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Messiah McMaster has been charged with a felony count of arson at the 1545 Main St. home of Janet and Richard Chevarie. (COURTESY PHOTO)

BERLIN — Messiah McMaster is alleged to have set his neighbors’ house on fire last week because he was upset over a snow blowing incident a year ago according to testimony at his arraignment in Coos Superior Court in Lancaster on Monday.

McMaster, 37, of 1553 Main St. in Berlin, is charged with a felony count of arson at the 1545 Main St. home of Janet and Richard Chevarie on Feb. 28.

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