🌱 Neo-Nazi Recruitment Fliers Found In Manchester + 14 Drug Arrests

Morning, Manchester! It's me, Nicole Fallon-Peek, your host of the Patch newsletter. Let's get this weekend started off right with a quick guide to the most important things going on these days in town.

But first, your local weather:

• Saturday: Windy with rain at times. High: 65 Low: 36.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny; windy, cooler. High: 43 Low: 28.

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Here are the top three stories today in Manchester:

1. Authorities believe NSC-131, a neo-Nazi group with small chapters based in the New England region, distributed recruitment fliers that were found in neighborhoods around Manchester, Goffstown, and Bedford. Police are actively investigating the incident. One woman said the fliers were dropped in her and her neighbors' driveways inside plastic bags with rocks. (WMUR 9)
2. A multi-agency collaboration, funded by the Substance Abuse Reduction Grant, led to the arrest of 14 suspects in Manchester for drug activity and warrants. Authorities seized suspected heroin/fentanyl, marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, Gabapentin pills, Testosterone vials, $855, and two firearms. (Newport Dispatch)
3. Ailadi Abreu, 35, of Derry was arrested in connection to the fatal crash on an I-293 off-ramp in Manchester on Mar. 23. Witnesses told police that Abreu was driving at high speeds when she took the Exit 5 off-ramp, turned onto Granite Street, and crashed into another car. Michael Shattuck, 32, a passenger in Abreu's vehicle and her fiance, was killed in the crash. Abreu told police she and Shattuc were arguing about infidelity when she crashed. She was charged with negligent homicide. (WMUR 9)

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Today and tomorrow in Manchester:

Saturday, April 1

• Live Music With Mollicious Intent At To Share Brewing Company (6:30 PM)
• Celtic Angels Ireland At The Palace Theatre (7:30 PM)

Sunday, April 2

• Southern New Hampshire Youth Ballet presents Fancy Nancy At The Palace Theatre (4:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Due to the popularity of Trivia Night (Live!) with Bill Seney at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, tables are first-come, first-serve in the Winter Garden on Apr. 6. Come any time after 5:00 p.m. and grab your spot. Trivia starts at 6:00 p.m. and admission is free. (Manchester Patch)
• A 21-year-old man was arrested in connection with a shooting in Manchester that occurred at a home on Spruce Street on Mar. 30. A woman reported to police that Codarrel Kirk of Manchester, whom she knew, confronted her outside the building with a firearm and shot several rounds into her unoccupied car. No one was injured, but there was a sleeping child inside the apartment at the time. Kirk was charged with criminal threatening, simple
  assault, first degree assault, reckless conduct, criminal mischief, and endangering the welfare of a child. (News Boston)
• Looking for full-time or part-time positions at the United States Postal Service? Your local post office is hiring! Those interested can go to NHES / NHWorks, located at 300 Hanover Street in Manchester, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Apr. 14. (Employment Security via Twitter)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.