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Bradford Masons “Take A Veteran To Lunch”

In observance of Memorial Day, Saturday, June 14th, St. Peter’s Masonic Lodge of Bradford is sponsoring a luncheon to honor The Veterans of America’s Wars. Bring your grandfathers, grandmothers, fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers to this great…

Newport honors a trio of dedicated public servants 

Monday was the last Selectboard Meeting for Chair Virginia Irwin, after serving for 21 years. The last item of the night was Selectman Gary Nichols reading a proclamation, honoring Irwin and declaring May 13 Virginia Irwin Day in Newport. The proclamation was followed with…

Springfield teen hurt in single car crash

A Springfield, NH teen is in DHMC after a single car accident on Rt. 10 in Croydon on Saturday just before 7 pm. State Trooper Brandon Dean says Kimberly Morcom failed to negotiate a curve and hit the…

Bike Rodeo in Henniker on May 16th

The Henniker Community School with assistance from the Henniker Lions Club, Henniker PTA, bike repair mechanic Billy Whitcher and the Henniker Police Department will hold a Bike Rodeo for all students in grades 1-4 during the school day on Friday, May 16, 2014. All activities for the Bike Rodeo will be…

Floats are needed for BalloonFest Parade

We are once again preparing for the annual Balloon Fest and Fair parade, our 26th, on Sunday, July 20th starting at 12:00 noon going from the schools to Grimes Field. We have the start of a good line-up but need many more entries to make an exciting…

Hillsborough gym raises funds for fallen firefighters

Ken and Jenny Kass want to thank everyone that attended and those that participated in the “Bench Press For A Cause” fundraiser for the two fallen Boston firefighters. The event though hastily organized, was awesome. It turned tragedy into something very…

BASEBALL

Sunapee 8 Newport 6 The Tigers surrendered three runs in the final inning without a single Sunapee hit. The Lakers increased the lead to 4-0 before the Tigers scored 5 runs on four hits to take a 5-4 lead in the fourth. In the seventh, Newport’s Jack Weinberger was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, forcing in a run that tied the score, 6-6, before adding another two runs…

GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD

Hillsboro-Deering 4th Hannah Murdough took first in the 100 hurdles and second in the long jump with Breahna Savoy finishing first in the 800 and third in javelin…

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Sen. Bob Odell says he will not seek re-election

Sen. Bob Odell, R-New London, announced that he will not seek re-election this fall. After 12 years in the State Senate, Odell issued the following statement: “I believe it is time to leave the Senate. I have served six terms and look forward to…

Suit claims Weare officers ‘brutalized and assaulted’ suspect 

Shane St. Onge, of Manchester, who served a year in prison after pleading guilty to breaking into a Weare used automobile business in March 2012 has now filed a suit against the town and the two officers who arrested him. The suit, filed in Hillsborough Superior Court, claims that officers…

Attorney General clears Weare officers in deadly shooting

The New Hampshire attorney general said Wednesday he cannot determine whether a Weare officer was justified in shooting to death a drug suspect in August. Although two officers fired at 35-year-old Alex Cora DeJesus, of Manchester, Attorney General Joseph Foster said…

Bradford officer honored for saving child

Bradford Det. Sgt. Edward Shaughnessy received a Citation from the Governor Maggie Hassen and a Life Saving Pin from the American Heart Association during a ceremony to be held at the New Hampshire Police, Fire, & EMS Foundation Banquet held on Wednesday, April 23. On March 25th Shaughnessy responded to a child not breathing call and found the baby making…

Newport Library Arts Center hosts 3rd Annual Peeps Diorama Contest

More than 250 people attended the “Peeps Party” on Friday for the third annual Peeps Diorama Contest at the Library Arts Center. More than 70 dioramas featuring the sugar-coated marshmallow candies were displayed. The competition has grown a little since last year, when just over…

