The North Country Mud Crocs celebrate their Mud Bowl victory in 2017. ~ Photo courtesy of Tom Eastman/Conway Daily Sun
NORTH CONWAY, NH — This years Mud Bowl theme has been announced. The 36th Tournament of Mud Parade, sponsored by Amoskeag Beverages LLC of Bow, will be held Saturday September 8th at 10 a.m. in North Conway Village featuring a theme of “Mud Bowl Goes Under the Sea.”
Serving as grand marshal will be Patty Tilton of the Conway Daily Sun, longtime Mud Bowl souvenir program graphics coordinator and her mother-in-law, lay minister Gerry Tilton of the First Church of Christ Congregational in North Conway. Gerry has been a dedicated volunteer at Mud Bowl, where she serves as a notary registration official.
Prizes are offered for first ($250), second ($150) and runner-up ($100) in both the team and open class.
Parade registration deadline is Sept. 5 for community nonprofits and individuals interested in being part of the fun. Groups interested in being in the parade are asked to email Parade Chair Josh Snell JSnell@SVMSnellBros.com.
For forty-two years, Mud Bowl, the Championships of Mud Football, has pitted twelve teams against each other during the three-day weekend after Labor Day at Steve Eastman Memorial Field in Hog Coliseum, behind the North Conway Community Center.
This year the Mud Bowl will take place on September 7th-9th.
Among the teams competing are three local teams: the defending two-time champion North Country Crocs, the 11-time champion Mount Washington Valley Hogs who first brought Mud Bowl to North Conway in 1976; and a new team back for their second year, the North Conway Mud Things.
Advance three-day tickets are $15 (entitles the bearer to two $500 prize drawings — need not be present to win) and are available at the North Conway Community Center and Vaughan Learning Center. Daily tickets are $6 for ages 14 and older; and $4 for ages 6 through 13. Family passes are $15 per day (two adults, two children).
The money raised during this event is donated to multiple non-profits in the Mount Washington Valley including the North Conway Community Center, Vaughan Learning Center and Carroll County Retired Senior Volunteer Program. To date, more than $900,000 has been raised since the games were first held in North Conway in 1976.
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CONWAY, NH – A Republican Congressional candidate who did not get invited to compete in yesterdays debate is suing the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council. First congressional district candidate Andy Martin filed the suit in Merrimack Superior Court against the MWV Economic Council Executive Director Jac Cuddy, the economic council, TD Bank, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Mt. Washington Chamber of Commerce, Ham Charitable Foundation and Epstein. Martin, from Manchester, claims that it is unethical for the non-profit, tax-exempt entities to pick winners and losers in debates sponsored by the charitable entities, and that it violates both federal and state law.
Martin was not invited to debate due to the economic council’s rule that participants must have raised a certain amount of funding. In all there are 5 republican candidates vying for the seat in congress, but only two candidates had reached that level of funding in order to participate.
Last week the Economic Council held a debate with seven Democratic candidates.
Jac Cuddy told the Conway Daily Sun that because all seven candidates had raised at least 5 percent of the funds that the leading fundraiser had raised, they were invited to debate. Adding that they did they same thing for the four republican candidates, however only two met that requirement.
The Primary will be on September 11th.
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NORTH CONWAY, NH – First Congressional District Republicans will be battling it out this morning. The Mount Washington Valley Economic Council will be hosting the second in a pair of debates at the North Conway Grand Hotel. The debate will be moderated by Echo Group chairman George Epstein.
Registration begins at 8:30 am with the debate beginning at 9am.
The debate will be between former South Hampton Police Chief Eddie Edwards of Dover and state Sen. Andy Sanborn of Bedford.
Five people in total are seeking the GOP nomination including contractor Michael Callis of Conway, contractor Jeffory Denaro of Auburn, and Andy Martin of Manchester.
Sanborn and Edwards were set to debate earlier this month in Concord, however after Edwards declined to take the pledge to support whomever won, the debate turned into town hall for Sanborn.
The primary election is on Sept. 11th, and the general election will be on November 6th.
