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Dollar General suspends plans for a Bennington store

Representatives from Dollar General have informed the Bennington Planning Board of the company’s intent to suspend its application to build a store on Route 202. Dollar General was scheduled for…

Hillsboro-Deering’s Heidi Welch honored as “NH Teacher of the Year”

With her family, Superintendent Robert Hassett, Principal Jim O’Roarke, Assistant Principal Jen Crawford and School Board Chair Rich Pelletier in attendance, H-D Music Director Heidi Welch graciously accepted the NH Board of Education’s “Teacher of the Year” award at a banquet in Plymouth Tuesday evening. Welch has been teaching music at…

Newport schools sponsor 3rd Annual Festival of Trees

The Christmas holiday season will spring to life from 5-8 p.m. on Dec 14 with the 3rd annual “Festival of Trees” Village Celebration hosted by Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center. “Come with your family to enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of the…

John Stark wins HealthierUS Award

John Stark Regional High School (JSRHS) was awarded the HealthierUS School Challenge Bronze Award from the USDA Wednesday evening. Stark is the very first high school in NH and only one of five schools (the others are elementary or middle) in the state to achieve…

Bradford Police Dept. has armored car

Resident Perry Teele questioned why the Bradford Police Department has an armored personnel carrier that he had seen several times in the past month. Police Chief Jim Valiquet replied that it is owned by…

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Henniker school launches “Roadmap to End Childhood Hunger”

A statewide effort to ensure that no New Hampshire child goes to bed hungry was recently launched at the Henniker Community School and supporters say that while the problem is complex, the solutions are simple. The Roadmap to End Childhood Hunger is a program launched by…

Cumberland Farms burglar still at large

Hillsboro police are searching for a suspect in connection to an armed robbery that happened Saturday. Christopher Corona, 44, reportedly fled from the scene at Cumberland Farms on Henniker Street after he held the store clerk at knife-point while she was on her way to the bank with a…

New London Kindergarten students aid NY firefighters

On Thanksgiving day, firefighters at Woodbury Fire Company #1 in New York received a care basket from Kindergarten students at New London Elementary School, who collected baskets of chips, dips and snacks to thank N.Y. firefighters for their efforts in supporting the residents affected by…

New London & Mount Royal Academy bid for 1941 school

Representatives of both the Town of New London and Mount Royal Academy gave their presentations to the Ad Hoc Committee of the School Board on November 26th. David Kidder and Steve Theroux were the main presenters for the town, with the Selectmen offering…

Gala of Lights & Festival of Trees in Antrim

The big tree outside the Antrim Library is up and the lights are strung, thanks to Andrew Robblee and his merry crew from Robblee Tree Services. Trees and wreaths have already started to appear on all three floors of the library with many more due…

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Bradford Road Agent controversy won’t go away

Robert Lincoln attended the recent Bradford selectmen’s meeting and reported that he has been hearing a lot of controversy around town about some ongoing investigations, and asked the Board to tell him if this is on going or not. Chair Harry Wright stated it is not…

Superstorm Sandy relief flown from Newport

A tiny armada of general aviation aircraft met at Parlin Field in Newport early this Saturday, with a singularity of purpose: deliver the goods. What goods you ask? Winter coats, blankets, diapers and…

Hillsborough man retried for negligent homicide

Cheshire County Attorney Peter Heed has announced that a Hillsborough man will be retried on charges of negligent homicide after his first trial ended in a mistrial. After hearing five days of conflicting testimony, the jury was unable…

Two suiters for New London’s 1941 School building

The Kearsarge Regional School District has received two solicitations in response to its Request For Proposals (RFP) for disposition of New London’s 1941 School Building. The Town of New London and its 1941 committee seek to occupy the 1941 building as well as the Kitchen/MultiPurpose area, and bring to code and stabilize the…

John Stark students excel on NECAP science test

This fall, John Stark Regional High School was notified about student performance on the NECAP Science assessment by the New Hampshire Department of Education. Science testing occurred last spring and was administered to…

