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By ASHLEY SAARI

In the summer of 1963, Nancy Eaton of Greenville sat down with her children and started plotting a dream road trip. Then, she packed them into the family car and headed to California.Along the way, she wrote down the family’s day-to-day.This is that...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Jaffrey is taking a look at its current open space development ordinance and how to improve it while meeting both conservation and housing goals for the town.On Thursday, the town, in combination with Resilience Planning & Design, held a community...

By BILL FONDA

Linda Draper’s younger daughter Katie had just started first grade, and she “was a mom who needed a job.”A Lyndeborough resident, she got one as a classroom aide at Florence Rideout Elementary School, where Katie and two-years-older sister Sara were...

By ASHLEY SAARI

In the final candidates’ forum at Antrim Town Hall on Wednesday, residents heard from the candidates for Executive Council District 5 – incumbent Republican Dave Wheeler and Democratic former state legislator Melanie Levesque.The district includes...

By DAVID ALLEN

In Temple on Saturday, Pikachus and Wolverines spooked those with open trunks into giving them treats outside the Town Hall as darkness fell during the trunk-or-treat event, and Courtney Flores served up a “Hocus Pocus” theme with her goodies. “Carmen...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Arlyss Martin, a 26-year-old Manchester resident, already knows she’ll be voting for Joyce Craig on Nov. 5 in the race for governor.“She has a lot more views that I align with,” Martin said. In particular, she said she likes Craig’s support of...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Dr. Marc Winiecki, formerly with Jaffrey Family Medicine, has struck out on his own, opening a direct primary care office in downtown Jaffrey.According to Winiecki, Monad Doc Health Direct will give him more freedom to form personal relationships with...

By ASHLEY SAARI

In the early hours of Sunday morning, police arrested two people, took an additional three juveniles into protective custody and seized more than 1,000 rolls of toilet paper after an alleged attempt to vandalize the Rindge town common.According to a...

By DAVID ALLEN

“Anytime a young person is hurt or worse, it hits especially hard,” said Peterborough Fire Department Chief Ed Walker.The recent accidents that resulted in the deaths of 17-year-old Damien Cronan of Antrim, 21-year-old Devin Lundgren of New Ipswich,...

By BILL FONDA

As she attempts to unseat a 38-year incumbent in Republican John Hunt, Democratic Cheshire County District 14 candidate Deni Dickler said the people she talks to love Rindge, but are concerned about issues that include property taxes, lack of school...

By DAVID ALLEN

“A couple years ago it was drought. Last year it was too much rain. This year it was the heat and humidity!” said Tim Anderson of the mercurial nature of apple harvests of late. The owner of Washburn’s Windy Hill Orchard in Greenville said that summer...

By ASHLEY SAARI

On Tuesday, New Ipswich honored Roland “Rollie” Coates, 96, with the Boston Post Cane, reviving a tradition that gifts the cane to the town’s oldest resident.The cane was last presented in 2009 to Lily Pakkala, but hasn’t been presented to the oldest...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The House of Que competitive barbecue team, made up of Ken MacInnis of New Ipswich and Brandon Saldoni of Nashua, competed in the recent Jack Daniel’s World Championship Barbecue in Tennessee, placing in the top half of competitors and excelling in...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Gov. Chris Sununu called the indictment of a New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice an “extremely serious situation” on Thursday after Anna Hantz Marconi was charged with two felonies and five misdemeanors Wednesday afternoon.“Everyone needs to be held,...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Republican candidate for governor Kelly Ayotte outraised her Democratic opponent, Joyce Craig, by nearly $7 million since each won their party primaries on Sept. 10 – largely thanks to Live Free PAC, a political action committee funded by the...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Lily Tang Williams condemns Vladimir Putin’s siege against Ukraine – but, she said the United States has given enough aid.“We thought, ‘Hey, with our help, maybe the war will end pretty fast,’” said Williams, the Republican nominee for New Hampshire’s...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Two experienced legislators will vie to represent state Senate District 10, which includes Peterborough, Hancock and Peterborough.The Democratic incumbent, Donovan Fenton, served three terms in the state’s House of Representatives before heading to...

By DAVID ALLEN

“2019 was the worst time in history to buy a restaurant,” said Amy Cabana. “COVID shut us down the following year. There are effects of the pandemic that people still don’t understand.”Cabana spoke in Porters, the dining option of the Birchwood Inn in...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Rindge Planning Board approved two separate applications for the same Route 119 property on Tuesday, one allowing the use of a auto-service business, and the other for a screen-printing business.The board originally considered both applications on...

By ASHLEY SAARI

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen presented a  special stone to the Cathedral of the Pines.Given as a gift by President Joe Biden, the white stone, sourced from Biden’s home state in Delaware, will be added to the Cathedral of the Pines’ Altar of...