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A Naples, ME man was seriously injured during an early morning accident on Monday (8/27/18). ~ Photo courtesy of Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office
NAPLES, ME – A Maine man was seriously injured in a car accident in Naples early this morning. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said that 48-year-old Patrick Connolly III, of Naples, was driving in his Chevy Pickup truck on Route 11 at around 6:30 am, when he failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Route 302. Connolly continued through the intersection and struck an embankment.
Emergency crews from Naples Fire/rescue called for a Life Flight helicopter once on scene due to the severity of Connolly’s injuries. He was flown to Centeral Maine Medical Center for treatment, his condition had not been released by news time.
Authorities said that though the investigation is still on going speed and alcohol appear to be factors.
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Crews clean up the Honeymoon Bridge following a cement truck failing to clear the cross bracing this past July. ~ Photo courtesy of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce
JACKSON, NH – A 142-year-old New Hampshire covered bridge is getting some repairs. New Hampshire Department of Transportation Officials said work on the Honeymoon Covered Bridge in Jackson was scheduled to start on today (8/27/18). It will take three weeks to complete.
The Department of Transportation says during the repairs, the bridge will be closed to all traffic daily from 7 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. Signs at each end will alert drivers to the closure. The bridge over the Ellis River will be open to traffic on weekends during the repair time period.
The bridge was damaged by vehicles twice within a few weeks. A Conway teen crashed a minivan into a bridge support and truss on June 30, and then an Alvin J. Coleman & Son cement truck damaged the bridge’s roof on July 23.
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Crews clean up the Honeymoon Bridge following a cement truck failing to clear the cross bracing this past July. ~ Photo courtesy of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce
Repair work is set to begin on the Honeymoon Covered Bridge on NH-Route 16A in Jackson. Repairs are estimated to take three weeks and the bridge will be closed to all traffic weekdays between 7am and 3:30pm while repairs are underway. The bridge will be open on weekends.
The Honeymoon Covered Bridge was closed for repair work two prior times this year: Once in June after a Conway driver crashed into one of the supports and again this past July when a cement truck damaged four of the bridge’s cross braces.
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CONWAY, NH – Magic 104 FM and Hill’s RVs are camping for a cause Wednesday. Mount Washington’s favorite top 40 station and home to New Hampshire’s best morning show will be camping out at Hill’s RVs on Eastman Road in Center Conway from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. Wednesday August 22nd, to collect donations for End 68 Hours of Hunger and the North Conway Community Center’s State Line Football Program. The day will be filled with food, fun games, and raffle prizes all in order to collect as many food and monetary donations as they can to help out hungry kids in the Mount Washington Valley.
During the event Magic 104 personalities will be on site collecting donations playing some of Gino’s classic “Stupid and Silly Games” and broadcasting live. Donors will be given a raffle ticket for each item donated that they then can use to put themselves in the running for numerous prizes courtesy of Monkey Trunks, Kahuna Laguna Water Park, Wildcat Mountain, Story Land, Black Cap Grille, Ski and Snowboard Liquidation Center, and more! Donors do not have to be present to win. During the afternoon they will be firing up the grill cooking some delicious treats for all to enjoy during the event.
Hill’s RVs will also be donating a portion of all sales made the day of the event to End 68 Hours of Hunger and the North Conway Community Center’s State Line Football Program.
End 68 Hours of Hunger is a private, not-for-profit, effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive at school on Friday afternoon and the free breakfast they receive at school on Monday morning.
This program puts nourishing food in the hands of school children to carry them through the weekend. Each bag of food costs $10 each week and provides two breakfasts, two lunches, and three dinners for a child, with some left over to share. 100% of the donations go to End 68 Hours of Hunger and stays in the Mount Washington Valley.
Every week they pack and deliver bags to local schools, including John Fuller, Conway Elementary, Pine Tree, Madison, Tamworth, Bartlett, and Conway Area Head Start. Volunteers also use the proceeds to stock the “closets” with food at Kennett Middle School and Kennett High.
Hunger doesn’t stop for bad weather and neither will we, this is a rain or shine event, and we hope to see you there.
