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By ASHLEY SAARI

Conant Middle High School has been named the 2025 New Hampshire High School of Excellence by the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Awards, which honors one elementary, middle and high school each year with the title.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Rindge Historical Society will host singer-songwriter Walter Crockett at Saturday’s “Music at the Museum” event at the Rindge Meeting House.

Project Shakespeare will present "Little Women," adapted and directed by Deborah Shakespeare Thurber, on Saturday, April 26, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 27, at 4 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 6 Payson Hill Road, Rindge.

By BEN CONANT

It may be early, but the Conant softball team is atop the Division III standings and off to a hot start this spring.

By BEN CONANT

The Conant girls' tennis team won its first match of the season Thursday afternoon, outlasting White Mountains for a 6-3 victory.

An electrical fire at Franklin Pierce University has forced some students into temporary housing.

Franklin Pierce University’s Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication held its annual Fitzwater Center Honors ceremony April 2, bestowing Fitzwater Medallions to honorees.

By ASHLEY SAARI

Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of violence, including domestic assault.

Franklin Pierce University will posthumously award an honorary degree to former Board of Trustees Chair Frederick W. Pierce IV and the Honorable Walter R. Peterson Citizen Leader Award to James McKim as part of the university’s graduation ceremony Saturday, May 10.

Franklin Pierce University announced that Rachel Strout has been named valedictorian for the Class of 2025, and Gabrielle Oliva has been named salutatorian.

On Saturday morning, the Rindge Recreation Department hosted Easter celebrations, with Easter-themed coloring pages, a meet-and-greet with the Easter Bunny and its traditional egg hunt, with eggs scattered across the department’s field and playground. 

By ASHLEY SAARI

The First Congregational Church of Rindge’s Got Lunch program will be moving from the Rindge church parsonage to the United Church of Jaffrey, but won’t impact the operation of the program, according to organizers.

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Rindge Farmers and Crafters Market will not be taking place this summer.

The American Red Cross is seeking blood and platelet donors this April to address seasonal shortages, especially from type O donors. Appointments can be scheduled at redcrossblood.org, by calling 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767), or via the Red Cross Blood Donor App.

By ASHLEY SAARI

After the failure of the proposed budget in March, the Rindge Select Board has decided not to address the budget in a special Town Meeting, expecting to move forward with its default budget.

By ASHLEY SAARI

Universal preschool, athletics, cocurricular activities, a middle school music teacher and a high school French teacher could be restored to the budget after the Jaffrey-Rindge School Board agreed Monday to to use $1.1 million in end-of-year funds to prevent some planned cuts.

By JOHN MCCARTHY

In Rindge and Jaffrey, March 11 was a sad day for supporters of public education. Voters approved a $3 million cut to the school district budget and refused a $16 million grant to build a Career and Technical Education (CTE) center at Conant Middle High School.

By DAVID ALLEN

Residents of Jaffrey and Rindge gathered Friday evening to collect signatures on petitions asking the School Board to revisit proposed cuts in the budget that members voted to approve last week. 

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Jaffrey-Rindge School Board officially voted on a series of cuts on Monday – including athletic programs, cocurriculars, 24 1/2 employee positions and universal access to pre-K– as a result of district voters passing a budget with a $3 million cut from the board’s original $33.76 million proposal.

Well, congratulations, the dog has caught the car. It’s going to be interesting to see how the guy who has a long history of yelling at selectman’s meetings will fare when faced with the actual job of running the town.

A team from Rindge made up of players from Jaffrey, Rindge and New Ipswich recently won the fifth- and sixth-grade Division 2 championship of the Manchester Suburban League, beating Derry 54-32 in the final.