Sunday, March 17, 2013
Meriden — It took only seven minutes and two comments from the public for voters to pass the Plainfield town budget, which sees a slight increase in both expenditures and property taxes. The proposed $1.97 million budget, the …
Monday, March 18, 2013
Bob Sullivan, left, and Al Girdle, right, converse during a break in Plainfield Town Meeting as Dan Rondeau, center left, and Dewey Jones, center right, laugh together at Plainfield Elementary School in Meriden yesterday. Valley News — Libby …
Monday, March 18, 2013
Plainfield — Eighth-grader Virginia Drye won the top honor and was awarded first prize for her presentation on the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution at the recent New Hampshire American Legion Junior Oratorical Contest-District 6 competition, …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Plainfield — It was a tough day for Maria Guzman. After campaigning on a budget-cutting platform, she lost bids to join both the School Board and Selectboard. A petition to change the way the town votes on school issues, which Guzman spearheaded, was rejected. Judy Belyea, who has …
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Meriden — Despite concerns about enrollment trends raised last night, a 20-minute discussion on funding allocation and grade consolidation still led to the voters passing the School Board’s 2013-14 budget. It wasn’t without a bump or two, as some residents took issue with the board’s decision to use …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Manchester — Throughout its undefeated season, speed and balance have carried the top-ranked Lebanon High girls basketball team. It took until the third quarter for those qualities to fully surface in last night’s NHIAA Division II semifinal against …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Plainfield — Twelfth-grader Ben Drye, of Plainfield, took first place in the 2013 New Hampshire American Legion Oratorical Program last month at Saint Anselm College School of Political Science in Manchester. Drye placed first with his prepared oration, The Influence of the Ages. His assigned oration focused on …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Plainfield Town Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 16 at 10 a.m. in the Plainfield Elementary School gym. Town and school officers, along with a proposal to adopt SB2 ballot voting in the school district, will be decided during ballot voting on Tuesday, March 12, from 8 …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Plainfield — Just a handful of residents attended a public hearing last night to discuss the article on this year’s warrant to switch the annual School Meeting from the traditional floor meeting to all-day balloting. A switch to …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Claire Mizusawa, 22, of West Lebanon, is carried to an ambulance by, from left, Chris Chilton of the Plainfield Fire Department, Jeff Katchen of Cornish Rescue, Jonathan Munro of the KUA Fire Brigade, and Lt. Tim Lang of …
Maggie Cassidy
By Don's Early Light