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29-year-old Clayton Traversie was arrrested for DWI after his vehicle ended up in the woods in Wolfeboro. ~ Photo courtesy of Wolfeboro Police
WOLFEBORO, NH – A Tuftonboro man was arrested after driving his car into the woods at the town line Monday night. Wolfeboro Police said that around 7pm they were called to a report of a vehicle in the woods on Pine Hill Road at the Tuftonboro/ Wolfeboro town line.
Upon arrival the officer was able to make contact with the driver of the vehicle 29-year-old Clayton Traversie, who he suspected was under the influence of alcohol. After a brief investigation and a field sobriety test Traversie was arrested for driving while intoxicated. A subsequent search of his vehicle resulted in an additional charge for an open container of alcohol.
Traversie was transported to Carroll County Jail without incident and issued a court date of September 12, in the 3rd Circuit Court, District Division, Ossipee NH.
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More details have been released on an Officer Involved shooting in Rochester yesterday. Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald, New Hampshire Police Colonel Christopher J. Wagner, and Rochester Police Chief Paul Toussaint said Police had “credible information” that 38-year-old Douglas Heath, was staying at a location in Rochester, “may be in possession of ‘3 firearms’” and that Heath “has no intention of going to jail.”
The briefing form indicated that Mr. Heath had several warrants including one for trafficking narcotics and one for fleeing from Maine State Police.
Shortly after 3:00 p.m. Monday police saw and pursued Heath’s car, which ended in a crash at the intersection of Oak Street and Route 125. Heath left his vehicle from the passenger side and exchanged of gun fire with police, that ended with him being shot and killed. He died at the scene.
The State’s Chief Medical Examiner is set to conduct an autopsy tomorrow. Luckily no officers or civilians were injured during the incident.
The exact circumstances surrounding what started the shootout remains under active investigation, however officials said that Rochester Police vehicles are equipped with cameras, which captured a portion of the incident.
An onlooker also captured some of the incident on video camera.
Pursuant to protocols, each officer is being placed on administrative leave and their names are being withheld pending interviews, which are expected to be conducted later this week.
Any person who witnessed this incident is asked to contact New Hampshire Police Major Crime Unit at (603) 271-3636.
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PINKHAM NOTCH, NH – A little bad weather wasn’t enough to stop some of the Toughest bicyclist from tackling the highest peak in the North East this weekend. The start of the 46th Mt. Washington auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb was delayed by two hours due to rainy weather, but once it calmed down the toughest hill climb in America was on for 397 cyclists. 40-year-old Aimee Vasse of Longmont Colorado became the first person to ever win the Race five times taking the top spot for the women with a time of one hour 4 minutes, and 5 seconds, Her personal best.
Her closest rival, Stefanie Sydlik, 33, of Pittsburgh, Pa., finished more than five minutes behind, in 1:10:32. Third was 48-year-old Kristen Roberts, of Reading, Mass., in 1:12:07.
“Today I think I went out a little too hard,” said Vasse as she warmed up with a blanket at the summit after her finish. “I got some cramping in my legs, and the headwind was tough for me. But Mt. Washington is fun. It’s my favorite race. I love New Hampshire!”
For the men 30-year-old Barry Miller of Beverly Mass won with a time of 53 minutes and 34 seconds. Miller went out quickly, leading the men through the first mile before he was overtaken by Eric Levinsohn, 28, of New Haven, Conn. Dropping the rest of the field, the two dueled from the lower wooded slopes of Mt. Washington to the treeline and beyond, before Miller finally broke away in the sixth mile and pedaled alone to the finish line.
Like Vasse, Miller started quickly, partly because the race awards a $750 bonus prize to whoever is in the lead at the one-mile mark. “After that,” he said later, “I tried just to settle into a rhythm. Then Eric came up pretty fast. He’s incredibly strong, and I didn’t think I could stay with him, but somehow I didn’t fade. When we got to the dirt section, I saw I had the lead, and I kept the momentum up.”
