the pumpkin festival gets underway in laconia this morning, the first time it's held in laconia after riots broke out in the event in keene last year. organizers say they are ready to move on. stephanie woods has the story. stephanie: the pumpkin was lit up the first time in laconia. they want to wipe out what happened last year and carve out a new history. >> i want to talk about pumpkins, bring your pumpkins. stephanie: this is the first year the pumpkin festival will in the city and the chamber of commerce is pumped about the boon to business. >> we're so excited to have this event and everyone has really come together so i'm waiting for tomorrow to come. >> organizer, is trying to break the 2013 record of 30,581 lit jack o lanterns. let's get all of new england and show what it's like when you put all of those pumpkins together stephanie: keene city refused a permit after teens rioted on the festival campus leading to more than 120 arrests. >> don't ever let the bad guys win, ever. let it shine. stephanie: laconia police say they're stationing 30 officers. security. we've always h

reporting in laconia, kristen carosa. amy: congratulations to the organizers and attempted to break the world record set in keene in 2013 and over 30,000 jack-o-laterns, this year 9,567. looked great. eight people are waking up without a home after a multi-family fire in portsmouth. this happened on cutts street. firefighters battled heavy flames on the third floor of the building. officials say the fire extended to the attic. one person was taken to the hospital and officials are trying to determine what started it. a fire investigation also underway in nashua after a plays began early saturday morning in the garage of a home and lawndale avenue. a second unit was brought in and heavily damaged the garage area were damaged as well. thankfully, no injuries were reported. a massachusetts shooting now a murder investigation. right now, the victims niece a former boston police department employee is facing a homicide charge. police say 36-year-old yvonne she used to work for the police department, but however was not an offi

ray: the search continues for a man who caused the standoff in laconia. officers swarmed the downtown neighborhood. a man reported he had been threatened with a gun. the man who had made the threats was no longer at the house and erin: as the heroin epidemic grows in new hampshire, governor painkillers. some suggestions include five-day supply. a family and hanover has been told to stop drinking water from their well after it tested positive for a potential he dangerous chemical. the chemicals may have come from a former animal burial ground school. still to come, a twist on the roadkill cafe . a hotel in vermont is preparing the menu for a unique dinner, if you think while ignoring climate change, think again. america's are already moving to clean energy using existing technology now we need a plan to help businesses and families across america to save money on electricity and create millions of new jobs. it all starts with 50% clean energy by 2030. erin: a chef in vermont is getting ready for a special dinner with some rather unique menu options. everyt

reporting in laconia, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. stephanie: a fire broke out at a multi-family home in portsmouth this afternoon displacing eight , people. firefighters from portsmouth, kittery, dover, rye and greenland rushed to the scene. when firefighters arrived flames , and smoke were coming from the third floor. one person was taken to the hospital. the red cross says 8 people are displaced tonight. portsmouth fire is trying to determine how the fire started. concord police are looking for the shirtless robber who held up a mcdonald' s at gunpoint. walking into the restaurant on fishersville road shortly before 1:00 friday morning wearing only a mask, shorts and what looked like water shoes. police say he pointed a gun at the cashier and threatened to kill her if she didn' t hand over the cash drawer. if you have any information, please call concord police. politicians from across the country are in hampton this weekend, talking about the concern of rising sea levels. the rising tides summit is being held at ashworth by the se

the pump and festival launches in laconia for the first time tomorrow. one year after riots broke out near the keene pumpkin festival, organizers say they' re ready to move on. our stephanie woods joins us live with a preview. what a great site. stephanie woods: it really is. night. they packed more than 900 jack-o' -lanterns into the tower behind us. it will be list tomorrow. -- lit tomorrow. >> bring your confidence -- pumpkins. stephanie laconia is lit up. : for the 25th annual new hampshire pumpkin festival. this is the first year the pumpkin festival will be in the city and the lakes region chamber of commerce is pumped about the boon to business. >> we' re every excited. we' re so excited here in the lakes region to have this event and everyone has really come , together. i' m so waiting for tomorrow to come. stephanie: organizer ruth sterling is hoping to snag laconia a guinness world record when the festival tries to break jack-o' s get all of new hampshire, all of new england, all of the world to come and it' s pumpkins together, all those light

live in laconia, adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: police in winchester also dealt with a standoff this afternoon. a disagreement between neighbors led to a man barricading himself inside his home for about four hours. wmur' s mike cronin explains how police safely resolved the situation. mike a several hour standoff : ended peacefully in winchester in what police are calling a neighborhood disturbance. around 12:30 this afternoon police responded to a report of a gun shot on jones road. police say 35-year-old joseph legere had a dispute with a neighbor then ran to his home down the road and barricaded himself inside. the keene police bearcat was on scene and a state police negotiation team made contact with legere. several hours later police say legere surrendered and was taken into custody without incident. no one was injured. legere is charged with reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and criminal threatening. >> right now, we' re completing a search warrant of the residence. and after that, we' re going to witnesses, and go

