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WMUR: Authorities Search For Missing Man In Loudon Michael Brougham's Wallet Found At NHMS Gate
POSTED: 8:29 am EDT July 2, 2010
UPDATED: 5:24 pm EDT July 2, 2010
LOUDON, N.H. -- A search is on in Loudon for a missing Massachusetts man who was last seen a week ago when he was believed to be going to watch that weekend's races.
(full story).


Cambridge VT, September 15, 2009
NEK-9 Airscent Team Finds Missing Child
(from the September 24, 2009 Milton Independent.)
UPDATE: Missing Teenager Found, Now Faces Charges
(WMUR TV . June 23, 2009)
Search on for crash victim: Car spun out into woods after police chase Sunday and driver hasn't been located.
(from the June 23, 2009 Foster's Daily Democrat)




Foster's Daily Democrat photos by EJ Hersom / Staff Photographer
Doggie Search and Rescue Group Saves Lives
Rutland Herald Photo by Tim Calabro
Chatham, NH, August 31, 2008
(from Manchester Union Leader)
Lost woman stays calm until rescued
Randolph Center VT, July 2, 2008
(from Rutland Herald)
Police find missing girl's body


Photos from Barre/Montpelier Times Argus.
Lincoln NH, June 29, 2008
(from Manchester Union Leader)
Family member grateful for efforts to find hiker
Middlebury VT, May 27, 2008
(from Rutland Herald)
Searchers find Garza's body in creek
Bradford VT, May 18, 2008
(from Manchester Union Leader)
Body of missing kayaker recovered.
Allenstown VT, April 27, 2008
(from Concord Monitor)
Months later, body of hunter found.
Jamaica VT, April 18, 2008
(from Barre/Montpelier Times-Argus).
Body found of kayaker who capsized on West River in southern Vermont.
Wardsboro Center VT, April 12-12, 2008
(from Rutland Herald)

Donna Larson (above), of New England K9 Search and Rescue and her search dog Eli, look from a bridge in Wardsboro, Vt. Sunday April 13, 2008 during the search for Grace Waring, 2, who disappeared with her Mother Nicole Waring, 40, of Wolcott, Vt. and sibling Dakota, 6. The bodies of Nicole and Dakota were found in the Wardsboro Brook, Saturday, April 12 after Nicole jumped into the water when approached by a Vermont State Trooper. Rescue agencies from throughout Vermont were actively involved in the search. An unnamed officer from the Vermont Department of Fish and Game walks in the background. (Text and photo from Associated Press.)

Colchester Technical Rescue workers search the Wardsboro Brook along Route 100 in Wardsboro, Vermont. (Photo: Cassandra Hotaling / Rutland Herald)
Bradford VT, March 7, 2008
(from Valley News)

NEK-9 Handler Mike Halpin and his K-9 partner Sadie were the team who found the missing 87 year-old subject in Bradford VT on 3/7/08. (Photo by Lt. Jocelyn Stohl, Vermont State Police.)
Middlebury VT, February 12, 2008
(from Burlington Free Press)
(UPDATE, March 28, 2007) Garza search unveils no clues




All photos except for lower right, courtesy of Associated Press. Lower right photo by Mark Austin, NEK-9
Search and Rescue Team Finds Colby-Sawyer a Great Place to Train
(from Colby-Sawyer Currents)
Bear Brook State Park (Allenstown NH), December 2-8 2007
(from Manchester Union Leader) - 'All that could be done, has'

Photo by Mark Austin, NEK-9
Members of NEK-9, their airscent dogs, and seachers from the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team hitch a ride on a NH Fish & Game truck on their way to assigned search areas during the search for lost hunter Russell Bussiere (photo below, right).


Photo (above, left) by Ken Williams, Concord Monitor
NH Fish & Game Conservation Officer Jim Kneeland leads a group of volunteers looking for Bussiere.
Pembroke NH, November 10, 2007
(from Manchester Union Leader) - Searchers find missing Pembroke man.
Montgomery VT, October 29, 2007
(from Burlington Free Press) - Police resume search for clues in 3 year-old case.

Fairfax, VT, October 20, 2007
(from WCAX-TV Burlington, VT) - Alzheimer's Patient is Found Safe in Fairfax.


Errol NH, September 23, 2007
(from the Manchester Union Leader) - Missing woman found in Coos County
Wolfeboro NH, September 17, 2007
(from WCSH Television) - Woman Found After Spending Chilly Night In Wolfeboro
Hometown Heroes on WBZ Newsradio 1030 (Boston). Click the play button below to hear the report. Duration: 2 minutes.
Brookfield VT, August 21, 2007
(from the Burlington Free Press) - 89 Year-Old Woman Found Safe After Disappearing at Campground.
(from the Manchester Union Leader) - Prayers answered with rescue of Sunapee elderly woman lost in woods.
(from the Boston Globe) - 89 Year-Old Woman Survives Night in Woods After Getting Lost.
Manchester Union Leader - August 21, 2007
Rescue Dogs Help Write Happy Tales.
Alton NH, August 14, 2007
(from Manchester Union Leader) Moosey Saves the Day.
Brattleboro Reformer, August 13, 2007
Volunteers, dogs help find the missing.

Chichester NH, August 4, 2007
Additional coverage from the Manchester (NH) Union Leader.
New England K-9 SAR fielded 6 airscent dog teams for this search. We were activated at 1:15 pm and began searching at 4 PM. The subject was located by a NEK-9 SAR dog team at 6:12 pm.
Stratton VT, July 29. 2007
Police recover body of missing camper from Stratton pond.
New England K-9 SAR fielded 7 airscent teams during the initial search on 7/8/07, and returned on 7/29/07 with 4 airscent teams.
Greenville NH, July 14, 2007
New England K-9 SAR fielded 5 airscent teams for this search. The subject was located approximately 12 minutes after the first teams were fielded.
Newport NH, July 6, 2007

New England K-9 SAR fielded 12 airscent teams over two days for this search.
Rumney NH, June 17, 2007
New England K-9 SAR fielded 8 airscent teams for this search. We were activated at 3:30 am Saturday, 6/16/07. Teams began searching at 6 am and worked woods and river edges for 3½ hours before the subject was located 1¼ miles from the PLS by construction workers.
NH Fish & Game Department
Gives Lifesaving Award to
New England K-9 SAR

"Throughout our long standing relationship, the dedicated members of your organization have played an instrumental role in supporting our Agency's important search & rescue responsibilities."
Click here to open the PDF file with the entire text of the Lifesaving Medal presentation letter

Concord NH, May 16, 2007 -- Presenting the Lifesaving Medal to NEK-9 SAR is Colonel Jeffrey Gray (right) Chief of Law Enforcement for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Representing NEK-9 SAR are (left to right) Paula Harper, Jeanne Menard, and president Nancy Lyon.
Please check this page again for additional links and news items about searches and other activities that NEK-9 SAR has participated in.
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