson residence this summer. Police responded to a Kimball Hill Road home Aug. 1 for a reported burglary and found that a 9 millimeter handgun and a 12-gauge shotgun had been taken, along with a badge for a civilian bail enforcement officer, a jacket and a laptop computer, according to Hudson police Sgt. | Full Story

Nashua High School North’s mascot is the Titans. Due to an editing error, the mascot was incorrectly identified in a story on Page 21 of Thursday’s Telegraph. | Full Story

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – For crying out loud, if you think the New England Patriots were scuffling after their latest loss, how about the New York Jets? After losing their fifth game in last six tries, Gang Green appears in chaos. | Full Story

Yes, Rex Ryan was in tears this past Monday. So was yours truly after looking at his results from this past Sunday. As the HC of the NEP would say, “Not what we’re looking for. | Full Story

It isn’t the Division I final anyone was picking back in August, but when the Salem High School Blue Devils and Nashua High School North Titans square off for the championship on Saturday at Grant Field, there’s no logical argument that they aren’t the two best teams. Each team has lost just once. The top-seeded Blue Devils’ one blemish came against Manchester Central, in a regular-season finale that meant a lot more to the Little Green than to Salem. | Full Story

The blow was so crushing, it’s surprising there still isn’t an imprint of the Alvirne High School defender on the Stellos Stadium turf. If Bishop Guertin High School two-way lineman Mike Flynn was looking to make an impression on the opposition, as well as any college coaches in the stands, mission accomplished. His block paved the way for quarterback Steve Cuipa’s touchdown run in the Cardinals Division II semifinal romp last weekend. | Full Story

DIVISION I SEMIFINALS Salem 44, Pinkerton 28 Nashua North 27, Man. Central 19 FINAL Saturday No. 2 Nashua North (8-1) at No. | Full Story

Tony Johnson doesn’t mince words when his opponent, third for Saturday’s Division II title game at Stellos Stadium, Winnacunnet High School of Hampton, is mentioned. “Tough team,” the Bishop Guertin High School head football coach says without hesitation. “They’ve got a lot of experience, got a lot of tough kids, and they’re peaking at the right time. | Full Story

ATLANTA – For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation’s air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country. The snarl Thursday – traced to something as simple as a single circuit board – prompted calls for more money and manpower at the Federal Aviation Administration, which has struggled without success for years to overhaul the air traffic system. The circuit board, at an FAA center in Salt Lake City, is part of a multibillion-dollar nationwide communications network that the agency has spent years installing as part of plans to modernize air traffic control. | Full Story

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A group of volunteer “elves” in Alaska’s frigid interior has set out to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole’s most beloved icon. The group is looking to counter a decision by the U.S. | Full Story

WASHINGTON – Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats’ newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states. Despite the criticism, there were growing indications Democrats would prevail on an initial Senate showdown set for Saturday night, and Majority Leader Harry Reid crisply rebutted the Republican charges. The bill “will save lives, save money and save Medicare,” he said. | Full Story

NEW YORK – Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation “The Gates” and other large scale “wrapping” projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74. Jeanne-Claude died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm, her family said in an e-mail statement. | Full Story

ATLANTA – When the nation’s swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be “messy.” They were right. The program has been plagued with problems and information gaps: • Health officials have been terrible at predicting when and how much vaccine would be available. | Full Story

An article published on Wednesday regarding the arrest of Autumn Savoy in connection with the murder of Kimberly Cates makes reference to a previous arrest of Savoy in 2008 for possession of a controlled substance. Another Hollis/Brookline High School student was arrested and charged in the same time period with dispensing prescription medication. The two cases were not related, and the other student arrested at the time, Alexandra Tinkham, did not have any connection with Autumn Savoy. | Full Story

