A TIME BOMB EXPLODES

THE SERENITY OF A SMALL, CLOSE-KNIT NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN IS SHATTERED WHEN THE LOCAL CRANK BECOMES THE DEMON NEXT DOOR

The Aug. 20, 1997, edition of the Colebrook, N.H., weekly newspaper, the News and Sentinel ("Independent but Not Neutral"), is filled with the details and delights of North Country life and small-town journalism. A piece on the upcoming Moose Festival invites "moose-minded people" to come forward for the Mock Moose Parade on Friday night. There is a captivating photograph of a boy who won the Kids Fishing Derby. Among the many stories written by Dennis Joos is a feature on the discovery of a vintage sign that puts neighboring Clarksville on the 45th parallel, halfway between the North Pole and the...

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