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By JESSECA TIMMONS

Francestown has joined the growing number of New Hampshire cities and towns launching a community power program.Community power allows towns to pool residents’ buying power to purchase electricity from a supplier at a discounted rate, potentially...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Richard Lawrence of Manchester and Francestown has filed an appeal with the state Housing Board after the Francestown ZBA denied an appeal for a rehearing on the request for a variance at Lawrence’s 13-acre property on Davis Lane.In June 2023, Richard...

By BILL FONDA

As the Crotched Mountain ski area gets ready to celebrate its 60th anniversary, it opened for the 2023-2024 winter season Dec. 1, its earliest in five years, according to Abigail Allen, New Hampshire spokeswoman for owner Vail Resorts.Crotched will...

Francestown Old Meeting House, 1 New Boston Road, will host a free holiday concert Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m.The concert features steel-string guitar player Harvey Reid and New Hampshire-born fiddler, singer and songwriter Joyce Andersen in a joint...

By BILL FONDA

Jesse Marcum of Dublin said he feels “helpless.” During the public comment portion of Tuesday night’s ConVal School Board meeting, he said he started attending meetings several years ago when he heard rumors of consolidation, and that despite his...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Hundreds of holiday shoppers attended Francestown’s first outdoor German Holiday Market on Saturday at the Francestown Meetinghouse horse stalls.Organizer Pamela Berry, manager of the Francestown Community Market, said the vendors were thrilled with...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Prismatic Consulting, the firm hired by the ConVal School District to address under-enrollment in the nine-town district, plans to recommend a reconfiguration plan that would close Francestown Elementary School, Dublin Consolidated School, Pierce...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Pamela Berry, manager of the Francestown Community Market, which takes place Friday afternoons in summer and fall, said traditional outdoor German holiday markets are a growing trend. On Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Francestown Community...

The next Francestown Academy Coffeehouse will be Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at Francestown Town Hall, 27 Main St.Performers include Fred Sprague, The Kukuleles, The Fret Benders, The Rickety Crickets, Carl Beverly and Pam Stohrer. A suggested $5...

By BILL FONDA

When Rockingham County Superior Court Judge David Ruoff ruled Monday in favor of the ConVal Regional School District and its co-plaintiffs that the state’s system for funding education is unconstitutional, he wrote that the current base adequacy...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, a Democratic candidate for governor, spoke at a brunch organized by Francestown Democrats Sunday at Francestown Town Hall, addressing local concerns on  inflation, housing, education, day care and civility in...

Led by JD Lauriat on drums and vocals, the Penniless Jacks will perform Sunday, Nov. 19, at a family brunch sponsored by the Francestown Democratic Committee from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Francestown Town Hall.The Penniless Jacks provide their takes...

By B.J. CARBEE

The Francestown Patriotic Purposes Committee organized the town’s annual Veterans Day parade on Saturday, which takes place every year at at 11 a.m. on the 11th of November. The committee is made up of three veterans or spouses of veterans,...

Keenan Wilson of Francestown was one of more than 550 members of the Class of 2023 at St. Lawrence University.Wilson majored in psychology and graduated from ConVal High School.

The following local students were named to the Plymouth State University president's list for the spring 2023 semester: Jamison Coty of Hancock, Andrew Edmunds of Antrim, Ryan Goodrich of New Ipswich, Dan McHugh of New Ipswich, RachylParslow of...

The Joan Hanchett Nature Series will present “Landscape Impacts in New Hampshire from Glaciation to the Present” Friday, Nov. 10, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the second floor of Francestown Town Hall.The program will describe the factors that have...

A Francestown Academy Coffeehouse is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. at Francestown Town Hall, 27 Main St.Musicians will include Megan Davis, Sharon Dowling, Cameron Sutphen, Coyote Bleux, Music Therapy and featured act The Kingsnakes. A $5...

By ALFRED EISENBERG

In this case, the money is the last of the American Rescue Plan Act funds that were targeted for expanding broadband coverage nationwide. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Francestown to include every resident in the deployment of...

The following local students were named to the St. Lawrence University dean's list for the spring 2023 semester:-- Jason Bergeron of Dublin, a member of the Class of 2025 majoring in mathematics and psychology.-- PerrineHolmberg of Hancock, a member...

Shannon Agonis of New Ipswich and Emma Place of Francestown graduated from Roger Williams University in May as part of the Class of 2023.Agonis graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology, while Place graduated with a bacehlor’s degree in marine...