ray brewer joins us live in laconia with the latest. ray: police say that shotgun they confiscated is what had them so concerned. not only did the suspect have that gun, but he also was allegedly threatening to use it. investigators left 20 jewett street with a double-barreled the items were taken into evidence following a tent afternoon. -- tense afternoon. >> we attempted to make contact with it -- the individuals. we were informed that one was argued with a long rifle gun. ray: after detaining and removing a young woman from the scene, the belknap special operations group try to determine if the suspect was still inside. after getting no results, officers went inside and determine the suspect was gone, most likely making his escape before officers arrived on the scene. the threat of the shotgun kept police and bystanders at a distance. >> this happened in a very congested part of town. we did set up a very large parameter to keep you will and traffic away while the investigation was ongoing. >> should this individual be considered ar

a car caught fire on route 106 in laconia this afternoon. check out this video. laconia fire department says a ford 250 was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived. nobody was hurt. a motorcycle crash backed up traffic on route 125. police say the driver of the motorcycle abruptly stopped and was rear-ended by a car. the motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. a driver hit a state trooper' s cruiser today on i-93 south in campton. state police got a call saying the driver was weaving in and out of traffic. minutes later, he hit a cruiser. catherine d' angelo was arrested for driving while intoxicated. the sergeant was treated for minor injuries. now to commitment 2016, gop hopeful lindsey graham is stumping across the granite state today with the help of his friend and two-time new hampshire republican primary winner, john mccain. the senators held town hall meetings at the pelham veterans of foreign wars and the goffstown odd fellows hall. graham and mccain then attended a house party at the home of the new hampshire speaker

erin: the laconia pumpkin festival gets underway tomorrow. this shows the trucks bringing in the pumpkins. it was held in keene for 20 years, but it moved to laconia following the ray -- riots. keene hold the current record of 35,581 pumpkins set in 2013. to learn more about the event visit the escape outside section of wmur.com. maybe you can bring some pumpkins and help them break the records. still to come, as the kids get ready to go trick or treating, we're going to let you know most popular erin: over the summer, we told you the finalist. now the winner has been announced. southern biscuits and gravy. the woman who suggested the flavor is going to get $1 million for her winning idea. makes you wonder how much chips they -- how much money do they make off of the chips? speaking of new flavors, kellogg's is rolling out new flavors of poptarts. they include chocolaty care mel, maple bacon, and frosted lemonade. they will only be available through spring of 2016. here's something to keep in mind for the candy, a new survey asks people which

and who police are looking for after an hours-long standoff in laconia. hear from the woman who' s apartment was at the center of the search. bill: i have seen such good in people that i have never seen before in my life. erin: a sandown boy gone too soon. what 9-year-old christopher chester' s parents said about their son before giving a final goodbye. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> no one covers new hampshire now, wmur news 9 at noon. erin: we begin this noon on the storm watch for you. the weather cloudy out there for you right now. we are waiting for rain and gusty winds for unicef or are new, i am erin fehlau. another concern we are keeping -- we' re waiting for rain and gusty winds. good afternoon. i am erin fehlau. another concern we' re watching for is the coast. kevin: localized flooding from that, and maybe around the next high tide coming up around 1:00 a.m. for the rest of us, not a lot of what you are seeing is actually reaching the gr

josh: a police standoff, they closed down a large area of laconia and lockdown at a school is now over, but the search for a suspect continues. i'm josh mcelveen. jean: i'm jean mackin. this incident started several hours ago and had a lot of people in the neighborhood on end. josh: adam sexton is live with the latest. reporter: just within the last 15 minutes or so we were surrounded by heavily armed police officers, they're all gone now as they have confirmed that this suspect likely fled the area before they got here when this standoff started. the initial call came in from 20 jewett street earlier today in laconia, national just off of church street. and the call came in as an armed man making threats against someone inside his home. by the time police not here they weren't sure if he was inside or not, so they createdded a perimeter and they believe he a quite a large perimeter, lockeddown a school and had people shelter in homes. one was detained, not arrested. they used about four flash bang grenades trying to provoke a response from the home, nothing came of it. they eventually

laconia about 15 miles per hour. 14 miles per hour in portsmouth. so here's what you can expect. this is a real october rain storm, we do tend to get these around here. and we'll have the rain, the wind and then a surge in the temperatures for the day tomorrow, in fact some of us will be talking about 70's for highs tomorrow. but a few thins to keep in mind. tonight the wind will be blowing around, so a lot of our find comes down, that leads to slippery conditions on the roads with the wet leaves, and also the halloween decorations jean: thanks, haley. a committee exploring ways to better protect new hampshire's most vulnerable children heard ideas from the state attorney general this morning. this group is expected to propose legislation to improve the way agencies like the division for children, youth and families work together with police. wmur's andy hershberger was at today's hearing and joins us live with the story. reporter: the discussion today focused primarily on information, how it should be shared and how long it should be kept. the attorney general made two key recom

