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New $139,000 paving project approved

Cabinet News

LYNDEBOROUGH – At their regular meeting on Wednesday, July 13, the Board of Selectmen approved a new contract to repave Cram Hill Road. The summer paving plan has been revised several times as prices have increased. The new contract is for $139,000. The original plan was for parts of North ...

Cease and desist order issues, then rescinded

Cabinet News

LYNDEBOROUGH – On Wednesday, July 13, the Board of Selectmen issued a cease-and-desist order against an apparent unpermitted excavation project on Dutton Road. That order was executed on Thursday by Police Chief Rance Deware accompanied by Code Enforcement Officer Leo Trudeau. Later on ...

Henry Ward Beecher sermon site latest NH historical marker

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CARROLL, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s latest historical marker commemorates clergyman Henry Ward Beecher’s open-air sermon site from the 1870s near a glacial boulder in the White Mountains area. Beecher, an abolitionist, proponent of women’s suffrage, and brother to author Harriet ...

Local completes 45-day walking pilgrimage

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The old “one-stitch-at-a-time” adage is well embraced by Christine Clement, a Nashuan and member of a Merrimack crochet group founded a decade ago by Pat Heinrich of Merrimack High School Adult Ed. But it was “one-step-at-a-time “ that recently took Clement and family friend Mireille ...

Rule-breakers put Still Good Shed in jeopardy

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WILTON – The Still Good Shed at the Recycling Center opened in April in a converted shipping container. Staffed twice a week, Tuesday and Saturday, by volunteers, it has proved to be immensely popular, both by those donating unwanted items and those finding treasures. The rules and ...

Barrett Hill Road now ‘scenic’

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WILTON – Barrett Hill Road is now designated “scenic,” following a special, petitioned, town meeting on Monday, July 18. Deputy Town Moderator Deb Degan presided. The petition, signed by over 70 residents, asked that the entire length of Barrett Hill Road, from its junction with Burton ...