Dean Shalhoup

Nashua

Reporter and Columnist at Nashua Telegraph

Forty years covering the best, worst, funnest and tragic in the Greater Nashua area

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Nashua's St. Philip Church Greek Food Festival is May 16-17

1 week ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

St. Philip Church of Nashua's popular annual Greek Food Festival is coming up, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, on the church grounds at 500 West Hollis St.The festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. both days, has become a tradution for hundreds of Greater Nashuans since its founding more than 30 years ago. It features a wide variety of Greek food, highlighted by its highly sought-after traditional lamb shish kebab cooked over hot coals.
Nashua budget committee hears presentations on police, fire, citywide communications proposals

1 week ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

Nashua's fire, police and citywide communications departments, which fall under the public safety sector in the city's budgetary process, have crafted proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budgets that come in at or under the budget recommended by Mayor Jim Donchess. Early on in the budget process, Donchess had asked all departments to limit any proposed increases to 3%.
Judge contemplating bail for driver in fatal Litchfield motorcycle crash

1 week ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

At his probable cause hearing Tuesday in Merrimack district court, John Burke, the 19-year-old Hudson man charged with a series of offenses stemming from last week's Litchfield crash that killed a motorcyclist, sat hunched over at the defense table, staring at a stack of paperwork as about 25 people looked on. The crash, which occurred shortly after 9 p.m. last Wednesday, claimed the life of Jeffrey E. Day, 57, of Londonderry, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Fatal Litchfield motorcycle crash victim identified as Londonderry man, 57; Hudson driver facing felonies

1 week ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

A 19-year-old Hudson man charged with numerous offenses in connection with Wednesday night’s crash that claimed the life of a Londonderry man was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Thursday in Merrimack District Court. Police say the crash involving a motorcycle and two other vehicles may have been intentional.
Hudson man arraigned on numerous charges stemming from fatal Litchfield motorcycle crash

2 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

The 19-year-old Hudson man charged with numerous offenses in connection with Wednesday night's fatal crash involving his vehicle and a motorcycle was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Thursday in Merrimack District Court. Police say the crash may have been intentional. John Burke, of 13 Jefferson Drive, is facing seven charges including manslaughter and negligent homicide as a result of the crash that killed an as yet unidentified motorcyclist on Route 102 in Litchfield.
Nashua set to host annual sculpture symposium

2 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

Four internationally-acclaimed artists from Germany, France, South Korea and the southeastern United States will soon be headed for a small New England city they most likely know nothing about. But if previous Nashua International Sculpture Symposiums are any indication, all four will feel right at home in no time.
Nashua Police say Rivier University contractor stole medical equipment

2 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

The investigation by Nashua Police detectives into the theft of more than $1,500 worth of medical devices from Rivier University has led to the arrest of a contractor associated with the school. Joshua MacDonald, 38, is facing one count of theft, a Class A felony, which accuses him of stealing more than $1,500 worth of medical devices that went missing from the university, police said.
Nashua Police say Rivier University employee stole medical equipment

2 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

The investigation by Nashua Police detectives into the theft of more than $1,500 worth of medical devices from Rivier University has led to the arrest of an employee of the school. Joshua MacDonald, 38, is facing one count of theft, a Class A felony, which accuses him of stealing more than $1,500 worth of medical devices that went missing from the university, police said.
On Nashua: Decades later, eye doc still laser focused on his patients

3 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

Meet Carl Quimby, Nashua's optimistic optometrist going on 68 years in practice. Through a so-called blurb that appeared in a 1906 edition of a now-former Nashua daily newspaper, a local optician named Babbitt fairly excoriated his patients for their apparent inability to locate the good doctor's new offices, into which he had moved weeks earlier.
Nashua school officials present proposed operating budget to aldermanic committee

3 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Dean Shalhoup

Nashua school district officials earlier this week brought a proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget of just under $140 million to members of the aldermanic Budget Review Committee, a figure that represents a 4.7% increase over the current budget.