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Advisory: Thefts from mailboxes and package deliveries during the overnight.

Advisory: Thefts from mailboxes and package deliveries during the overnight.

Posted by | Dec 20, 2017 | |

The Bedford Police Department is investigating thefts of mail from mailboxes as well as delivered packages.  These occurred during the overnight-early morning hours in Bedford in the western part of town from Rt. 101 to New Boston Road to the Amherst Town Line.  A newer white sedan with a fog light out was seen in the area of Perry Road and Rosewell Road at 6:50 a.m. with a person discarding open stolen mail out of the vehicle onto the ground.  Bedford Police would like residents in these neighborhoods who have security cameras to check for footage and contact us...

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Bedford, N.H. Police Offer Holiday Safety Tips

Bedford, N.H. Police Offer Holiday Safety Tips

Posted by | Dec 19, 2017 | |

  BEDFORD, N.H. — With the holiday season upon us, Chief John J. Bryfonski and the Bedford Police Department seek to provide citizens with vital information that can keep them, their belongings, and their homes safe. “I encourage all residents and business owners to take a few moments to become familiar with these tips, as they will go far in preventing an uptick in crime this holiday season,” Chief Bryfonski said. “Our first priority is the safety and security of all people, and we hope you will do your part by removing chances for criminals to ruin your holiday...

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We Talked Among Giants

We Talked Among Giants

Posted by | Nov 21, 2017 | |

Rich Girard’s radio program saw its final broadcast last Friday. That is too bad but is pretty normal for talk radio. Shows come and go. But this one is a great loss, especially to Manchester, NH. Rich, kindly let me dominate 20 minutes of his program every Wednesday mornings from 6:40 – 7:00 am. This went on for four years. Luckily, NH has enough voter fraud to fill any program. And we did – happily. Here is my first show August 7, 2013: https://www.girardatlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/8-7-2013-Hour-1bc.mp3 I have not changed my story – NH has not come close to stemming voter...

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Teen Killed in Goffstown Shooting a student at Memorial High

Teen Killed in Goffstown Shooting a student at Memorial High

Posted by | Nov 19, 2017 | |

Girard at Large has learned that the person killed outside of the Ace Hardware store in downtown Goffstown was student at Manchester’s Memorial High School. While we have learned the identity of the student, along with other information, we will not release it given the ongoing investigation.  Our sources have told us the shooting victim, who was shot in the neck and did not survive, was part of a drug deal gone bad.  Sources say word of the teen’s death has caused several Memorial students to go to Catholic Medical Center, where the victim was taken. For background on...

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On Air News Read for November 17, 2017

On Air News Read for November 17, 2017

Posted by | Nov 17, 2017 | |

The town of Amherst has announced Town Hall will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.  Business as usual will resume on Monday the twenty seventh.  They even created this cool flayer to make the announcement.  We’ve got it with this news read at Girard at Large dot com in case you want to take a look. In wake of yesterday’s vote in the House of Representatives to reform the income tax code, First District congressional candidate Senator Andy Sanborn, Republican from Bedford, sent out a statement praising the bill.  Sanborn said the bill, which proposes the first...

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On Air News Read for November 16, 2017

On Air News Read for November 16, 2017

Posted by | Nov 16, 2017 | |

Now, on to our top story of the morning.  Yesterday was the start of the Winter Parking Ban in Merrimack.  No parking allowed on public streets between 11:00 pm and 6:00 am.  We would have told you yesterday, but the press release wasn’t sent until after five last night.  The Merrimack Police Department offered its thanks in advance for helping to keep the town’s streets safe during the winter months. Eversource business and residential customers continue to pick up their phones and open their doors to find individuals falsely claiming to be “representatives” or “employees” of the company.  The...

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On Air News Read for November 15, 2017

On Air News Read for November 15, 2017

Posted by | Nov 15, 2017 | |

Senate Bill 1 9 3, the bill that allows parents to establish Education Savings Accounts for their kids, is one step closer to becoming law after receiving an “Ought to Pass” recommendation from the House Education Committee yesterday.  That was a bi-partisan vote with two Republicans voting against the bill and two Democrats, including Manchester Ward Nine State Rep. Barbara Shaw, voting in favor.  Under the bill, parents who want to send their children to any school other than the government run one mandated by their school district, would enter into a contract with an eligible scholarship organization which...

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On Air News Read for November 13, 2017

On Air News Read for November 13, 2017

Posted by | Nov 13, 2017 | |

From time to time, Girard at Large host Rich Girard, that’s me, not only reports the news, he makes it.  Such is the case this morning as I take the first person in this newscast to announce that I will retire this show effective with our sign off this Friday, November seventeenth.  (Click here for the more thorough explanations given on this morning’s show.  Click here for the Union Leader’s story on the announcement.) The planning for this show, which launched on September twenty sixth, two thousand eleven, began more than six and a half years ago with the...

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On Air News Read for November 10, 2017

On Air News Read for November 10, 2017

Posted by | Nov 10, 2017 | |

Saying he is, quote “grounded in the people and places of New Hampshire,” District Four Executive Councilor Christopher Pappas, Democrat from Manchester, announced he will be a candidate for Congress in the First District.  In a Facebook post that went up yesterday afternoon, Pappas said Washington Republicans weren’t addressing the needs of the middle-class and that he wanted to be part of a new generation of leadership to turn things around. On the “About Chris” page on the Web site published in conjunction with the announcement, Pappas is praised for his work as an executive councilor who helped lead...

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On Air News Read for November 9, 2017

On Air News Read for November 9, 2017

Posted by | Nov 9, 2017 | |

Manchester’s official election results were  released yesterday by City Clerk Matthew Normand.  While there wasn’t much change once the tallies from the hand counted ballots were added to the unofficial machine count, some of them may have been significant.  A total of twenty two thousand eight hundred thirty ballots were cast, which Normand says was the most since nineteen ninety nine. Mayor Ted Gatsas boosted his vote count over two years ago by five hundred twenty four, tallying a total of ten thousand five hundred seventy.  But, as we know, that wasn’t enough to overcome rival Joyce Craig’s final...

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