reporting in laconia, heather hamel, wmur news 9. josh: we do have some rain in this week' s forecast, but it' s not enough to cause any floods and it won' t stick around long. let' s have a look at the mostly sunny week ahead from chief meteorologist mike haddad. mike: temperatures jumping up a little above the average. clear sailing across all of the northeast. we have the minor issue along the coast for mariners. some rough surf. with sunshine for part of tomorrow, we will warm up even more than today. it dries out even more to the northern plains. you have to go all the way back into the pacific northwest to find our next system that will affect us. that really does not come in until the end of this week. we will break down the timeline, where temperatures land for thursday and friday and a peek into the holiday weekend in a few minutes. jennifer: the coast guard is warning people in new england to watch out for continuing rip currents generated by hurricane joaquin. even though the storm has passed well out to sea as expected, i

sean: mother nature created quite the mess at a cemetery in laconia. heavy downpours left behind some serious damage at union cemetery. the water flowed over the banks of the already eroding durkee brook, causing it to come dangerously close to gravesites. to make matters worse, a culvert collapsed, leaving behind a gaping sinkhole that is thirty feet long and 8 feet deep, and again, very close to gravesites. >> it certainly is a surprise to us. the extent of the problem also meant it was going to be extremely expensive. we will take care of it and hope it does not rain again this hard this year. even if we have another rainstorm and we get this fixed and we get durkee brook fixed we could be in good shape. sean: the cemetery already got an emergency wetlands permit so it can begin repairs, which may cost upwards of $100,000. kids across the world will be bypassing the bus stop this morning in honor of day. the global event involves communities from more than forty countries. walk to school day started back in 1997 as a way to build walkable communitie

we under the 50's in laconia and concord. 40's in plymouth and way up north. that's cool stuff, feels very raw. 59 degrees in rochester, only 61 in portsmouth. it's cool region wide with the clouds and showers moving through. this is a cold front going through the entire northeast. even some heavier rain showers and thunderstorms down by new connecticut. we won't have any thunderstorms, but we certainly have the heavier rain. the rain has tapered off to more on and off showers 'the northern part of the state, but it is pouring in spots, just off toward the west of manchester and even manchester getting in on this, when you see the yellow colors that's the heavy downpours of rain moving through, and this is continuing to move to the east, so it should be another 20, 30 minutes with the heavy downpours in manchester and then it work its way down 101. # here we go through the overnight, this is 8:00 tonight and notice the heavy batch of rain off shore, and it's just a couple of scattered showers lingering during the overnight. but this goes away. by 7:00 tomorrow

reporting in laconia, heather hamel, wmur news 9. tom: commended 2016 coverage -- commitments 2016 coverage what the -- tonight, the latest wmur granite state poll takes a look at the 2016 race for governor. maggie hassan still enjoys good job approval numbers as more than half of those surveyed like the job she' s doing -- 54 approve, 30 disapprove. but since hassan announced she' ll challenge kelly ayotte for the u.s. senate next year, the race for governor is wide open. wmur political director josh mcelveen has a look at the numbers for some of the potential candidates. josh: it' s important to note that this survey was taken before governor hassan went public with her decision pursure a senate seat. but with her now out of the race for governor, it appears the corner office under the gold dome in concord is completely up for grabs. >> the race for election of governor in 2016 is absolutely wide open. josh: and that' s because out of the potential field on both sides, voters are largely in the dark. for republicans, only executive

basically we're at the highs for the day, 52 in laconia, 59 in concord and low 60's still manchester, nashua into portsmouth, rochester as well, and the monadnock region in the low 60's with the rain just about over and done with for you guys out in the western part of the state. but still pouring in a lot of areas from manchester and eastbound. up to the north things lightening up as well. i'll show you exactly where we have the heavier rain, it's now moving right along the 101 corridor. travel is slow from raymond, closer to exeter and hampton, portsmouth. you see the yellows and oranges on radar, that's indicating where some of this heavy rain is and this batch moving right over and along 101, probably getting into lee and durham and portsmouth within the next half-hour, rain probably picking up, and then finally wrapping up, you can see out by keene, alstead, his where things are wrapping up and very quickly, all of us will see that happening too. this is a cold front that's moving through and it's a long trailing cold front. look how far back it goes, all the way toward memphis a

the laconia pumpkin festival kicks off tomorrow. it had been held in keene for the last 20 years but it moved to laconia this year following last year's riots. the trucks bringing the gourds in, trying to set a world record for the most pumpkins lit. the record was set back in 2013. to learn more about this event, visit the escape outside section of wmur.com. also taking place this weekend, the monadnock pumpkin festival. the event is being held at the cheshire fair grounds in swansea, it starts at 10:00 tomorrow morning and runs until 8:00 p.m. jean: in this week's viewers choice we asked you to tell us which haunted houses are the best in new hampshire. there was a two-way tie for fourth. the fright fest in newton and mike has tested a lot of these for haunted thursdays. and the null one haunted house in the granite state, according to our viewers, it is fright kingdom in nashua. mike: yes, i have been to many of those, they are awe scary places, you won't be disappointed in any of them. weather wise out there a beautiful start to

