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U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster visited Franklin Pierce University Tuesday, speaking with science faculty and students to celebrate the allocation of $825,000 in Congressional Designated Funding to build a new simulation lab in the college’s health sciences...

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An approved subdivision may be back before the zoning and planning boards in Rindge, with a request to increase the number of proposed housing units from 27 to 42.Developer Jamie Van Dyke appeared before the Plnnning Board on Tuesday for a preliminary...

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Snoopy the mini-Rex rabbit will be spending Tuesdays for the next several weeks fulfilling his role as the rabbit-in-residence at the Jaffrey Public Library, participating in children’s programs and acting as a reading buddy for children.Snoopy, owned...

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The Rindge Planning Board is considering multiple amendments to the zoning ordinance to go on the ballot in March, including loosening restrictions related to phased development.During their meeting on Tuesday, board members discussed several...

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When Jaffrey Public Library Circulation Supervisor Bailey Bernier made a recent visit to Humiston Playground on the library’s Book Bike for a storytime, with a selection of books for children to check out on the spot, one of the attending children...

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For the past several years, amputee Mike Welsch has made it his goal to swim all of the biggest lakes of New Hampshire, and some of its smaller ones, including, this summer, Pool Pond in Rindge.Welsch, a resident of New Salem, Mass., has long checked...

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A state grant from WorkInvestNH has provided the Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance with approximately $14,000 to train at least eight new emergency medical technicians, along with retention bonuses for those who stay with the ambulance.Ambulance Chief...

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A subcommittee of the Rindge Planning Board is considering ways to regulate short-term rentals such as Airbnb or Verbo in town, after complaints of noise and overflowing parking from neighbors.During a subcommittee meeting on Tuesday, Planning Board...

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The Memorial Park playground in New Ipswich has been closed this week as crews work to replace playground equipment with a new play structure for younger children. At the same time, work is ongoing in the softball field to install new lighting.Parks...

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Greenville celebrates its Old Home Day and town picnic Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Town Field, with children’s crafts, a flea market, farmers’ market, picnic and live music.Events will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with no rain date. The flea market and...

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Former New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner capped off this year’s Amos Fortune Forum lecture series with the topic, “Will the 60th U.S. Presidential Election be the Last?” examining America’s growing distrust in its electoral process, and...

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A motorcyclist was airlifted to the hospital after a crash involving another motorcycle and a car on Saturday in Rindge.On Saturday, at about 12:24 p.m., police responded to Route 119 at Wellington Road for a crash involving three vehicles. According...

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The New Ipswich Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a clothing drive fundraiser to gather funds for potential improvements to Memorial Park and Memorial Field.Parks and Recreation Director Mindy Buxton said for the last two Fridays, and every...

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The Stony Brook development in Jaffrey, located adjacent to Shattuck Golf Course off of Route 124, has received a second notice of violation from the town, alleging impacts to a designated conservation area within the property.Developers were...

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The Peterborough Players season finale of “Man of La Mancha” provides a glimpse into the need for hope, even when hope seems mad, and the hunger for art in the human soul. It is sure to be a hit among its already sold-out audience for its two-week...

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In Cornish, there is a state park dedicated to the home and studio of the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, an artist whose monuments still decorate Boston Common, Chicago’s Grant Park and New York’s Central Park.During Friday’s Amos Fortune Forum in...

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Diana Batista held a grand reopening for Main Street Pastries in Greenville over the weekend, after a month of soft launch for the store.Despite being a “reopening” this is the first time the store has been in Greenville. Originally opened on Main...

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The Jaffrey Zoning Board has approved a variance to allow the Hope Fellowship Church in Jaffrey to expand its parking and entrance, in anticipation of a large addition being built onto the church.Following a public hearing on Tuesday, the board...

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Wilton will celebrate Old Home Days starting Saturday, Aug. 10, with festivities running all week through Sunday, Aug. 18, celebrating Wilton with the theme of “Damn Near Perfect.”The theme is a tribute to the longtime Wilton Old Home Days Committee...

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Husband and wife Scott Bakula and Chelsea Field will be gracing the Peterborough Players’ stage next week, as they take on the roles of Cervantes/Quixote and Aldonza in “Man of La Mancha” – a musical that has special meaning to each of them.The play...

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The Mascenic Regional High School and Boynton Middle School cheer squads came together in July to participate in the the National Cheerleaders Association camp, coming away with both individual and team accolades, including three members being named...