Stuck at the Notchland and other Irene tales. Page 18
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Arson suspect arrested John Colcord, 18, is charged in connection with one fire and is a suspect in 12 more BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
EATON — A former Madison fi refighter has been arrested in connection with a June arson fire in Eaton. John R. Colcord, 18, of Eaton and Madison, is accused of setting fi re to a home on
Glines Hill Road. Colcord is also a suspect in a dozen other fires in the area. He is a former Madison fi refighter who left the department recently. Tom Riley, investigator for the state fi re marshal's offi ce, said additional charges against Colcord are possible. "The community at large will be able to
sleep comfortable," Riley said Thursday night. Colcord was arraigned in Conway District Court and taken to Carroll County Jail on Thursday. The Glines Hill Road fi re broke out on see ARSON page 8
Temporary foot bridge erected in Hart’s Location BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
HART’S LOCATION — A foot bridge spanned the gap between the Sawyer River bridge and the Route 302 pavement on Thursday, the fi rst connection between Crawford Notch and the south since Irene blew through Sunday. “We haven’t been across it at all,” Robert Merrill said sitting in his car on the north side with his wife and daughter. A N.H. Department of Transportation crew was melted bolts out of a section of guardrail several hundred feet away, dismantling pieces leading up to the busted bridge. There was no easy way to get south the day before, when Merrill’s daughter Jessica had to clamber over the debris to make it to the fi rst day of classes at Josiah Bartlett Elementary.
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A foot bridge over the Sawyer River bridge washout on Route 302 was installed Wednesday. (ERIK EISELE PHOTO)
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