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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...

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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 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,...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — In spite of strong community support for the Mascoma Community Health Center, it continues to face challenges.The executive director, Rebecca Ekholm, opted not to renew her contract after just one year, and the health center’s medical...

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CANAAN — A 29-year-old Canaan man suffered life-threatening injuries after he rolled his truck on Route 4 in Canaan on Tuesday morning and was ejected into a tree, Canaan police said in a news release Wednesday.Joshua White was reportedly driving...

By JOHN P. GREGG

ORANGE — Road crews in Orange and Canaan scrambled to repair washed-out roads and bridges on Friday after more than 4 inches of rain — and over 6 inches in at least one count — fell across southeastern Grafton County the night before.Flash flooding on...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Canaan — A 26-year-old Enfield man was attempting to avoid being arrested on an outstanding warrant when he was shot by a state trooper in a field, according to his fiancee, who was a passenger in the car that police had tried to stop along Route 4 in...

By EmmaJean Holley

It had not rained in Canaan for days leading up to June 3, 1923. So, when a barn on School Street went up in flames that windy Saturday morning, it took only two hours for the fire to leap from building to building until it had consumed most of the...

By Tim Camerato

Canaan — Two mobile home parks in the Mascoma valley are now owned and operated by residents who recently formed cooperatives to purchase the properties.The former Daniels Acres Mobile Home Park in Enfield and former Pleasant Valley Mobile Home Park...