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On April 6, the Pavement Ends Gravel Race — the only gravel bicycle race in New Hampshire — began at Pats Peak in Henniker and took riders through Weare and Deering over a 40-mile course. Riders took between two-and-a-half and five hours to complete...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Authorities have identified Paul L. Naves, 80, and Catherine A. Naves, 77, as the victims of a Wednesday morning fire at a duplex in Weare.Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Mitchell Weinberg reported that Paul's death was determined to be natural, while...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A man and a woman are dead after a fire at a home on High Rock Road in Weare Wednesday morning.The Weare Fire Department was called to 83 High Rock Road, a duplex, around 10:44 a.m., according to Fire Chief Mark Roarick.Firefighters arrived to find...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A person is dead after a hydraulic tank exploded on B and B Lane in Weare on Wednesday afternoon.No additional information was immediately available from the Weare Fire Department nor the State Fire Marshal, both of which remained on the scene of the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A woman who hitched a ride on an ATV in Dunbarton was injured in a crash on Tuesday caused by an allegedly intoxicated driver, but details surrounding the incident remain unclear.Tara Gardner, 46 of Weare, had walked to Heavens Gas Station at the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Big Apple is Rebecca Chartier’s baby, tipping the scales at around 300 pounds and only 52 days old.Chartier has poured months of care and attention into nurturing this giant wonder at home in Weare and is now ready to showcase her orange marvel at...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Joe Kasper kept a sign on the door to his office. “Be silly. Be fun. Be different. Be crazy. Be you,” it read. “Because life is too short to be anything but happy.” It was a mantra that Kasper lived every day, his friends and family said.“He had...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Graduation day at John Stark Regional High School showcased the profound impact teachers have on their students’ futures.For Mathew Wilson, graduating with the class of 2024, this couldn’t be truer.Having moved from Texas two years ago, Wilson is now...

The person who was found dead at the scene of a fire in Weare early Tuesday morning did not die from fire-related causes, according to the N.H. Office of the State Fire Marshal in a press release.The death is not being investigated as a criminal...

One person is dead after a fire consumed a single-family home in Weare early Tuesday morning.The town’s fire department was called to 77 Sewell Hoyt Road around 1:13 a.m. When they arrived, firefighters found “heavy fire” and reports indicated that a...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Power was expected to be restored by Tuesday evening to the remaining customers in the Concord area who had remained in the dark for nearly three days following a Saturday snow and ice storm.Dozens of broken utility poles led to delays in restoring...

By DAVID BROOKS

Henniker said yes more than Weare said no, which means the John Stark School District operating budget passed on election day.The two-town school district often sees a split between its member communities at annual meeting time and this was no...

By DAVID BROOKS

Weare voters rejected the town operating budget but approved the school operating budget on Tuesday, and made a decision that leaves a decade-old debate about town-owned land on East Road even less settled than it was before.Voters approved both...

By MATTHEW THOMAS

Matthew Thomas lives in Weare. Nearly two decades ago our town found itself at a crossroads with its middle school. Support and commitment to the current and future students of this community by voting to pass a bond for a new school building or...

By DAVID BROOKS

In the previous three years, according to data presented Wednesday night, the Weare School District has hired 46 new teachers, yet only 25 of them are still working in the district.Most of the rest have left to work in other districts, often...

By DAVID BROOKS

Voters in Henniker and Weare will consider a $15 million budget for the John Stark School District, up 2.36% from the current budget, and a new contract for support personnel at Friday’s deliberative session.If all warrants pass, it is projected the...

By DAVID BROOKS

Voters in Weare will see a proposed $18.71 million operating budget for the town’s two schools, an increase of $231,000 or 1.25%, at the school district deliberate session on Wednesday, Feb. 7.If the budget passes the school tax rate would increase...

By CYNTHIA WHITAKER

Cynthia Whitaker, PsyD, is President & CEO at Greater Nashua Mental Health. She lives in Weare. When I first sat down to write this commentary in the wake of the Lewiston shootings in October, I never imagined that soon after there would be a...

By MOLLY BRENNAN

Molly Brennan grew up in Weare. She is an artist, disability access advocate and anti-racist organizer. I want to celebrate the sudden enthusiasm I’ve observed for girls’ sports, for keeping locker rooms safe, and for the health and dignity of the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The symphony of vegetables inside the fermentation tanks at Micro Mama’s – cabbage, carrots, and beets to name a few — are much more than healthy condiments and side dishes.The products are all steeped in Stephanie Zydenbos and Samantha Cleveland’s...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

As rising energy costs and environmental concerns continue to gain attention, energy committees in many towns are pushing for residents to shift towards renewable technology and eco-friendly homes.The NH Home Energy Expo, an annual event typically...