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CLAREMONT — The Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved a special exception for a proposed Abenaki cultural and educational center on Elm Street.The Ko’asek of Turtle Island, based in Alstead, N.H., now must obtain site plan approval from the Planning...

NORWICH — The Family Place has selected Stephanie Slayton as its new executive director.Slayton, who currently serves as executive director of TLC Family Resource Center in Claremont, will begin her new role Oct. 2, according to a news release from...

CLAREMONT — The Claremont School Board is holding an informational meeting about draft public school standards on Thursday.The meeting is scheduled to take place at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Stevens High School, 175 Broad Street.The 306 Minimum...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CLAREMONT — Two hundred years ago, Virgil Barber decided to build a church down the street from where his father had been a pastor.This wouldn’t be unusual, except that Virgil Barber built a Catholic church and the one his father, Daniel Barber,...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — On Tuesday, the Zoning Board of Adjustment will hear a request for a special exception to establish an Abenaki cultural center on about 11 acres on Elm Street.The center, proposed by the Ko’asek of Turtle Island, based in Alstead, N.H.,...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Three different development and revitalization projects in the city have been awarded more than $1 million in combined grants from the Northern Borders Regional Commission’s Catalyst Program.Melissa Richmond, founder and executive director...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — At Stevens High School, the administration is instituting a complete ban on cell phones during the school day for the upcoming academic year.In Newport, cell phones will be banned during the school day at the middle school and the policy...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — With the city’s approval of two separate operating agreements, one with the Arrowhead Recreation Club and one with The Wheel House bike shop, the shop’s owners said they are eager to start work in the lodge to prepare for their move.The...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CLAREMONT — To adapt to a teacher shortage this year, Bluff Elementary School will have two multi-grade classes and larger class sizes than usual.The Claremont school has been unable to fill third- and fifth-grade teacher positions since it began...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — It’s good to be back. That’s the feeling among members of Twin State Derby, the Upper Valley’s roller derby league, which is nearing the end of its first season back since the COVID-19 pandemic.“We have tons of new rookies who are training...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — For a second time, the City Council has postponed a vote on two separate operating agreements between the city and Arrowhead Recreation Club and the city and The Wheel House bike shop for the use of the Arrowhead lodge and property on...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CLAREMONT — When it came time to build a new church in the 1940s, members of Claremont’s Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church and Rectory looked to Berlin, N.H., for inspiration.They borrowed the plans from that city’s Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church,...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — A storage warehouse sustained significant damage in a fire that broke out west of downtown just after 6 p.m. Saturday and drew a response from more than 20 area fire departments. When the first crews arrived, the building was heavily...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The school district is working to have as many families as possible complete the application for free and reduced-price meals because each student who qualifies can mean more in state financial aid to the district.SAU 6 Business...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CLAREMONT — The person who shot and injured a man who had barged his way inside of an apartment won’t be charged, police said on Wednesday, but the shooting victim, who was critically injured, is still under investigation.Loren Richardson was shot in...

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CLAREMONT — A Claremont man is in critical condition at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center after being shot on Monday evening, according to police. The victim, 34-year-old Loren Richardson, and 29-year-old Kody Bardin, also of Claremont, are alleged...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Hospital is waiting for a decision on a proposed affiliation with Dartmouth Health before beginning construction on a planned 23,800-square-foot medical office building.The Claremont hospital also will embark on a capital...

CLAREMONT — The Claremont School Board, by a 4-2 vote, appointed resident Candace Crawford to fill a vacant board seat, previously held by Steven Horsky. Crawford, a former member of the School Board, cited her experience and participation in the...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

CLAREMONT — After lying dormant for more than five years, a Claremont meat processing facility with a long history in the local agriculture economy is once again producing pork tenderloins, sausage and pork chops.Granite State Packing opened for...