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If you like the Dropkick Murphys, then The Rebel Collective might be the band for you. They will be the featured performers at the Tuesday, July 1 Henniker Concert Series in the Angela Robinson Bandstand, Community Park at 6 p.m.

By DAVID BROOKS

When the list of places where John Stark High School seniors are headed was read out at Saturday’s graduation, one uncommon item came up at the end: “starting their own company.”

High Range, a high-energy roots/folk/bluegrass group with a long list of superlative reviews from national publications as well as raves from local attendees, returns to Henniker to perform at the Angela Robinson Bandstand in Henniker, Tuesday evening, June 17, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

By DAVID BROOKS

Another weekend, another storm doing a number on town roads. Just ask Leo Aucoin.

It all began modestly 45 years ago when New England College Professor of Music Angela Robinson revived a 19th-century tradition of hosting outdoor community concerts. On Tuesday evenings during July and August, Robinson’s volunteer musicians would present an hour of Souza marches and Patriotic tunes to a crowd of 50-100 families and seniors. Blithe Reed would sing the Star Spangled Banner and the Henniker Peace Community would sell lemonade and brownies. Halfway through the program, Robinson would lead a parade of young children through the crowd to a rousing march.

White Birch Center in Henniker will host their 6th Annual Kentucky Derby Party at Pats Peak on Saturday, May 3 at 3 p.m..   

The Henniker Area Rotary Club will hold its rescheduled of the 2025 Rotary Rabies Clinic for Saturday, April 26, from 2-4 p.m. at the Henniker Fire Station. Proceeds from the clinic will be donated to Monadnock Kitty Rescue & Adoption, a no-kill cat sanctuary and adoption center for adoptable cats as well as feral cats. Many will spend their lives at the rescue site where they are cared for lovingly by our volunteers. The program has no paid personnel.

By DAVID BROOKS

One of the most common debates during town meetings, as well as one of the trickiest, involves deciding what is “a need” and what is “a want” when it comes to government spending.

By DAVID BROOKS

As soon as the last chair stops running to signal the end of Pats Peak’s ski season, probably on the last Sunday of March, the construction crews will rush in to start replacing the venerable Hurricane Triple lift.

By DAVID BROOKS

Weare voters rejected the operating budgets for both the town and the school district Tuesday and turned a thumbs down on a number of spending proposals.

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By DAVID BROOKS

One incumbent and two newcomers are running for a pair of seats with three-year terms on the Henniker School Board. All three candidates support the idea of the state’s Education Freedom Account vouchers to provide more choice for parents but say the current arrangement takes too much money from public education, making it more difficult for local districts to provide mandated services.

By DAVID BROOKS

Jacob Morrill, the assistant principal of Hopkinton Middle High School, will be the new principal of Henniker Community School.

By DAVID BROOKS

The Henniker town budget would increase 3.5% under a proposal that will go before residents at town meeting.

By DAVID BROOKS

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for chairlifts at New Hampshire ski areas. On Monday it was Pats Peak’s turn.

Last fall, fifth and sixth grade students at the Henniker Community School studied the art of illustration. They learned about the works of Helen Oxenbury, Dr. Seuss, and Shel Silverstein to gather knowledge about ink style, use of color, and background. At the beginning of the project, the students took a walking field trip down through Azalea Park to gather inspiration for their next art project.

By DAVID BROOKS

In what might be the region’s only case of its kind during this season of school budget presentations, the John Stark School District budget says it is facing a large decrease in the two items that usually drive cost increases: salaries and benefits.

By DAVID BROOKS

These might be tumultuous political times but you wouldn’t know it from the Henniker School District’s annual deliberative session.

By DAVID BROOKS

Voters in Weare and Henniker will have a chance to attend three school district deliberative sessions this week but no matter which they go to, they’ll hear one message: Cuts in state aid are raising local property taxes.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A road rage incident involving gunfire on Tuesday night has left the Henniker Police Department calling for the public’s help in identifying the suspect involved.Around 7 p.m., a driver traveling on Route 202/9 reported being fired upon by a smaller...