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By BILL FONDA
A tractor-trailer fire Thursday morning destroyed the vehicle and closed part of Peterborough Street.According to Jaffrey Fire Chief David Chamberlain, the department got a call at about 6:03 a.m. for a truck fire across the street from Rite Aid. When...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Election results show Republicans are expanding their lead in the New Hampshire state Senate, partly by way of an upset over Democratic Sen. Shannon Chandley.Republican Rep. Tim McGough declared victory with a 1,000-vote, 3-point lead over Chandley in...
By ASHLEY SAARI
There were few surprises this year in New Hampshire House of Representatives races, with nearly all districts remaining with current incumbents.Cheshire District 13Democratic incumbent Richard Ames retains the seat for Cheshire District 13, which...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Democrat Karen Liot Hill decisively defeated Republican Kim Strathdee in the race for Executive Council District 2, winning 57.5% to 42.5%.Dave Wheeler, a longtime Republican member of the council, will keep his seat in District 5. As of noon on...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLYand SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Joyce Craig conceded defeat in the race for governor as Kelly Ayotte’s margin of victory continued to grow as election results rolled in Tuesday night.The race was called shortly after 10 p.m., with Ayotte receiving 52% and Craig receiving 46% in what...
By DAVID ALLEN
The students and staff of the Dublin Consolidated School set out to spook anyone in the vicinity of the Yankee Magazine offices Thursday morning.Principal Nicole Pease led the parade across and up Route 101, which they navigated courtesy of Dublin...
By DAVID ALLEN
Charlestown, Mass., and Peterborough may not have much in common, but now they’re both locations of Post & Beam pubs.The fixture in the G.A.R. Hall on Grove Street in Peterborough, which has been serving its craft brews locally since 2018, opened a...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
A longtime legislator and a state representative wrapping up his freshman term will compete for New Hampshire’s 12th Senate district come Election Day.Incumbent Republican Sen. Kevin Avard and his challenger, Democratic Rep. Ben Ming, are competing in...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
In a competitive district, an incumbent Democratic senator will face a Republican looking to step up from the House of Representatives – and both campaigns are the center of financial questions.District 11, which includes Wilton, Amherst, Milford and...
By ASHLEY SAARI
With days left until the general election on Nov. 5, New Ipswich residents had a last chance to hear from the slate of candidates vying to represent the town during a candidate forum on Tuesday.Candidates from every seat on the ballot were invited,...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig suited up on Wednesday – coveralls, hairnet and all – to tour GraniteLeaf Cannabis in Peterborough. Walking through the medical marijuana production facility, GraniteLeaf CEO Keenan Blum showed Craig the...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
A rematch will determine the New Hampshire’s state Senate’s 9th District in the Nov. 5 election.Republican Denise Ricciardi is running for her third term to serve her hometown of Bedford and several Monadnock region towns, including Jaffrey,...
By ASHLEY SAARI
In the summer of 1963, Nancy Eaton of Greenville sat down with her children and started plotting a dream road trip. Then, she packed them into the family car and headed to California.Along the way, she wrote down the family’s day-to-day.This is that...
By ASHLEY SAARI
Jaffrey is taking a look at its current open space development ordinance and how to improve it while meeting both conservation and housing goals for the town.On Thursday, the town, in combination with Resilience Planning & Design, held a community...
By BILL FONDA
Linda Draper’s younger daughter Katie had just started first grade, and she “was a mom who needed a job.”A Lyndeborough resident, she got one as a classroom aide at Florence Rideout Elementary School, where Katie and two-years-older sister Sara were...
By ASHLEY SAARI
In the final candidates’ forum at Antrim Town Hall on Wednesday, residents heard from the candidates for Executive Council District 5 – incumbent Republican Dave Wheeler and Democratic former state legislator Melanie Levesque.The district includes...
By DAVID ALLEN
In Temple on Saturday, Pikachus and Wolverines spooked those with open trunks into giving them treats outside the Town Hall as darkness fell during the trunk-or-treat event, and Courtney Flores served up a “Hocus Pocus” theme with her goodies. “Carmen...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Arlyss Martin, a 26-year-old Manchester resident, already knows she’ll be voting for Joyce Craig on Nov. 5 in the race for governor.“She has a lot more views that I align with,” Martin said. In particular, she said she likes Craig’s support of...
By ASHLEY SAARI
Dr. Marc Winiecki, formerly with Jaffrey Family Medicine, has struck out on his own, opening a direct primary care office in downtown Jaffrey.According to Winiecki, Monad Doc Health Direct will give him more freedom to form personal relationships with...
By ASHLEY SAARI
In the early hours of Sunday morning, police arrested two people, took an additional three juveniles into protective custody and seized more than 1,000 rolls of toilet paper after an alleged attempt to vandalize the Rindge town common.According to a...
By DAVID ALLEN
“Anytime a young person is hurt or worse, it hits especially hard,” said Peterborough Fire Department Chief Ed Walker.The recent accidents that resulted in the deaths of 17-year-old Damien Cronan of Antrim, 21-year-old Devin Lundgren of New Ipswich,...
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