Fort at No. 4 Seeks Helpers For Annual Spring Cleanup

Charlestown — The Fort at No. 4 is looking for volunteers to help with spring cleaning, April 27 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. During the annual workday, crews put the buildings and grounds in order before the Fort opens for the season. This year’s opening date is May 10. …

Archaeology the Focus of Fort Talks

Charlestown — The Fort at No. 4 will host two talks in April as part of New Hampshire Archaeology Month. Dan O’Toole, former archaeology technician with White Mountain National Forest, will give a talk on precontact historic sites within the 750,000-acre forest on April 6 at 7 p.m. …

Charlestown: Selectwoman Ferland Holds Onto Seat

Charlestown — Former Selectboard Chairman Doug Ring, who is being sued by the town, won’t be getting his seat back any time soon. Ring yesterday lost to 13-year Selectboard incumbent Brenda Ferland, who won 388 votes in a bid for a three-year term. Raymond Buisson, who was also …

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Federal Budget Cuts Bring Layoffs at Student Conservation Association

Charlestown — As many as 10 employees at the local office of the Student Conservation Association will lose their jobs by the end of the month, as a projected revenue loss will force the organization to trim its workforce. The layoffs are the result of federal spending cuts, …

Lawsuit Spices Up Charlestown Races

Town Meeting is Tuesday, March 12, with voting on the town warrant and Fall Mountain School District warrant from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m,. at the Silsby Library/Municipal Building. Charlestown — The race for Selectboard at Town Meeting this year has a little added suspense that takes it …

Effort to Keep Math Position at Fall Mountain Fails

Langdon, N.H. — Voters of Fall Mountain Regional School District — which includes Charlestown — left the proposed budget plan for the 2013-14 school year unchanged, despite an attempt to add $80,000 to keep a math teaching position at the high school. About 50 voters at Thursday’s deliberative …

Larry Gordon Beswick

Charlestown, N.H. — Larry Gordon Beswick, 78, of Charlestown, died Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2013, at Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont. He was born in Ludlow, Vt. on Dec. 9, 1934, the son of Edna (Beswick) King. Larry had worked for Twin State Fruit in White River Junction, …

Charlestown Residents to Vote on $4.6 Million Town Budget

Charlestown — Voters in Charlestown kept all nine warrant articles as is before March’s elections. About 45 Charlestown residents, or 2 percent of the 2,200 registered voters, turned out for the deliberative session Wednesday night at town hall, discussing articles that include a proposed $4,552,516 operating budget, up …

News in Brief: Three-way Selectboard Race in Charlestown

It looks like a three-person race for Selectboard in Charlestown. Shortly before yesterday’s 5 p.m. filing deadline, Town Clerk Deb Clark said incumbent Brenda Ferland, former board member Doug Ring and Ray Buisson had filed to run for the three-year seat. Ring, who lost in his re-election bid …

Charlestown Seeks Increase in Budget

Charlestown — A proposed operating budget of $3.73 million, which is nearly $100,000 or 2.5 percent higher than last year, will be among the articles debated at the Feb. 6 town meeting deliberative session at 6:30 in town hall on Summer Street. Voters can pass the budget and …