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By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — The company operating the city’s solid waste transfer station told the City Council Wednesday that the behavior of some residents toward its employees has become so out of control that it plans to switch to curbside pickup of trash and...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — The City Council is an ostensibly nonpartisan governmental body, but party politics played a large part in Tuesday election nonetheless, according to the candidates involved.Outgoing Councilor Jim Contois, who was celebrating the loss of...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
CLAREMONT — In a roundtable discussion with the nation’s education chief, community college students in the Upper Valley said that access to housing and transportation are critically needed to maximize enrollment in rural education programs.U.S....
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — Eight residents, including two incumbents, are running for four at-large seats in Tuesday’s City Council election, when all nine seats are on the ballot.Incumbent Nick Koloski is seeking his eighth two-year term, and incumbent William...
By JOHN LIPPMAN
NEWPORT — The homeowner whose property was defaced with racist graffiti said he is overwhelmed with gratitude for the outpouring of support from fellow residents after his multi-racial household was targeted by vandals.“I feel more safer today than...
BY PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — Assistant Mayor Deb Matteau and Ward III Councilor Jonathan Stone are being challenged by two political newcomers in the Nov. 7 City Council elections.Matteau, who has been on the council for four years, the last two as assistant mayor,...
By JIM KENYON
On his re-election campaign website, Claremont City Councilor Jonathan Stone says he’s working to “hold the city administration accountable” to taxpayers.Now if Stone, a former Claremont police officer, only held himself to the same standard.For three...
CLAREMONT — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will begin a bridge rehabilitation project on the Route 12A bridge over the Sugar River in Claremont on Thursday, Oct. 26. The $5.7 million project includes replacing the superstructure...
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
CLAREMONT — With federal funding in hand this fall, TLC Family Resource Center has been able to resume its delivery of a sexual education program in Sullivan County schools.The Republican-majority Executive Council had tabled the funding for...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — The city manager and a majority of the council believe the city is within its legal authority to have some property owners pay a portion of road repairs through a special assessment.The council, at its meeting last Wednesday, approved a...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
CLAREMONT — Until recently, the play equipment at Barnes Park had been in place since 2000 and was on borrowed time.“The average lifespan of a play structure is 10 to 15 years, if you’re lucky,” Claremont Director of Parks and Recreation Nick Lawrence...
By JOHN LIPPMAN
CLAREMONT — A 38-year-old Claremont man faces a reckless conduct with a deadly weapon charge after he was arrested following reports that he fired a weapon inside his home.Joshua Deveney, of Heritage Drive in Claremont, has been also charged with...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — With gloved hands, City Planner deForest Bearse gently opened the cover of perhaps Claremont’s oldest document and turned a few of the first pages.The writing is legible, but the pages are discolored and brittle, with edges that have...
CLAREMONT — Seven of the incumbents on the City Council have filed for reelection with four of them facing challenges.Incumbent councilors Nick Koloski and William Limoges are on the ballot for four at-large seats representing the entire city. Wayne...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on a draft of its 10-year transportation plan at the Claremont Community Center on Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m.The draft plan for 2025-2034 lists a number of...
CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Hospital is hosting a drive-up flu vaccination clinic on Saturday.The clinic, slated to run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., is for people ages 18 and older. It will take 20 minutes or less to participate. It is scheduled to take...
By JOHN LIPPMAN
CLAREMONT — The 29-year-old man who died in a motorcycle crash in Charlestown on Tuesday night spent his own life saving people in vehicle collisions and other life-threatening situations, colleagues and friends recalled this week.Ian Pierce, a...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — The City Council on Wednesday will consider a change in the ordinance governing the use of special assessments to pay for a portion of infrastructure repairs. If approved, the change would give the city manager more control over when and...
CLAREMONT — This week’s heat has inspired several cancellations and closures across the Upper Valley.Stevens High School sent students home at 11 a.m. on Thursday due to heat, with temperatures rising into the 90s in the afternoon. A meeting the...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
CLAREMONT — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley touted her ability to speak “hard truths” during a town hall event on Tuesday at the Claremont Senior Center. In a 45-minute speech, the former South Carolina governor and former U.S....
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