Election Results, Crashes, Fires, Girl Lured on Facebook: February's Stories

February 2016 was another busy month for the 12 New Hampshire news and community websites covering 13 communities around the state.

From crashes and fires on the highways, drug busts, a town employee getting arrested, and even business updates like the second Whole Foods store to open in New Hampshire or Krispy Kreme’s plans to open locations in the state, there were a lot of things to read this month.

Nearly 350,000 people read Patch sites in New Hampshire during the month viewing slightly less than 1.1 million pages. Below are the top most read stories for the month and some of the other popular posts during the last 28 days.

Top 10 stories for February 2016

1. 2016 New Hampshire Primary Winners: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders
2. Krispy Kreme Coming to NH
3. Drugged-Out Woman Performs Strip Show at I-95 Welcome Center: NHSP
4. WATCH: Doing Donuts in the Steeplegate Mall Parking Lot
5. Cops Net Nine During Crack Cocaine, Heroin Raids
6. Nashua Man Used Facebook to Lure 12-Year-Old Girls for Sex: Police
7. ‘Irate’ Parent with Cocaine, Pipe Flips Out at School: Cops
8. Nashua Couple Arrested Again in TD Bank Scheme
9. I-93 North Closed Due to Truck Fire
10. Body Pulled from River Believed to Be Missing Nashua Man

Some of the other posts that were popular this month include:

• Shredded Chicken - Who Knew it Was So Easy?
• Whole Foods Market Announces Bedford Opening Date
• Gun Fired in Nashua Restaurant: Police
• -40 Wind Chill in Nashua This Weekend
• Sickening Allegations Against Nashua Man Charged with Harassing Girl
• Alleged Concord Drug Dealer in Court Next Month: Log
• Three Alarm Fire in Goffstown
• Amherst Sports Authority Worker Stole $20K+: Police
• Car vs. Fuel Truck Crash Reported on I-293
• Man Flees Brookside Pizza After Attempted Robbery
• Exeter High School Locked Down Over ‘Student Safety Issue’: Reports
• Hampton Passenger Injured in SUV Rollover Crash
• UPDATED: Londonderry Police Nab One Wanted for Hotel Shooting
• Police are Looking for Alleged Stalker
• U.S. Soldier Charged in Killing of Virginia Officer from Merrimack: UPDATE
• Milford Teen Indicted for Negligent Homicide
• Thousands in NH Without Power
• Salem Finance Director Arrested for Willful Concealment
• Alleged ‘Felony Lane Gang’ Members Arrested in Salem
• Chase Through Windham, Salem Leads to Crash, Arrest

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Credits: Accident on I-293 and Goffstown fire photo courtesy of Jeffrey Hastings/Frame of Mind Photography. FrameofMindPhoto.com; I-93 truck fire photo courtesy of Stephen Wheeler.