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by RACHEL WACHMAN
With a small turnout to match its small budget increase of 1.07%, Salisbury’s budget public hearing featured discussions around street paving and the cost of hauling waste. The town’s total proposed budget is $2,116,713 in comparison to last year’s spending of $1,980,140.84.
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Aroma Joe’s, the popular drive-through coffee chain, has come to Loudon.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
A group of New Hampshire senators wants to tighten rules around cell phones in schools.
By DAVID BROOKS
These might be tumultuous political times but you wouldn’t know it from the Henniker School District’s annual deliberative session.
By DAVID BROOKS
Those of us whose jobs are spent inside buildings might be concerned about climate change but it’s nothing compared to folks whose livelihood depends on what happens outdoors.
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
New Hampshire students showed marginal academic improvement in most subjects over the last two years, but their scores continue to trail those seen immediately before the pandemic, according to data released last week by the National Assessment of Education Progress.
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
If pursued by the city, what should a pedestrian bridge over the interstate and Merrimack River look like? Engineers will present design possibilities for public feedback at a meeting Tuesday night.
By REBECA PEREIRA
Leon Taylor’s home in Weare has seen decades of family celebrations. On Sunday, Taylor expected to revisit the familiar rituals of those previous occasions — dinner, cake, ice cream and pleasant conversation — when his children brought him into his front yard.
By JONATHAN VAN FLEET
Keith Cota wanted to say thank you, but he still had concerns.
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
When Boscawen resident Loren Martin imagines the future of the town’s Commercial Street, she can picture a multi-story building with a restaurant on the ground floor, affordable apartments in the middle, and a rooftop deck to grab a drink overlooking the Contoocook River at the top.
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Drivers who passed Epsom Central School on any of the last few Fridays may have noticed a roaring fire burning as students trotted around in snowshoes and slid down a hill in little plastic saucers.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
With an increase in state aid to school districts to pay for an adequate education, Republicans want to cap how much local spending can increase to keep taxes down.
By ALEXANDER RAPP
Belmont has been squashing competition all season and Thursday night the hot streak continued as the team defeated Newfound, 64-55.
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
A hacker commandeered a Boscawen video feed to briefly play a sexually explicit cartoon video during a hybrid meeting this week.
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
The second phase of apartments on Pembroke Road is nearly ready for tenants. Sen. Maggie Hassan had the first look this week, touring the new apartments with walk-in closets.
By RACHEL WACHMAN
On Monday evening, Salisbury will hold its budget public hearing. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Academy Hall, which is located at 9 Old Coach Road. The total proposed budget for the town is $2,116,713 in comparison to last year’s spending of $1,980,140.84, meaning voters will see a proposed increase of 1.07%.
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
While five of her children darted and dashed in a game of capture the flag inside the community center gym, or perfected a drawing of Moana in the auditorium, Esther Fleurant was perched before her laptop in the lobby, studying for her Securities Industry Essentials exam.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
New Hampshire is one step closer to establishing mandatory minimum sentences on fentanyl charges.
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Editor’s note: This story was updated on Friday morning to note that the minutes for one of the meetings described were updated following this story’s publication.
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Frustrated by what they see as years of reluctance by the state environmental agency, New Hampshire lawmakers are taking matters into their own hands to ensure that landfills are kept a safe distance away from water sources.
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