MANCHESTER – Manchester composer and Manchester Community Music School faculty member Romeo Melloni has been selected by the New Hampshire Music Teachers Association as New Hampshire’s Commissioned Composer. Each year the Music Teachers National Association offers all 51-state affiliates ...
Hannah Balfour, of Hollis, recently received a scholarship from the Scots’ Charitable Society of Boston. The society, founded in 1657, is the oldest charitable organization in the U.S. With support from the Women’s Auxiliary, over $80,000 was awarded to 47 undergraduate college students of ...
CONCORD – As the summer months continue, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department reminds the public to report sightings of hen turkeys, with or without young, through the Department’s online survey at: www.wildnh.com/surveys/turkeybrood.html. The survey continues through Aug. 31, ...
MANCHESTER – For six decades, the annual NH Antiques Show has upheld the tradition of bringing fine quality antiques to New England. The NH Antiques Dealers Association date for the 60th annual New Hampshire Antiques Show is Aug. 10-12 at the Radisson Hotel Manchester. This years’ show will ...
CONCORD – As the summer months continue, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department reminds the public to report sightings of hen turkeys, with or without young, through the Department’s online survey at: www.wild nh.com/surveys/turkey brood.html. The survey continues through Aug. 31, ...
LYNDEBOROUGH – A few years ago, Lee Mayhew saw a need and came out of retirement to lend the town a hand in any way he could, including serving as a selectman. Mayhew, 75, died Tuesday, July 25, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center after a lingering illness. “Lee was involved in all ...
AMHERST – Selectmen voted last week to lower the speed limit on part of Broadway near the Baboosic Lake town beach and also considered a number of measures to improve traffic and parking in the area. Residents had reported that the beach parking lot is sometimes too crowded and drivers go ...
AMHERST – The stories are cute: about the woman in possession of two dump stickers who said, “God bless my Dad. He lived in Manchester and used the Amherst dump twice a week.” Then there was the man who was accidentally locked in the transfer station and given a courtesy ride home – ...
MILFORD – Members of the committee charged with planning the future of Keyes Memorial Park pushed selectmen last week to make a decision about the old manufacturing building on town land being integrated into the park. Janet Langdell, chairwoman of the Keyes Memorial Park Expansion ...
MILFORD – Library trustees are taking another look at building expansion plans after proposals for a new facility were turned down by voters two years in a row. Last week, Wadleigh Memorial Library trustees and Director Betsy Solon went to the selectmen’s meeting and told town officials ...
MILFORD – Souhegan Valley community members from different backgrounds let their guard down to connect with others and have a fun family oriented afternoon. Youth drug prevention through family activities and community engagement was emphasised Saturday at Keyes Memorial Field for Milford’s ...
WILTON – “Wilton is a unique and beautiful place,” Plan NH spokesman Ron Dapice said. “The community is amazing.” His remarks began the assessment of the town after two days of intense study and evaluation by the professional group, which began Friday morning, July 21, with a walking ...
MILFORD – After a meeting at which people spoke for and against allowing a target shooting range on town-owned property, selectmen once again tabled the proposal, saying more questions must be answered. Board members praised the newly formed Milford Gun Club for its in-depth proposal on ...
MILFORD – The Mustangs football and cheerleading program is signing up children for the fall season with a new board of directors in place after all but one of the former members were asked to resign. Under an agreement filed in Merrimack County Superior Court between the board members and ...
MILFORD – Full-day kindergarten will not happen this year, but school officials say it’s possible there will be a program in 2018. Last week, the School Board decided that with only 21 children signed up for a pilot full-day program, it wasn’t possible for it to be self-supporting. School ...
AMHERST – People in Amherst with contaminated wells will soon be getting clean water under a bill signed Thursday, July 20, by Gov. Chris Sununu. The perfluorooctanoic acid water contamination that affected 100 wells in Amherst homes is addressed in one of three clean water bills Sununu ...
MILFORD – When school starts in September, Milford High School’s Spartans and their fans will have a refurbished gymnasium, part of $3 million worth of school improvements approved by voters in March. The bond is paying for work at the high school and the middle school, as well as a partial ...
LYNDEBOROUGH – Out of the 23,000 species of insects found in New Hampshire, only a small percentage are considered pests. But we do hate them, especially if we’re gardeners. They go after our carefully tended vegetables, flowers and trees, chewing on leaves and roots, damaging buds and ...
LYNDEBOROUGH – The Conservation Commission, saying the preservation of Cold Brook is a high priority, approved donating up to $50,000 toward the preservation of two parcels owned by the Proctor family in North Lyndeborough. Easement on the properties would be held by the Piscataquog Land ...
LYNDEBOROUGH – Family members and friends gathered around the flagpole at Central School, now the Early Learning Center, on Sunday morning, July 23, to quietly dedicate a memorial to Linda Buttrick. Buttrick taught at the school for 30 years. It was given in her memory by colleagues and the ...