Joshua SpauldingREGION — While there were only a few contested races on the ballots in our local towns, voters did have some choices to make. Barnstead Barnstead voters had the most choices of any of the three ...More Elizabeth CantrallALTON — The Prospect Mountain High School Board met in the library for its scheduled March 4 meeting and began with public input, of which there was none. School board member Steve Miller wanted ...More  Joshua SpauldingFRANCONIA — Local athletes put on quite a show at the annual alpine Meet of Champions at Cannon Mountain on Wednesday, March 5. The race brought together the top 10 performers in giant slalom and ...More |
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  Debra ThornbladBERLIN — One woman was making clothes for a doll sent to her from a New Jersey woman who lost much of her doll collection in Hurricane Sandy, another was making a quilt that matched the drawing ...MoreEdith TuckerBERLIN & JEFFERSON — Archeologists will return to work for six weeks this summer in the Androscoggin and Israel’s River watersheds. ...More Debra ThornbladLocal school boards have been reviewing NECAP results for their schools over the past couple of weeks. The general trend seems to be improvement, but there are some exceptions and most scores are still ...More |
  Mellisa SeamansFREEDOM — Climb the creaky wooden stairs to the second floor of Freedom Town Hall on the second Tuesday of every March and there you will find the community gathered together for Town Meeting. At ...More Mellisa SeamansOSSIPEE — In an early morning sweep on Monday, March 10, police arrested nine people in two towns, all suspected of selling heroin. The arrests of two women and seven men, according to police, were ...More Mellisa SeamansREGION — Their roots run deep and their names are synonymous with their towns — and in Tuesday’s elections they swept the competition. Frank Riley was elected Ossipee selectman with ...More |
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  Edith TuckerGROVETON — Principal Michael "Mike" Kelley presented the new Groveton High School vision at the beginning of Thursday night’s Academia, designed to show parents, other students and townspeople ...MoreEdith TuckerCONCORD — The state Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously on Thursday, March 6, to support Senate Bill 325, designed to improve in-state oil spill preparedness and response ...More  Edith TuckerBERLIN — County Commissioner Paul Grenier of Berlin relayed a request that he had received from ski developer Les Otten to his two fellow county commissioners at the county commissioners’ ...More |
  Jonathan BentonBERLIN — Going by the first quarter, the sixth-seeded Golden Eagles were up by seven and setting their sights at SNHU, but the tough third-seeded Berlin Mountaineers kept chipping away at the visitors ...More Jeff LajoieLITCHFIELD — A lot changed in 373 days. Just over a year after Gilford High School rolled over Campbell High School in last year's Division III second round, the Golden Eagles found themselves matched ...More Jeff LajoieGILFORD — Hosting its annual paintball biathlon, the Gilford High School nordic ski team put forth quite an effort at Gunstock Mountain last week. The Golden Eagles had winners in three of the four ...More |
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 WOLFEBORO — Huggins Hospital and the Wentworth-Douglass Health System explored the possibility of a deeper affiliation to create a new, comprehensive healthcare network to serve both southern Carroll ...More Elissa PaquetteTUFTONBORO — Transfer station superintendent Clay Gallagher showed the Tuftonboro Board of Selectmen a draft at its March 11 meeting of a chart he plans to put on display at the station. While most ...More  Thomas BeelerREGION — There were very few contests in area towns this year, but there were some surprises nonetheless. In Wolfeboro, all warrant articles passed, including the Brewster Memorial Hall reduced ...More |
| | | | Darin WippermanLITTLETON— Last week, SAU 84 Superintendent Keith Pfeifer announced his retirement. He will serve the district through June 30, the official end of the school year....More Darin WippermanLINCOLN — Article 14 on the Lin-Wood Cooperative School District warrant would alter the way the cooperative school district is funded. The idea, which would lower taxes in Woodstock with a corresponding ...More  James BarrettLITTLETON — The Littleton Crusaders boys’ basketball team stamped its ticket to the NHIAA Division Four final four on Friday with much deserved win over long time rival Groveton Eagles. In ...More |
  Jeff LajoieBELMONT — For nearly 23 minutes, Inter-Lakes High School guard Dillon Dow had just four points on the road at Belmont High School. It was not a coincidence that the Lakers were trailing by double ...More Jeff LajoieMOULTONBOROUGH — Suffice it to say, motivation wasn't lacking for the Moultonborough Academy girls' basketball team last week. The Panthers, mired in a slump of historic proportions against their ...More Jeff LajoieMEREDITH — Mike Rathgeber knows his team was just an inch or two away from overtime last week. With visiting Moultonborough Academy trailing by two points with the ball in the final seconds of the ...More |
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  Joshua SpauldingPLYMOUTH — When the Plymouth boys’ hoop team made the trip to Windham in January, the Bobcats and Jaguars needed to play extra time in order for a winner to emerge. When the Jaguars made the ...More Joshua SpauldingBRISTOL — Newfound girls’ hoop coach Karri Peterson was well aware that the Belmont girls would attempt to slow down the pace of their playoff game on Thursday, Feb. 27. And they did just ...More Joshua SpauldingHANOVER — It was quite a few minutes for the fledgling Plymouth indoor track team. Just minutes after junior Malcolm Gocha sprinted to the Division II championships in the 55 meters, senior Marykate ...More |
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  Jeff LajoieLACONIA — Technically, nothing was at stake when the Belmont-Gilford hockey team entertained top-ranked Souhegan in the regular season finale on Saturday afternoon. Trying telling that to the Bulldogs. ...More Jeff LajoieHANOVER — New year. New event. Same result. For the second year in a row, Joe Boles found himself on the top of the podium Sunday afternoon. The Belmont High School senior claimed another NHIAA ...More Jeff LajoieBELMONT — Thanks to a 15-0 run early in the game, the Gilford High School girls' basketball team was able to put some distance between host Belmont High School and hold on, as the Golden Eagles ...More |
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