wmur' s mike cronin joins us live from rochester with more details. mike: she was found with a mother and a man her mom knows. he is the one who called police. first responders arrived at the riviera motel in rock chester. the girl was dead when they got there. police are calling it suspicious and say it was a possible drug overdose. she was a student at spaulding high school. her name is not released while her family is notified. an autopsy was scheduled this afternoon. >> our officer is working with the administration to work on a plan for grief counseling and things of that nature for monday morning. mike: police say they will release more information as soon as it becomes available. mike cronin, wmur news 9. stephanie: now to commitment 2016. democratic presidential candidate martin o' malley spoke about new hampshire' s drug problem today in manchester. the former governor hosted a round table discussion at the farnum center this morning. he also spoke to about education at southern new hampshire and ended the day with a town university hall in na

mike cronin, wmur news 9. jamie: meanwhile, a weekend of fall fun wrapped up this afternoon in goffstown. the goffstown main street program put on a series of events to celebrate the end of the pumpkin growing season. today' s main event was a giant pumpkin regatta that featured 10 teams. there was also a 10-k road race this morning and a pumpkin weigh-off on saturday. lori davis: it' s the best of small town activities. everybody loves it. it brings such joy about fall, and it brings the child out in us, and it reminds us what we love about living here. and it lets you embrace the community, and it' s a wonderful experience. jamie: the event also included vendors, music, and food downtown. a peace garden will remember victims and survivors of the boston marathon bombing. today, hundreds attended the groundbreaking in medford. campbell was one of the clutch of people killed in the bombing. state and federal grants will fund the project. the garden will feature fountains and plaques in honor of those who died.

mike cronin joins us live with a preview. mike? reporter: tonight's meeting starts at 7:30 and in recent months you may remember at several meetings there were outburstses from people, some escorted out by police. but now tonight both residents and councilors are hoping that things get back to normal in derry. after a five-month battle over budget cuts ended with with a record vote, derry councilors are looking forward. >> it's time to get back to new issues, and i'm confident that we will do that. reporter: in may a majority of the council passed a controversial budget that included cutting funding to public safety departments, slashing police and fire positions, and the closing of a residents fought back, filing petitions and bringing the council to court. a judge ordered that a special election take place, then a week ago people overturned every cut that the council mid in what was the biggest turnout in the town election. >> it shows that people care, it shows that people are paying attention, and frankly it's about time. we ne

mike cronin, wmur news 9. tom: right now a vigil being held to remember a manchester woman believed to be dead after a body was discovered inside her home. jennifer: sue hutchinson was last seen three weeks ago and today investigators hoped an autopsy would positively identify this victim. shelley walcott is live with more. reporter: a vigil for sue hutch i son is being held in front of her part on calef road. you can see there is quite a number of her friends and family here this evening. the gathering was organized by hutchinson's coworkers at head start in manchester where she was a maintenance worker for the last 15 years. a body was found in hutchinson's home sunday night, after someone reported a strange odor. police found a body in a hidden crawl space, hutchinson's roommate steven andrade went missing an the same time she d. police say he killed himself in a massachusetts motel room. friends are stunned. >> we knew something was wrong because she was a person of habit and she took care of her mother, b

mike cronin joins us live from nashua tonight with the story. mike: the book that this list was found in was sold online and in stores. officials say they don' t believe there were any plans by the student to harm others, but say they are taking this situation seriously. last friday, danielle and eric say their 15-year-old daughter came home from nashua high school north scared after her name was discovered on a threatening list. >> i think the mystery shrouding this is what is causing the alarm. parents are afraid. mike: officials say a student spoke up after finding a classmate with a book called it' s based on a japanese cartoon where characters can write down the names of people who have wronged them, and the book has power to cause harm to those listed. officials say the students list had 17 names on it. >> we don' t believe children were in danger. mike: school leaders e-mailed parents and contacted those whose children were included. the superintendent isn' t releasing information about the student who had the book but says they have taken

