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By CHARLES HUCKELBURY

Charles Huckelbury lives in Henniker. The 2024 election season has begun, and the Democrats appear to have finally learned that the polarized electorate cannot be swayed by simple slogans and Trump’s obvious defects. President Biden’s first campaign...

New England College in Henniker says it has frozen tuition for the next academic year, keeping it at the 2022 level of $20,089 a semester for a bachelor’s degree.As is the case at many colleges, many students at NEC pay far less than ful tuition due...

By RAY DUCKLER

LLeanna Lorden has a diminished role when it comes to face-to-face meetings with students at White Birch Center in Henniker. She was promoted to chief operating officer last summer, shifting to an administrative role filled with meetings and phone...

By CHARLES HUCKELBURY

Charles Huckelbury lives in Henniker. General William T. Sherman’s most famous quote compares warfare to hell. Sherman clearly knew whereof he spoke, having commanded Union troops in a war in which Americans killed over 700,000 of our own. A...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

New England College football – a program that’s restarting play next fall after a 50-year hiatus – announced on Wednesday that it will participate as an associate member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference beginning in 2025.“Partnering with a...

By CHARLES HUCKELBURY

Charles Huckelbury lives in Henniker. Once again we are needlessly at the precipice of another shutdown of the federal government. And once again the Republicans must assume responsibility because of their childlike intransigence regarding budget...

The giant pumpkins at New Hampshire fairs may only be enormous rather than gargantuan this year.“I’ve talked to numerous growers around the state. They’ve all said the same thing: worst season they’ve ever had,” said Bruce Whittier, who has been...

By CHARLES HUCKELBURY

Charles Huckelbury lives in Henniker. Last week we were treated to three preeminent examples of Shakespearean drama. The only problem was deciding if they were comedy or tragedy.On Wednesday night, the GOP presidential debate opened Act I, although it...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Steve Garside’s family will welcome some guests to their home later this fall: Buddhist monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in Tibet. His wife, Lisa, who owns Ohana Yoga in Contoocook, has been connected with them for several years now. This will...

By DAVID BROOKS

Roundabout, stoplight or separating roads? Those are possibilities for the intersection of a long-debated stretch of Route 202/Route 9 near the Dunkin Donuts at the Henniker/Hopkinton border.The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will discuss...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Henniker woman charged with theft and insurance fraud could face prison time if she’s found guilty. In July, a grand jury returned indictments charging Bridget Watson, 48, with theft and two felony counts of Medicaid fraud, according to the Attorney...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

After a half-century without a football team, New England College has named Kevin Kelly as its new head coach. Kelly will lead the program as the sport prepares to return to play for the 2024 season.NEC President Dr. Wayne F. Lesperance Jr. on June 15...

By RAY DUCKLER

Mike French’s green thumb means food for the less fortunate.He tends to the Lions Club Community Garden in Henniker and ships his produce to two food pantries, one in his hometown, the other in Hopkinton. And if he has a surplus of food after the...

By MILLI KNUDSEN

Milli Knudsen lives in Henniker. I am not an originalist. When the founding fathers set down their carefully crafted words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Five months before police found Gina Maiorano’s body on the side of the highway, Weare police arrested her boyfriend Thomas Hanley on four separate domestic violence charges after witnesses say they saw him push her, berate her and force her back into...

New Hampshire State Police have identified the woman whose body was found on the side of Interstate 89 in Hopkinton early Monday, and have made an arrest in the case.Troopers identified the woman as Gina C. Maiorano, 27, of Henniker. They had...

By DAVID BROOKS

The 189-year-old Congregational Church of Henniker is one of several buildings just added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places, a move that could make it easier to pay for upkeep.“Bring on a register … is one of the application...

By DAVID BROOKS

Four years after New England College bought the New Hampshire Institute of Art in downtown Manchester and incorporated it into the college, pandemic-driven enrollment losses are shifting the students from the Queen City to the main campus in Henniker,...

By CHARLES HUCKELBURY

Charles Huckelbury lives in Henniker. Each time a mass killing occurs with disturbing frequency in the U.S., arguments arise concerning how best to prevent the next one. And there is always a next one, as the tragic events in Nashville demonstrate....

By DAVID BROOKS

A 15-year-old Boston student died Saturday night from a skiing accident at Pats Peak ski area in Henniker.The tenth grader was identified by his East Boston school, Excel Academy, as Christopher DiPrima. “Christopher was a kind and caring person who...