another big event this weekend, the laconia pumpkin festival. temperatures into the mid 50's later on in the afternoon tomorrow. perfect for checking out the jack oh lanterns and next week temperatures in the 50's. looks like our temperatures kind of moderate after the big bump up. erin: the laconia pumpkin tomorrow. this is showing the trucks bringing in the jack-o'-lanterns. organizers are trying to break a guiness world record. keene holds the record of 30,580 pumpkins in 2013. taking place is the monadnock pumpkin festival. the festival begins at 10:00 tomorrow morning and runs until 8:00 p.m. a lot to check out this weekend. in this week's viewer's haunted houses are the best and scariest in new hampshire. there was a two-way tie for fourth. fitz's fright fest, and nosalg haunted haven. number three is spooky world; second, haunted overload; and the number one haunted house according to viewers: fright kingdom in nashua. a lot of places to check out, get scared, maybe scream a little bit. a lot of people checking that out this weekend. fina

maybe -- of laconia there. route 2 corridor, often become even laconia, you are starting the clouds as well. call for number one, a shot of cooler air today, that is why temperatures in the 40' north, 50' s and has the rest of the state, but wait until this guy comes through, the second goal front is going to move across the state during the overnight hours tonight and early on saturday. behind that thing, some real cold air, the coldest we' ve had all season so far. in fact, i temperatures on s of north, 40' s in the southern parts of the state. overnight tonight, the clouds will clear out for the early evening. should be no problems tonight heading out to the friday night football game, other than it being chilly. clouds will start to increase as that front that slides through saturday morning. notice up in the northern part of the state, some snow showers. there may be a couple of snow showers in the southern part of the state, too. part of the state will some of the higher terrain of north, only about a dus

the first walk begins at about three minutes at 10:00 in laconia. tonight, people nationwide are coming together to raise money for pancreatic cancer research. this is the 4th year for the s not too late to register. everyone gets a purple light and the name of survivors and those who lost their life to the rare come out to veteran' s park and fill the sky with purple lights. tomorrow. chris: chilly tonight. we are going to get some sunshine, more direct light. 52-60 degrees. north you are dealing with sprinkles. it will clear out tonight and that will allow us to cool off. next 5 days,m 2 sunny days, cooler though. the leftovers of hurricane patricia come in wednesday night. sun could boost us into the 60' s to near 70 thursday before cooling off before the end of the month and halloween saturday.

organizers are bringing the event to laconia next weekend. people have mixed views about the festival' s absence in keene. >> i' m super bummed. it was always a nice community time. everyone was down on main street. just an awesome time of year. >> you couldn' t really walk around. you couldn' t do much. we were hearing bad things more than positive sometimes. mike: businesses are feeling a dip in sales. >> it' s unfortunate. downtown-area businesses made money. >> mike: local is still dishing out burgers to a steady flow of customers, but it' s not the boom they saw last year. >> the riots didn' t affect the actual festival, which is the sad part. >> we don' t have the pumpkins, but our spirit hasn' t been broken. mike: dori is trying to keep the halloween spirit alive by decorating her restaurants with skeletons and lights. she' s never done that before. >> i think it gives the kids and families a reason to come downtown. mike: despite that, she says the crowds aren' t nearly what they used to be. >> they were dining. they were going to the

in and off to the north and west and, in fact, manchester, new hampshire and northward to areas like laconia now and you're getting quite literally poured on now but clouds thin out as you move toward boston lawrence partly to mostly cloud and he 52 and breaks in the clouds, partly sunny in boston and 59 and 51 breaks continue and 67 in sandwich and 61 in nantucket and forecast for the morning hours very different depending where you are and mostly cloudy skies develop north and southern new hampshire watch showers by 3:00 p.m. and northern and central massachusetts and by 7:00 this evening it is going to be boston and southward and you can actually see that here with the rainfall forecast by 5:00 p.m. most of that rain is contained to areas like nashua and worcester, off to the north and west and we have about half inch of rain in keene so there's a downpour potential within the showers we get and those showers and downpours do not move into boston until 5:00 p.m. and see from there things really take off and getting serious showers in boston and plymouth and updating now up to about an inc

