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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Upper Valley voters were divided on short-term rental ordinances during New Hampshire Town Meeting voting.During floor meetings Saturday, Enfield and Haverhill residents turned back short-term rental ordinances.Haverhill residents “postponed...

SUNAPEE — Voters rejected two of the 15 zoning amendments on Sunapee’s warrant in ballot voting on Tuesday.One would have allowed greater density in the village commercial and residential districts to allow one dwelling unit per 7,000 square feet of...

Articles of note: There are 15 separate articles with proposed zoning amendments on the town warrant. Two petitioned warrant articles, not recommended by the Selectboard, relate to how the town counts votes. The first offers voters three choices as to...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SUNAPEE — At first, Lisa Hoekstra was open to Sunapee’s plans to monitor short-term rentals.Two years ago, she joined the town’s Short-Term Rental Task Force and began brainstorming ideas that she hoped would result in a policy that would be a win-win...

By FRANCES MIZE

SUNAPEE — A new heating system at Sunapee Elementary School is the “Corvette” of wood-burning operations, said Mathew Bouranis, the school district’s facilities director.But a “Prius” may be a more apt comparison.The burner rarely needs to fall back...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

GEORGES MILLS — Nearly 30 people were displaced when a Thursday night fire destroyed an apartment building in Georges Mills, an unincorporated village of Sunapee. The cause remains under investigation.Fire departments from around the state worked...

SUNAPEE — Sunapee will require attendees to wear masks at a Planning Board Public Hearing scheduled to take place Thursday at the town office.Earlier this week, the Sunapee Selectboard canceled its Monday night meeting due to a COVID-19 outbreak at...

SUNAPEE — The Sunapee Selectboard canceled its planned Monday night meeting due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the town office and an inability to have a quorum, according to a town news alert.The Selectboard will next meet on Jan. 8 at 6:30 p.m. for a...

By FRANCES MIZE

SUNAPEE — Despite a record number of cyanobacteria blooms across the state this year, Lake Sunapee saw none.The last bloom in the lake was in 2019, according to Elizabeth Harper, executive director of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, or LSPA....

SUNAPEE — A dog was lost in a structure fire at a home on Lake Avenue on Sunday.The other occupants of the home were able to make it out safely, according to a Monday news release from the Sunapee Fire Department.The department responded to the...

SUNAPEE — Georges Mills Bridge will close to vehicle traffic starting on Monday, Sept. 11. The closure of the bridge, which connects Main Street to Springfield Road, aims to mitigate wear and tear, and safeguard the bridge’s structural integrity as...

SUNAPEE — Sunapee Harbor reopened on Wednesday. It had been closed since Saturday following a diesel fuel spill in the boat launch area that drew cleanup efforts from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and the Sunapee Fire...

By FRANCES MIZE

SUNAPEE — Sunapee Harbor is expected to reopen on Wednesday after a fuel spill over the weekend led state officials to close it to boat traffic.On Monday, hundreds of feet of absorbent buoys — sitting on top of the water like orange pool noodles —...

SUNAPEE — The board of trustees of Sunapee’s Abbott Library has selected a Colby-Sawyer College librarian as its next executive director.Malia Ebel will begin her role on June 26, according to a news release from the Abbott Library Board of Trustees....

SUNAPEE — Residents voted against making the town’s fire chief and recreation director full-time positions.The fire chief vote failed by 334 to 455, and the recreation director 377 to 417. Voters also declined, at the Selectboard’s recommendation, to...

By FRANCES MIZE

ORFORD — A law firm representing 3M, a multinational company specializing in chemical manufacturing, has subpoenaed a number of New Hampshire towns — including several in the Upper Valley — for documentation related to perfluoroalkyl and...

Article of note: There are 41 articles on the town ballot. One of them asks whether voters would support beginning the process of selecting a municipal flag to be flown over public buildings and recreational areas in town.Contested races: Three people...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

SUNAPEE — On Friday morning Maisi Cowdrey was standing in front of a wooden cross planted at a turn-off on Route 11 a few miles outside the village center of Sunapee, the low autumn sun casting forward her shadow to nearly touch the marker.Laying a...

Staff Reports

Thetford — The Thetford Academy boys soccer team snapped a six-game losing streak in style on Monday, exploding for five goals after halftime to defeat visiting Montpelier, 5-3.Will Bosco scored two minutes after intermission and again four minutes...

By John Lippman

Newport— Lake Sunapee Bank, whose roots go back 150 years, will officially disappear over the coming months as its name changes to Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.Bar Harbor acquired the Newport-based bank last year in a merger deal valued at $182.2 million....