Downtown parking MILFORD – The Community Development Office is facilitating a public forum and workshop on Thursday, Feb. 22 in town hall, beginning at 6:30 p.m. to discuss existing conditions and initial strategies to improve downtown parking. Local residents, business owners, and ...
The Souhegan Valley Transportation Collaborative’s “Blue Bus” has expanded its service to include rides for shopping all five days a week. Passengers are encouraged to try shopping on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays when historically there have been fewer rides requested and more ...
WILTON – After discussion at their regular meeting on Monday, the Board of Selectmen made several changes and/or compromises to previous decisions. New directional signs in the town hall will read “Selectboard,” although the title of the board will not change. They will still be ...
WILTON – On Feb. 17, the directors of Andy’s Summer Playhouse hosted their first orientation for young people planning to take part in this summer’s programs. Artistic Director Jared Mezzocchi met briefly with parents to discuss the program and then with the ten aspiring actors for ...
LYNDEBOROUGH – On Aug. 15, 1959, an Air Force F-100 crashed in North Lyndeborough. The pilot, Capt. James Howard, ejected safely and was found by residents. He was taken to what was then Grenier Field in Manchester. A few years ago, members of the Historical Society began looking into the ...
WILTON – After discussions with Ambulance Chief Steve Desrosiers on Monday, the Board of Selectmen agreed to purchase a rapid response vehicle for the ambulance service. The vehicle will allow paramedics to respond to an emergency much faster than they do now. Desrosiers had requested the ...
MILFORD – Full-day kindergarten will be on the school ballot with mixed support from the school board and budget committee. The $582,500 proposal would pay for starting a full-day program at Jacques Memorial School beginning in the 2018-2019 school year. The school board is divided, 3-2 ...
AMHERST – Voters at the Amherst School Deliberative Session last week rejected a bid to add money to the budget to hire another social worker at the middle school. The motion came from Lisa Eastland, chairwoman of school district’s finance committee, who told residents and school ...
MILFORD – A former Pepperell, Massachusetts. resident who had organized that town’s July Fourth fireworks has offered to take charge of the Milford Pumpkin Festival, bringing hope that the annual event will go on. Carol Gates spoke at a special meeting of the Board of Selectmen Monday ...
AMHERST – Outside of a couple of questions seeking to clarify the language in a warrant article asking voters whether to dissolve the Cemetery Lots Fund in favor of an expandable trust fund, about two dozen residents voted without comment at Thursday’s deliberative session to send all 12 ...
WILTON – Francis Gros Louis is being remembered by friends as a hard-working selectman who left for a career in in the federal government but never lost his ties to Wilton. Gros Louis was 87 when he died on Jan. 31 in Leesburg, Virginia. He served with the U.S. Department of Housing and ...
WILTON – The Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District operating budget is down 1.65 percent from last year, the School Board has reached an agreement with the district staff, and the replacement of the roof on the middle-high school is in year three of a five year plan. The only area ...
LYNDEBOROUGH – The proposed operating budget for the town is a 2.9 percent increase over last year. The special warrant articles bring the total up to $2,042,032, an increase of 5.7 percent. The Budget Committee held a hearing on the proposed budget on Tuesday, Feb. 6, but only a half dozen ...
Dental health LYNDEBOROUGH – February is National Dental Health Month and it was observed at the Early Learning Center with a visit to the kindergartners by dental hygienist Kris Redman. Her presentation is through a school-based program in the Milford School District. Redman demonstrated ...
MILFORD – “Totally useless skills” is how circus people jokingly refer to their work. Useless as in not practical – the skills won’t help you unclog your toilet or get your computer running. But they are fun to learn and can help develop happy, self-confident kids, says Jackie ...
AMHERST – Singing and dancing his way through a century and a half of American music, Kevin Comtois recently offered a hugely entertaining Black History Month program at the Amherst Town Library. Slave spirituals. Late 19th century minstrels. Dixieland. Jazz. Blues. Rock ‘n’roll. Hip ...
LYNDEBOROUGH – The Town Meeting this year should be completed by noon. Of the 14 articles on the warrant, the first three are ballot questions and six are concerned with capital reserve funds of various kinds. That leaves the operating budget, paving two parking lots and forming a committee ...
MILFORD – Cancer is not usually an issue that comes up at town meetings, but at the Milford Deliberative Session Saturday, fire officials told voters that cancer prevention is a major reason Milford needs an expanded and renovated fire station. A $3.68 million project is now on the ballot ...
AMHERST – Planning a trip in March? Be warned. March 2018 could be very stormy, said Rob Carolan – who should know. Carolan is president and chief meteorologist of Hometown Forecast Services in Nashua. He and his crew provide forecasting and severe weather warnings to clients that ...
AMHERST – Planning a trip in March? Be warned. March 2018 could be very stormy, said Rob Carolan – who should know. Carolan is president and chief meteorologist of Hometown Forecast Services in Nashua. He and his crew provide forecasting and severe weather warnings to clients that include ...