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Between the boys and girls basketball games against Fall Mountain on Tuesday, Stevens High School players, coaches and fans honored Chuck Ferland for his two decades of running the scoreboard clock for games played in the Frederick W. Carr Gymnasium...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Voters at Wednesday’s annual school district deliberative session added $1 million back in to the 2023-24 budget proposal, money that School Board members trimmed last month in an effort to contain spending increases.The amended budget...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — With Assistant Mayor Deb Matteau changing her position, the City Council voted 5-3 Wednesday to remove James Contois from his seat for failure to accurately inform other councilors about a decision by the Historic District Commission.The...

NEWPORT — One of three teenagers charged in shooting and attempting to rob a man in the parking lot of Walmart in Claremont in October pleaded guilty and was sentenced this week to two years in Sullivan County House of Corrections.Emil Ortiz, 18, of...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — At Wednesday’s annual school deliberative session, residents have the chance to comment on and recommend changes to the proposed $37.34 million school budget for 2023-24.The total represents a nearly $2 million reduction from the spending...

CLAREMONT — The Claremont office of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services will be closed through Friday due to water damage caused by pipes that burst during the weekend’s extreme cold, according to a DHHS news release. The...

Staff Report

CLAREMONT — Police are investigating after an early-morning fire on Friday heavily damaged a six-unit building on South Street, according to a news release from the Claremont Fire Department.The 13 people inside the building at 181 South St. at the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — At a meeting Wednesday night, City Councilor James Contois survived two motions to remove him from office for his actions in two separate incidents last year.In a 6-2 vote, the council rejected a motion by Councilor Jonathan Stone to...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CLAREMONT — Turning Points Network, a nonprofit that provides support to survivors of sexual and domestic violence in Sullivan County, has moved into a new headquarters on Broad Street.The move, effective Jan. 23, marks the culmination of more than...

By JOHN LIPPMAN and NORA DOYLE-BURR

NEWPORT — An Upper Valley orthopedic surgeon who is charged with sexually assaulting a patient was refused bail Wednesday and ordered to remain in jail after the prosecutor told the judge that, since police announced the initial charges Tuesday, three...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The state Attorney General’s office, the Department of Revenue Administration and the Secretary of State’s office have rejected a petition for a ballot question that, if approved, would change the Claremont City Charter and allow for voter...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment is seeking expert testimony on the potential impact of a substance misuse recovery home before it decides on whether to approve a variance.The board continued its review of the application for a...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — A proposed Claremont School District budget of $35.86 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 represents an increase of more than $1.1 million, or 3.1%, from the current year.Most of the increase is for the first year of a...

By ALEX HANSON

It isn’t that there aren’t racial justice issues to tackle in Claremont. It’s that, as a member of the city’s School Board, Whitney Skillen is looking at the bigger picture.Elected as a write-in candidate 10 months ago, Skillen campaigned by talking...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Healthcare has hired Steve Gordon as the Claremont hospital’s new interim CEO.Gordon, who retired last year after 11 years as Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital’s CEO, began work in Claremont on Jan. 3. He replaces Dr....

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The City Council did not vote Wednesday on whether to remove Councilor Jim Contois for alleged misconduct but instead voted, 7-2, to hold a hearing at a later date, as was its original intent.The council also defeated a motion by Councilor...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The School Board unanimously approved a new two-year contract for Claremont teachers that includes a special incentive for newer teachers to remain with districtSAU 6 Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Richard Seaman and...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Another solar array is being proposed for the River Road area, the third such project since 2019.On Jan. 16, the Zoning Board of Adjustment will consider a variance request for a 1 megawatt array covering about 4.6 acres on a 12-acre...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

CLAREMONT — Two state representatives from the Upper Valley are hoping this term to increase New Hampshire’s pay for lawmakers, which ranks as the lowest in the country.Since 1889, New Hampshire has paid its 400 state representatives and 24 state...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — With memberships at the city’s community center down about a third from its peak several years ago, the City Council has turned to a professional consultant for a business plan to bring back members and increase revenues.The council voted,...