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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
LEBANON — The planned opening of the emergency winter shelter this month has been delayed due to staffing shortages, leaving homeless community members with few warm places to stay at night.Upper Valley Haven, the nonprofit that operates the shelter...
By STEVE TAYLOR
Half a century ago the Upper Valley was ground zero for a battle between state power to compel citizens to display a message they disagreed with and determined dissenters willing to resist, even to the point of going to jail for their beliefs.Over a...
CLAREMONT — Officials are investigating after a man was found dead following an early morning box truck fire on Washington Street on Tuesday, according to a news release from the Office of the State Fire Marshal.The cause and manner of death of the...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — It was “Creation Station” day in Sue Tuttle’s art class at Maple Avenue Elementary School and the excitement in the room was high.Seated around several tables, the 14 first graders from Julie VanInwagen’s class listened patiently as Tuttle...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — In a 5-4 vote, the City Council approved $75,000 capital spending for upgrades to bathrooms at two city parks but left out funding for a splash pad, which the Parks and Recreation Department and the city manager had proposed.Some...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — The City Council voted this week to move forward with the possible purchase of a vacant state office building at 17 Water St., which the city plans to resell for redevelopment.Ownership of the building will give the city control over its...
CLAREMONT — A planned 4.99 megawatt solar array off Grissom Lane that the Planning Board approved two years ago is expected to be operational by the end of next year, the owners of Power Investment LLC told the board Monday night.On Monday, the board...
CLAREMONT — Stevens High School reopened with normal hours on Monday after the school district assessed that there was no evidence to show a threat of violence that forced officials to close the school on Friday was credible.“After further...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — Two threats of school violence resulted in the cancellation of classes Friday at one Upper Valley high school and a heightened police presence on several campuses.SAU 6 Superintendent Chris Pratt said in a Thursday evening message to the...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
CLAREMONT — Artist Jane Kolias likes to forage for metal.Those skills are essential to the recycled metal sculptures she creates — a Christmas tree made of wrenches and an old file, a singer with a body made of a piece of a Singer sewing machine —...
CLAREMONT — On Monday, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will close the Route 12A bridge over the Sugar River to all traffic for one day.The closure, weather permitting, will be from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and will allow work crews to complete...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — When Nancy Merrill went to work for the city’s Planning and Development Department on North Street in 2004 as the business development director, she could see the challenges ahead right outside her office.“Everywhere we looked there was...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — The story of America’s changing rural landscape, from settlement and growth around industry and farming to decline and a rebirth emphasizing the arts, is on display in a traveling exhibit that opened Monday at River Valley Community...
CLAREMONT — The state has offered to sell the vacant state office building at 17 Water Street to the city for $700,000, City Manager Yoshi Manale told the City Council Wednesday.The offer would have to be approved by the governor and Executive Council...
CLAREMONT — The city has been awarded a $300,000 federal grant for construction of outdoor pickleball and tennis courts at Veterans Park.The money from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund will be added to the $300,000 in American Rescue Plan...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — Hillary Halleck distributed a series of questions for Sugar River Technical Center students to ask Mikros Technologies employees that were intended to help guide the students as they think about what they want to do after high school.“We...
By CLARE SHANAHAN
LEBANON — During multiple site visits to Lebanon Center in July and August, U.S. regulators reported finding 21 “deficiencies,” where the nursing home failed to meet federal health and safety standards.The deficiencies include administering...
CLAREMONT — The City Council voted 9-0 to give City Manager Yoshi Manale a 5% pay increase on Wednesday.The vote came after a performance review, which took place in a non-public session.The $7,000 raise brings Manale's salary to $147,000. He was...
CLAREMONT — The Route 12A bridge over the Sugar River in West Claremont will be closed to all traffic on Friday, Sept. 27 in order for the concrete deck on the northbound lane to be poured.A traffic detour will be posted from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.The $5.7...
CLAREMONT — Fire officials say a small brush fire at Moody Park Tuesday evening that was quickly contained and extinguished is considered suspicious.Investigator Lt. William Hardy of the Claremont Fire Department said Wednesday while officials are not...
By CLARE SHANAHAN
CLAREMONT — After a para-educator unexpectedly died at Maple Avenue Elementary School early Monday morning, students were sent home for the day.The para-educator died suddenly before the school day began, according to an email sent from SAU 6 to the...
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