mike cronin is in pelham with what police found inside. mike: police say that mark did fire his gun multiple times inside his apartment. his neighbors are rattled, but luckily no one was hurt. this is what police say they found inside mark' s home, for pistols, two rifles, one shotgun, about 200 gun magazines, and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition. that is not why they were called to his nashua apartment. >> we started hearing these loud bangs. mike: jennifer kent lives downstairs. around 6:00 saturday, she says he began firing. >> he was just shooting everywhere. lord knows, the bullet could' ve mike: breanna was helping her parents move in next door to the suspect. >> he' s like, i just shot for people. mike: her family called police. officers found him in his apartment naked, sitting in a chair with a loaded gun, yelling for police. >> it was kind of scary because we did not know what happened. we didn' t know if he killed people or was mentally insane. mike: mark schlegel was arrested, charged with reckless felony conduct. he told p

mike cronin joins us live with a preview of what happens next. mike: the money is back in the budget, and that fire station will reopen in less than 48 hours, as people and counselors look forward. -- coucilors look forward. unlike some of the contentious meetings that have taken place inside the municipal center in recent months, tonight, there was applause at the town council meeting after a battle over -- over a controversial budget. cuts of been reversed, and counselors are moving on. >>>> people have asked me, what now? the council voted unanimously to put 1.6 million mike: dollars back into the 2016 budget. council passed a budget that included cutting funding to public safety departments and the closing of a fire station. residents filed petitions, and a take place. a week ago, people overturned every cut the council made and what was the biggest turnout in the election. me. it said that the vocal minority was in fact the vocal majority. prevail. there' s no question about that. mike: fire chief michael gagnon is happy with the outcome. he

wmur' s mike cronin joins us live in the studio to explain. mike: police say was a man was also in the room with them. authorities say her death is suspicious. police say a drug overdose could >> the heroine problem is a real issue. mike: investigators say they were with her mother. her mom' s acquaintance called police just before 5:00 saturday morning. >> when the personnel arrived, the female was deceased. mike: the teenager was a student at spaulding high school. >> our officers are working with the administration to work on a plan for grief counseling and things of that nature for monday morning. mike: an autopsy will determine how she died. police are still investigating the circumstances of her death. >> police are doing a thorough investigation, looking into the suspicious death. mike: police will release more information when it becomes available. mike cronin, wmur news 9. stephanie: now to commitment 2016. democratic presidential candidate martin o' about new hampshire' s drug problem today in manchester. the former governor hosted a

mike cronin, news 9. stephanie: bridge street in pelham was closed at the state line for two hours while police responded to a car crash. police say the crash happened when a car was turning into tobacco junction convenience store. a 34-year-old driver suffered life threatening injuries and was airlifted to boston. 20-year-old granddaughter are at a local hospital. officers say a one-year-old was properly restrained in a car seat and was not hurt. a motorcycle crash in salem shut down part of north main street . officers say an suv and motorcycle collided when the suv was turning. the driver of the motorcycle seriously hurt his leg and was airlifted to boston. a passenger of the motorcycle suffered non-life threatening injuries. officers say the driver of the suv was 16 years old. traffic was rerouted in the area for a few hours. a car caught fire on route 106 in laconia this afternoon. check out this video. laconia fire department says a ford 250 was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived. nobody was

in winchester, mike cronin, wmur news 9. shelley: some big changes are ahead for tomorrow' s forecast. significant rain will be in the state at this time tomorrow night. let' s go to chief meteorologist mike haddad for the timeline on this rain. mike: plenty of changes, no question about that. we go from dry and cool right into wet and windy and eventually warmer than normal as go into thursday. a few high clouds beginning to creep in the most part skies are clear. not so clear down to the south and west. the remnants of hurricane patricia, it looks nothing like what it was several days back. some of the rain is heading in our direction. in terms of the timeline, the morning commute through the lunchtime hour will be rain free. light rain showers overspread the state during the afternoon and the heavier downpours will arrive during the evening or night. how much rain can we inspect and what about the chance of a thunderstorm and how warmly get on thursday? all of that straight ahead. tom: belknap county is moving forward with

