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By PATRICK O’GRADY

CHARLESTOWN — State officials and area residents remain at odds over plans to fix the nearly 100-year-old Cheshire Bridge, which spans the Connecticut River between Charlestown and Springfield, Vt.The New Hampshire Department of Transportation had...

NEWPORT — A 41-year-old Charlestown man who was behaving violently when he broke into a Newport home last year pleaded guilty and received an extended prison sentence due to already being out on bail while he was charged with a previous crime.

CHARLESTOWN — North Star Health, which operates federally qualified health care centers in Vermont and New Hampshire, will hold a series of public forums about the challenges the nonprofit is facing.

CHARLESTOWN — In ballot voting on Tuesday, voters narrowly rejected, 285-261, a petitioned town article, not recommended by the Selectboard, that would have reduced the Selectboard to three members.

Article of note: One petitioned town article, which is not recommended by the Selectboard, asks whether voters support reducing the Selectboard to three members. Another article asks whether voters support discontinuing a portion of George Moulton Way. A school article asks for $50,000 to hire a contractor to help the central office study the feasibility and suitability of the withdrawal of one or more pre-existing districts from the cooperative district.

CHARLESTOWN — Voters will have a chance to discuss the town’s operating budget and other items at Saturday’s deliberative session.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — In the only contested primary in Sullivan County for the state legislature, five Republicans will be on the Sept. 10 ballot for three seats in District 6, representing Claremont and Croydon.Luke Diamond, Wayne Hemingway, Tom Luther, Robert...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CHARLESTOWN — A morning fire at a residence in Charlestown claimed the lives of two people as state emergency personnel continued to respond at the scene throughout the day.Crews were called to a residence on Crown Point Drive shortly before 7 a.m. on...

CHARLESTOWN — On Monday, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will begin rehabilitation of the Route 12 bridge over the railroad tracks just south of downtown.The project will require one-lane alternating traffic over the bridge both day and...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CHARLESTOWN — At a meeting Tuesday morning, Charlestown and Springfield, Vt., business owners and public officials said the planned 34-week closure to repair the Cheshire Bridge linking the two communities will “kill” the area economy.About 50 people...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CHARLESTOWN — During all-day balloting Tuesday, voters overwhelmingly defeated a petitioned article for a new fire station, narrowly approved the permanent closure of the North Charlestown Community School, passed a town operating budget and elected a...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CHARLESTOWN — A petitioned article for a new fire station on this year’s Town Meeting warrant would kick off replacement of a building that is far beyond its useful life, according to the Charlestown fire chief. Waiting longer will only lead to higher...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH CHARLESTOWN — An article on the Fall Mountain School District warrant asks Charlestown voters if they want to permanently close the North Charlestown Community School and return ownership to the Farwell Trust. The trust donated the original...

By FRANCES MIZE

LYME — From a regulatory standpoint in Lyme, solar panels are no different from a garden shed. A set of zoning amendments on this year’s Town Meeting warrant will ask voters to consider making a distinction.Three municipal buildings already have solar...

Article of note: One petitioned article asks whether voters support a $3.5 million bond for the construction of a new fire station. Neither the Selectboard, nor the Finance Committee recommend the article. Another article asks whether voters support...

NEWPORT — A 20-year-old Charlestown woman is alleged to be at fault in the motorcycle crash that killed an EMT last September.Hailey Martineau was indicted by a Sullivan County grand jury on Tuesday on two felony charges: negligent homicide and...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The Cheshire Bridge linking Charlestown with Springfield will undergo extensive repairs that will require the bridge to be closed to traffic for more than eight months beginning next spring.The New Hampshire Department of...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CHARLESTOWN — After the Selectboard narrowly adopted the proposed budget of Charlestown Fire Chief Mark LaFlam, the Wednesday’s board meeting turned contentious over a letter signed by department members claiming that they have faced “ridicule and...

CHARLESTOWN — A 20-year-old North Walpole, N.H., man died after being hit by a car while he was inspecting the damage to the car he was riding in after it hit a bear on Bellows Falls Road in Charlestown on Thursday evening, Charlestown police said in...

By JIM KENYON

When a police officer uses his immense powers to make an unmerited arrest, it’s the job of a prosecutor to — at the very least — use her own discretion. Call it righting a wrong.Unfortunately, Charlestown prosecutor Jessica Hodgman either lacks the...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — A 38-year-old Charlestown man received a suspended jail sentence in connection with a crash on Interstate 91 in June that killed a 36-year-old mother of two from Perkinsville.Joshua Rondeau pleaded guilty on Oct. 23 to a...