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By DAVID ALLEN

When players from both Conant and Derryfield School used the term “chippy” to describe the Orioles' 4-1 loss to the visitors from Manchester Wednesday, it was clear that both teams found the match to have more than its share of physical...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In two crowded Democratic primary races for state representative, four candidates pulled away with their party’s nominations to serve in Concord -- newcomers Hannah Bissex and Tom Hsu, and incumbents Jonah Wheeler and Peter Leishman.Bissex and Hsu won...

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Campaigners were out under sunny skies on Tuesday, stumping for their candidates and talking to voters about issues including public education, the economy and housing.Gubernatorial candidates Kelly Ayotte and Joyce Craig, for whom the primary have...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Melanie Levesque of Brookline won the Democratic primary for Executive Council District 5 and will face the Republican incumbent, Dave Wheeler, in November.Levesque won the district, which includes Antrim, Bennington, Francestown, Greenfield,...

By DAVID ALLEN

 “It’s dangerous,” Nancy Cayford said. “Children are skateboarding at the community center and the church right by the road.”“The road” is Route 101, and at Monday’s meeting of the Dublin Select Board, she introduced the idea of a skate park being...

By ASHLEY SAARI

For Hunger Action Month, shoppers at Shaw’s in Peterborough on Saturday helped to benefit the ConVal Regional End 68 Hours of Hunger program by donating both food and dollars, in a event organized by Peterborough Fire and Rescue.Members of the squad...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Jaffrey Conservation Commission has reached a consensus for a remediation plan for further violations found at the Stony Brook development, an approved 28-house development on Route 124 adjacent to the Shattuck Golf Course.The commission met Sept....

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Monadnock Full Throttle Triathlon hosted 123 racers on Sunday for the annual three-leg race.The race included a half-mile swim in Thorndike Pond, transitioning to the biking segment from the beach. Participants biked for 11.2 miles on a...

By ASHLEY SAARI

U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster visited Franklin Pierce University Tuesday, speaking with science faculty and students to celebrate the allocation of $825,000 in Congressional Designated Funding to build a new simulation lab in the college’s health sciences...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Two Democrats are vying to oppose Republican David Wheeler in the Executive Council’s 5th District.Melanie Levesque of Brookline and Shoshanna Kelly of Nashua, who both bring government experience to the table, will face off in a primary election on...

By ASHLEY SAARI

An approved subdivision may be back before the zoning and planning boards in Rindge, with a request to increase the number of proposed housing units from 27 to 42.Developer Jamie Van Dyke appeared before the Plnnning Board on Tuesday for a preliminary...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Snoopy the mini-Rex rabbit will be spending Tuesdays for the next several weeks fulfilling his role as the rabbit-in-residence at the Jaffrey Public Library, participating in children’s programs and acting as a reading buddy for children.Snoopy, owned...

By TIM BRUNS

After some discussion during Tuesday’s Peterborough Select Board meeting, town buildings and structures will soon be powered by 100% renewable energy.Since the current contract with Standard Power is ending soon, Select Board members looked at rates...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Rindge Planning Board is considering multiple amendments to the zoning ordinance to go on the ballot in March, including loosening restrictions related to phased development.During their meeting on Tuesday, board members discussed several...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Voters in the Democratic primary in Peterborough and Sharon have a choice to make Sept. 10. Three current and former state representatives are running in Hillsborough County District 33, where there are only two seats.Incumbents Peter Leishman and...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Three Democratic candidates with experience in local government, education, hospitality, business and agriculture – Hannah Bissex, Jed Brummer and Tom Hsu – are running in the Sept. 10 primary to represent Rindge, Jaffrey and Dublin in the State...

By TIM BRUNS

Conant Middle High School brought on two new coaches for this fall season.Heather Sawyer joined the boys’ soccer team as head coach in July, while Ashley Lingerman became the field hockey coach in the spring.Sawyer, who previously served as assistant...

By ASHLEY SAARI

When Jaffrey Public Library Circulation Supervisor Bailey Bernier made a recent visit to Humiston Playground on the library’s Book Bike for a storytime, with a selection of books for children to check out on the spot, one of the attending children...

By TIM BRUNS

At Monadnock Community Hospital, physician’s assistant Lauren Morton is being remembered as a beloved member of the emergency department team.Morton, 44, of Francestown, died Aug. 19. She had worked at the hospital since 2017. Dr. Eric Lasky, medical...

By ASHLEY SAARI

For the past several years, amputee Mike Welsch has made it his goal to swim all of the biggest lakes of New Hampshire, and some of its smaller ones, including, this summer, Pool Pond in Rindge.Welsch, a resident of New Salem, Mass., has long checked...

By TIM BRUNS

On Tuesday, Dublin Education Advisory Committee members discussed cost projections regarding withdrawal from the ConVal School District, including Select Board member Carole Monroe saying she was “concerned” that the projected cost increase for other...