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By ASHLEY SAARI

Two years after its purchase was approved, the Greenville Fire Department accepted delivery of its new fire truck March 13.In 2022, the town approved $600,000 for the purchase of the vehicle, which has become the department’s new Engine 2. Fire Chief...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Town officials agreed to go back to the drawing board regarding a proposed sidewalk plan to include a raised sidewalk leading to the town beach, after a long discussion and proposed amendment at Town Meeting on Saturday.While the amendment failed...

By ASHLEY SAARI

About 28 residents attended Sharon’s Town Meeting on Thursday and nearly unanimously approved all items on the warrant, including the budget and fund to work on a portion of Nashua Road.The budget  was proposed at $467,325. Town Administrator Debra...

By ASHLEY SAARI

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...

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Thomas Coneys unseated Select Board incumbent Marybeth Quill during Tuesday’s voting.In the three-way race, Coneys came out ahead with 422 votes to Quill’s 313, with Roberta Oeser coming in third with 228 votes.Coneys was campaigning at the polls on...

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Andrew Lawn will taking a seat at the Jaffrey Select Board table after winning a contested race on Tuesday.Lawn was up against Nathan Flowers for the seat, and received 477 votes, compared to 138 for Flowers.Lawn was campaigning outside of the Jaffrey...

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Maggie Bickford will return to the Greenville Select Board, after being elected to complete her term, which she resigned earlier this winter.Bickford had been serving as a Select Board member when she stepped away from the board due to health reasons....

By ASHLEY SAARI

All Jaffrey-Rindge district articles passed at the polls on Tuesday, including the proposed $31.86 million budget, and Nathan Flowers lost his School Board seat from Jaffrey.The proposed budget came in slightly under the default, which reflects last...

By ASHLEY SAARI

On Tuesday, New Ipswich voters rejected a proposed new full-time position that would have combined the duties of the fire chief, code enforcement officer and building inspector, positions which currently are part-time duties that pay a stipend.There...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Discussion of proposed 33-lot subdivision plan at the intersection of Maki Road and Appleton Road was continued again by the Planning Board Wednesday, though the last-minute request to continue by the applicant resulted in a split decision, with some...

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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...

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The Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce has announced MilliporeSigma as its Business of the Year, the Jaffrey Public Library as the Nonprofit of the Year and Anne Moore Griffin as Citizen of the Year.MilliporeSigma was chosen for its dedication to the...

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Boynton Middle School student Brook Sallila won a special prize from the New Ipswich Museum of History as the first-place winner of the museum’s “Why is History Important?” essay contest – a genuine uniform worn by a World War I soldier.Scott Kraska,...

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Hillsborough Superior Court, South, has lifted a previously imposed stay on the Silver Scone Teas tea party event business in New Ipswich, which has been embroiled in appeals of approvals to operate in the town’s Village District.Silver Scone Teas is...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Voters got a chance to hear from two of the candidates in the three-way race for the Rindge Select Board between incumbent Marybeth Quill, former Selectwoman Roberta Oeser and Thomas Coneys during a candidates night Tuesday hosted by the Rindge...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Town of New Ipswich will be back before the state’s Housing Appeals Board next week for another round related to the approval of the Silver Scone Teas tea party business in the town’s Village District.A group of neighbors who oppose the approval...

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A town vehicle has changed hands, as a pickup truck has been transferred from the Rindge Police Department to the Rindge Recreation Department for use as a utility truck.Police Chief Rachel Malynowski, along with officers Samuel Kelly and Jeffry...

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Since June of 2023, the ConVal School District has been gearing up to the upcoming vote March 12 on whether the district will be allowed to consolidate schools to save costs and expand program offerings – with a proposal on deck to close four of the...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Following a review, the Department of Energy has determined a complaint of the Office of the Consumer Advocate against Jaffrey’s community power plan is unfounded, and the department will not bring the matter to a proceeding before the Public...

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After approving the use of the electronic lottery game Keno in town last year, Greenville residents will be voting on the matter again in March, following a petition article that asks to rescind the permission.Keno is a game in which players can...