Sunapee man indicted on two counts of murder

Robert J. Dellinger, the Sunapee man charged with two counts of murder in last December’s highway deaths of a young Upper Valley couple during what prosecutors say was Dellinger’s failed suicide attempt, apologized profusely Wednesday to the victims’ families. Dellinger’s apology was…

Newport’s Annual Peeps Diorama Contest

Anticipating strong interest again this year in the Peeps Diorama Contest, Newport’s Library Arts Center is planning to display the contest entries for a full week after the Peeps Party and award ceremony. The Library Arts Center plans to hold its third annual Peeps Diorama Contest with the…

BOYS’ LACROSSE

Hollis-Brookline 21 Kearsarge 6 Keeper Will Aufreanc was bombarded with 39 shots on goal and managed to turn away 18…

GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD

Bow 1st Franklin’s Kaley Shepard took a trio offsets but Bow took the top honors over Newport, Franklin, Sunapee and Mount Royal…

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Dream of New London Community Center dashed

The dream of a Community Center in New London has apparently come to an end. After nearly two years of dedicated work, New London’s 1941 Building Committee has withdrawn its Warrant Article asking for $75,000 for the care and maintenance of the…

Group wants Red Hawk Football to be a joint H-D/Hopkinton JV team 

Hillsboro-Deering High School Principal James O’Rourke presented the School Board with a proposal to adopt a two-year JV Football program at no cost to the District. O’Rourke outlined a joint venture with…

OSRAM Stark/Hopkinton Robotics Team captures the prized Imagery Award

The John Stark Regional High School/Hopkinton High School Robotics Team, Team #1922 OZ-RAM, made it to the Quarter Finals and received the Imagery Award at the FIRST Robotics competition held March 28-29 at Northeastern University in Boston. The Imagery Award is given each year in honor of…

Man arrested for DWI twice in a week

On April 2nd, Deering Police Chief Pushee was called out to investigate a car crash involving a vehicle that area departments had been searching for for over an hour, relating to a suspected drunk driver who crashed into mailboxes in Henniker. Chief Pushee, assisted by Hillsboro PD Officers, found the vehicle perched atop a…

Newport budget, warrant articles sail through Deliberative Session

The Town of Newport’s Deliberative Session started and ended with standing ovations Tuesday evening. The first for Town Clerk Karlene Stoddard, who is retiring after 23 years of service, and the last for Virginia Irwin who is stepping down, having served as a…

Bob Flanders named to Judicial Conduct Committee

Robert B. Flanders has been appointed to the Alternate Panel of the New Hampshire Judicial Conduct Committee by Governor Maggie Hassan replacing Timothy Russell whose appointment expires in July of 2015. Mr. Flanders, a resident of Antrim, had been elected to the…

Great Brook supports Wounded Warriors

A big thank you is due to all the students and staff of the Great Brook Middle School, Antrim NH for their participation in the Circle of Strength Military Support Groups spring campaign to send care packages to our wounded warriors who are in hospitals at Landstuhl Regional Medical and Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. Students at…

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16-year-old snowboarder injured at Crotched Mt.

A 16-year-old boy, identified only as being from the Monadncok Region, was airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with serious head and chest injuries, after snowboarding off the trail and hitting trees at Crotched Mountain Ski and Ride. Crotched Mountain General Manager, Pat Terry said the boy was injured at about 10 a.m. last Wednesday, while snowboarding with…

Newport Health Center temporarily closed because of flooding 

The Newport Health Center had to close Wednesday after flooding damaged the waiting room and the patient check and rehabilitation areas. The center is expected to reopen March 31. The center’s health care providers have temporarily relocated to New London Hospital where patient visits are…

Feinstein Challenge benefits Food Pantry

It’s here again, that time of year when the Hillsboro District Food Pantry participates in the Feinstein Challenge. For the past sixteen years, Allen Shawn Feinstein has given away $1 million dollars of his own money to anti-hunger agencies throughout the country. From March 1 through April 30 all monies raised, and items donated will result in the receipt of a proportionate share of the…

