Jamie Costa

Manchester

Reporter at The Eagle-Tribune

Multimedia and Print Journalist • Roger Williams University 2018 • Previous Intern @NBC10

Articles

Salem lawmaker leads charge vs sanctuary cities

1 week ago | eagletribune.com | Jamie Costa

SALEM, N.H. — A bill nicknamed the “Anti-Sanctuary Act,” signed into law last month with only Republican votes, was in large part the work of local town councilor and State Rep. Joe Sweeney. The bill bans New Hampshire cities and towns from enacting sanctuary policies or preventing local law enforcement from working with federal law enforcement when it comes to immigration, Sweeney said. kAm$H66?6J W#\$2=6>X H2D :?7=F6?E:2= :? 3C:?8:?8 7@CH2C5 E96 3:== 2?5 H2D @?6 @7 :ED >2:?
Full-time vet brings consistent, low-cost care to shelter

1 week ago | eagletribune.com | Jamie Costa

SALEM, N.H. — Standing on a thick textbook about small animal surgeries, Dr. Jordan Gagne leaned over a metal operating table and made a small incision between the legs of a German shepherd named Bodie. “We joke that she learns through osmosis,” said veterinary technician Katie Walton as she monitored the dog’s heart and respiratory rates. kAm~? |@?52J[ q@5:6[ 36EH66?
Couple arrested for public sex acts, indecent exposure

2 weeks ago | derrynews.com | Jamie Costa

SALEM — A couple were arrested and charged Saturday with engaging in a lewd act in full view of the public, including children, in the parking lot of the Boys & Girls Club. The act took place while the club was open and an event was going on and police determined children under the age of 16 viewed the activity while it was occurring.
Salem celebrates groundbreaking for new police station

2 weeks ago | derrynews.com | Jamie Costa

SALEM — More than 60 years after the town’s standalone police station opened its doors on Veterans Memorial Parkway, town officials and police broke ground Thursday afternoon at the historic site that will soon house the department’s new station. With their hard hats on, town councilors, police and town officials lifted shovels full of dirt from a mound in front of what used to be the department’s single-story building, built in 1964 and demolished over the last few weeks.
Salem man indicted on stalking, harassment charges

2 weeks ago | derrynews.com | Jamie Costa

BOSTON — A Salem native and founder of a New Hampshire-based recovery center was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in Boston for stalking and harassing journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio.
Pair arrested in parking lot robbery

2 weeks ago | eagletribune.com | Jamie Costa

SALEM, N.H. — A Plaistow woman and a Sandown man were arrested and charged Monday night with robbery after attempting to con a man out of a jewelry sale with fake money. The Salem police responded to multiple 911 calls around 7 p.m. reporting a robbery in the parking lot of Wrap City off South Broadway, police said. kAm~?6 @7 E96 42==6CD H2D E96 G:4E:> H9@ C6A@CE65 96’5 >6E E96 4@FA=6 :? E96 A2C<:?8 =@E E@ D6== E96 ;6H6=CJ H96? E96 4@FA=6 92?565 @G6C 72<6 42D9] (96?
Spofford pleads not guilty to stalking, harassment charges

2 weeks ago | eagletribune.com | Jamie Costa

BOSTON — Facing a federal court Monday, Eric Spofford entered a plea of not guilty to a slew of stalking and harassment charges aimed at journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio.
Founder of recovery center indicted on stalking, harassment charges

2 weeks ago | eagletribune.com | Jamie Costa

BOSTON — Salem native and founder of a New Hampshire-based recovery center was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in Boston for stalking and harassing journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio.
Salem officials, police celebrate groundbreaking for new station

2 weeks ago | eagletribune.com | Jamie Costa

SALEM, N.H. — More than 60 years after the town’s standalone police station opened its doors on Veterans Memorial Parkway, town officials and police broke ground Thursday afternoon at the historic site that will soon house the department’s new station. With their hard hats on, town councilors, police and town officials lifted shovels full of dirt from a mound in front of what used to be the department’s single-story building, built in 1964 and demolished over the last few weeks.
BJ's eyes expansion at Rockingham Plaza

2 weeks ago | eagletribune.com | Jamie Costa

SALEM, N.H. — BJ's Wholesale Club in Salem is looking to move from its current location on Cluff Road to the nearby Rockingham Plaza, based on plans presented to the Salem Planning Board Tuesday night. Consideration of the plan was continued to a later date, with board members citing the need for a third-party design review, feedback from the town's engineering department and further traffic studies.