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By ASHLEY SAARI

To combat a lack of after-school day care options, the Jaffrey Recreation Department, backed by multiple community partners, has started the Youth Empowerment Program – a program for Jaffrey Grade School students who need care in the hours between...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Souhegan Lions Club is about to receive a third bench made of plastic from a recycling effort to reduce the amount of plastic bags and wrapping going into landfills.The program, run by NexTrex, which uses recycled materials to create composite...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Lined up in the Rindge Memorial School gymnasium, young students learn to stretch, strike with a tiger claw or dragon fist and the basics of karate, under the tutelage of Elizabeth Kenny of Jaffrey.Every Wednesday after school, the Rindge Recreation...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Greenfield Police are asking the community for assistance in locating a missing woman who was last seen on Nov. 23.Mickaell Currier, 32, is 5-feet, 4-inches tall with brown hair (currently dyed black) and brown eyes, with a tattoo of a spider on her...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

State leaders warned of climbing labor shortages throughout New Hampshire’s government agencies during budget hearings, and Gov.-elect Kelly Ayotte plans to tackle that issue.Ayotte assembled a Public Safety Task Force, her transition team announced,...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The budget ball is in Kelly Ayotte’s court.After 50 state agencies presented their budget proposals for the 2026-27 cycle, the governor-elect has about three months to piece together her draft spending plan and present it to the state Legislature.Her...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Earlier this year, Gov. Chris Sununu sent a message to state agencies: Decrease your budgets by about 4%. In budget hearings, department heads complied, hitting that mark on their funding proposals, but they're sending a message back: We don’t have...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry has the assembly of its annual Thanksgiving dinner baskets down to a science.In an effort involving dozens of volunteers, the pantry assembles baskets with everything from the turkey to handmade apple pies and...

By BILL FONDA

Justin Dole’s SWNH Alerts & Info Facebook page is a go-to site to learn about fires, car accidents or similar events in the Monadnock region, as he is frequently on the scene of incidents taking pictures or publishing scanner alerts.“He just spends...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Jaffrey is set to purchase the former TD Bank on Main Street, after a special Town Meeting on Saturday when nearly 200 residents unanimously gave approval to spend $1.2 million in fund balance to buy the building and convert it to a new town...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The owner of a lot on Willard Road in New Ipswich has proposed a sand- and gravel-excavation operation that would run for the next three to five years, causing concerns among neighbors about noise, dust and impacts to the road during a Planning Board...

By ASHLEY SAARI

After seeing early success in a partnership between the Ingalls Memorial Library in Rindge and the Jaffrey Public Library, the consortium is adding a third participant – Frost Memorial Library in Marlborough.This summer, the Rindge and Jaffrey...

By ASHLEY SAAR

Conant Middle High School is looking to expand its facilities and programming for career and technical training with a $22 million addition, with the majority of funding potentially coming from the state.During an information session Tuesday,...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance is anticipating greatly increasing the request for town support from both Jaffrey and Rindge this year to more than 2 1/2 times the current request.During a meeting with the Rindge Select Board on Monday, JRMA...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

On the campaign trail, Kelly Ayotte championed nuclear energy. Now, a group of House Republicans are backing her quest to expand it in New Hampshire.Ten legislators – including state Rep. Keith Ammon, whe represents Lyndeborough -- signed on to a...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington embraced a shift toward new tolling technology for New Hampshire’s highways. They’re safer, cheaper to operate and more environmentally friendly, she said – not to mention, faster.“Traffic moves more evenly...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The New Ipswich Select Board has approved a new cruiser for the Police Department and a computer for one of the existing cruisers.On Nov. 12, the board took two votes on new equipment for the Police Department, approving $61,000 for a 2025 Police...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Rindge fire crews responded Monday morning to a brush fire in Annett State Park, the second one this month, after a discarded cigarette lit dry ground cover alight, according to Rindge Fire Chief Rick Donovan. One person has been arrested as a result...

By ASHLEY SAARI

On Friday evening, the Rindge Fire Department responded to a house fire that was eventually raised to a three-alarm fire.According to a release from the department, at 8:44 p.m. on Friday, crews responded to the home on Butternut Lane for a reported...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A young referee makes a call on the court of the Mascenic Regional High School gymnasium.Immediately after comes a pop quiz. What was the call? What is the hand signal? What happens next?That’s because this call wasn’t made in the middle of an actual...