hundreds of people who spent saturday in laconia say it was a success. the festival used to be held in keene and were moved because of riots at last year's event. no crazy no craziness this year. people who went said it was a lot of fun. >> good food and the pumpkins are varietal and interesting. it was a lot of fun. >> seeing jack-o-lantern. >> you are having a lot fun. >> yeah. >>julie: i like her mask. laconia business owners are happy that ircity has a chance to shine. >>> playing hottest to the extreme pumpkin chunkin event. teams competed to see who can throw a pumpkin the firstest. a world ward was set. >> we beat the world record right now. so i don't know if they will recognize it since it was not in delaware, but it has always been our goal. >>daniel: the pumpkin chunkin world championship used to take place in delaware but no one would insure the event because it was too dangerous. they threw a piano and vw bug during the event there. check it out. >>> a lobster man in beverly makes quite a catch. check out his blue check out his lobster that

antoinette: laconia is expected to host the event again next year. frank: patriot wide receiver brandon lafell has been activated for this afternoon's game against the jets. it's some re-enforcement as the pats prepare for what could be their toughest test yet. lafell, who had 74 catches for over 900 yards a year ago, has been out all season with an injured left foot. he should be able to help, but it will take a total team effort to beat the nfl's top-ranked defense. tight end rob gronkowski says everyone will have to pull their weight. >> it is such a team game. it's not just about one individual player. it's about the offense as a whole. you see the receivers out there. they're making great plays. the runningbacks. everyone just works together as a team. when we get that win, everyone works together to do their job gilette. coming up in sports bob halloran will explain how tom brady says the jets and the patriots are actually a lot alike coming up in sports. coming up later in the show, leaders of the roman catholic church holding a major summit.

there might be a couple little splashes of rain. 41 in concord. 48 in laconia. 45 in manchester. definitely a cool start. we'll rebound into the upper 50's. there may be a couple of sprinkles this morning. once we get to the afternoon, looks like we'll clear out and see sunshine at much cooler temperatures as i mentioned for the weekend and the chance for a little bit of snow too. i'll have more on the forecast in a couple of minutes. first for a look at the morning drive here in the granite state, we're joined live by deb davidson. good morning, deb. deb: good morning. 93 north and south look great. we're not seeing any delays down to concord and then from the hooksett tolls to the state line with massachusetts. 293 is moving through at the lane shift. the onramp is closed for construction. 95 looks great in both directions on the seacoast and through the hampton tolls. this report is being brought to you by autofair. i'm deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. sean: thanks. investigators have confirmed the body they found is that of sue hutchinson. erin: the attorney generals office has of

last night laconia hosted the people downtown. pumpkin fest had been held in but the city put a stop to it after rioting last year near keene state college. this year's celebration went off without a hitch. organizers even tried to break a record for the number of carved and lit pumpkins on display. they fell short but they say the night wasn't just about trying to break a record. >> this is the first time the community has been brought together to do something this big, and to have it be the very first time that we did it, i think we did a fantastic job. antoinette: laconia is expected year. frank: now to sports. patriot wide receiver brandon lafell has been activated for this afternoon's game against the jets. it's some re-enforcement as the pats prepare for what could be their toughest test yet. lafell, who had 74 catches for over 900 yards a year ago, has been out all season with an injured left foot. he should be able to help, but it will take a total team effort to beat the nfl's top-ranked defense. tight end rob gronkowski

thomas when laconia got on the board. riley roy is going to throw it up and somehow mooney comes down with it and that's a touchdown. 14-6. they missed the try. second quarter, headberg will take it in himself on the quarterback sneak. 21-6. saints improve to 5-0. win 47-6. plymouth at treb trenty. last night it was tied late in the fourth quarter and danny carey will boot a 41 yard field goal, bobcats have the lead in regulation. and then it's a reverse, toss back to the quarterback, lets it fly. 40 yards, and he scores with two seconds left in the game. trenty survives, 29-25. garrett mccomer scored twice for and windham a big win. 21-7. the jaguars are 5-0. john stark beat hollis brooklyn 17-13. and milford handed lebanon their first loss, 28-6. mark matigan had three interceptions for the spartans. in division three, undefeated bowe. hits alford in the flat and he does the rest. touchdown for the falcons 7-0. happen. that drive would stall. later, breaking free, 55 yard touchdown to make it 21-0 bowe. and scoring thre

the annual pumpkin festival kicked off this weekend in new hampshire, but this year it in laconia. it had had previously been held in keene, but the city denied a permit for this year after riots broke out at last year's event. the festival this year was very calm and a lot of fun, people say. >> good food. the pumpkins are incredibly vary tall and interesting. >> a lot of fun. >> you're having a good time? >> yeah. >> anchor: business owners and fest goers alike said they are happy with the new location and excited that laconia is getting this chance to shine. tonight parents are on edge in methuen after two teens were arrested accused of threatening tonight fox 25's robert spoke to parents taking extra precautions. >> reporter: parents don't know what to think after hearing two students at teny grammar school were arrested after police say the 14 and 1-year-olds threatened to shoot up the school monday, even warning some friends to stay home. police searched the students' homes and did not find any guns. >> it's still nerve wracking, every day we send our kids here, lucky methuen

