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Executive Councilor and Democratic candidate for governor Cinde Warmington sees reproductive health, public education and housing among the top issues facing the state today.Warmington will be facing off in a September primary contest against...

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Jaffrey celebrated some of its most-involved citizens with a volunteer dinner, thanking longtime members of town boards and elected positions and the committee responsible for putting together the town’s 250th anniversary celebrations, along with...

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Work is well underway on a water treatment plant that will be co-owned and operated by the towns of Jaffrey and Peterborough – a model that allows both towns to share the cost of both constructing the facility and its future operations.With a total...

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The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in Greenville has received donations of Easter dinner main dishes to help ease the costs for residents in the area.Director Kevin Little said the donations were “significant” and came from local businesses and...

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As the weather warms, teams of citizen volunteers have been donning rain jackets and reflective vests, heading out on the rainy nights to escort amphibians from the woodlands where they spend most of the year, crossing roadways to wetlands and vernal...

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As a planned pair of roundabouts in the Jaffrey downtown enters the final design phases, residents can anticipate a three-year construction season, starting in April of 2025.Representatives from the Department of Transportation and the town’s...

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After a narrow defeat at the polls of an article that would have created a full-time fire chief, code enforcement and building inspector position, New Ipswich Fire Chief Gary Somero appeared before the Select Board Tuesday to discuss the future of the...

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Two years after its purchase was approved, the Greenville Fire Department accepted delivery of its new fire truck March 13.In 2022, the town approved $600,000 for the purchase of the vehicle, which has become the department’s new Engine 2. Fire Chief...

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Town officials agreed to go back to the drawing board regarding a proposed sidewalk plan to include a raised sidewalk leading to the town beach, after a long discussion and proposed amendment at Town Meeting on Saturday.While the amendment failed...

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About 28 residents attended Sharon’s Town Meeting on Thursday and nearly unanimously approved all items on the warrant, including the budget and fund to work on a portion of Nashua Road.The budget  was proposed at $467,325. Town Administrator Debra...

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Mascenic will have a default budget for the next school year – a move that the School Board was advocating for – after an operating budget that had been cut by $1 million during the district’s deliberative session failed at the polls Tuesday.A series...

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Thomas Coneys unseated Select Board incumbent Marybeth Quill during Tuesday’s voting.In the three-way race, Coneys came out ahead with 422 votes to Quill’s 313, with Roberta Oeser coming in third with 228 votes.Coneys was campaigning at the polls on...

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Andrew Lawn will taking a seat at the Jaffrey Select Board table after winning a contested race on Tuesday.Lawn was up against Nathan Flowers for the seat, and received 477 votes, compared to 138 for Flowers.Lawn was campaigning outside of the Jaffrey...

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Maggie Bickford will return to the Greenville Select Board, after being elected to complete her term, which she resigned earlier this winter.Bickford had been serving as a Select Board member when she stepped away from the board due to health reasons....

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All Jaffrey-Rindge district articles passed at the polls on Tuesday, including the proposed $31.86 million budget, and Nathan Flowers lost his School Board seat from Jaffrey.The proposed budget came in slightly under the default, which reflects last...

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On Tuesday, New Ipswich voters rejected a proposed new full-time position that would have combined the duties of the fire chief, code enforcement officer and building inspector, positions which currently are part-time duties that pay a stipend.There...

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Discussion of proposed 33-lot subdivision plan at the intersection of Maki Road and Appleton Road was continued again by the Planning Board Wednesday, though the last-minute request to continue by the applicant resulted in a split decision, with some...

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A previously approved event business on Greenville Road may be seeking an expansion before it gets off the ground, adding short-stay cabins to a planned event venue.Ben and Chelsea Hatcher, owner of Old Homestead Farm in New Ipswich, appeared before...

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The Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce has announced MilliporeSigma as its Business of the Year, the Jaffrey Public Library as the Nonprofit of the Year and Anne Moore Griffin as Citizen of the Year.MilliporeSigma was chosen for its dedication to the...

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Boynton Middle School student Brook Sallila won a special prize from the New Ipswich Museum of History as the first-place winner of the museum’s “Why is History Important?” essay contest – a genuine uniform worn by a World War I soldier.Scott Kraska,...