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All Class V roads in Greenfield are closed to vehicles weighing in excess of six tons. Anyone needing a special exception to this posted weight limit should contact the DPW at 603-547-3504.  This posting shall remain in effect until April 30, or until...

By ASHLEY SAARI

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...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

David Bridgewater, who had been the director of Stephenson Memorial Library in Greenfield since 2020, is being remembered for his boundless energy, his determination to take on and solve problems, his kind nature and his unflagging good humor, along...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Mason Police Department rescued two lost and stuck ATV riders from the woods on Monday night.The department initiated a search for the women after receiving a call reporting someone in the woods screaming for help off of Starch Mill Road,...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Greenville fire crews responded to a house fire on Pleasant Street Saturday.The fire was contained to a single room in the home, according to Greenville Fire Chief Ben Buttrick, and started in the area of a couch, but the department has not determined...

By BILL FONDA

How does someone from Switzerland end up co-founding a lifesharing community in the Monadnock region where people of various abilities – including those with special needs – live and work side by side?“I guess it’s destiny,” said Donat Bay, founder of...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Mascenic School Board held two public hearings last week to receive feedback on a petition warrant article which would cap tax increases from school spending at 1.2%, but both saw scant attendance and lasted only a few minutes each, with little...

The big excitement in Greenfield is that we have a new farmstand, operated by the Gagnon family of Rockrose Farm, at the site of the old Yankee Farmer garden center at 171 Forest Road.The Gagnons are selling their own homemade muffins, cookies and...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Book-banning, PFAS contamination and expanded school lunches were among the issues voted on last week in the New Hampshire legislature, state Rep. Molly Howard (D-Hancock) reported Monday night in an open house with a group of constituents at...

Greenfield Elementary School kindergartners and first-graders recently celebrated 100 days of school. Activities included decorating T-shirts and hats, counting out 100 beads in groups of 10 and reading 100 words. Students also worked on “grow and...

By ASHLEY SAARI

This article has been changed from the original version. Although the Mascenic Regional School Board does not recommend the passage of the proposed budget, the adoption of a local tax cap, the creation of a School Budget Committee and eliminating the...

He’s at it again!  I’ve long felt that Education Secretary Frank Edelblut wants to do away with public education. I find it amazing, that he was appointed with no education background whatsoever. His promotion  of  charter schools has resulted in...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Greenville is proposing a $600,000 bond or loan to design and construct improvements to the town’s wastewater treatment plant on this year’s warrant.The funds, proposed to be the first article on the warrant that will be addressed in March at Town...

Several parents, like myself, have been diligently, without fanfare, dedicating time and energy to the Mascenic school system to fill in gaps for school functions or take up the slack in things like budget analysis and review.Many people asked me to...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Team Inconceivable, a Peterborough-based FIRST Tech Challenge team, is headed for the FIRST Tech Challenge state robotics competition at NHTI in Concord on Saturday with their 30-pound robot “Inconceivable.”“We love making robots,” said team member...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

State Sen. Denise Ricciardi paid a visit to Greenfield Saturday to present volunteers from the Friends of the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse with two checks totaling over $16,000 from the group’s recent partnership with New Hampshire Charitable...

By BEN CONANT

Mascenic celebrated their four seniors before Monday night's girls' basketball game against Wilton-Lyndeborough, but after the game, it was the Warriors who were celebrating both a win and a guaranteed home playoff game. "With tonight's win, we should...

The Greenville Fire Department spent Sunday training ice rescue skills, practicing how to retrieve people who have fallen through the ice on the Souhegan River behind the fire station.“Experiencing a fall through the ice helps us be prepared to know...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Discussion at Greenfield’s annual budget hearing centered on planning for large upcoming expenditures in the next several years, including a new road grader, a dump truck, replacement windows in the Town Offices, repairs to the town ball field and a...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The Mascenic Regional School District’s proposed 2024-2025 operating budget was cut by $1 million after an amendment passed at the SAU 87 deliberative session Wednesday night.The amendment, proposed by New Ipswich resident Bentti Hoiska, brought the...