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ConVal schools will reopen Friday, March 17, two hours late and with limited bus routes. According to a statement from Superintendent Kimberly Rizzo Saunders, many roads are too narrow for buses to travel after Tuesday’s snowstorm, so the district...

STAFF REPORTS

During the nor’easter that dropped more than two feet of snow across the region Tuesday, knocked out power for thousands and postponed elections for two weeks, Monadnock Community Hospital stayed open.The power was out at the hospital, so it ran on...

By ASHLEY SAARI

On Monday, March 6, the Milford District Court ruled that former state Rep. Chris Balch was not guilty of four counts of criminal mischief and four counts of timber trespass.Balch, a Wilton resident, served as a Democratic state representative from...

Staff Reports

Due to the storm projected for Tuesday, towns have postponed their elections to March 28.Antrim, Bennington, New Ipswich, Greenville, Greenfield, Lyndeborough, Mason, Rindge, Jaffrey, Wilton, Sharon, Dublin, Francestown, Hancock, Peterborough and...

By BILL FONDA

The name “SB2” comes from the bill that created it, Senate Bill 2 in 1995, and it became the official name for the ballot referendum form of government in 2000.Under SB2, Town Meeting is done over two sessions. The first is the deliberative session,...

Bennington Democrats will hold a potluck dinner and caucus Tuesday, March 21, at 6 pm at the VFW Depot, 9 Hancock Road.The committee is welcoming registered Democrats in town and electing officers for the committee. All registered Democrats from...

By ROWAN WILSON

Maura McCann, a representative from the New Hampshire State Lottery, spoke to the Bennington Select Board about Keno 603 Tuesday night and answered questions from the public about what it would mean for the town if the warrant article proposing Keno...

The Bennington Historical Society has launched a new blog, benningtonnewhampshirehistory.blog, and new articles will be posted every few weeks.“We thought it was time to move the society into the digital age,” Program Director Molly Flower Eppig...

On Feb. 9 at The Pierce School, a record number of Bennington residents gathered for their monthly community supper, a sausage dinner.The Bennington Conservation Commission sponsored, cooked and baked everything, which went beyond kielbasa,...

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Two men were injured in a construction accident Friday on Bible Hill Road in Bennington after wind blew down sections of the building where they were working.According to a statement from New Hampshire State Fire Marshal Sean P. Toomey, Bennington...

Antrim-Bennington American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars are hosting a pancake breakfast for all local veterans and their families on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9  at First Presbyterian Church of Antrim, 73 Main St.The event is open to all veterans...

-- DaniellRupp, Alexander Mills and Anna Gombas of Francestown.-- James Crawford of Greenville.-- Sabrina Smith and Casey Landry of Mason.-- Matthew Wilkins, Riley Bishop, Kylie Millea, Adrian Hall, Amber Hall, Avery McClain, Isabella Walden, Finneas...

On Thursday, Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m., the Bennington Conservation Commission is sponsoring the monthly free community supper at the Pierce School, 19 Main St.For something different, the commission has chosen sausages of all types, including vegetarian,...

On Friday night, Eyes of Age performed in the Bennington Town Hall for the music committee’s 2023 Winter Friday Night Stage series. Friday Night Stage is put on every other Friday in the winter. The next performance will be Sweet Wednesday on Feb. 10.

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...

By ROWAN WILSON

Local employers faced challenges attracting and retaining employees in 2022, and this year, employers are forced to consider what it will take to stay staffed.Mark Cilley, vice president and owner of American Steel & Precast Erectors in Peterborough,...

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...

By ROWAN WILSON

Bennington town administration and the Select Board met in Pierce Elementary School Tuesday evening to discuss the town’s proposed 2023 budget of approximately $1.83 million, a 3.38 percent increase. The budget accounts for increased costs of goods...

The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center has received a grant from the John Vance ACCESS Fund, a donor-advised fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, to expand its capacity to identify, include and support individuals with...