A new type of business where people sell their gold and platinum at a home party has been baffling regulators in New Hampshire. These transactions, better known as gold parties, are nothing like going to a pawnshop, jewelry store or even mailing your gold to someone else, and they’re quickly becoming the hot way to get cash for old gold. Gold parties are relatively new in New Hampshire and some town ordinances are having a hard time regulating them, while local and state offices are struggling to define where exactly, if at all, they fall under New Hampshire’s laws governing junk and scrap metal dealers. | Full Story

NASHUA – Autumn Savoy on Thursday made his second court appearance in as many days in connection with the Mont Vernon home-invasion murder of Kimberly Cates and attack on her daughter, Jamie, 11. This time, Savoy, 20, showed little emotion as he was escorted into the Nashua District Courtroom in handcuffs and wearing an orange Hillsborough County jail jumpsuit. He sobbed during his court appearance the day before. | Full Story

NASHUA – A former Litchfield firefighter was cleared on sexual assault and assault charges during a jury trial Wednesday at Hillsborough County Superior Court. Albert Griffin, of 5 Robin Court, Litchfield, was charged in 2007 with sexually assaulting a girl between September 2006 and October 2007. He was facing seven counts of simple assault, two counts felonious sexual assault and one count each of aggravated felonious sexual assault, certain uses of computer services prohibited and endangering the welfare of a child. | Full Story

NASHUA – A drop-in informational session about the Broad Street Parkway on Thursday evening drew some familiar opponents to the roadway but also drew curious residents wanting to learn more. Held at the state-run Welcome Center near Exit 6 of the F.E. | Full Story

NASHUA – Now that the coal has been scooped up, the rail repaired and the pavement patched together, city staff is working to tabulate the bill. The city is calculating how much a train derailment this week cost in terms of manpower, materials, vehicle use, gasoline and other factors, Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said Thursday. Once the price tag is established, the city’s risk management department will seek reimbursement from the insurance company that represents railroad owner Pan Am, Lozeau said. | Full Story

NASHUA – A third Nashua resident was arrested in connection to the largest prescription drug bust in the city’s history. Nashua police narcotics intelligence division and uniform officers arrested Amanda Patton, 28, of 108 Pine St., around 5:30 p. | Full Story

MERRIMACK – When someone commits suicide, which happens once every 16 minutes across the country, it is their friends and loved ones who are left to make sense of it and to pick up the pieces. That’s why national and state suicide prevention experts devote resources to helping suicide survivors cope in wake of their loved ones’ death. National Survivors of Suicide Day is Saturday and will be observed in New Hampshire at six sites around the state. | Full Story

A 24-year-old man was seriously injured when his car struck a telephone pole on Derry Road Thursday night. Hudson police, fire and ambulance crews responded to the area of 300 Derry Road near Primary Care of Hudson shortly after 9 p.m. | Full Story

Nashua police have arrested a second person who was allegedly involved in the theft of an all-terrain vehicle in March. Police arrested Dana Tassie, 21, whose last known address was 65 Coburn Woods in Nashua, and charged him with theft by unauthorized taking, police said. Tassie was arrested on Wednesday on an outstanding warrant after being transported from the New Hampshire State Prison in Berlin where he is being held on unrelated charges, police said. | Full Story

This won’t be a surprise to people who have been walking around in their shirtsleeves, but we won’t be seeing any pre-December skiing. Crotched Mountain Ski and Ride in Francestown had been hoping that its much-touted snowmaking ability would let it open this coming Saturday, but the recent string of above-50-degree days has squelched that plan. The facility now projects its opening day as Saturday, Dec. | Full Story

NASHUA - A city man is accused of embezzling from CVS Pharmacy by filing phony returns, police report.Jacob Delude, 21, of 11-7 Strawberry Bank Road, faces a felony and misdemeanor theft charge. He was arrested shortly before 4 p. | Full Story

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – It’s called short-term memory loss. The New England Patriots may not feel they have to forgive, but the command is definitely that they have to forget. | Full Story

SOCCER BOYS CLASS L First Team Josh Vlasich, sr., F, Exeter; Jimmy Petruccelli, jr., F, Exeter; Mike Wanelik, sr. | Full Story

