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By ASHLEY SAARI

Using grant funding to revamp the town’s Master Plan and Zoning Ordinance, the Housing Opportunity Program Advisory Committee has been working to develop housing strategies, after soliciting community feedback.A community survey, with a total of 197...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative valedictorian Austin Kimball and salutatorian Kaylee Degan have big dreams as they head off to their college careers. Both have lived in Wilton since they were young children, and have spent their lives in the WLC...

Silent film with live music returns to the Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St. in Wilton, with a screening of Charlie Chaplin's 1921 comedy/drama “The Kid” Sunday, June 18 at 2 p.m.The special Father's Day program will be presented with live music by Jeff...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Fourth graders from Florence Rideout Elementary School got a tour through downtown Wilton on Thursday, learning bits of local history.The tour included stops at some of the town’s historic buildings, including the library, the Masonic Hall and the...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

After navigating through countless hours of homework, late night study sessions and daily sports practice, Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School seniors had one last thing to say at the end of their high school career: “We all did it!”On Friday, June...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Wilton is seeking a plan for the future of the volunteer-managed Still Good Shed.During their meeting on Monday, board members discussed the shed, which is used for donations of items that are still usable.In a previous meeting, board members had...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Last week, Michaud Funeral Home and Crematorium laid to rest 40 people – some whose cremated remains have been stored at the funeral home since the late 1970s – in a plot in the corner of Laurel Hill Cemetery.“It’s a really good feeling to finally...

The annual meeting of the Historical Society will be held Thursday, June 15, 7 p.m. at the Wilton Public Library, 7 Forest Road, Wilton. Anyone wishing to volunteer for an office may contact David Potter at historical@wiltonlibrarynh.org.Following the...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Throughout this summer, the Wilton Main Street Association will be remembering old times and honoring the work of the association as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations with photo displays at the Town Hall.Main Street Association President...

The Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St. in Wilton, will present a screening of the silent film “The Wind,” starring Lillian Gish, Sunday, June 11, at 2 p.m.Jeff Rapsis will provide live music accompaniment.Directed by Victor Sjöström and released in 1928,...

By ORIANA CAMARA

Circus performers work together to try and fix the moon. 

What do we do when we break something we love? How do we fix the unfixable? And how do we fail or succeed in adapting to new environments and people?Using circus arts, “Running to the Moon” explores these questions. “Running to the Moon” is a circus...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Plans to address deficiencies in the bridge crossing Blood Brook on Old County Farm Road in Wilton could have positive implications for another bridge on the road – a historic stone arch bridge that has been closed to traffic for its own...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Wilton Select Board approved about $19,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to pay for repairs to the town’s sewer pump stations.During the board’s meeting Monday night, Sewer Commission Chair Chris Carter requested use of the funds,...

Harold Lloyd was the bespectacled boy next door whose road to success was often paved with perilous detours and whose fast-paced comedies made him the most-popular movie star of Hollywood's silent film era.Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St. in Wilton will...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Dressed in psychedelic tie-dye and John Lennon glasses – a nod to the 1970s, the decade he first opened the Town Hall Theatre – Dennis Markaverich thanked the crowd that had come out for a party to celebrate the town theater’s 50th anniversary.Even 50...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle High School students take a creative approach to their learning, thanks to the inspiration from one art teacher. On Saturday, May 13, approximately 35 WLC students showcased their colorful array of two- and...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A state-licensed, home-based day care in Wilton has filed an application with town boards to expand.The business, owned and operated by Ana Maria Hernandez out of her home on Holt Road, had previously been granted site plan approval in July of...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

On Saturday, May 13, the Wilton Main Street Association welcomed folk music duo Sandy Lafleur and Charlene Ledoux to the stage to perform traditional folk music inspired by the Appalachian region.For many years, the folk duo has performed...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Students at Florence Rideout Elementary School, accompanied by their favorite stuffed animals, had a teddy bear picnic on the lawn of the elementary school Tuesday.They received a visit from Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle School...