Convicted Antrim sex offender placed as a child’s mentor

Documents concerning the case of a registered sex offender accused of sexually assaulting a boy he was mentoring were released Thursday. Max Wilson, 69, of Antrim, faces charges of sex assault and felony charges of mentoring for a child while being a…

Sexual Assault by a Claremont teacher

Christopher LeBlanc appeared via video for his arraignment in Claremont District Court on Monday and his bail is $250,000 cash on four counts of Felonious Sexual Assault on a 14 year old student. Court documents reveal the teen and teacher shared thousands of text messages and sexually…

Hubert’s Department Stores donates 100 pair of boots

Hubert’s Department Stores, Perfect Storm, and United Way of Sullivan County have partnered together to keep kids feet warm and dry. Hubert’s Department stores has been proud to sell Perfect Storm boots for men, ladies and kids. Perfect Storm is a local brand based in Lebanon, New Hampshire and produces a three season neoprene, rubber boot similar to…

New London Recreation Programs:

Archery lessons for all ages: May 5th, 12th, 19th and June 2nd from 3:30-4:30 on the town green. Lessons are taught by New England School of Archery $60 – all equipment is provided and much more…

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Kearsarge bomb scare

The Sutton Police Department is investigating a bomb scare that happened shortly after 1:30 pm at Kearsarge Regional Middle High School last Thursday. Police say a threat was found in one of the school’s restrooms. Students were evacuated immediately and Sutton Police, along with…

Hillsborough voters quietly approve all but two warrant articles 

Hillsborough voters were in a quiet, almost passive mood at Tuesday’s Town Meeting. Of the twenty-two articles on the warrant nineteen were passed with little discussion and no debate. Approved were articles requesting a 6,693,033 operating budget; $2,800 to support senior events; $5,000 for senior trips and $15,000 to purchase a community bus. $150,000 was appropriated for road work which is much…

Antrim voters reject Antrim Wind Energy’s proposed wind ordinance

In the latest chapter of the continuing saga of a potential Antrim Wind Farm, voters, by a margin of 278 yes to 390 No, rejected a proposed zoning amendment which would have allowed construction of commercial wind farms. Amendment 5 sign holders, both pro and con, lined Main Street, attempting to…

Hopkinton approves teachers’ contract and full day kindergarten

Hopkinton voters easily passed the district’s $17,968,362 operating budget and contracts for teachers and custodians. The operating budget prevailed on a vote of 222 to 42 after a brief deliberation about making kindergarten a full day program. The district’s teachers received a new four-year contract after…

Weare students build underwater robots

Students in the Weare Middle School Science Club are taking part in SeaPerch, a collaborative activity that is part of the National Defense Education Program administered by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. This program is based on the SeaPerch Program started by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sea Grant Education program. Four teams in grade 7 and 8 in the Science Club are learning how to build an underwater…

Pair of Claremont women sent to jail

Danyle Morse, 38, of Claremont, the former treasurer of the Sullivan County Humane Society, pleaded guilty to charges she stole $7,200 from the nonprofit group. Appearing in the Sullivan County Superior Court for a plea and sentencing hearing, she arrived with a cashier’s check for the amount of $7,200. She was sentenced to serve six months in the Sullivan County House of Corrections. Bethany F. Beliveau, 21, of 8 Henry St., Claremont, indicted after a mini-crime wave which included…

Cold Springs Peewees take First Place

The Henniker Huskies Cold Springs RV Peewee team took first place in their division at the Maine March Showdown held in the Portland Maine area the weekend of February 28. The Huskies swept all five games to become…

Harlem Wizards give a “Slamtastic” performance before a capacity crowd

When the Hillsboro Lions Club contacted the Harlem Wizards to appear in Hillsboro, the Wizards promised a fun filled event that is great for kids and adults and will guarantee to put a smile on your face. That promise was fulfilled a dozen times over Monday, as the Wizards’ performance transformed a…