berlin 35. 41 degrees in concord. 39 laconia. this is just the beginning. especially when the skies clear out, that is when the temperatures are really going to plummet. the wind has not been helping either. cold air to seek down from quebec. it feels cooler with the wind blowing. look at these temperatures overnight. the coldest we have been since last spring. teens up north and 20' s everywhere else. closer to 30 at the seacoast. this is some cold stuff and will signal the end to the growing season. a freeze warning has been issued in the counties and purple. if you have sensitive plants, cover them up. a few snow showers, especially in the higher terrain where they continue through the overnight hours. a couple of rain showers, very hampshire. we will have a least of the risk higher summit as we go through the next day because of the cold and condenses and then you get snow. so on the mountain peaks tomorrow, and the higher elevations, the threat of some snow showers. for the rest of us, sunny, despite the sun, it is not going to feel warm. temperatures

. >>> the scary scene in laconia sunday when a 106. the laconia fire department says a ford 250 was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scene. no one was hurt. no ward on what started the fire. in rochester, a motorcycle crash backed up traffic sunday morning. police say the driver of the motorcycle abruptly stopped and was rear ended by a car. the biker was taken to the hospital with none life threatening injuries. >>> a driver hit a state troopers cruiser on 93 south in campton. they got a call yesterday saying a driver was weaving in and out of traffic. minutes later, the driver hit the cruiser. troopers arrested 63-year-old katherine d'angelo for driving while intoxicated. sergeant muzzey was treated for minor injury. >>> they launched a new web site to help electricity consumer shop for competitive rates and suppliers. on pu c.nh.gov customers identify if they are residential or small commercial businesses. then they select their local utility. officials say this will make it easier for customers to scroll through th

it 59 now, in laconia, and in 63 in lebanon, 64 in manchester. 57 in portsmouth. so temperatures cooling down over the past couple of hours here. 56 degrees in boston. to the west temperatures very similar to us in albany it's about 64 degrees. 63 in binghamton, new york. completely clear skies across the area today. it was beautiful, you really start to see the foliage popping and the colors just gorgeous. notice off to the west though there is a storm system on the way for us, we've got some rain that will be moving through. as this system approaches. tonight we'll have clouds increasing, this is about 10:00 tonight. so this evening, and even until 10:00 we should be pretty much cloud-free. but then after that is when we'll start to see the clouds filling in. tomorrow morning, starting out with cloudy skies, there may be a few showers that get going, especially in the upper valley or the great north woods. but the rest of us will see the rain coming through, about midday and into the afternoon. there could be some steadier heavier downpours around noontime or af

karen: an annual tradition in new hampshire will be lighting up laconia for the very first time today. volunteers were busy all night loading more than 900 jack-o-lanterns into the pumpkin tower for the state's pumpkin festival. one year after riots broke out near the keene pumpkin festival, organizers say they're ready to move on and carve out a new history. and they're hoping to snag laconia a guinness world record when the festival tries to break its 2013 record of 30,581 lit jack-o'-lanterns. >> let's get all of new hampshire, all of new england, all of the world to come and show their pumpkin, show what it's like when you put everybody's pumpkins together, all those lights shining, and light will drive out any darkness. karen: sterling says the scariest thing this year will be a brand-new haunted house mayhem at the mill. snafng that looks pretty scary actually. karen: the search for a missing cargo ship intensifies. frank: the effort the coast guard is making to find that ship's black box. karen: new information emerging about the deadly hostage rescue mission in northern iraq.

a win for kearsarge would be good enough to get the cougars laconia, third quarter, the cougars were up 24-13. the stations would answer, riley lloyd for 11 yards and a touchdown. 30-22 game after their two-point conversion. kearsarge comes back, 25 yard scamper. kearsarge wins, 54-48. the cougars should be in at six and two. the eagles win 37-0. they get the north conference championship. [cheers] this is 11 and and combo -- 25 yard game. five yard touchdown made it their team-seven, -- 13-7. the raiders scramble for a 15 yard pickup. the raiders when, 49-32 -- win 49-32. gwendolyn monadnocks, jaguars . monadnocks will likely win the west conference title at five and four. this is plymouth and hanover. hanover in black. the bobcats into a drive. 35 yard run, taken down at the five yard. eight-nothing, plymouth. plymouth wins, 36-6. this is st. thomas and trinity over at gills stadium. third quarter, trinity and in red. the saints led 41-12 at this point. they were up big when we were there. the saints go up 47-12. that is the final, the same finish the regular season at eight and ze