wmur' s mike cronin joins us live from manchester to explain. mike: anthony and his friends have climbed the tree many times before but this time there was a little complication on his way down. anthony is safely on the ground now but monday night there were some tense moments for this 9-year-old when he got stuck in a tree. >> i was scared that i wouldn' t get down at all. mike: he was at his friend' s house on blucher street in manchester. the boys saw a fire truck nearby and wanted to know what was going on so they started climbing. >> so i tried to get a closer look. not fully. mike: anthony tried coming down but his leg got wedged between two large limbs twelve feet in the air. neighbors flagged down firefighters who were leaving that previous call. >> i was grateful for when they came and when they showed up. mike: firefighters tried to lift anthony but he says that hurt so they brought in heavy machinery. >> they had to use the chainsaw to get this branch down so they could use the jaws of life to free me. >> within minutes it was over. >>

wmur' s mike cronin was at today' s dedication. he joins us live with more. mike: it was a low-key but sessional ceremony -- special ceremony as they remember the day that change this town forever. dozens came to see the plaque revealed, built memory of the four lives lost and recognition of the property and homes destroyed and gratitude for those who helped with rescue and recovery on october 9, when floodwaters swept through the town. everything in the town was rebuilt and now the plaque has become part of history. they cost $1000 to build and was paid for by resident donations of $20 and five cents, representative of the year 2005. people say it is important to remember and come together on a day like this. >> this is all part of our psyche now that this happened and we dealt with it. it looks so nice around here now. >> very painful. but this is a special town. i' ve always thought so. all these people around me, i know at least half of them. mike: years from now residents say people may not understand the flood, but this plaque mike cronin, wmur news 9. s

mike cronin joins us live in the studio with how loved ones are remembering eve. mike: her classmates planned tonight' s vigil so those who knew her and those who didn' t could grieve and celebrate her life. more than 100 of eve' s family and friends were together to say goodbye to the girl whose life was cut short. >> it' s really hard to believe. it' s shocking. mike: a candlelight vigil was held at the rochester comments for the 17-year-old who died more than a week ago in a motel room. police are investigating her death as a possible drug overdose. she was a senior at spaulding high school. >> she would always help people. she was really sweet. she was a beautiful person. mike: her classmates organize the emotional gathering as >> she was such an outgoing, great girl to be around, and we had dreams of being fashion designers together. it' s nice to have that memory. >> for me, it' s personal. i know even his father. i don' t know eve. mike: while police haven' t released the official cause of death, friends say the drug crisis is getting worse and something nee

mike cronin shows us the business impact that is having in keene. mike: behind us was the pumpkin festival where it was held in downtown keene for more than 20 years, but this year the festivities are gone, along with the thousands of people who brought business into the city. walk through downtown keene, and you will find pumpkins and halloween decorations, but nothing like the site people became accustomed to every october. it was one year ago sunday that violence corrupted near keene state college during the weekend of the keene pumpkin festival. organizers are bringing the event to laconia next weekend. people have mixed views about the festival' s absence in keene. >> i' m super bummed. it was always a nice community time. everyone was down on main street. just an awesome time of year. >> you couldn' t really walk around. you couldn' t do much. we were hearing bad things more than positive sometimes. mike: businesses are feeling a dip in sales. >> it' s unfortunate. downtown-area businesses made money. >> mike: local is still dishing out burgers

wmur' s mike cronin has been covering this story for months, and joins us live from derry. mike the polls closed at 8:00 : here at the middle school and people were still voting right up until the last minute. voters made history tonight. more than 30% of registered voters filled out ballots. the line stretched outside of hood middle school as thousands cast ballots on eight budget petitions. the town clerk says it was the biggest turnout in a derry election as more than six >> i' ve lived here 13 years. ve never seen a turnout like this. >> five months ago the town council passed a controversial departments, in favor of lowering taxes. cuts include slashing fire and police positions and the closing of a fire station. residents then filed petitions asking the council to either reverse the cuts or hold a special election. councilors took no action so a judge ordered that today' s special election take place. a yes vote would reverse the budget cuts. >> what was the facts and data behind closing a fire station. the impression that this particular council gave was that these th