Sports

Hopkinton Fall Athletic Awards

Girls’ Varsity Soccer: Courtney Benson Co-MVP: Sabrey Montore Co – MVP

Girls’ Varsity Field Hockey: Brittany Marshall MVP; Emily Bogart Coach’s Award

Boys’ Varsity Soccer: Ned Metcalf Defensive MVP; Doug Fleury Offensive MVP…

and more…

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Newport’s WWII veteran Jesse Scott dead at 105

Jesse Walter Scott, 105, died peacefully at his Newport home last Sunday. In 1931, Jesse started working as a deputy conservation officer for the state of New Hampshire and became a full-time conservation officer in the Newport/Lake Sunapee area in 1941. Work was interrupted during World War II, when…

HDHS installs 2012-2013 DECA and FBLA officers

Fifty-five DECA students and seventeen FBLA students were officially inducted into their respective Hillsboro-Deering High School chapters. The induction ceremony also presented the approximately 125 family and community members present with the…

Weare Police searching for assault suspect

On October 30th, Weare Police responded to a 911 call at a residence on Old Town Road. Officers located a seventeen year old female assault victim at the residence, who was transported to a local hospital for treatment of her injuries. The investigation revealed that…

Sunapee students off to Washington D.C.

On November 11th nineteen Sunapee Middle High School students will fly to Washington, DC to participate in the Close Up program. Through seminars with Washington policymakers and explorations of government offices and historical sites, the students will…

Fire destroys Peterborough garage & car

A fire destroyed a garage and the car inside it in Peterborough on Sunday afternoon. When firefighters responded to the garage at 507 Old Street Road, they found the 24-by-24- foot building burning, causing heat damage to the…

Sports

Girls’ Cross Country Division III Champs

The Hopkinton girls ran away from the field, outpacing second place Pelham 41-100 to record their sixth consecutive Division III Championship and eighth in…

Boys’ Cross Country Division III Champs

The Hopkinton boys last won a championship in 2004. They then finished second in 05, 06, 07, 10 and 11. This year, they broke the string and returned to the top, besting…

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Weare police end canine program

Police Chief Gregory Begin presented the Weare Selectmen with a letter from the Attorney General’s Office, and based on that letter, recommended dissolving the canine program based on the Attorney General’s opinion and recommends giving the dog to the…

Suit filed over 2009 Peterborough crash

The families of the victims of a 2009 crash in Peterborough have filed suit in Federal District Court against Toyota Motor Company, claiming Toyota failed to address defects which caused its cars to accelerate uncontrollably, including during the…

Olympic ice skating icon visits New London and Henniker

Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton toured New Hampshire on Tuesday on behalf of Mitt Romney. Joined by U.S. Senator Kelley Ayotte (R-NH), he began the day at a Nashua rally and proceeded to…

Greenfield man injured in train collission

A Greenfield man was airlifted to UMass Medical Center after his dump truck collided with a train in Wilton on Wednesday. Police say Lawrence Fox, 48, of Greenfield, was driving a 2000 International dump truck south on Burns Hill Road near the police station, when he…

Judge denies lower bail to accused Henniker rapist

Accused rapist James Houghton, 48, of Henniker waived his right to a probable cause hearing in the Hillsborough District Court automatically sending the case to the Merrimack County Superior Court. Houghton’s pornography charges, as well as six counts of…

Man arrested in Antrim twice in a week

Antrim police arrested Trevor T. Burke, 25, of Keene at 3:29 p.m. on Monday, October 8th, and charged him with driving after revocation or suspension, two counts of possession of cocaine, possession of controlled/narcotic drugs and unlawful dealing in…

Sports

Weare teen wins 1st place in Grappling

Jared Fisher from Weare won the teen intermediate 112-119.9 weight division at a Rhode Island Grappling Tournament. His 1st place win was by an arm bar submission. Jared represented team impact zone along with 3 other competitors. All together the 4 individuals won a total of…