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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

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 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...

There have been many times over my past 26 years as a subscriber and New Ipswich resident that I have disagreed with my neighbor Brian Somero, but never more strongly than after reading his letter “Assessing the Christian vote.”First, he has no need...

By DAVID ALLEN

‘Principal” is a title that conjures up images of an office in school that students do not want to find themselves in.However, Jared Brown, a former teaching principal in the Monadnock region, has parlayed some tunes that former students may recognize...

I’m sticking up for Christian folks in New Ipswich and Rindge who get plenty of negative vibes for their voting records. Here’s my assessment of why Christians vote the way they do. We believe in hard work, honest living and abstaining from alcohol,...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Recent dry, windy weather conditions have increased the fire danger to the point where Temple Fire Warden Mike Connolly said Monday that mowing a lawn could be hazardous.“If your mower’s blade hits a rock and makes a spark, there you go,” he said.The...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The New Ipswich Select Board has approved a new cruiser for the Police Department and a computer for one of the existing cruisers.On Nov. 12, the board took two votes on new equipment for the Police Department, approving $61,000 for a 2025 Police...

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag fire warning for the Monadnock region through 6 p.m. Friday.Critical fire weather conditions are expected due to northwest winds of 10 to 15 mph, with gusts up to 25 mph, and relative humidity as low...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A young referee makes a call on the court of the Mascenic Regional High School gymnasium.Immediately after comes a pop quiz. What was the call? What is the hand signal? What happens next?That’s because this call wasn’t made in the middle of an actual...

By ASHLEY SAARI

On Tuesday, the New Ipswich Select Board recognized the lifesaving actions of Fire Chief Ben Hatcher and police officer Vincent Estrella-Reyes when they responded to a call on Sept. 28 for a man in cardiac arrest.On Sept. 28, the New Ipswich fire and...

By BEN CONANT

When Gorham’s Jack Saladino scored his first goal against Mascenic, the Vikings still had a glimmer of a chance to win. By the time he netted his second and then a third, the NHIAA Division IV boys’ soccer semifinal was all but over, and the Huskies...

By FRED FLORETH

The Derryfield Middle School girls’ field hockey team defeated Boynton Middle School Saturday afternoon 2-0 to claim the championship of Division 3 of the Tri-County League. The D-3 league is made up of the smallest schools from Hillsborough,...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A longtime legislator and a state representative wrapping up his freshman term will compete for New Hampshire’s 12th Senate district come Election Day.Incumbent Republican Sen. Kevin Avard and his challenger, Democratic Rep. Ben Ming, are competing in...

By ASHLEY SAARI

With days left until the general election on Nov. 5, New Ipswich residents had a last chance to hear from the slate of candidates vying to represent the town during a candidate forum on Tuesday.Candidates from every seat on the ballot were invited,...

By ASHLEY SAARI

On Tuesday, New Ipswich honored Roland “Rollie” Coates, 96, with the Boston Post Cane, reviving a tradition that gifts the cane to the town’s oldest resident.The cane was last presented in 2009 to Lily Pakkala, but hasn’t been presented to the oldest...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The House of Que competitive barbecue team, made up of Ken MacInnis of New Ipswich and Brandon Saldoni of Nashua, competed in the recent Jack Daniel’s World Championship Barbecue in Tennessee, placing in the top half of competitors and excelling in...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The former New Ipswich Town Hall building has been announced as one of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance's “2024 Seven to Save,” a list of vulnerable landmarks across the state.The town has been seeking a solution for the building, which has not...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The House of Que competitive barbecue team is on the road, headed to the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue in Tennessee – a longtime dream of team members Ken MacInnis of New Ipswich and Brandon Saldoni of Nashua.The two qualified...

Most of us take an oath or  pledge seriously.The Pledge of Allegiance we all know by heart ends with “one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.”The oath of office for the president, senators, members of Congress and all...

The annual New Ipswich Autumn Fest, which serves as a fundraiser for the town’s Parks and Recreation Department, hosted fair games, face-painting, balloon-twisting, Nerf wars and food trucks on Memorial Field on Saturday.