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By ASHLEY SAARI

A donated fire vehicle will be going out for refurbishment, after the Select Board approved a bid for the work on Tuesday night.Town Administrator Deb Deaton said the board had a scheduled bid opening on Tuesday for the work, but only received one...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

It may be hard to find a more appropriately named store in the area than Happy Hardware in New Ipswich, where de facto manager Lisa Belliveau makes sure people have the most fun they’ve ever had in a hardware store. “I don’t want anyone to ever come...

Luke Moran of New Ipswich recently fulfilled a longtime dream by converting the back of a 1994 Lincoln Town Car limousine into a red cedar wood-fired sauna.Moran used scrap wood from other sauna construction jobs, installed a stove and chimney and...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Neighbors of the Silver Scone Teas tea party events business in New Ipswich have filed a second appeal with the state’s Housing Appeals Board regarding the Zoning Board’s decision to uphold the Planning Board’s site plan approval of the business.A...

Jony Burgos Santiago, a 31-year-old New Ipswich resident, was arrested Wednesday on a felony warrant for aggravated felonious sexual assaultAccording to the Nashua Police Department, Santiago was also charged with a second count of aggravated...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in Greenville has received donations of Easter dinner main dishes to help ease the costs for residents in the area.Director Kevin Little said the donations were “significant” and came from local businesses and...

By ASHLEY SAARI

As the weather warms, teams of citizen volunteers have been donning rain jackets and reflective vests, heading out on the rainy nights to escort amphibians from the woodlands where they spend most of the year, crossing roadways to wetlands and vernal...

100+ Women Who Care Monadnock, a local giving circle, has opened nominations for a local nonprofit to receive more than $10,500 in donations.Being a member is not required to nominate a nonprofit. Nominations close April 3 at 5 p.m. The more-than-200...

By ASHLEY SAARI

After a narrow defeat at the polls of an article that would have created a full-time fire chief, code enforcement and building inspector position, New Ipswich Fire Chief Gary Somero appeared before the Select Board Tuesday to discuss the future of the...

The fifth and final race in the Monadnock Regional Milers Winter Chiller series wrapped up with a 4.7-mile jaunt starting and finishing at BeFit fitness center in New Ipswich March 9. Winning on the hilly loop course was Mascenic alum Avery Traffie...

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...

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...

By ASHLEY SAARI

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...

By ASHLEY SAARI

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,...

By ASHLEY SAARI

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

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...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Candidates in contested races for the Planning Board and Mascenic School Board spoke to residents during New Ipswich’s candidates night Tuesday.There are multiple races for the Planning Board this year, including a four-way race for two three-year...

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...

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...