Of all the pleasant surprises for the Nashua High School North football team this fall, one tops the list as far as head coach Jason Robie is concerned. He was pretty confident in his skill players on offense. He envisioned Andre Williams emerging as one of the state’s premier running backs. | Full Story

For the third time time this decade, the city of Nashua will be searching for a new athletic director. After a year and a half on the job, current Nashua Athletic Director Peter Casey has resigned, effective next month, to take a job working for the University of Massachusetts Lowell as the manager of the Tsongas Arena. “I’m very disappointed,” Nashua Superintendent of Schools Mark Conrad said early Wednesday evening. | Full Story

WASHINGTON – Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation two days earlier. Sebelius issued her statement following a government panel’s recommendation on Monday, that said most women don’t need mammograms in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50. That recommendation was a break with the American Cancer Society’s long-standing position that women should get screening mammograms starting at age 40. | Full Story

WASHINGTON – The political stakes enormous, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched long-awaited health care legislation Wednesday estimated to extend coverage to 94 percent of eligible Americans at a cost of $849 billion. Initial maneuvering on the Senate floor was expected later in the week on the measure, bitterly opposed by Republicans eager to deny President Barack Obama a victory on his top domestic priority. Officials have said the measure would require most Americans to carry health insurance and would mandate large companies to provide coverage to their workers, as well as ban insurance company practices such as denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions. | Full Story

NASHUA – Only a handful of spectators were left Wednesday afternoon as city public works employees patched up a piece of Bridge Street damaged by Tuesday’s train derailment. Traffic squeezed its way by the work heading east into Hudson but was still blocked heading west. Roy Sorenson, Nashua’s superintendent of streets, said his crew had to wait Wednesday morning while Pan Am workers attached rubber sheathes to the bottom of the railway, where it crosses the road. | Full Story

NASHUA – It’s been a dozen years since federal highway officials signed off on the then proposed and now approved Broad Street Parkway. Before construction can begin, the feds have to determine whether decade-old data is sufficient or a new environmental impact study must be conducted. Residents can learn about the status of that decision as well as the entire parkway project during a public information session scheduled tonight at the Welcome Center off Exit 6 of the F. | Full Story

It’s a story that has been in Tim O’Donnell’s head for the past five years. Next week, that story will be on the big screen in O’Donnell’s home state. O’Donnell’s first documentary, “George: Wrestling with Resistance,” will be screened at Chunky’s in Pelham on Wednesday. | Full Story

MILFORD – People who are upset about the mercy shooting of an injured cat this week should direct their energies toward starting a spay-and-neuter program and hiring an animal control officer, says the head of the Nashua humane society. Milford police were called to the Woodland Heights apartments shortly before noon on Sunday after a cat and a kitten were hit by a car in the parking lot, said Police Chief Fred Douglas. The kitten was already dead and the cat was so badly injured, he said, that the officer took the animal to the edge of the woods, where there were no people around, and shot it with is service revolver. | Full Story

CONCORD – Hunters seem likely to have one of the most successful bear-hunting season in New Hampshire history, and after one week of the regular firearm season are having an average season for whitetail deer. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said hunters killed an estimated 7,220 deer in New Hampshire in the week since the regular firearms season began Nov. 11, about 8 percent less than last year but comparable to average harvests of recent years, the state has reported. | Full Story

HOLLIS – Autumn Savoy, a 20-year-old former Hollis/Brookline High School student arrested in connection with the murder of Kimberly Cates, describes himself as misunderstood and loyal friend. On two social networking sites, MySpace.com and Bebo. | Full Story

NASHUA – It’s hard to pull a fast one on Jack Law. The Nashua native and local businessman knew exactly what was going to happen when he was called to the stage Wednesday night at the Crowne Plaza Nashua. He even had time to prepare a speech. | Full Story

NASHUA – Recognition for perfect attendance is on sick leave this year. The Nashua School District is temporarily suspending programs that give recognition to students for not missing any school days during the year. Typically, students receive a certificate at the end of the year for perfect attendance. | Full Story