live in dover, mike cronin, wmur news 9. josh: tonight police have identified the teen-age girl that was found dead inside of this rochester motel over the weekend. wmur's jennifer crompton is live outside spaulding high school in row chest, and it appears police are investigating this as a drug overdose. reporter: well, they are, josh. they're saying it's definitely a suspicious death and they are looking into the possibility that it was a drug overdose. evangelique tarmey, or eve as she was sometimes known, was a student here at spaulding high school and the superintendent says staff and students were shocked and are trying to cope with the news. police confirm evangelique had been staying at the riverriera motel with her mother and mother's boyfriend, he's the one who called police saturday unresponsive. she was later pronounced dead at the scene. police aren't saying much, calling it an active investigation as they await toxicology test results to determine the exact cause. meantime it's been a lot for young people at sp

mike cronin has the story. >> nice to meet you. mike: carly fiorina greeted people at a house party and earlier the former hewlett packard ceo promised to challenge the status in washington. >> the nation is being crushed by a government so complex, so inept, so corrupt, and a professional political class that refuses to do anything mike: three republicans vying for the white house spoke to the white house. texas senator ted cruz says republicans need a leader who can inspire people to vote. >> we are here because every one of us in the core of our being believe in live free or die. mike: cruz says he has the experience to lead the country. >> this past week in washington, i've been leading the fight to stop planned parenthood funding and to stop the iran deal. mike: after visiting the dover apple harvard festival, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum was the final senator to speak and told to pay attention to each candidate and elect the right person. fiorina says the next president needs to address problems facing the nation

looking into this suspicious death. >> mike cronin, wmur news 9. amy: investigators say they'll release more information as soon as it becomes available. staggering new numbers on the hampshire. as of last week, american medical response says manchester alone has seen 578 overdoses this year. 74 of which were fatal. the average age of patients, 33 1/2. most victims are male. majority of the overdoses happen between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. there were 321 drug related deaths in the state of new hampshire last year. as manchester battles the heroin epidemics, schools are considering a straight forward approach educating students about addiction. last week, parents were invited to pro view a presentation about heroin before allowing their children to experience it, the target audience, middle our jean mackin was there. jean: it was billed as an eye opening lesson parents should see first before it's brought to children in middle school. parents answered the invitation to hillside middle school in manchester to hear about heroin from someone who battles the e

mike cronin, wmur news 9. josh: then next a devastating discovery, one body, this life found in the atlantic ocean today after a cargo ship sinks during hurricane joaquin. 33 people were on board including three from massachusetts, and four people from maine. stephanie ramos is tracking the developments. reporter: heavy seas and high winds raging. this is what the container ship el faro was up against when it went missing during hurricane with a keeb off the coast of the bahamas. the coast guard now saying the storm was too much for the ship. >> we covered 70,000 square nautical miles yesterday looking for the el faro. so based on all of that, for our search planning efforts we are hassaning. reporter: the ship with its 33 man crew left jacksonville, florida tuesday, set to arrive in puerto rico friday, but never made it. >> we are not looking for the vessel any longer. we've modified our search efforts to focus more on potential people in the water, life boats, and life rafts. boats on the el faro, one was wa

wmur' s mike cronin joins us live in hooksett with the story. mike: ady is in the middle of a treatment phase and while the reality of the fight is setting in, her family says she is in good spirits. the seven-year-old has a long road ahead of her, but she is not alone. she has the support of her loving family, friends, and hooksett community as she battles leukemia. >> it has been surreal, the support. friends of friends that we have never even met just outpouring the support. mike: ady was diagnosed last week and is receiving treatment at boston children' s hospital, where she is chewing on -- cheering on her favorite football team. >> go, tom brady! woo! mike: she is full of life and love spending time with her little sister. >> the friendliest little girl in the world and the kindest heart. mike: she is also a soccer player. she was supposed to finish treatment on saturday but the treatment is keeping her of the field for now. they all signed a banner which will be brought to her hospital bed. ady is feeling the love. her family has been post

