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'River Dave' Lidstone at the boat ramp on the Merrimack River in Boscawen on Saturday, August 7. His friends were going to his old cabin, which had burned down to check on his cats and chickens. A judge had not yet allowed him to return to the property to gather his belongings. "I'm just going stand on the other side of the river like a good little boy," he said. Jonathan Van Fleet

'River Dave' Lidstone at the boat ramp on the Merrimack River in Boscawen on Saturday, August 7. His friends were going to his old cabin, which had burned down to check on his cats and chickens. A judge had not yet allowed him to return to the property to gather his belongings. "I'm just going stand on the other side of the river like a good little boy," he said. Jonathan Van Fleet

Jodie Gedeon, left, hugs David Lidstone, 81, right, on Aug. 5, after Lidstone was released from Merrimack County Jail. Geoff Forester / Monitor file

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