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CLAREMONT — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will fully close the NH Route 12A bridge over the Sugar River in Claremont during the day for at least two days next week, according to a DOT news release.On Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 19 and...

CLAREMONT — The Claremont Police Department has identified the two people found dead in a home on Stewart Ave last week. First responders found Claremont residents Franklin and Tammy Hoyt, both 63, dead at a home located at 69 Stewart Ave on Dec....

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The Claremont School Board this week unanimously approved a motion to negotiate an agreement with the Croydon School District that would establish Claremont as a so-called anchor district for the town.Wednesday’s vote, which included no...

Standing between two tables, Claremont City Councilor Jonathan Stone, left, watches votes being counted with incoming city councilor Jonathan Hayden at City Hall in Claremont on Tuesday. Hayden defeated Stone last week for the Ward III seat by a...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The Planning Board unanimously approved a site plan for a Domino’s Pizza restaurant on Washington Street at the site of a shuttered gas station and car wash, but board members denied the applicant’s request for a left-hand turn across...

By FRANCES MIZE

CLAREMONT — While holding court for two-hours at Stevens High School on Saturday, former President Donald Trump said drug dealers should face the death penalty.The garish talking point has long been a standard of Trump’s campaign trail stump speech....

By ALEX HANSON

CLAREMONT — One of the most talked-about politicians in recent memory is bringing his campaign to the city on Saturday.But not many Claremont residents seem all that eager to talk about him. A reporter strolling around town Wednesday encountered three...

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On Friday, Members of the Dartmouth Army ROTC lowered the American flag as freshman Jacob Crawford played “To the Colors” during a retreat ceremony for Veterans Day on the Dartmouth College green. After being folded, the flag was presented to Dean of...

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 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 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...