Christmas-Saving Firefighters, Drugs and Shoplifting Mothers

The following are the 10 stories that received the most web traffic this week across Patch's New Hampshire sites:

• Coming in at No. 1 for the week was a feature in Nashua listing the restaurants that were open in the city on Christmas Day.
• Hampton firefighters and a business helping out a girl at Christmas was also a popular read.
• Two women arrested in Hampton Beach during a heroin and cocaine sweep was also a hot story, coming in third.
• A story about a homeless man in Concord who allegedly shot another man in the face with a flare gun was also a popular read this last week.
• Rounding out the Top 5 was Patch’s storm and accident coverage on Thursday.
• A driver allegedly involved in a hit and run being charged with negligent homicide in Amherst came in at No. 6.
• Five arrested at the Merrimack Premium Outlets Mall on drug charges was also one of the most read stories of the week.
• At No. 8 was a story about a Concord man who allegedly assaulted a state trooper in Salem after the trooper stopped to help the man with his disabled vehicle.
  
• A man arrested after an alleged assault in a Hampton Beach motel comes in at No. 9.
  
• And rounding out this week's Top 10 is a Salem story about two Kohl's shoplifters who had kids in their car when they ran over an employee who tried to stop them.