Levinsohn crossed the finish line second, in 56:03, but ultimately he placed third in the race. In the Hillclimb, racers start in waves at five-minute intervals. While Miller and Levinsohn started in the elite first wave, Drake Deuel of Cambridge, Mass., started in the second, five minutes later, and then made up enough of that five-minute gap to record a net time of 55:38 and become the official runnerup.
The first New Hampshire finishers were 19-year-old Darren Piotrow, of Jackson, who placed seventh overall in 1:01:31, and 55-year-old Johanna Lawrence of Nashua, tenth among all women in 1:25:54. Piotrow rode with the sponsorship of the Chad Young Foundation, named in honor of a promising cyclist – Chad Young, of Newmarket, N.H. – who set the current junior (under 20 years) course record in this race, and who died in an accident during a cycling race last year.
For spectators at the finish line, the most inspiring story of the day was that of Brian Hall, 56, of Hampton, N.H., who has suffered from Parkinson’s disease since he was 15. Despite severe movement impairments caused by the disease, Hall secured permission from the race’s sponsor and beneficiary, Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany, N.H., to compete in the Hillclimb by riding an e-bike, which contains a motor that assists the rider’s pedaling efforts. Hall completed the climb in less than two and a half hours, finishing ahead of several able-bodied cyclists.
“I was shocked at how hard it was,” said Hall as he recovered from the effort. “I skied Mont Blanc in 1992. I feel the same sense of euphoria and accomplishment today – I feel like I’m reborn.”
The oldest finisher was Giuseppe Marinoni, 81, of Laval, Quebec. Marinoni finished 308th overall in 1:56:31, breaking the former age-group record for me 80 and over by more than 20 minutes.
On the men’s winners’ podium, Miller was flanked by Ivy League cyclists. Deuel, who started bike racing only this summer, has competed in rowing as an undergraduate at Harvard University. Levinsohn recently finished medical school at Yale and is doing his residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
The Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb is the main annual fund-raising event for the Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany, N.H., which provides environmental and recreational education for children, schools and families in communities in the White Mountains and the Mt. Washington Valley.
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Mud Bowl Goes Under The Sea For 2018
NORTH CONWAY, NH — This years Mud Bowl theme has been announced. The 36th Tournament of Mud Parade, sponsored by Amoskeag Beverages LLC of Bow, will be held Saturday September 8th at 10 a.m. in North Conway Village featuring a theme of “Mud Bowl Goes Under the Sea.”
Serving as grand marshal will be Patty Tilton of the Conway Daily Sun, longtime Mud Bowl souvenir program graphics coordinator and her mother-in-law, lay minister Gerry Tilton of the First Church of Christ Congregational in North Conway. Gerry has been a dedicated volunteer at Mud Bowl, where she serves as a notary registration official.
Prizes are offered for first ($250), second ($150) and runner-up ($100) in both the team and open class.
Parade registration deadline is Sept. 5 for community nonprofits and individuals interested in being part of the fun. Groups interested in being in the parade are asked to email Parade Chair Josh Snell JSnell@SVMSnellBros.com.
For forty-two years, Mud Bowl, the Championships of Mud Football, has pitted twelve teams against each other during the three-day weekend after Labor Day at Steve Eastman Memorial Field in Hog Coliseum, behind the North Conway Community Center.
This year the Mud Bowl will take place on September 7th-9th.
Among the teams competing are three local teams: the defending two-time champion North Country Crocs, the 11-time champion Mount Washington Valley Hogs who first brought Mud Bowl to North Conway in 1976; and a new team back for their second year, the North Conway Mud Things.
Advance three-day tickets are $15 (entitles the bearer to two $500 prize drawings — need not be present to win) and are available at the North Conway Community Center and Vaughan Learning Center. Daily tickets are $6 for ages 14 and older; and $4 for ages 6 through 13. Family passes are $15 per day (two adults, two children).
The money raised during this event is donated to multiple non-profits in the Mount Washington Valley including the North Conway Community Center, Vaughan Learning Center and Carroll County Retired Senior Volunteer Program. To date, more than $900,000 has been raised since the games were first held in North Conway in 1976.
Find more information on Facebook at Mud-Bowl.org or northconwaycommunitycenter.org or call the center at (603) 356-2096.
