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By ASHLEY SAARI

Highbridge Hill Elementary School is no longer designated as a Comprehensive Support and Improvement School, or CSI, a state designation identifying the lowest-performing 5% of elementary and middle schools in the state.The state identifies CSI...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Jaffrey is anticipating about a 5% increase in its sewer rate for the coming year, while the water rate will remain flat.During a review of long-term planning for the budgeting for the utilities during its meeting on Nov. 25, the Select Board...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With funds from the state’s arts division, Peterborough Players will look to expand its educational programming.Victoria Zischke, the theater’s new managing director, said she’s exploring long-term endeavors that would focus on reviving some...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire’s consumer advocate, which represents residents and utility customers in government decisions, could be stripped of its funding and independence in the name of efficiency.Ross Berry, a state representative from Weare, filed a draft...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

It’s no secret that New Hampshire’s headed toward leaner times. Outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu hoped to get ahead of the revenue problem by asking state agencies to reduce their budgets requests.Still, this year’s proposals totaled nearly $17 billion...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Neighbors who have been appealing the approval of a tea party business in New Ipswich’s Village District have had one of their appeals dismissed by Hillsborough Superior Court – North.On Nov. 20, the court issued a decision affirming the Planning...

By ASHLEY SAARI

During its Nov. 25 meeting, the Jaffrey Select Board recognized the dedication of Andy Baranowski, who is marking his 20th year working for the town.Baranowski is the current water foreman and a water operator for the town’s Water Department.“Andy has...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire saw its Republican majorities in the Legislature expand on Election Day, and that holds true in the Monadnock region, as well.Several Republican newcomers will replace retiring legislators, and one House seat in the area flipped red....

By ASHLEY SAARI

Jaffrey has accepted more than $2 million in a federal Environmental Protection Agency grant to clean up the former W.W. Cross site on Webster Street, after the Select Board voted to do so Tuesday night.The board also held a public hearing Tuesday on...

By ASHLEY SAARI

To combat a lack of after-school day care options, the Jaffrey Recreation Department, backed by multiple community partners, has started the Youth Empowerment Program – a program for Jaffrey Grade School students who need care in the hours between...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Souhegan Lions Club is about to receive a third bench made of plastic from a recycling effort to reduce the amount of plastic bags and wrapping going into landfills.The program, run by NexTrex, which uses recycled materials to create composite...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Lined up in the Rindge Memorial School gymnasium, young students learn to stretch, strike with a tiger claw or dragon fist and the basics of karate, under the tutelage of Elizabeth Kenny of Jaffrey.Every Wednesday after school, the Rindge Recreation...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Greenfield Police are asking the community for assistance in locating a missing woman who was last seen on Nov. 23.Mickaell Currier, 32, is 5-feet, 4-inches tall with brown hair (currently dyed black) and brown eyes, with a tattoo of a spider on her...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

State leaders warned of climbing labor shortages throughout New Hampshire’s government agencies during budget hearings, and Gov.-elect Kelly Ayotte plans to tackle that issue.Ayotte assembled a Public Safety Task Force, her transition team announced,...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The budget ball is in Kelly Ayotte’s court.After 50 state agencies presented their budget proposals for the 2026-27 cycle, the governor-elect has about three months to piece together her draft spending plan and present it to the state Legislature.Her...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Earlier this year, Gov. Chris Sununu sent a message to state agencies: Decrease your budgets by about 4%. In budget hearings, department heads complied, hitting that mark on their funding proposals, but they're sending a message back: We don’t have...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry has the assembly of its annual Thanksgiving dinner baskets down to a science.In an effort involving dozens of volunteers, the pantry assembles baskets with everything from the turkey to handmade apple pies and...

By BILL FONDA

Justin Dole’s SWNH Alerts & Info Facebook page is a go-to site to learn about fires, car accidents or similar events in the Monadnock region, as he is frequently on the scene of incidents taking pictures or publishing scanner alerts.“He just spends...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Jaffrey is set to purchase the former TD Bank on Main Street, after a special Town Meeting on Saturday when nearly 200 residents unanimously gave approval to spend $1.2 million in fund balance to buy the building and convert it to a new town...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The owner of a lot on Willard Road in New Ipswich has proposed a sand- and gravel-excavation operation that would run for the next three to five years, causing concerns among neighbors about noise, dust and impacts to the road during a Planning Board...

By ASHLEY SAARI

After seeing early success in a partnership between the Ingalls Memorial Library in Rindge and the Jaffrey Public Library, the consortium is adding a third participant – Frost Memorial Library in Marlborough.This summer, the Rindge and Jaffrey...