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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CANAAN — A group of residents studying town buildings is asking for public feedback about establishing a community center in Canaan.The group was formed earlier this year, in part, to see if there are any town projects that could qualify for New...

Cameron McNamara, 15, center, jumps to catch a snowball thrown by his aunt Kari LaFlam while playing with his cousins Mason O’Shea, 11, left, and Liam O’Shea, 5, at their home in Canaan, N.H., on Friday. LaFlam said this is the first time the family...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — Leaders of the Mascoma Community Health Center and a Franklin, N.H.-based federally qualified health center are dusting off a partnership plan that was shelved in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.The plan would make the Mascoma clinic on...

LEBANON — A man was stabbed and a woman assaulted inside an apartment on Parkhurst Avenue on Wednesday evening, according to Lebanon Police.Riely Mavilla, 20, of Canaan, faces multiple felony assault and misdemeanor charges in connection with...

Staff Report

CANAAN — In ballot voting on Tuesday, Canaan voters supported the adoption of an optional property tax exemption for solar energy systems, 303-211.A similar proposal had failed last year.Voters also approved a general fund budget of $4.64 million,...

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley voters approved all articles on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District ballot.Every town in the district — Canaan, Enfield, Dorchester, Grafton and Orange — voted in favor of the $30.5 million operating budget, a new...

By FRANCES MIZE

Tuesday’s late winter storm, which saw 13 inches of snow pile up in Newport, N.H., by noon, also brought tall stacks of Town Meeting ballots from voters who were thinking ahead. On Monday, Cornish Town Clerk Paula Harthan handed out almost 90 absentee...

WEST LEBANON — Some Upper Valley towns are inviting voters to cast absentee ballots for Town Meeting voting on Monday, in advance of a winter storm predicted for Tuesday, when in-person ballot voting is scheduled for many New Hampshire towns and...

Articles of note: One article asks whether voters want to adopt a standard and optional veterans’ tax credit and an all veterans’ tax credit as allowed under recent legislation, RSA 72:28 and RSA 72:28-b. If adopted both would be set at $200 per year...

Article of note: An article asks whether voters support the cost of a new teachers contract, which is $542,000 in the first year.Contested races: Suzanne Suttie and Tamara Cederman are facing off for the position of district treasurer.Budgets and...

CANAAN — Firefighters rescued a cat from a structure fire caused by a candle that ignited curtains in a living room in a Canaan Street apartment Wednesday night.The town’s fire and EMS departments responded to a 911 hang up call after 10 p.m. where a...

Staff Report

CANAAN — A man died after being rescued from the Indian River off Route 4 near Lafortune Road in Canaan early Friday morning, according to news releases from the Canaan Fire and Police departments.After responding to an 11:40 p.m. call, Canaan Fire,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

HARTFORD — Practice for Hartford Memorial Middle School’s boys soccer teams is supposed to begin at 3:15 p.m.That means a bus needs to pick up the teams in White River Junction between 3 and 3:05 p.m. to bring them to the fields at Dothan Brook School...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley residents will have an opportunity to weigh in on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s proposed school budget Saturday morning.The proposed 2023-2024 operating budget for the district — which includes Enfield...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CANAAN — After graduating from Mascoma Valley Regional High School, Ryan Porter wasn’t quite sure what he wanted to do as a career.“I was kind of lost, to be honest with you, all through school,” Porter, the incoming chief of the Canaan Police...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CANAAN — Canaan has hired a new town administrator to replace longtime leader Mike Samson.Ned Connell, previously an administrator in Coventry, Vt., will begin his new role on Oct. 3, the Selectboard announced at its Sept. 6 meeting. Samson’s last day...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — Mascoma Community Health Center will suspend its dental services beginning July 30, following the departure of the center’s current dentist, according to a news release from the nonprofit’s board.The suspension of services leaves about 1,500...

By CLAIRE POTTER

CANAAN — This may well be one of the last summers to enjoy Goose Pond before it is drained down to a 15-foot pool as the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services repairs its dam.“Nobody’s thrilled. The scope of this project is enormous,”...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — A two-alarm fire on Bruce Road on Sunday morning destroyed a garage, home and two stock cars, their owner said.The property, located at 19 Bruce Road, is owned by Robbie Streeter and valued at $194,800, including $100,000 for the buildings,...