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Landlord accused of stabbing tenant
Richard Moulton, of Albany, is charged with attempted murder BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — An Albany landlord has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his tenant who was a year behind on his rent. Richard Moulton, 60, of 5 Moulton Drive in Albany, appeared in Conway District
Court for an arraignment on Tuesday. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Offi ce is charging Moulton with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing Ronald Routhier, 51, in the head and the back at around 5:40 p.m. on Monday at Trailside Drive. Moulton is also being charged with felony witness tampering for allegedly threatening to kill Routhier and his family
if Routhier spoke about the stabbing. During the attack, Moulton allegedly told Routhier that it was his fault that he was losing his property to the bank because Routhier hadn’t paid his rent for a year, according to an affidavit written by Detective Sgt. Michael Bedley of the Carsee STABBING page 8
Kennett boys repeat as state alpine champs BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
WATERVILLE VALLEY — The Kennett High boys’ alpine team not only defended its state championship on Tuesday, the Eagles capped off an undefeated season by skiing away from the fi eld in one of the most dominating team performances in recent memory. Kennett also crowned a pair of individual state champions with Jake Van Deursen repeating at champion in the giant slalom and Matt Halupowski wining the slalom in the afternoon. Kennett thrashed the 14-school fi eld scoring 777 points from GS and slalom combined. Plymouth followed with 687 points and then it was Bedford, 645; HollisBrookline, 645; Lebanon, 636; Souhegan, 613; ConVal, 607; Kingswood, 311; John Stark,
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Budget committee presses Moylan: 'What have you done to operate...more efficiently?' BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — The Municipal Budget Committee and Conway School District administrators were not on the same page
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