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The regional School Administrative Unit for the Suncook area has been behind on its financial audits for the past four years, causing financial complications for the towns that fund its operations.The delay in the audits and a lack of communication...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

On a crisp winter morning in the scenic winter town of Conway, the odor of rotten eggs wafted through the air at the Lower Mount Washington Secure landfill, which overlooks the White Mountains.To mask the smell of decomposing waste and to keep pests...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Hearing President Joe Biden address mental health to the entire nation was an important night for Susan Stearns.“Each of us can be ambassadors and have a role to play in dispelling stigma, and ensuring folks hang on to hope, seek the care that they...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The town of Bow will hold a public hearing on Thursday to discuss the proposed town and school budgets for the year 2023. The public hearing is an opportunity for residents to weigh in on the budgets before the town meeting in March.The town’s...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Webster residents were pleased with a slight reduction in the proposed operating budget at a time of rising inflation, they said during a public hearing this week.The proposed operating budget for 2023-24 is $1.64 million, a 0.5% decrease from the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

For students at Hollis Primary School, diverting food waste from landfills is no difficult task. As many towns in New Hampshire struggle to get their residents to divert food waste, a program that was started through a grant fund at the school has...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The town of Webster will hold a public hearing on the proposed town budget on Tuesday, giving residents an opportunity to weigh in on the warrant articles and town spending before Town Meeting in March.The proposed operating budget for 2023-2024 is...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A summer real estate listing advertised 27 acres of waterfront property at the end of a private road as the perfect place to “build your dream retreat” on privately situated land at the edge of Walker Pond in Webster.For many months last year, the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Dunbarton residents will be asked to vote on the school’s proposed budget, which is an 8.4% increase over the previous year, at the annual meeting in March.The proposed operating budget presented at the public hearing on Wednesday is $9.6 million, up...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The Dunbarton School District will hold a public hearing on next year’s proposed school budget on Wednesday, allowing the public to weigh in on spending plans s before the annual meeting in March.The proposed operating budget for the school district...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Just a fraction of the state’s police officers have completed training that is considered the “gold standard” for law enforcement to better respond to mental health emergency calls.About 16% of all 2,900 sworn police officers in New Hampshire have...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With a new combined K-8 school under construction, the future of the current Allenstown Elementary School and Armand Dupont Middle School will come before voters.In 2020, voters approved building the new school on River Road, which will house students...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The blue truck backed up to the trash heap and unceremoniously belched out its contents.Next to its rear tires at the Nashua landfill was a pile of mattresses deposited before this truck arrived. Mattresses are illegal to throw out in Massachusetts,...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Every Tuesday evening, rain or shine, James Weber is there at the Bow Community Center dressed in his tan-colored Scoutmaster uniform. As the Scouts fill the space one by one, he gathers them in a circle and leads the Scouts BSA Troop 75 in a...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

For decades, the fossil fuel and plastics industries have pushed for “advanced recycling,” a technology that could be used to break down single-use plastics, but a report by an environmental non-profit says the effort is more gimmick than science.The...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

This year, the state’s efforts to address its inadequate mental health system made progress with expanded facilities and 24/7 assistance programs, but experts say much more work needs to be done to remedy a shortage of psychiatric and behavioral...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Town officials in Bow accepted responsibility and apologized Wednesday night to neighbors for failing to communicate better before a beaver pond on public land was drained by members of a local snowmobile club.“I apologize that we didn’t have some...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Narratives of Native American history are frequently misunderstood and riddled with terms such as savages or primitives.Denise and Paul Pouliot, head speakers of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki People, are altering the narrative by...