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By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — A vehicle that was reported to be missing from the scene of a barn fire in Plainfield was located and recovered and a Lebanon man was arrested and charged in connection with the investigation on Tuesday, police said.Thomas Hamel, 30, was...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

PLAINFIELD — Judith Belyea was in her historic farmhouse home on Route 120 on Sunday morning when she was awakened by what sounded like a boom, so she didn’t pay much attention.“I thought it was thunder and lightning in the storm,” Belyea recalled.But...

PLAINFIELD — In voting at Saturday’s floor meeting, voters approved all articles on the warrant.That included a measure to direct the Selectboard to appoint a committee to continue to study the town’s relationship with Kimball Union Academy in...

PLAINFIELD — In uncontested races in Tuesday’s ballot voting, Plainfield voters elected town and school officers.With 96 votes, Christian Forman earned a three-year seat on the School Board and Ron. C. Eberhardt, with 93 votes, earned a three-year...

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...

Article of note: One article on the town warrant asks whether voters want to direct the Selectboard to appoint a committee to continue to study the town’s relationship with Kimball Union Academy in Meriden.Contested races: There are no contested...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

PLAINFIELD — A developer looking to subdivide around 140 acres of land to build 11 single-family homes in Plainfield will go before the town’s Zoning Board on Monday night.Michael Venditto has appealed a Plainfield Planning Board decision that would...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Five years after a jury took only three hours to acquit him of charges that he conspired to kill his ex-wife, Maurice Temple recently celebrated a sign that his life is returning to something like normal: He bought a bulldozer.“Last weekend was the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

PLAINFIELD — Sydney Leggett will serve as interim superintendent for the Plainfield and Cornish school districts following the resignation of Cory LeClair late last month.In an email to the community, Plainfield School Board Chairman Chris Forman said...

By TIM CAMERATO

PLAINFIELD — The former home of Plainfield tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown is on the market for $1.59 million after a two-year renovation at the 100-acre compound on Center of Town Road.The turreted 7,500-square-foot home where the Browns waged a...

By Patrick O’Grady

Plainfield  — The Zoning Board of Adjustment on Monday night unanimously approved a special exception to the use of the former Home Hill Inn property, the first step toward allowing a residential treatment center for youth to operate out of the River...