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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

An infusion of federal funding is poised to help bring fiber optic internet to two dozen Grafton County towns, including in the Upper Valley.Nearly $12 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration will be combined with...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CANAAN — Earlier this month, the Canaan Selectboard voted to rescind property tax-exempt status for six nonprofit organizations.The decision comes as the state is paying closer attention to which nonprofit organizations are receiving tax exemptions...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma High School’s bass fishing team became the school’s newest championship squad when it captured its first state title late last month.The Royals took first place at the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA)...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — Over the past seven years, the Mascoma Community Health Center has relied on donations to help support its operations.About $2.7 million from individuals, charities and foundations has gone to help balance the difference between the revenue...

The Associated Press

CONCORD — The remains of a 78-year-old man with dementia who left his home to go for a walk in 1991 and never returned have been identified after New Hampshire authorities used modern DNA testing technology, the state attorney general’s office said...

By FRANCES MIZE

CANAAN — In order to conduct repairs this winter to the dam at Goose Pond, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services’ Dam Bureau plans to significantly lower the water levels of the lake.Beginning Oct. 9, the dam bureau is scheduled to...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Parents with concerns about Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s bus routes will have a chance to share them at Tuesday’s School Board meeting.While there have been difficulties with bus routes in the five-town district in past...

CANAAN — A temporary bridge will be installed over Gristmill Hill Road near downtown Canaan.In July, the Selectboard voted to close the town-owned bridge over the Indian River that connects to Route 4 near Dollar General. At its August meeting, the...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Charitable Trusts Unit issued a report last month that green lights a path forward for the Mascoma Community Health Center to stabilize the center’s finances.Under the plan, the clinic on Roberts Road near...

CANAAN VILLAGE — School Street is now a one-way road throughout the year.The street where Canaan Elementary School is located was previously only one-way during school hours, according to an announcement from the town. It could be accessed via Route 4...

CANAAN — Canaan officials will post a 3-ton load limit to Gristmill Hill Road bridge this week in anticipation of closing it later this summer.“A significant hole has developed in the bridge,” interim Canaan town administrator Jack Wozmak wrote in a...

By PATRICK ADRIAN, ALEX HANSON and LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Heavy rain, flash floods and rising rivers closed roads, damaged infrastructure and forced evacuations around the Upper Valley on Monday, as the region was expected to see its worst flooding since Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The worst...

WEST LEBANON — The town of Hartford issued an evacuation order for those who live and work along the White River Monday afternoon.“The White River will cover the entire valley in some areas, and there will be widespread, devastating damage,” town...

CANAAN — A longtime Mascoma Valley Regional School District employee has been named the interim principal of Canaan Elementary School.April Guinness, who is currently the associate principal and athletic director at Indian River School, will start her...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Resilience, strength and perseverance were the main themes of Mascoma Valley Regional High School’s graduation ceremony Friday night in the school’s auditorium.The 73 members of the Class of 2023 entered high school in fall 2019 and in...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CANAAN VILLAGE — On the evening of June 2, 1923, after a fire had taken out most of their town center, Canaan residents gathered at the one church still standing downtown to pray.One hundred years later, on Friday morning at 10:30 a.m., residents will...

CANAAN — Canaan's town administrator has informed the Selectboard that he is leaving, according to the Selectboard chairman.Stephen Freese, the board chairman, said in a Friday interview that Ned Connell recently gave the board notice that he’s moving...

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...

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...

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,...