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By BEN CONANT

What started as an outlet for recent graduates to keep playing hoops has turned into a venerable tradition in Wilton, as the Wilton Men’s League celebrates its 50th year in action this spring. “We've been going 50 years,” said Walter Bausha, who...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Towns across the Monadnock region are poised to launch community power programs this year, with several communities taking up the issue during Town Meeting and others rolling out their programs this spring after already gaining approvals.In...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Towns across the Monadnock region are gearing up for elections again, after the previously scheduled election on March 14 ran up against a major blizzard that dumped massive amounts of snow across the state, knocked out power and closed roads.This is...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Wilton-Lyndeborough school district residents met with three potential candidates for high school principal last week, in preparation for a final selection for the 2023-24 school year.The district had already gone through one selection process and...

Three local students earned dean's list honors for Emerson College's fall 2022 semester. The requirement to make dean's list is a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester.Aidan Harper of Francestown is majoring in media arts production...

By ASHLEY SAARI

During a brief break during Wilton’s Town Meeting on Thursday evening, Select Board Chair Kermit Williams took a moment between articles to speak of the contributions of Wilton resident Deb Degan, and to award her Wilton’s Citizen of the Year.Willams...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Wilton voters agreed to a $200,000 bond to purchase upgraded generators for the town’s sewer stations, in a unanimous 71-0 ballot vote to kick off Town Meeting on Thursday, where all articles passed.Select Board Chair Kermit Williams explained the...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A Nashua woman was taken to the hospital on Sunday after an ATV rollover crash in Wilton.According to a release from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, on Sunday at approximately 3:15 p.m., a Fish and Game conservation officer, the Wilton...

St. Patrick’s Day is on Friday, March 17. Here’s where to celebrate the holiday in the Monadnock region:ANTRIMSaturday March 18, 1 to 2:30 p.m.: James A. Tuttle Library is hosting a New Hampshire Humanities event about Irish history, “Ireland's Great...

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...

Lyndeborough Central School, 192 Forest Road in  Lyndeborough, will host Wilton-Lyndeborough kindergarten registration from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the following days: March 16, 17, 21, 23, 28, 30 and 31; April 4, 6, 11, 18, 20, 25 and 27; and May 2, 4,...

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 ASHLEY SAARI

Wilton-Lyndeborough residents added $50,000 to the school district budget for administrative staffing for the district’s two lower-grade schools during the District Meeting on Saturday, along with agreeing to repair the district’s tennis courts.The...

On Saturday, March 18, the Second Congregational Church, 25 Gregg St., will host a book and jewelry sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Coffee and snacks will be available. 

Recently and according to InDepthNH.org, “the state Senate essentially killed the latest minimum wage bill along party lines 14 Republicans to 10 Democrats voting SB 144 inexpedient to legislate.”This bill, brought forth for the 10th year in a row by...

WILTONCommunity center hosting potluck supperWilton Community Center is hosting a free potluck supper Friday, March 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Wilton Collaborative Space at 21 Gregg St. in Wilton. People can bring their favorite Irish dish to share...

By ASHLEY SAARI and ROWAN WILSON

This year, voters in several towns have the option to adopt the concept of community power, which is aimed at pooling customers’ collective buying power to negotiate the best available electricity rates while also giving individuals more options for...

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,...

By DAVE SOLOMON

The classic New England Town Meeting, a form of government unique to our region, was considered by Norman Rockwell to be one of the purest expressions of free speech, immortalized in his famous series "The Four Freedoms."But since the 1990s, some New...