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Cornish and Plainfield get $3 million for broadband expansion
10-17-2024 7:30 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CORNISH — Almost 300 households in Plainfield and Cornish that have not had access to high-speed fiber internet may soon have it due to a recently awarded federal grant of nearly $3 million.The expansion will include households that qualify as...

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AG: Cornish library trustees used donation appropriately
10-01-2024 7:30 PM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — The Stowell Library trustees’ use of a portion of a $30,000 donation for plans for a new library in the former Cornish General Store was within the trustees’ rights, the Charitable Trusts Unit of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office...


Sweet corn harvest
08-20-2024 4:01 PM

Cindy Frazee, of Fairlee, picks corn at her family farm in Fairlee on Thursday. Farmer Hodge’s Roadside Stand has been selling sweet corn for over 70 years. Frazee is the fourth generation to work the dairy and produce farm. It has been a good year...


Family alleges misuse of donation intended for Cornish’s Stowell Library
08-18-2024 5:31 PM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — The family of a donor to the Stowell Library alleges the money was misused by a committee seeking to renovate the former Cornish General Store into a new library for the town.Brian Meyette is asking the Cornish Library Trustees to return...


Annual Cornish Fair organizers take pains to make it worthwhile
08-15-2024 7:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CORNISH — Ruth Ferland carefully poured a jug of maple syrup into tiny containers lined up on a lunch tray in a red booth at the Cornish Fairgrounds.After the row was finished, she placed a lid on each one and put the tray aside. Next, she began...


A Life: Larry Dingee ‘loved seeing the next generation of the firefighters come through’
08-11-2024 3:01 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

CORNISH — On a Friday afternoon in late July, a procession of about 40 fire trucks wended its way through Cornish, Meriden and Plainfield on a route that passed an unassuming machine shop nestled between a two-story residence and the Cornish Flat fire...


New laws to protect New Hampshire’s covered bridges
07-10-2024 7:46 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CORNISH — Upper Valley lawmakers and police officers hope two new laws will help protect New Hampshire’s covered bridges from oversized vehicles.HB 1457-FN will increase the fines for motorists who damage covered bridges to $1,000 for a first offense;...


Cornish plans to install water and septic systems at Stowell Library
07-02-2024 5:31 PM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — The historic Stowell Library, which many residents hope to see remain in use as a library, could be getting a well and septic system.In a brief 15-minute meeting Monday, Selectboard members Jason Bourne and Dillon Gallagher announced the...


Cornish woman pleads guilty to giving false information to grand jury
06-12-2024 12:58 PM

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — A 52-year-old Cornish woman has pleaded guilty to involvement with a Medicaid fraud scheme and will spend three weeks behind bars for providing false information to a grand jury weighing charges in the case.Kimberly Patterson, of Beechwood...


Invasive eradication
05-21-2024 2:16 PM


Saint-Gaudens forest areas off limits for spring to protect ecosystem
04-24-2024 8:48 AM

CORNISH — To protect plants, Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park has closed a floodplain forest that sits between the Connecticut River and Route 12A during the months of April and May.Plants such as ramps and fiddleheads typically emerge in the...


Planned library move remains divisive issue in Cornish
03-23-2024 8:17 PM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — A year after voters narrowly approved a petitioned article to accept the former general store on Route 120 as a donation for use as the town’s library and community center, the issue continues to divide the community.In this year’s Town...


Upper Valley school districts look to enrollment in planning for the future
03-22-2024 9:00 PM

By PATRICK ADRIAN

In 1998, voters of Orford, Fairlee, Vershire and West Fairlee approved a plan to form Rivendell, an interstate school district, with the intent to pool their resources to provide an equitable and sustainable education system for their communities.The...


Cornish voters pass town spending articles
03-18-2024 3:13 PM

CORNISH — Voters approved all articles during Saturday’s floor meeting.Among the items they approved was a proposed highway budget of $817,000 and a proposed general fund of $675,000.


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Cousineau wins close race for Cornish library trustee
03-13-2024 8:53 AM

CORNISH — Voters elected Dillon Gallagher to a three-year term on the Selectboard.With 310 votes, Gallagher beat out Dianne Titus, who ran a write-in campaign and earned 149 votes.In a close race for library trustee, Laura Cousineau won by four votes...


Cornish voters OK $5.4 million school budget and plans to curb future costs
03-10-2024 9:00 PM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — Voters passed all articles by voice vote, including an amended budget of $5.4 million and plans to explore greater cooperation with Plainfield, at the nearly three-hour floor meeting at the elementary school on Saturday.During ballot voting,...


Town Meeting preview: Cornish
03-03-2024 11:57 AM

Article of note: One article on the school warrant asks voters whether they support creating a committee to collaborate with the Plainfield School District to study the feasibility of a cooperative district. Another asks whether voters will support...


Out & About: Parks Service trains volunteers to identify hemlock pest
03-01-2024 8:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CORNISH — The National Park Service is looking to train volunteers at the Upper Valley’s two national parks to identify an invasive insect that poses a risk to hemlock trees.Staff will lead workshops about the small aphid-like insect at 9 a.m. Friday,...


Cornish and Plainfield seek to study merging middle school
01-22-2024 10:15 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

Cornish and Plainfield voters will decide on Town Meeting Day whether their school boards should consider forming a cooperative school district and merging their middle schools.The two districts have collaborated in recent years in an effort to...

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