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By ASHLEY SAARI

A small robot makes its way through a cleared space in the children’s section of the Jaffrey Public Library, filled with scattered blocks.

By ASHLEY SAARI

All local Monadnock region public school districts, including Mascenic, ConVal, Jaffrey-Rindge, Wilton-Lyndeborough and Mason, as well as the Lionheart Classical Academy charter school in Peterborough, have complied with an order from the United States Department of Education to certify that they don’t utilize “diversity, equity and inclusion” or DEI practices in their hiring.

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Conant Middle High School has been named the 2025 New Hampshire High School of Excellence by the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Awards, which honors one elementary, middle and high school each year with the title.

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New Ipswich runner Tory Wight joined thousands of other participants in the Boston Marathon on Monday – her first attempt at the iconic race.

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On April 21, Tory Wight, 48, of New Ipswich will be standing at the start line for her latest marathon, wearing the bib number 28,322 – a symbol of just how big a race she is about to run: the Boston Marathon.

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The New Ipswich Museum of History has added several new displays, which will be available for public viewing at multiple open houses held this summer.

By ASHLEY SAARI

The New Ipswich Select Board approved several bids for work to be done at the town’s ballfields in Memorial Park, with a decision about work to the town pool put off to next week.

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After gaining variance approvals from the Zoning Board, Jaffrey’s Hope Fellowship Church is now in front of the Planning Board for final site approvals for a new sanctuary building, expanded parking and a widened exit for the church.

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Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of violence, including domestic assault.

By ASHLEY SAARI

Nine-year-old Lincoln Worth, a first-time chili maker (and first-time stove-user) walked away with the $100 grand prize at the New Ipswich Town-Wide Chili Cook Off on Saturday.

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Local library directors say federal or state cuts to library services could impact programs they rely on, including electronic lending, interlibrary loans, and services for visually-impaired readers.

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On Tuesday, Select Board members spent several hours reviewing a draft of a new social media policy for town employees and making several revisions. 

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The First Congregational Church of Rindge’s Got Lunch program will be moving from the Rindge church parsonage to the United Church of Jaffrey, but won’t impact the operation of the program, according to organizers.

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The Rindge Farmers and Crafters Market will not be taking place this summer.

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The Mascenic Regional School District secured their campuses on Wednesday morning, after a reported bank robbery in downtown New Ipswich.

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After the failure of the proposed budget in March, the Rindge Select Board has decided not to address the budget in a special Town Meeting, expecting to move forward with its default budget.

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The town is moving forward with decisions about its new town offices, including an approval by the Select Board to work with the town’s Historical Society to decorate public areas of the building.

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Amidst icy conditions on Sunday morning, the Greenville Fire Department responded to a chimney fire on Darling Hill Road.

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Universal preschool, athletics, cocurricular activities, a middle school music teacher and a high school French teacher could be restored to the budget after the Jaffrey-Rindge School Board agreed Monday to to use $1.1 million in end-of-year funds to prevent some planned cuts.

By ASHLEY SAARI

New Ipswich will be conducting a radio study to determine where trouble spots are and develop potential solutions, with the cost to be shared between affected departments.

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A group of neighbors fighting approvals to a tea party business in the Village District of New Ipswich has filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court against decisions of the state Housing Appeals Board for rulings made last month.