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Cornish

Barbara Ann Balch

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Cornish, N.H. — Barbara Ann Balch, 72, of Route 12A in Cornish, who died on Jan. 3, 2013, at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Graveside committal service will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at 2 p.m. in the Trinity Church Cemetery in Cornish, N.H. with Rev. Dale Nicholas officiating. Arrangements are with the Stringer Funeral Home and Crematorium, 146 Broad Street, Claremont, N.H. …

Plainfield Man Purchases Cornish’s Chase House B&B

Friday, May 3, 2013

Cornish — A historic inn on Route 12A has a new owner after sitting vacant for years . At a live auction yesterday, Plainfield resident Darrell Atwater purchased the childhood home of Salmon Portland Chase, a 19th century Secretary of the Treasury and Supreme Court justice, besting one other bidder in the driveway …

Dry Spring Ignites Brush Fires in Upper Valley

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Ascutney — A spring with little rain has left the ground covered under a dangerous mix of dead grass and dry leaves that has made conditions ripe for brush fires — and that’s exactly what happened yesterday as four separate fires broke out in the Upper Valley, burning ground cover and trees. “We …