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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ANDOVER — Among the ripples on the Merrimack River, tangled between drift wood and stones, lay the remnants of human neglect: beer ...

Video: A man fell off a railroad bridge in Hooksett on Saturday night. First responders spent nearly 2 hours searching for the man.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crews have suspended their search for a man who went missing in the Merrimack River on Wednesday morning. Police say a witness ...

The search continued for several hours but has been paused overnight. Search efforts resumed early Sunday morning.

PLAN. IN WASHINGTON. RACHEL HERXHEIMER WMUR NEWS 9. STATE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A MAN WHO WAS PULLED FROM THE MERRIMACK RIVER OVER THE WEEKEND. MARIA WILSON JOINS US LIVE AT HOOKSETT, NEAR ...

A witness reported seeing the 25-year-old struggling to stay above water before he submerged and did not resurface, according to officials.

HE’S BEEN THERE. RIGHT. NOT YET. KATHERINE. THAT’S A PART OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. STATE POLICE SAY THOSE REMAINS WERE FOUND NEAR THE BANKS OF THE RIVER. A DUCK HUNTER, THEY SAY, CALLED 911 ...

"A witness observed him struggling to stay above the surface before he submerged and did not resurface," police said ...

New data shows a significant increase in summer bacteria spikes in Newburyport Harbor from the previous year — up to ten ...