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Environment

Jaffrey: $110K being raised for dam

Monday, June 17, 2013

JAFFREY — The Thorndike Pond Conservation Association will take steps this fall to expand the sidewalls and increase the height of the dam on Thorndike Pond by approximately 1 foot. While construction will take about 30 days, Town Manager Dave Caron said in a recent interview with the Ledger-Transcript that the dam must first be relieved of five feet of water. The draw down, he noted, is slated to begin … 0

Francestown: Flowering forest

Monday, June 17, 2013

A lady slipper orchid was spotted in the Francestown Town Forest recently. … 0

Rindge: Efficiency focuses on police station

Monday, June 10, 2013

The town’s Energy Commission will issue a request for work proposals this week to contract with an illumination engineer, in an effort to reduce future electricity use at the police station on Main Street. The project will be the first of a three-part initiative, which also aims to improve fuel consumption at Ingalls Memorial Library on Main Street, as well as both electric … 0