Congressional Candidate Sues Mount Washington Valley Economic Council For Exclusion
CONWAY, NH – A Republican Congressional candidate who did not get invited to compete in yesterdays debate is suing the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council. First congressional district candidate Andy Martin filed the suit in Merrimack Superior Court against the MWV Economic Council Executive Director Jac Cuddy, the economic council, TD Bank, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Mt. Washington Chamber of Commerce, Ham Charitable Foundation and Epstein. Martin, from Manchester, claims that it is unethical for the non-profit, tax-exempt entities to pick winners and losers in debates sponsored by the charitable entities, and that it violates both federal and state law.
Martin was not invited to debate due to the economic council’s rule that participants must have raised a certain amount of funding. In all there are 5 republican candidates vying for the seat in congress, but only two candidates had reached that level of funding in order to participate.
Last week the Economic Council held a debate with seven Democratic candidates.
Jac Cuddy told the Conway Daily Sun that because all seven candidates had raised at least 5 percent of the funds that the leading fundraiser had raised, they were invited to debate. Adding that they did they same thing for the four republican candidates, however only two met that requirement.
The Primary will be on September 11th.
1st Congressional District Republican Candidates Debate In North Conway
NORTH CONWAY, NH – First Congressional District Republicans will be battling it out this morning. The Mount Washington Valley Economic Council will be hosting the second in a pair of debates at the North Conway Grand Hotel. The debate will be moderated by Echo Group chairman George Epstein.
Registration begins at 8:30 am with the debate beginning at 9am.
The debate will be between former South Hampton Police Chief Eddie Edwards of Dover and state Sen. Andy Sanborn of Bedford.
Five people in total are seeking the GOP nomination including contractor Michael Callis of Conway, contractor Jeffory Denaro of Auburn, and Andy Martin of Manchester.
Sanborn and Edwards were set to debate earlier this month in Concord, however after Edwards declined to take the pledge to support whomever won, the debate turned into town hall for Sanborn.
The primary election is on Sept. 11th, and the general election will be on November 6th.
Man Seriously Injured In Early Morning Accident In Naples
NAPLES, ME – A Maine man was seriously injured in a car accident in Naples early this morning. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said that 48-year-old Patrick Connolly III, of Naples, was driving in his Chevy Pickup truck on Route 11 at around 6:30 am, when he failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Route 302. Connolly continued through the intersection and struck an embankment.
Emergency crews from Naples Fire/rescue called for a Life Flight helicopter once on scene due to the severity of Connolly’s injuries. He was flown to Centeral Maine Medical Center for treatment, his condition had not been released by news time.
Authorities said that though the investigation is still on going speed and alcohol appear to be factors.
Jackson Covered Bridge Closed Starting Monday As Repairs Get Under Way
JACKSON, NH – A 142-year-old New Hampshire covered bridge is getting some repairs. New Hampshire Department of Transportation Officials said work on the Honeymoon Covered Bridge in Jackson was scheduled to start on today (8/27/18). It will take three weeks to complete.
The Department of Transportation says during the repairs, the bridge will be closed to all traffic daily from 7 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. Signs at each end will alert drivers to the closure. The bridge over the Ellis River will be open to traffic on weekends during the repair time period.
The bridge was damaged by vehicles twice within a few weeks. A Conway teen crashed a minivan into a bridge support and truss on June 30, and then an Alvin J. Coleman & Son cement truck damaged the bridge’s roof on July 23.
Honeymoon Bridge Under Repair (Again)
Crews clean up the Honeymoon Bridge following a cement truck failing to clear the cross bracing this past July. ~ Photo courtesy of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce
Repair work is set to begin on the Honeymoon Covered Bridge on NH-Route 16A in Jackson. Repairs are estimated to take three weeks and the bridge will be closed to all traffic weekdays between 7am and 3:30pm while repairs are underway. The bridge will be open on weekends.
The Honeymoon Covered Bridge was closed for repair work two prior times this year: Once in June after a Conway driver crashed into one of the supports and again this past July when a cement truck damaged four of the bridge’s cross braces.
