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Mascenic budget, petition articles fail at polls
Mascenic will have a default budget for the next school year – a move that the School Board was advocating for – after an operating budget that had been cut by $1 million during the district’s deliberative session failed at the polls Tuesday.A series...
ConVal reconfiguration article fails
An article that that could have resulted in Francestown Elementary School, Dublin Consolidated School, Pierce School in Bennington and Temple Elementary School closing failed at the ballot box Tuesday, receiving only 45.47% of the vote, when...
Sports
Franklin Pierce recap: Women’s hockey team headed to final
Although the Franklin Pierce University women’s hockey team was one of two that beat Long Island University during the New England Women’s Hockey Alliance regular season, the fifth-seeded Ravens were still an underdog against the top-seeded Sharks in...
Opinion
Viewpoint: Jeanne Dietsch – How "liberty" replaced the American Dream
My parents wanted my brothers and me to have a better education than they did. Learning about a world beyond the one we grew up in was the key to opportunity, the American Dream.Now, parents are told children should only learn what their parents...
Business
Old Homestead Farm proposes short-stay cabins to supplement event business
A previously approved event business on Greenville Road may be seeking an expansion before it gets off the ground, adding short-stay cabins to a planned event venue.Ben and Chelsea Hatcher, owner of Old Homestead Farm in New Ipswich, appeared before...
Arts & Life
Dublin Community Center hosts storytelling and spoken word
Dublin Community Center, 1123 Main St., will host the Monadnock Storytelling & Spoken Word Circle Wednesday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m.The event is an open mic for participants to share stories, poetry, rap, comedy or any kind of spoken word, going around...
Obituaries
Manchester NH - Edward M. Mottau, 55, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2024. A resident of Manchester NH, Ed was an artist and general contractor living and working in the Monadnock Regio... remainder of obit for Edward M. Mottau
Greer SC - Anne "Annie" Laurel Stauffeneker Olson, 79, wife of the late Joel Thomas Olson, passed away March 9, 2024. Anne was born in Cortland, New York to the late Vernon Floyd and Lila ... remainder of obit for Anne L. Olson
Robert "Bob" Fogg, Sr. Hancock NH - Robert (Bob) A. Fogg Sr., 85, of Hancock, NH lost his courageous battle with mesothelioma on February 26, 2024. He was at home with his loving family by h... remainder of obit for Robert Fogg Sr.
Peterborough NH - Reed F. Curry, 73, of Peterborough, passed away peacefully and surrounded by the love of his family on March 3, 2024, at Jaffrey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was ... remainder of obit for Reed F. Curry