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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

NEW LONDON — Jobs are plentiful at New London-based businesses such as the hospital and Colby-Sawyer College, but housing in town is not.“You need starter homes,” to attract and retain workers, Housing Commission Chairman Peter Nichols said by phone...

NEW LONDON — A California man faces charges following a car crash that killed a woman in New London earlier this month.Vincent Mendillo, 27, of Mission Viejo, Calif., has been charged with negligent homicide, reckless conduct, aggravated DWI and...

NEW LONDON — Ausbon Sargent Land Trust has appointed a new executive director.The organization’s board of trustees appointed Hans Carlson to the position, beginning Nov. 1, according to an Oct. 9 media release.Carlson will replace interim Executive...

NEW LONDON — A passenger is dead and the driver seriously injured following an early morning crash Sunday in New London.New London police and emergency personnel responded to a call at 12:50 a.m. of a report of a collision on Little Sunapee Road in...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

NEW LONDON — The development of a total of nearly 200 housing units has stalled after the discovery that chemical contaminants from a dry cleaning business have spread to the groundwater of one of the two project sites.Planning for both projects — one...

NEW LONDON — Beginning Monday, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will temporarily close the Interstate 89 northbound off-ramp at Exit 11 in New London. The closure will last for five days, weather permitting, and will allow workers to...

ENFIELD — Cyanobacteria warnings for Mascoma Lake in Enfield and Pleasant Lake in New London have been removed by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.The warning for Pleasant Lake was lifted on Tuesday and the one for Mascoma was...

By FRANCES MIZE

NEW LONDON — After eight years at the helm of Colby-Sawyer College, Sue Stuebner will depart in June to take up the mantle as president of Marietta College in Ohio.Under Stuebner’s tenure, Colby-Sawyer’s endowment doubled — from $36 million in 2016 to...

NEW LONDON — At Wednesday night’s floor meeting, a petitioned warrant article that would have required that the town keep its police station in its current location inspired the most discussion.Ultimately, voters rejected the proposal, 215-169, Town...

NEW LONDON — In ballot voting on Tuesday, Arthur Bobruff beat out George B. Foley for a three-year term representing Springfield on the Kearsarge Regional School District School Board.Voters also approved an operating budget of $54.3 million, as well...

NEW LONDON — At the polls on Tuesday, Janet R. Kidder beat out Emma Phipps for a three-year term on the Selectboard, 667 to 335.Voters also chose three people for the Budget Committee: John Tilley, 574 votes; Megan Brown, 543; and Karen Epstein, 492....

NEW LONDON — New London Hospital will be led by Dr. Lauren A. Geddes Wirth on an interim basis beginning next month, Dartmouth Health announced in a Tuesday news release.Geddes Wirth, New London Hospital’s chief medical officer, is set to begin the...

Articles of note: Separate articles on the warrant for the Kearsarge Regional School District, which includes the Upper Valley communities of New London and Springfield, seek $100,000 each for the School Buildings Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund and...

Articles of note: There are six zoning amendments on the ballot, including separate articles that would allow cluster developments, accessory dwelling units, small-scale planned unit developments and add short-term rentals to the definition of lodging...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has reached within the family and down the highway to find its new chief operating officer.Tom Manion, who since 2020 has been president and chief executive officer of New London Hospital, has been named...

By FRANCES MIZE

NEW LONDON — The New London Fire Department was on thin ice Sunday morning when it rescued a partially submerged deer from Pleasant Lake.Just before 7:30 a.m., with temperatures around freezing, the Fire Department received an emergency call from a...

ENFIELD — The Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission is set to host a series of at-home composting workshops this fall.The workshops will discuss “best practices” for composters, and what food materials can and can’t be composted.The...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEW LONDON — Windsor County Mentors is expanding to the Kearsarge region.The Windsor-based nonprofit organization is partnering with community groups and the Kearsarge Regional School District to start a mentoring program for students at elementary...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEW LONDON — Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice is seeking volunteers to visit with patients who are receiving end-of-life care.Those who are interested are required to take a 19-hour, seven-session training program, which will be held Thursday...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEW LONDON — Open scene: A woman with dementia is making dinner with her husband when their daughter arrives. The woman repeats a story about seeing someone at the grocery store. A beat later, she repeats it again.From the other room, her husband lets...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NEW LONDON — Amid a health care work force shortage, Colby-Sawyer College broke ground last week on the planned 20,500-square-foot home for its School of Nursing & Health Sciences.The project is moving forward in spite of a steep escalation in costs...