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🌱 Police identify Gilmanton man who died during Province Road standoff

Alton, New Hampshire Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Police identify Gilmanton man who died during Province Road standoff
  • New Hampton drug case brings prison sentence after Alton-led raid

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Today's riddle: What travels all around the world but stays in a corner? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Cooler; a little p.m. rain, with a high of 41 and low of 32 degrees.
  • Friday: Rain mixing with snow, temps: high: 38, low: 31.
  • Saturday: Still cloudy, with a high of 41 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gilmanton resident who died in standoff ID'd (laconiadailysun.com) — Police have identified Adam Barrett, 50, as the Gilmanton resident who died during an Oct. 22 armed standoff on Province Road. Alton police were among the responding agencies. Authorities said Barrett set his landlord's house on fire and died by suicide during the incident, which prompted a temporary shelter-in-place order.
   

• New Hampton drug trafficker sentenced to 15 years (laconiadailysun.com) — A New Hampton man received a 7.5-to-15-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to drug distribution, possession and weapons charges. Thomas Drake, 35, was arrested in April during a raid led by Alton Police Chief Adam Painchaud at the home of Drake's father, New Hampton's selectboard chair.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What travels all around the world but stays in a corner?" — Postal stamp (Thank you Donald C. for sending it in!)
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