mike cronin, wmur news 9. jean: new hampshire state police arrestedded a woman wanted for more than a decade after her car broke down on the interstate. today she faced a judge in manchester. ray brewer has more on what she was wanted for and where she'll be returning to face the charges. reporter: andrea erceg is wanted in pennsylvania, the original warrant said they would only extradite from surrounding states, but new hampshire state police have contacted the district attorney's office in mercers county and they say they want erceg back. after 12 years on the run, andrea erceg agreed to go back to pennsylvania where she's charged with burglary, retail theft. the judge asking her if she wanted to challenge extradition. >> if it going to happen it going to happen. reporter: she was arrested thursday afternoon as she was heading up 93 north by exit 8. >> we observed her vehicle traveling approximately 30 miles per hour. we believe she was having some mechanical difficulties, she was pulled over for the concern

in manchester, mike cronin, wmur news 9. stephanie: thank you, mike. in commitment 2016, republican presidential candidate carly fiorina met voters this afternoon in rye. former massachusetts senator scott brown is hosting a series of town hall events in his backyard for republican candidates. fiorina is in the middle of a three-day visit to the granite state. she' s holding a town hall in windham this evening. two democratic presidential hopefuls are in the state tonight. former maryland governor martin o' governor lincoln chafee are in rochester right now. they are attending the strafford county democratic committee' s fall social. donald trump is still leading the field of republican presidential candidates in the latest poll of primary voters in new hampshire, but his lead is shrinking. the nbc news-wall street journal-marist poll shows trump with a five-point lead over carly fiorina in new hampshire. last month, the same poll had trump with a 16-point lead in new hampshire over his closest competitor -- --john kasich. this poll was conducted after

mike cronin, wmur news 9. tom: lawyers for a former st. paul's prep school student are reiterating their arguments that his most serious conviction be thrown out. owen labrie was convicted of five charges in connection to the all the of a teen-age girl. his lawyers say a felony computer related charge carries too harsh a penalty, requires him to register as a sex offender, and is inconsistent with lawmaker intent that someone convicted of misdemeanor sex assault should not have to register. jean: a rochester teenager was found dead in a motel room over the weekend. now police are investigating her death as a possible drug overdose. wmur's jennifer crompton is live in rochester with how spaulding high school is handling the death of this 17-year-old. reporter: 17-year-old evangelique tarmey, also known as eve, was a student here at staff was asked to keep a close eye on students to today to see how they were coping since learning of her death on saturday. that while investigators await toxicology test results to see if she did die of a drug

wmur's mike cronin is telling us now that roads in that area are back open now. but at this point police still aren't telling us exactly what led to that activity there this afternoon. tom: the lawyer representing one defendant in a 1988 cold case murder is hoping to get his client's bail lowered. german thoan barnaby was in court today, he and codefendant david kaplan are charged with the murders of two women. barnaby was tried three times. kaplan was charged but his case never went to trial after evidence was thrown out. the case was reopened in 2010. barnaby's lawyer says there's still no physical evidence that ties him to the crime scene. >> no hairs, no blood, no transfer evidence whatsoever from either of the two victims in this case. >> as of the time that i testified to in a probable cause hearing, that's correct. what transpired since then i don't know. jennifer: the judge will hear testimony from another before next. tom: we're getting the rain, and also we're not getting snow. mike: yes, that would be like four years ago. we are tracking just rain, tha

