FBI SWAT makes an arrest, home prices break a record, and a new ER opens

Happy Monday, Nashua ☀️

Fair warning, the news is a little intense today, so I'll get you the serious stuff up top and let you decompress with a barbecue ranking and a workshop where you make a felt cow.

We've got a bank robbery that ended in an FBI SWAT arrest, a brand new 24-hour ER opening on Amherst Street, and a housing market that apparently lost its mind in June. Deep breath. Let's go.

What’s Happening Around Nashua

• FBI arrests man in Nashua bank robbery An FBI SWAT team arrested Joseph Sawyer, 52, of Townsend, Mass. in Albany, N.Y., and he's accused of robbing St. Mary's Bank on Northwest Blvd. on June 12 and making off with $6,000, plus a second holdup at a New Jersey bank weeks later. Boston.com

• A 24/7 ER opens on Amherst Street Catholic Medical Center's new standalone emergency room at 338 Amherst St. opens Monday, July 13 at 7AM, with 11 treatment rooms, a trauma bay, and on-site imaging, open around the clock for all ages.

• Police investigate two Nashua stabbings on Saturday A man was found with a stab wound to his back in the Shaw's parking lot on DW Highway Saturday morning, and a woman was hurt in a separate stabbing at 5 Blackstone Dr. that afternoon. Both are still under investigation. Nashua Ink Link

Upcoming Events in the Area

• Felting Workshop: Summer Cow! | Tuesday, July 14 at 5:30PM – 7:30PM

  • Hollis Artspace, Hollis, NH (30 Ash St, Hollis, NH 03049-6548)

  • A needle-felting workshop to make a summer New England cow, best for adults and teens 11 and up. Learn More

• Live at the Library! The Jordan TW Trio | Wednesday, July 15 at 1PM

  • Nashua Public Library, Nashua, NH (2 Court St, Nashua, NH 03060)

  • The Celtic trio of fiddler Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, guitarist Matthew Jensen, and bassist Chris Noyes plays fiddle tunes, airs, and sing-alongs at this free show sponsored by the Bloomfield Trust. Learn More

• Adult Intro to Pickleball | Wednesday, July 15 at 5:30PM – 7PM

  • Wasserman Park Tennis Courts, Merrimack, NH (116 Naticook Rd, Merrimack, NH 03054)

  • A learn-to-play pickleball session for adults run by Merrimack Parks and Recreation, part of a four-week intro program on the Wasserman Park tennis courts. Bring your own paddle. Learn More

• Free Car Seat Safety Inspection Event | Saturday, July 18 at 10AM – 12PM

  • Southern New Hampshire Health, Nashua, NH

  • Certified child passenger safety technicians will check your car seat's installation and answer your questions, open to all parents and caregivers. Learn More

Other Happenings Around New Hampshire

• NH athletes bring home medals from the USA Games New Hampshire competitors won 31 medals at the Special Olympics USA Games in Minneapolis, including four for Dover powerlifter Jacob Constas, who trains once a month at Amoskeag Fitness in Concord. Concord Monitor

• JetBlue drops its Manchester to Orlando flights JetBlue flew its last departure out of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, ending the nonstop Orlando route it launched in January 2025 as the airline cuts routes that weren't making money. Travel And Tour World

• NH home sales top $1 billion in a single month New Hampshire sold more than $1 billion worth of homes in June for the first time ever, with a median price of $575,000 and only 2,745 houses on the market statewide. Concord Monitor

• A Manchester rib joint is named NH's best BBQ Business Insider picked KC's Rib Shack on Second Street in Manchester as New Hampshire's best barbecue, pointing to its smoky St. Louis ribs and biker-bar feel.

• Driver and dog thrown from car in I-293 rollover A driver rolled his car five times on I-293 South near the Bedford line on Saturday and was ejected through the sunroof, and his dog was also thrown from the vehicle, ran off, and was later found and taken for treatment.

That's it for today.

If you need something gentle after all that, go make a felt cow in Hollis, catch the fiddle trio at the library, or drive to Manchester for the state's best ribs. And if you've got little ones, Saturday's free car seat check is genuinely worth the trip.

I'll be back in your inbox Wednesday.

– The Nashua Note