Magic Goes Camping For A Cause At Hill’s RVs!
CONWAY, NH – Magic 104 FM and Hill’s RVs are camping for a cause Wednesday. Mount Washington’s favorite top 40 station and home to New Hampshire’s best morning show will be camping out at Hill’s RVs on Eastman Road in Center Conway from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. Wednesday August 22nd, to collect donations for End 68 Hours of Hunger and the North Conway Community Center’s State Line Football Program. The day will be filled with food, fun games, and raffle prizes all in order to collect as many food and monetary donations as they can to help out hungry kids in the Mount Washington Valley.
During the event Magic 104 personalities will be on site collecting donations playing some of Gino’s classic “Stupid and Silly Games” and broadcasting live. Donors will be given a raffle ticket for each item donated that they then can use to put themselves in the running for numerous prizes courtesy of Monkey Trunks, Kahuna Laguna Water Park, Wildcat Mountain, Story Land, Black Cap Grille, Ski and Snowboard Liquidation Center, and more! Donors do not have to be present to win. During the afternoon they will be firing up the grill cooking some delicious treats for all to enjoy during the event.
Hill’s RVs will also be donating a portion of all sales made the day of the event to End 68 Hours of Hunger and the North Conway Community Center’s State Line Football Program.
End 68 Hours of Hunger is a private, not-for-profit, effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive at school on Friday afternoon and the free breakfast they receive at school on Monday morning.
This program puts nourishing food in the hands of school children to carry them through the weekend. Each bag of food costs $10 each week and provides two breakfasts, two lunches, and three dinners for a child, with some left over to share. 100% of the donations go to End 68 Hours of Hunger and stays in the Mount Washington Valley.
Every week they pack and deliver bags to local schools, including John Fuller, Conway Elementary, Pine Tree, Madison, Tamworth, Bartlett, and Conway Area Head Start. Volunteers also use the proceeds to stock the “closets” with food at Kennett Middle School and Kennett High.
Hunger doesn’t stop for bad weather and neither will we, this is a rain or shine event, and we hope to see you there.
For more information about End 68 Hours of Hunger, go to end68hoursofhunger.org
Man Arrested For DWI After Vehicle Found In Woods
WOLFEBORO, NH – A Tuftonboro man was arrested after driving his car into the woods at the town line Monday night. Wolfeboro Police said that around 7pm they were called to a report of a vehicle in the woods on Pine Hill Road at the Tuftonboro/ Wolfeboro town line.
Upon arrival the officer was able to make contact with the driver of the vehicle 29-year-old Clayton Traversie, who he suspected was under the influence of alcohol. After a brief investigation and a field sobriety test Traversie was arrested for driving while intoxicated. A subsequent search of his vehicle resulted in an additional charge for an open container of alcohol.
Traversie was transported to Carroll County Jail without incident and issued a court date of September 12, in the 3rd Circuit Court, District Division, Ossipee NH.
Details Released On Officer Involved Shooting In Rochester
More details have been released on an Officer Involved shooting in Rochester yesterday. Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald, New Hampshire Police Colonel Christopher J. Wagner, and Rochester Police Chief Paul Toussaint said Police had “credible information” that 38-year-old Douglas Heath, was staying at a location in Rochester, “may be in possession of ‘3 firearms’” and that Heath “has no intention of going to jail.”
The briefing form indicated that Mr. Heath had several warrants including one for trafficking narcotics and one for fleeing from Maine State Police.
Shortly after 3:00 p.m. Monday police saw and pursued Heath’s car, which ended in a crash at the intersection of Oak Street and Route 125. Heath left his vehicle from the passenger side and exchanged of gun fire with police, that ended with him being shot and killed. He died at the scene.
The State’s Chief Medical Examiner is set to conduct an autopsy tomorrow. Luckily no officers or civilians were injured during the incident.
The exact circumstances surrounding what started the shootout remains under active investigation, however officials said that Rochester Police vehicles are equipped with cameras, which captured a portion of the incident.
An onlooker also captured some of the incident on video camera.
Pursuant to protocols, each officer is being placed on administrative leave and their names are being withheld pending interviews, which are expected to be conducted later this week.