wmur's mike cronin has the >> nice to meet you. >> carly freenape met -- fiorina promised to challenge the status quo in washington if she's elected. . >> the potential of this great nation is being crushed by a government that has grown so big, so powerful, so costly, so complex, so inept, so corrupt, and a professional political class that leffs to do anything about it. >> american principles project hosted the forum in hooksest. three republicans vying for the white house spoke to the audience. texas senator ted cruz says republicans need a leader. >> we are here because every one of us believe in live free or die. >> cruz says he has the experience to lead the country. >> this past week in washington, i've been leading the fight to stop planned parenthood funding and to stop the iron deal. >> after visiting the dover apple harvest festival, rick santorum was the final candidate to speak. he stole grant staters to elect the right person. fiorina says the next president needs to address problems facing the nation and decrease the size of government. >> it is time to take our governme

. >> in alstead, mike cronin, wmur news 9. >> after nine people were shot on an oregon community college, states design and review their own emergency response plans to shootings, while the seven community colleges customize based on a homeland security template. how they escalate to emergency response plans. all of the systems are checked regularly. well, a dartmouth alum could donate up to $5 million to save a beloved lodge in the white mountain. it was built in 1938 and traditionally, plays host to the dartmouth freshman class during orientation. the lodge needs $17 million in repairs. george skip battle of the class of 1998 said he would match contributions made between now new hampshire is in the midst of a heroin epidemic. and those in recovery said one of the problems is finding treatment immediately. the number of beds are limited and waiting list is long and the window for those seeking help is very short. if they can't get admitted quickly, they may give up fast. >> the state that we're in right now is there's no beds to have unless you have the cash to pay for it. >> it's a pr

in alstead, mike cronin, wmur news 9. stephanie: new hampshire state police say they had to chase after a japanese man in canterbury this morning. 70-year-old chikara ishikawa of japan was allegedly speeding on i-93 just after 7:00. troopers say when they tried to pull over ishikawa, he refused to stop. another trooper set up a spike strip down the highway and stopped the car. ishikawa is charged with reckless driving, disobeying an officer, and resisting arrest. actor randy quaid was arrested this morning at the canadian border in vermont. vermont state police say the "independence day" actor and his wife were detained by troopers at the highgate springs port of entry. quaid is wanted in california on felony vandalism charges after he and his wife, evi, were found squatting in a guesthouse of a home they previously owned in 2010. the two are expected in court for a hearing next week. the pumpkin festival is this weekend in milford and fall is in the air. thousands gathered on the historic milford oval for the food and fu

mike cronin has more now, including the warnings investigators are giving in light of this case. reporter: according to court papers, more than a month ago police began investigating 23-year-old matthew redig after he inappropriately shared pictures with a 10 used. on october 15 they searched his home in derry and seized laptops and cell phones. >> we have plenty to do on that still in terms of analysis, but the initial contact appears that images may have been sent from those devices. reporter: redig was arrested last night on charges including distribution of child sexual abuse images. court documents say some of the alleged victims live in the same community as he does. >> we have three victims so far that we've identified. electronics, again, that could change. reporter: police say redig was communicating through snap chat and kick. according to court documents he admitted to police that he sent inappropriate messages through those apps. >> generally speaking parents should be aware of what is on their child's phone, what is on their tablets, their computers. reporter: the in

mike cronin has the story. mike: anthony is safely on the ground now, but monday night there were tense moments for this nine-year-old when he got stuck in a tree. >> i was scared that i wouldn't get down at all. >> he was at his friend's house in manchester. the boys saw a fire truck nearby and wanted to do what was going on so they started climbing. >> so i tried to get a closer look. i got a bit of a closer look, but not fully. anthony tried coming down, but his leg got wedged in between two large limbs 12 feet in the air. neighbors flagged down firefighters who were leaving that previous call. >> i was grateful for when they came and when they showed up. >> firefighters tried to lift so they brought in heavy machinery. they had to use a chain saw to get this branch down so they could use the jaws of life. when they used the jaws of life they had a blanket over me, i didn't know why, but it felt like i was comfortable and safe. >> first responders made sure he was ok. >> i got sent into the ambulance and righ