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By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

LEBANON — Of the many industries impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, fitness gyms were hit particularly hard. The industry association IHRSA reported that 25% of the nation’s health clubs and 30% of its studios have closed since the pandemic began.But...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

LEBANON — When Rick Hughes, of Etna, needed to upgrade to larger bikes for his three growing sons, he did what he’d done on nearly an annual basis since his oldest, Bodie, began biking: headed down to Omer and Bob’s outdoor gear store in downtown...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The City Council is poised to approve increases in membership fees and other rates for the community center, with the expectation that the additional revenue will make a dent in the city-owned center’s annual operating deficit.The council,...

By RAY COUTURE

LYME — A tattered American flag hanging on a dented metal pole, its frayed red and white stripes wiggling unevenly in the constant breeze, was the sign to Inger Imset and Amanda Bushor that they’d finally found the house they were looking for on...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The City Council has reinstated a member who was expelled earlier this year after being accused of misleading fellow councilors.The attorney for James Contois, who was removed from office in February and reinstated on Wednesday, said in a...

By BILL WILKINSON

BoysHANOVERCoach: Kelly Finn (first year).Last year: 17-0, state champions.League: NHIAA Division I.Returners: Junior — Zach Pearson. Sophomores — Sam Ames, Ryder Wilson, Ian Holmes, Alex Orsino, Ming Liu, Pablo Martin-Asensio.Newcomers: Juniors...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HANOVERCoaches: Steve McConnell (10th season), Dorcas Den Hartog (third season), Meg McGuire (15th season), Patrick Kelly (sixth season).League: NHIAA Division II.Last year: Girls were ninth and boys sixth at the Division II state meet.Girls’...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

HANOVER — After Hanover True Value closes its doors Saturday for good, it’s going to be harder — if not impossible — for downtown Hanover shoppers to pick up that one wood screw needed for a home improvement project, a gas grill for summer cookouts...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

PLAINFIELD — When Plainfield voters at Town Meeting approved a proposal to establish a police department in 1975, resident Steve Taylor, who supported the idea, remembers the words of the first chief, Terry Kelley.“He said, ‘Being police chief in...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Reconfiguration of grades at the middle school and high school has been put on hold until at least the 2024-25 school year, Superintendent Mike Tempesta said.At last week’s School Board meeting, Tempesta said while administrators are...

By RAY COUTURE

BROWNSVILLE — A congregation of kids gathered outside Brownsville Community Church Saturday morning, bundl ed in coats and winter hats to guard against the chill and holding empty wicker and plastic baskets on their arms.Strewn all around them, from...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — At the annual Town Meeting on May 9, voters will be asked to approve two bonds for the town’s water and sewer systems for projects to address a couple of long-standing problems.A $10 million bond authorization is part of an estimated $29...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

WEST LEBANON — Jersey Mike’s Subs franchisee Chris Brown had long sought a West Lebanon location for the national chain. Now, after five years of searching — and a bit of real estate creativity — he is poised to finally open a store in the heart of...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

HARTLAND — In a slow, deliberate voice that at times strained with emotion, Hartland Town Clerk Brian Stroffolino issued a statement at the town’s Selectboard meeting Monday that alleged a toxic municipal workplace and ignited a debate that has some...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — In a Town Meeting that drew a standing-room-only crowd at the Cornish Elementary School gymnasium on Saturday, voters narrowly approved a petitioned article that clears the way for renovating the town’s former general store and making it the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — Both candidates in the lone contested Selectboard race want more funding for amenities such as recreation and the arts, but only one of the candidates has been forced to fend off allegations of having participated in the Jan. 6, 2021,...

By RAY COUTURE

RANDOLPH — Sharon Rives strolled into the basement of the Bethany United Church of Christ in Randolph on Saturday morning holding a cardboard box filled with tangled headphone wires, three broken CD players,and a dream of one day getting to listen to...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — Decades-old restrictions on how the location of a former hockey rink can be used by the school district won’t stand in the way of building a new agricultural center for students. But officials do have to identify another parcel in town for a...

By LAURA KOES

WEST LEBANON — When Black Moon Games opened in downtown Lebanon in May 2014, a business focused on in-person and tabletop gaming might have seemed like a roll of the 20-sided die. But as gaming has gained popularity in mainstream culture, so too has...

By RAY COUTURE

SHARON — A framed obituary of the Edward K. Baxter Memorial Library’s namesake hangs near the red-brick building’s back entrance and, on Friday night, that picture rested just above a plastic table holding tins of homemade chili and bags of jalapeño...