. >>> a laconia man is charged with raping an 18-year-old woman in his house. police say 23-year-old nicholas was arrested last night around 6:00. officers say the attack happened on monday at his maple street home and he's charged with aggravated assault. he will be arraigned in laconia district court tomorrow morning. >>> in brockton overall crime is down but a spike in murders gives the city the highest murder rate in the state for cities with 75,000 residents or more. an f.b.i. report shows that brockton is the seventh largest city in massachusetts. there were 12 murders in brockton last year. now in comparison, boston's population is about seven times the size of brockton there were 53 murders in boston last year. >>> officials from mgm resorts visiting springfield tomorrow to gain support for the casino it's building in show. that they will be meeting with springfield's mayor for the resign of the resort. that redesign takes away a 25 story class hotel to youer and 54 apartment units. mgm is also asking to open the casino in 2018. >>> an s.u.v. ends up on

officials in laconia promise a different scene this year. positive name. we're well prepared for anything that's going to happen, and what happened in here. >> the festival holds the record for the most lightest pumpkins is one place. this year, trying to set a new record with more than 30,000 pumpkinsp. >>> a developing story right now in texas. they are bracing there for up to a foot of rain over the next few days. overnight, some areas saw 4 inches of rain in one hour. that submerged cars and left drivers stranded. and the remnants of hurricane patricia could cause even more problems over the next several daysp. >>> we're all hoping we won't see a repeat of last year's record snowfall, but even if we do, we won't see the monster snow piles. that's because boston said it will not build megapiles like they did last year. instead, the plan is to spread out the snow on land, in charlestown, dorr chester and hyde park. the 75 foot snow pile in southie didn't melt fully until july. >>> another holdover from last winter are the bad memories of severe service b

alan has owned al's auto service for more than two decades in laconia. >> for 21 years i've been here, i've never ever had the power shut off in either one of my buildings. reporter: he admits he paid his bill to eversource late a few times but says he's always eventually made his account current. but he's been ordered to pay a $260 security detoes to it keep his account open. >> if i don't pay it by the 29th or the 30th, from what i under they're going to come out and shut my power off. reporter: he a eversource perfect miss to discuss his account with us. eversource says he's received three disconnect notices in the last 12 months. >> for us it's a minimum of two disconnect notices before we would request a deposit. and a disconnect would only come after a bill is paid more than 60 days past the time it was issued. reporter: for residential customers, security deposit requests are sent after four disconnect notices. eversource says those deposit are eventually given back, with interest, after one to two years of on time payments. for reaper he thinks the security deposit is unnecess

former maryland governor o'malley will visit laconia, manchester, hooksett and nashua. jennifer: nine years ago tonight manchester police officer michael briggs answered his last call. he and his partner responded to a domestic disturbance and gunfire broke out. briggs was shot in the head, he died the next day. his killer is now new hampshire's only death row inmate. briggs had served on the manchester force for five years. tom: still to come at 6:00 tonight a popular market in sunapee was set to reopen to customers today, but one more hurdle won't stop the owners of jake's market. jennifer: plus new hampshire native james foley would have turned 41 this weekend, the event going onto remember his life and to support the causes important to him. mike: sun for some and mixed showers for others to kick off the weekend. what follows for sunday and tom: the reopening of a popular market in sunapee has been delayed. in january a huge fire destroyed jake's market. but the owners have rebuilt and a ribbon cutting took place wednesday. the plan was to open the doors today. but

the average high for this time in october about 64, and we got there. 62 degrees in portsmouth. 61 laconia, upper fifth in the northern part of the state. rochester, 53 portsmouth. manchester. but already some 40's, up in plumb it it's 49. and 52 in whitefield. here's the scoop on the satellite and radar, we've been enjoying all the sunshine. today we had that beautiful crystal clear blue sky, barely any clouds in sight. that changes when you look to there. this is the precursor of those clouds to this storm system through. it's going through the lakes region or at least the breaks region over the next couple of hours here, and eventually will march through our area during the day tomorrow. here we go on future cast, this will take you hour by hour through time. tonight mainly clear skies at least through the evening, this is about 10:00, so temperatures will take a pretty big dip quickly. but then the clouds will fill in. here we are by 7:00 a.m. most of you should be able to get to the bus stop and get to work without getting wet. but the rain showers will be starting up in the northern

the wind gusts at plymouth and laconia as of yet, that's the colder air starting to come down behind this system. the rain is pretty much done with, there are just a couple of spotty showers and there may be a few scattered showers through the evening here, but those are going to start to clear away along with the clouds too. then the cold will set in, as this low pressure system lifts up toward the north and east and drags down that colder air behind it. so overnight tonight, a few lingering cloud and showers especially up north and there may be higher elevation snow showers early tomorrow morning, but the rest of us, bright and sunny for our friday, and highs only in the 40's and 50's tomorrow. tomorrow night will be a chilly one if you're going out to the friday night football games. it going to be cold with the temperatures falling into the 30's in a lot of spots, but saturday for halloween, it looks nice, bright and sunny and a couple degrees warmer. tonight showers and clear skies and cool. temperatures up north 40's. central and southern new hampshire in the 50's. the wind wil