Any person who witnessed this incident is asked to contact New Hampshire Police Major Crime Unit at (603) 271-3636.
Aimee Vasse Becomes First Rider In History To Win Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb Five Times!
PINKHAM NOTCH, NH – A little bad weather wasn’t enough to stop some of the Toughest bicyclist from tackling the highest peak in the North East this weekend. The start of the 46th Mt. Washington auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb was delayed by two hours due to rainy weather, but once it calmed down the toughest hill climb in America was on for 397 cyclists. 40-year-old Aimee Vasse of Longmont Colorado became the first person to ever win the Race five times taking the top spot for the women with a time of one hour 4 minutes, and 5 seconds, Her personal best.
Her closest rival, Stefanie Sydlik, 33, of Pittsburgh, Pa., finished more than five minutes behind, in 1:10:32. Third was 48-year-old Kristen Roberts, of Reading, Mass., in 1:12:07.
“Today I think I went out a little too hard,” said Vasse as she warmed up with a blanket at the summit after her finish. “I got some cramping in my legs, and the headwind was tough for me. But Mt. Washington is fun. It’s my favorite race. I love New Hampshire!”
For the men 30-year-old Barry Miller of Beverly Mass won with a time of 53 minutes and 34 seconds. Miller went out quickly, leading the men through the first mile before he was overtaken by Eric Levinsohn, 28, of New Haven, Conn. Dropping the rest of the field, the two dueled from the lower wooded slopes of Mt. Washington to the treeline and beyond, before Miller finally broke away in the sixth mile and pedaled alone to the finish line.
Like Vasse, Miller started quickly, partly because the race awards a $750 bonus prize to whoever is in the lead at the one-mile mark. “After that,” he said later, “I tried just to settle into a rhythm. Then Eric came up pretty fast. He’s incredibly strong, and I didn’t think I could stay with him, but somehow I didn’t fade. When we got to the dirt section, I saw I had the lead, and I kept the momentum up.”
Levinsohn crossed the finish line second, in 56:03, but ultimately he placed third in the race. In the Hillclimb, racers start in waves at five-minute intervals. While Miller and Levinsohn started in the elite first wave, Drake Deuel of Cambridge, Mass., started in the second, five minutes later, and then made up enough of that five-minute gap to record a net time of 55:38 and become the official runnerup.
The first New Hampshire finishers were 19-year-old Darren Piotrow, of Jackson, who placed seventh overall in 1:01:31, and 55-year-old Johanna Lawrence of Nashua, tenth among all women in 1:25:54. Piotrow rode with the sponsorship of the Chad Young Foundation, named in honor of a promising cyclist – Chad Young, of Newmarket, N.H. – who set the current junior (under 20 years) course record in this race, and who died in an accident during a cycling race last year.
For spectators at the finish line, the most inspiring story of the day was that of Brian Hall, 56, of Hampton, N.H., who has suffered from Parkinson’s disease since he was 15. Despite severe movement impairments caused by the disease, Hall secured permission from the race’s sponsor and beneficiary, Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany, N.H., to compete in the Hillclimb by riding an e-bike, which contains a motor that assists the rider’s pedaling efforts. Hall completed the climb in less than two and a half hours, finishing ahead of several able-bodied cyclists.
“I was shocked at how hard it was,” said Hall as he recovered from the effort. “I skied Mont Blanc in 1992. I feel the same sense of euphoria and accomplishment today – I feel like I’m reborn.”
The oldest finisher was Giuseppe Marinoni, 81, of Laval, Quebec. Marinoni finished 308th overall in 1:56:31, breaking the former age-group record for me 80 and over by more than 20 minutes.
On the men’s winners’ podium, Miller was flanked by Ivy League cyclists. Deuel, who started bike racing only this summer, has competed in rowing as an undergraduate at Harvard University. Levinsohn recently finished medical school at Yale and is doing his residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
The Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb is the main annual fund-raising event for the Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany, N.H., which provides environmental and recreational education for children, schools and families in communities in the White Mountains and the Mt. Washington Valley.
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