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By PATRICK O’GRADY

HANOVER — Though his name is next to the title New Hampshire High School Boys Track and Field Coach of the Year for 2024, Hanover head coach Steve McConnell said the award recognizes the work of the entire coaching staff.“We are fortunate to have a...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH NEWPORT — The town’s Airport Advisory Board is seeking to avoid relying on Federal Aviation Administration funding for long-needed repairs of the runway at the town-owned Parlin Field.The advisory board believes maintaining Parlin Field’s...

By HALEY CLOUGH

SHARON — Four distinctive yurts used as classrooms at The Sharon Academy for nearly 20 years were relocated this summer to make way for a new 5,000-square-foot academic building, now under construction.The shift from circular cloth yurts, akin to...

By ELLE MULLER

WEST LEBANON — It turns out fiber arts such as knitting and crocheting weren’t just a hobby fad that helped people get through the lengthy — and often isolating — COVID-19 pandemic.“It seems like interest in fiber arts keeps growing,” said Terry...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LYME — The New Hampshire Department of Safety will hold a public hearing in Lyme next week in response to a petition to establish a no-wake zone on Post Pond. The hearing on Thursday will be at 9 a.m. at the Lyme School, where representatives from the...

By KATE ODEN

Along with stopping for groceries, ice cream, camp firewood and night crawlers, customers at Baker’s General Store in Post Mills can now order up dishes like malai kofta and palak paneer.After Ankit Patel reopened the shuttered general store off Route...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Thirty-one years after a youth baseball tournament was established to honor Steve Corcoran, his children remain deeply grateful to the community for its strong support of the annual event that bears his name.The Steven Corcoran Memorial...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — In a 5-1 vote, the City Council approved a new ordinance that will give the city control over short-term rentals by requiring a conditional use permit from the Planning Board.The final approval and adoption at the second reading is...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Pickleball enthusiasts could be playing on new outdoor courts next spring if the city can land a $300,000 federal grant that would pay half of the estimated construction costs for a Veterans Park project, which would also include new...

By ELLE MULLER

LEBANON — A developer, who has taken pains to address concerns about wetlands and traffic, is seeking city approval of a 474-unit apartment complex at the site of a former brickyard on Hanover Street.The proposal is for 10 four-story residential...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — The historic Stowell Library, which many residents hope to see remain in use as a library, could be getting a well and septic system.In a brief 15-minute meeting Monday, Selectboard members Jason Bourne and Dillon Gallagher announced the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WEST LEBANON — “A man walks into a bar” can be the opening line of a bad joke but when Bob Sherman walked into a White River Junction bar decades ago, it marked the beginning of a long, successful and rewarding career in radio.Sherman had graduated...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The City Council unanimously approved a $19.6 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.The budget is projected to increase the municipal portion of the tax rate by 19 cents to bring it to $10.49 cents per $1,000 of assessed...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The Sullivan County delegation of state representatives approved a $41.7 million budget at its annual convention on Tuesday.The budget, approved in a 9-3 vote, carries an increase of nearly 10% in the amount to be raised by taxes and,...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH HAVERHILL — The Grafton County delegation of state representatives approved a county budget of $56.2 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1.The budget, approved Monday in a 15-5 vote at the annual convention of representatives, represents...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — State Rep. Jon Stone, R-Claremont, who came under scrutiny earlier this year following the public release of disciplinary records that detail vile threats he made against fellow Claremont police officers 18 years ago, has filed to run for...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Some Washington Street property owners who received letters from the city earlier this month explaining the special assessment they may have to pay to cover a portion of the estimated $1.2 million it will cost to repave the four-lane road...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — After 38 years as Sullivan County’s first full-time prosecutor, Marc Hathaway will not seek re-election in November for another two-year term.Hathaway, 68, said Monday the time was right for him to step away and likely turn the office over...

By BEN HOOKE

CASTLETON, Vt. — If a softball team as special as the Oxbow Olympians were to make history, they just couldn’t do it in any ordinary way.In front of a loud and large traveling support section that made the nearly two-hour drive from Bradford to...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — A pile of debris from an early 19th century home that was demolished in late March does not contain asbestos, as first feared, Claremont Chief Building Official and Health Officer Leigh Hays official said Friday.The New Hampshire...