josh: tonight police have identified the man who was the focus of a standoff in laconia. an arrest warrant has been issued for 26-year-old robert audette to felony criminal threatening. police surrounded the apartment building on jewett street yesterday where they thought audette was. after firing tear gas into the building, officers made their way inside, but audette was gone. officers did find a shotgun though and bags of ammo. jennifer: tonight 1500 individual hits of heroin are arrest. elmer torre says was arrested on the west side of the city, detectives found 30 fingers of heroin. torres is charged with possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to commit the sale. josh: both the governor and republican leaders today talked about passing legislation that will address the heroin epidemic. but today the governor said it needs to be sooner rather than later. jennifer: governor hassan wants a special legislative session to crank out new laws quickly. and while republicans agreed that change needs to happen soon, they say the process can't be rushed. >> this is

organizers move it to laconia. it is scheduled for next weekend. stores and restaurants in keene are trying to compensate for the drop in business. everyone' s pocket a little bit. everyone, the nonprofits, the local businesses. from the girl scouts to the charter school, it will hurt us all. >> i am bummed about it. it was a nice community time. everyone was out on main street. it was an awesome time of year. mike: another business told us on the saturday of pumpkinfest last year, they made $14,000 in profit. this year, they may just $4000. mike cronin, wmur news 9. jamie: meanwhile, a weekend of fall fun wrapped up this afternoon in goffstown. the goffstown main street program put on a series of events to celebrate the end of the pumpkin growing season. today' s main event was a giant pumpkin regatta that featured 10 teams. there was also a 10-k road race this morning and a pumpkin weigh-off on saturday. lori davis: it' s the best of small town activities. everybody loves it. it brings such joy about fall, and it brings the child out in us, and i

frank: the new hampshire pumpkin festival lighting up for the first time in laconia. the world record they attempted to break. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." frank: it's 6:31. good morning. frank holland. antoinette: and i'm antoinette antonio along with danielle vollmar. it's best to stay in this morning, stay tucked in bed. maybe people are still sleeping. you might miss all those showers today. danielle: you will if you're still sleeping out in western mass because it's starting to dry up out in northwestern mass. more showers pushing across the state. they should clear out by about lunchtime. it's not a washout of a day just so you know. i want to show you where heavier downpours are. you can see now the showers have gone as far east now as newburyport, getting close to gloucester, cape ann and closing in on boston now. metro west seeing some showers. heavier downpours through leominster, back through worcester. and then even heavier showers out just west of i91. you can see rainfall rates almost at

night and the men are ed: police are looking for an armed man who was repeatedly threatening people in laconia, new hampshire this afternoon. here you can see them pulling a shot gun and ammo out of an apartment building on jewell street. tonight, police say he may have left of the area. and there is i warning of a scam that targets immigrants. a man from bangladesh received a call from someone posing as a federal agent, threatening to deport him if he did not pay money. the victim was conned into wiring $2500 to an end to take -- to an untraceable western union account in washington. >> police don' t call demand in money, and you should never use prepaid money cards. it is not traceable and it is gone forever. ed: police warn that scammers may use a toll number similar to the irs and may even be able to give you the last four digits of heather: and sweeping changes are called for tonight after a problem 5 investiages first expose more than a year ago. the tires that you are driving on may look and feel fine, but there could be a hidden danger. safety experts told us that even though your tire

>>sara: laconia business and residents are excited that their city is getting a chance to shine. >>> cat lovers will go to the berkeley performing center for the internet cat video festival returning to boston for a second time. and the name say it is all. there will be a 65-minute video to explain the weird things that cats do among other films. a harvard professor will serve as the emcee of event. >>> funny man jimmy fallon is on the mend after taking a spill during a trip to cambridge this weekend. the tonight show was honor by the harvard lampoon on saturday the harvard lampoon on saturday, and during a parade, down. he was taken to mass general where he was all patched up. over the summer fallon nearly lost a finger on his other hand after a kitchen accident. okay. >>gene: a bit clumsy. >>sara: a little clumsy. >>> a meth bust at a local hotel. three men are facing charges. next what one of the men was wearing ultimately that led to their arrest. >>> good morning, shiri. >>shiri: high 53 degrees. no more 60s like yesterday. i am timing out that very slow warm-up when we come bac

new this morning hosting the 25th annual new hampshire pom kin festival laconia fell short of breaking keene's record of the most lit lanterns. this year the festival only had about 9600 pumpkins. keene decided not to host riot broke outs in the neighborhood. legal horror stories for a rhode island couple. they're taking action against a major film company. the home owners of "home in "the conjuring" have filed a lawsuit. even with their no tress peacing signs their homes is frequently invaded by fans who sneak -- >> i'm violated by those but it's the worry of the one or two that could be more serious than just trespassing. that is what we live with everyday. >> home owner says she never knew the conjuring was going to be a major motion picture that would turn her self up side down. it's 7:47. coming up here, she is firework. star that came out in support ever hillary clinton and showed a little campaign spirit. >> the ration for the white house taking center stage with some serious star power, that is katy perry there performing in front of fans at a hillary clinton event. the democra