Spicy aromas wafting from the hot chili in crock pots manned by 18 contenders tantalized a crowd of around 170 gathered at Amherst Middle School for the Eighth Annual Chili Cook Off & Ice Cream Social. It is an event recently hosted by the Amherst Lions Club, one of a reported 46,000 ...

LYNDEBOROUGH – A Culvert Infrastructure Committee will be named by Public Works Director Rick McQuade when he has collected all the needed back information he want, including a survey of the watershed each serves. “There are some interesting ones,” McQuade told selectmen at their ...

LYNDEBOROUGH – The town’s operating budget for this year is expected to rise about 7 percent, while the overall budget will go up about 9 percent. The Budget Committee’s public budget hearing on Jan. 29 attracted about a dozen people for an hour-long discussion led by Committee Chairman ...

More than 40 beekeepers and guests gathered on Jan. 27 at Fratello’s Italian Grille in Manchester to share congratulations at a torrential autumn honey harvest. The guests included Merrimack Valley Beekeepers Association officers Spencer Lovett of Mont Vernon, president; Marise Evans Perry ...

WILTON – Following a minor change at the Budget Committee’s Public Hearing on Tuesday, the town’s operating budget for this year totals $6,460,532, a 6.72 percent increase over last year. On Wednesday, Town Administrator Nick Germain said “about 12 people other than town officials” ...

LYNDEBOROUGH – Two people have filed for a seat on the Board of Selectman, but there are no other contests on the ballot for voting on March 12.  Incumbent Robert Howe is challenged by businessman and political newcomer Howard Ray  No one filed for Budget Committee. Incumbents have ...