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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LYME — Edgell Bridge, a historic covered bridge on River Road in Lyme, will close next Wednesday, Oct. 23, for repairs that are expected to take about four months to complete.The closure comes as Lyme residents — and commuters — are already contending...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LYME — Long thwarted by zoning and infrastructure challenges, the town’s Planning Board will take yet another crack at addressing the regional housing crisis at a meeting on Thursday.The board has scheduled a forum to get clarification on Upper...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

THETFORD — Two long-term infrastructure projects in Orange and Grafton counties are set to wrap up next month, to the relief of area residents and business owners.After more than 18 months and $9.4 million in construction costs, the bridge over the...

By JIM KENYON

With the help of family and volunteers, Jed Smith and his mother, Martha, have made noticeable progress in cleaning up their two properties that Lyme officials have asserted for years violate the town’s zoning ordinance.The Smiths have removed five...

By JIM KENYON

For Blake Allison, whose wife was among the nearly 3,000 people killed on 9/11, it’s never been about seeking retribution against the men accused of planning the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history.It’s about finding answers.How did the plan...

By JIM KENYON

LYME — At Town Meeting in March, Lyme voters approved spending $150,000 to “remove the materials,” which include two dozen unregistered vehicles, stored on two private properties owned by a working-class mother and son.The paper ballot vote in one of...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LYME — The New Hampshire Department of Safety has denied a petition to limit the use of motorboats on Post Pond in Lyme.Nearly 40 residents — many of whom are affiliated with Friends of Post Pond — submitted a petition this spring asking the...

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 JOHN LIPPMAN

LYME — Andrea and Tom Heitzman were in the kitchen of their home on Culver Hill Road in Lyme at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday when Andrea glanced out the window and noticed the wind begin to gust powerfully and remarked “my goodness look at those trees bend.”A...

ORFORD — Road resurfacing will begin this week in Orford, Lyme, Enfield and Canaan, according to a New Hampshire Department of Transportation news release. The $3.7 million project will resurface seven road sections, totaling 31 miles.The first...

LYME — The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges has started a fundraiser to help pay for repairs to Lyme’s Edgell Covered Bridge.The nonprofit organization is seeking to raise around $150,000 to help offset the estimated $690,000...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LYME — The biggest part of Patty Jenks’ job as town clerk was to listen to people.When someone would come to the clerk’s office who needed help beyond registering a vehicle or signing up to vote, Jenks would take them to another place to talk. She...

LYME — Voters on Tuesday approved the creation of Lyme Community Power from the floor, a move that will give the municipality more say in the purchase of electricity for residents. By ballot, voters greenlighted zoning amendments that officially...

By FRANCES MIZE

LYME — By an almost 3 to 1 margin, voters approved taking out a $2.6 million bond to finance renovations at the K-8 Lyme School.The omnibus measure, named the “Hazardous Materials Abatement Project” on the warrant, passed 140-49 in paper balloting....

By FRANCES MIZE

LYME — Voters will be asked to approve a $2.6 million dollar construction bond at the annual Lyme school meeting on Thursday, which will be conducted by floor vote at 6 p.m. in the Lyme School Gymnasium. The fate of the bond, which must be supported...

By FRANCES MIZE

LYME — From a regulatory standpoint in Lyme, solar panels are no different from a garden shed. A set of zoning amendments on this year’s Town Meeting warrant will ask voters to consider making a distinction.Three municipal buildings already have solar...

Articles of note: One article on the town warrant asks whether voters support the Lyme Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan. Another would amend the zoning ordinance to redefine solar energy systems. One article would discontinue a Class VI...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LYME — CommunityCare of Lyme will host a volunteer potluck meal on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.The event ties in with the roots of the federal holiday which was established by Congress in 1983 as a “national day of service.” It will take place from 5...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

LYME — The good news is that after a first round of bidding failed to attract any contractors willing to take on the Lyme-East Thetford Bridge refurbishment project, a second round of bidding in May elicited three bids, with the New Hampshire...