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By ASHLEY SAARI

Wilton and Lyndeborough residents had the opportunity to meet the two finalists for the new principal of the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle/High School on Tuesday, with the School Board expected to make a selection during its next scheduled...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Wilton Planning Board has received a $83,000 grant to develop a strategy for housing in town, with a three-phase plan to review the town’s zoning and master plan.Planning Board Vice Chair Karon Walker said the funding will be used to pay...

High Mowing School’s seventh- and eighth-graders will present "The Hilltop Circus with a Chance of Meatballs" Thursday, Feb. 16, at 4 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 17, at 6:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m. at the school, 77 Pine Hill Drive in Wilton.The...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A group of volunteers descended upon local trails over weekend to clean up storm damage from two recent major snow events that brought down trees and branches, blocking trails and leaving debris in their wake.The Monadnock Sno-Moles, the largest...

Carly Kimball of Bennington, Avery Opland of Antrim and Natalie Tremblay of Peterborough were named to the Plymouth State University dean's list for the fall 2022 semester.To be named to the dean's list, a student must achieve a grade-point average...

Amadeus Fairbrother of Wilton was named to the dean's list at SUNY Cortland for the fall 2022 semester. Fairbrother is studying psychology.Students must earn a minimum 3.3 grade-point average for the semester to make the dean’s list.

By ASHLEY SAARI

An application for a seven-lot development on Barrett Hill in Wilton is likely to receive a decision next month, as the Planning Board comes up against a law-mandated deadline to render a vote.Board members initially told the applicants they would not...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A winter storm Sunday into Monday left tens of thousands of people across the state without power.As of 8:30 a.m. Monday, more than 30,000 customers were without power, according to the New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Homeland...

Southern New Hampshire University named the following students to the fall 2022 president's list: Nathaniel Addonizio of Greenville, Elizabeth Spaulding of New Ipswich, Nicholas Gravel of New Ipswich, Ariel Villamizar of New Ipswich, Andrew Villamizar...

He never smiled on camera, earning him the nickname of “The Great Stone Face," but Buster Keaton's comedies provided Hollywood's silent era with laughter throughout the 1920s.Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St. in Wilton, will present Keaton’s 1927 film...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Longtime Wilton town volunteer Charlie McGettigan Jr., who spent decades on town committees, died Jan. 8 at the age of 91.“He was always a gentleman to everybody,” said Charlie’s son, Steve McGettigan of Temple. “He didn’t play favorites with the...

The Wilton Collaborative Space, now administered by the Wilton Community Center, will host the following events in February, all at 21 Gregg St. in Wilton.On Friday, Feb. 3, the Wilton Folk Cafe returns with Newfound Grass, a bluegrass band. Newfound...

Springfield College has named Brooke Lane of Wilton to the dean's list for academic excellence for the 2022 fall semester.Lane has a primary major of exercise science/applied exercise science.To be named to the dean’s list, a student must have...

By KEN JACOBUS

In March of 2022, I took a leap of faith and booked a flight to Poland from Boston with little more than a vision to try to make a positive impact. I had never been to Poland, nor did I know anyone from Ukraine. But I wanted to see how I could help...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

On Tuesday night, Ben Jacob, Alex Nelson and Joe Krug led the Wilton-Lyndeborough boys’ basketball team to a 34-33 victory over Mount Royal Academy, the team’s first win of the season. Jacob scored 16 points, while Krug hit a crucial three-pointer...

By ROWAN WILSON

After the holidays, when the gifts are unwrapped, the decorations are put away and the tree is thrown out of the house, life usually quiets down. But local recycling centers can’t just forget about Christmas trash.In fact, they prepare to be busy...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

In 1958, newly discharged Navy serviceman Elmer Santerre entered trade school with the hopes of becoming a barber. As he toured the Monadnock region looking for a place to open his own barbershop, he stumbled upon Wilton’s Main Street. According to...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Hikers and walkers around the region are ringing in the 2023 with the tradition of getting out on the trails on New Year’s Day.For Jaquelyn O’Connor of New Ipswich, who runs the blog Getting Lost Together, discovering New England trails has become a...

By ROWAN WILSON

Andrew Timmins, bear biologist at New Hampshire Fish and Game, said there are currently around 6,800 black bears living in the state.Bears exist in every part of New Hampshire except for the immediate Seacoast. The Lakes Region and White Mountains...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Early in the morning on Feb. 24, while asleep in their condo in Kyiv, Ukraine, Kiril and Olha Necheporenko were awakened by a loud sound.It was a ways off, but not so far off that it wasn’t identifiable as an explosion.The couple had been watching the...