Officials have arrested a Hollis man in connection with the Oct. 4 homicide of Kimberly Cates in Mont Vernon, saying that he interfered with the prosecution of the case. Autumn Savoy, 20, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution. | Full Story

Two more deaths related to H1N1 flu have been reported in New Hampshire, including a child in Hillsborough County, and the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services says the H1N1 vaccination campaign has been expanded to include additional people at higher risk for complications from so-called swine flu. In addition, the state will begin hosting vaccination clinics in the next several weeks for certain high-risk adults. The two people who died – an adult in Sullivan County who died last week and the child in Pelham who died this week – had other medical conditions as well as H1N1, officials say. | Full Story

Westbound traffic on Bridge Street still needs to find an alternate route into Nashua and will have through tonight’s evening commute. Roy Sorenson , Nashua’s superintendent of streets, said crews are well on their way to opening the road, but the work will last at least through Wednesday night. He said he hopes to have the road fully opened in time for Thursday’s commute, but couldn’t make any guarentees. | Full Story

The eastbound lane of Bridge Street heading from Nashua into Hudson was opened last night, but the westbound lane remains closed, Nashua Fire Rescue dispatch reports this morning.Streets Supt. Roy Sorenson could not be reached for comment as yet this morning, but Police Lt. | Full Story

PORTSMOUTH HERALD - A Hampton woman accused of biting a court mediator after a session of marital mediation was court-ordered to undergo anger management therapy and to pay restitution for the victim's medical bills.Elizabeth Loveday, 38, of 27 Perkins Ave., appeared in Portsmouth District Court Tuesday for sentencing on two counts of simple assault and a count of violating a protective order. | Full Story

NASHUA - A city man is accused of pulling two knives on his girlfriend, police report.Brett Elliott, 22, of 15 ½ Railroad Square, apt. 5, was arrested at about 10:46 p. | Full Story

NASHUA - A city man is accused of assaulting a woman, trying to influence her testimony in an upcoming drug trial, police report.Jonathan Coffin, 47, of 23 Temple St., apt. | Full Story

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – When defensive coordinator Dean Pees returned to work after New England’s stunning loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Bill Belichick was preparing for the Patriots’ next opponent. The coach was seemingly unaffected by the wave of criticism stemming from his fourth-down gamble. | Full Story

It really shouldn’t be surprising what Bishop Guertin High School football coach Tony Johnson looks for first in a football player. After all, Johnson attended the University of Rhode Island on a track scholarship as a sprinter. And with this incredible Cardinals squad (11-0), it seems like he has a team full of them. | Full Story

With all this talk of changing the divisions of New Hampshire high school football, it’s time for the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association to go all the way and make one more major move. It’s time to move all the championship football games – yes, all six of them – to neutral sites. Last weekend is a perfect example as to why. | Full Story

DIVISION I FINAL Saturday No. 2 Nashua North (8-1) at No. 1 Salem (8-1), noon DIVISION II FINAL Saturday No. | Full Story

The friendship began on the soccer field when they were 7 years old, playing together in the Nashua Cobras program. As both players progressed, they moved on to the Bedford Classics and went their separate ways, Erin Davey playing for a girls team and Trevor Prophet with the boys. Davey, a standout in both soccer and ice hockey, went to Proctor Academy. | Full Story

Can a tiny company so geeky that its motto is “We do the math so you don’t have to” really tackle one of the globe’s biggest killers? Joel MacAuslan, of Nashua – a man with a Ph.D. | Full Story

NASHUA – Given the school district’s recent financial management troubles, the person who fills the district’s head of finances position is going to come under an unusually intense level of scrutiny. Daniel Donovan wants to be that person, even if it means being under the microscope. A resident of Nashua for nearly three decades, Donovan has been put forth by Superintendent Mark Conrad as his choice to fill the hole left by Jim Mealey, who departed this summer for a similar job in North Andover, Mass. | Full Story