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By ASHLEY SAARI

Jaffrey will receive more than $400,000 in grant funding for the future demolition of the former St. Patrick’s School on Main Street.During Monday’s meeting, the Select Board accepted the $414,000 in InvestNH grant funding, provided by the Department...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Rindge and Peterborough will be honoring veterans Saturday as part of the Wreaths Across America national movement to remember those who served with wreaths laid at their graves.Wreaths Across America is a movement that stemmed from a tradition...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A 14-lot subdivision on Highland Avenue received Planning Board approval Tuesday, along with plans for a new treatment center for the town’s Turnpike Road well site.Chad Branon of Fieldstone Land Consultants, presented the finalized plans for the...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In Rick Ladd’s 16 years in the State House, he’d never seen so many education bills.That is, until 2022, when they skyrocketed – so much so that Ladd, a Haverhill Republican and chair of the House Education Committee, said lawmakers can no longer...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

On election night, Republicans in New Hampshire delivered what many thought of as a slam dunk.But outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu doesn’t see Republicans’ trifecta control of the governor’s office, the House and the Senate in Concord as a free pass.The...

By BILL FONDA

Robert Gagnon, who murdered 83-year-old Robert Prest of Lyndeborough and shot 46-year-old Carlos Quintong of Brookline in November 2002, was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 40 years in prison.Attorney General John Formella’s office announced that...

By ASHLEY SAARI

With a gift from the estate of a long-time Rindge resident, the Ingalls Memorial Library will be installing a generator to allow the building to continue operating and offer warming services during major blackouts.During a Select Board meeting on...

By ASHLEY SAARI

For those who love Christmas cookies, but not the mess that comes with baking them, the Jaffrey Woman’s Club is hosing its second Cookie Stroll on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Kathleen Sterling, one of the directors for the Jaffrey Woman’s...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The occupants of a two-family home on Main Street in Jaffrey have been displaced after a three-alarm fire Wednesday destroyed the attached barn and breezeway, and damaged the home and apartment, according to the Jaffrey Fire Department.Fire crews...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Welcome to Port Piscaquoddymoggin, a little New England town where lobstermen and fishermen bring in their catch by the harbor, as the town prepares for its annual Christmas parade.Or swing by its sister town, the farming village of Mount...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Greenville’s annual “Light Up Greenville” Christmas light and house decoration contest is currently open for people to register.The contest has three categories: Yankee Christmas, Winter Wonderland and Santa’s Workshop. Yankee Christmas is for homes...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Saturday is filled with holiday cheer in Mason, with a collaboration between the Mason Recreation Committee, Mason Library, Mason Historical Society, the Mason Town Hall Renovation Committee and Mason Fire & EMS organizing a day of holiday crafts...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A change to a proposed Rindge zoning amendment during a public hearing on Wednesday would allow short-term rentals such as Airbnbs to have up to three guests per bedroom.During a public hearing Tuesday, the Rindge Planning Board reviewed a total of...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Highbridge Hill Elementary School is no longer designated as a Comprehensive Support and Improvement School, or CSI, a state designation identifying the lowest-performing 5% of elementary and middle schools in the state.The state identifies CSI...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Jaffrey is anticipating about a 5% increase in its sewer rate for the coming year, while the water rate will remain flat.During a review of long-term planning for the budgeting for the utilities during its meeting on Nov. 25, the Select Board...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With funds from the state’s arts division, Peterborough Players will look to expand its educational programming.Victoria Zischke, the theater’s new managing director, said she’s exploring long-term endeavors that would focus on reviving some...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire’s consumer advocate, which represents residents and utility customers in government decisions, could be stripped of its funding and independence in the name of efficiency.Ross Berry, a state representative from Weare, filed a draft...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

It’s no secret that New Hampshire’s headed toward leaner times. Outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu hoped to get ahead of the revenue problem by asking state agencies to reduce their budgets requests.Still, this year’s proposals totaled nearly $17 billion...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Neighbors who have been appealing the approval of a tea party business in New Ipswich’s Village District have had one of their appeals dismissed by Hillsborough Superior Court – North.On Nov. 20, the court issued a decision affirming the Planning...

By ASHLEY SAARI

During its Nov. 25 meeting, the Jaffrey Select Board recognized the dedication of Andy Baranowski, who is marking his 20th year working for the town.Baranowski is the current water foreman and a water operator for the town’s Water Department.“Andy has...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire saw its Republican majorities in the Legislature expand on Election Day, and that holds true in the Monadnock region, as well.Several Republican newcomers will replace retiring legislators, and one House seat in the area flipped red....