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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 CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Picture this -- finishing dinner and drinks at a restaurant, and pouring an alcoholic beverage into a to-go cup to bring home or sip it while wandering around downtown.

By ASHLEY SAARI

The town is moving forward with decisions about its new town offices, including an approval by the Select Board to work with the town’s Historical Society to decorate public areas of the building.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

House lawmakers passed what’s effectively a statewide ban on sexual content in K-12 schools on Thursday, which would also create a complaint and appeals process for parents to challenge books they feel are inappropriate.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Selling state-owned properties, streamlining equipment purchases and outsourcing government services prevailed as some of the leading ideas among a group of New Hampshire business leaders as they discussed ideas to curb state spending.

By ASHLEY SAARI

Amidst icy conditions on Sunday morning, the Greenville Fire Department responded to a chimney fire on Darling Hill Road.

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 ASHLEY SAARI

New Ipswich will be conducting a radio study to determine where trouble spots are and develop potential solutions, with the cost to be shared between affected departments.

By BILL FONDA

Eighteen minutes into state League of Women Voters listening session at Peterborough Town Library Tuesday night, in which state Rep. Jonah Wheeler addressed his vote on House Bill 148, the stream was “Zoom-bombed,” in the words of League of Women Voters of New Hampshire President Liz Tentarelli.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Elizabeth Goodhue arrived at the Peterborough Town Library seeking answers from her state representatives, Jonah Wheeler and Peter Leishman, about the reasoning behind their votes in the state House last week supporting a bill that would roll back some anti-discrimination protections for transgender people and allow government entities and businesses to separate the use of their bathrooms and locker rooms by biological sex.

By BILL FONDA

Fern Niemi of Greenville retired approximately 15 years ago, but she hadn’t wanted to.

By ASHLEY SAARI

A group of neighbors fighting approvals to a tea party business in the Village District of New Ipswich has filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court against decisions of the state Housing Appeals Board for rulings made last month.

By ASHLEY SAARI

For John and Claudia Dery, Medicaid is one of the ways they’re able to navigate life dealing with John’s multiple sclerosis – including helping to pay for three days a week of care at Mondanock Adult Care Center in Jaffrey.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Transgender-related legislation dominated the New Hampshire State House last week, with lawmakers advancing a handful of bills that could direct people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex, not their gender, as well as ban puberty blockers, hormone treatment and breast surgery for people under age 18.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The House of Representatives shot down a bill that would expand end-of-life care options with a split that was as close as it gets – but its fate isn’t sealed yet.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Tedd Benson’s company has worked with the same Canadian supplier for over 20 years and uses a certain type of engineered wood to manufacture houses at its facilities in Keene and Walpole.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In the dusty basement of the State House Annex, the floor littered with chunks of cement dislodged from the construction above, a lawyer in a black suit clicked on his tape recorder.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

As Rep. Jonah Wheeler gave a speech in the House of Representatives last week, half of his party members in the chamber walked out in protest.

By BILL FONDA

Lots of homes, particularly older ones, have leaky windows, increasing heating costs. They can also be expensive to replace.

By ASHLEY SAARI

Cold temperatures, icy conditions and a 1,000-pound animal that is not eager to have its feet worked on – just another day at the office for farrier Emily Henderson of Hancock.