Fires, Drug Busts, Hep A Outbreak, Teen Found, More: Nearby News

Please keep the news tips coming about things going on in your community. And we'll do our best to let folks know what's going on in Amherst, Bedford, Concord, Exeter, Hampton, Londonderry, Merrimack, Milford, Nashua, North Hampton, Portsmouth, Salem, and Windham, and other communities around the Granite State. Here are the Top 10 most popular stories and posts from around New Hampshire Patch sites last week:

1. Nashua police arrested six people last week as part of the ongoing anti-drug Operation Granite Shield efforts.
2. Fire and rescue teams in Nashua were called to the Main Street Bridge where a man perished after jumping from the bridge.
3. Granite Shield also hit Concord, too, this week, netting six on Rollins Street in the downtown.
4. A local woman was charged with criminal threatening after allegedly pointing a gun at two people inside of a vehicle.
5. A popular diner in the capital city is closing.
6. Cops arrest three for stealing iPhones in Nashua.
7. Despite witnesses saying there might be squatters in an abandoned building in Nashua that was on fire, firefighters didn’t find anyone and quickly knocked down the blaze.
8. This man allegedly struck another person on a bike with his vehicle and then reportedly fled the scene.
9. This New Hampshire man was arrested – again – on drug dealing charges.
10. State officials warn residents about a Hepatitis A outbreak.

Other posts readers may have missed include:

This missing Nashua girl was found safe and sound.

An alleged rapist was arrested in the Gate City.

A Bay State man allegedly plied young girls with dope and booze and then sexually assaulted one of them at a local hotel.

This Port City diner was named one of the best holes in the wall in the nation.

Merrimack begins work replacing bridges.

These whales are making a comeback.

It’s “New Hampshire’s Main Street” … it cost millions of dollars to redevelop … but now, the crosswalk pavers need to be fixed.

And it’s the season for brush fires. Firefighters tackled this one at a Concord farm – for the second time in two years.

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