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ENFIELD — Cyanobacteria warnings for Mascoma Lake in Enfield and Pleasant Lake in New London have been removed by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.The warning for Pleasant Lake was lifted on Tuesday and the one for Mascoma was...

Levi Saulnier, of Canaan, left, steers away from the Mascoma Lake Boat Launch in Enfield with his dad Larry Saulnier, also of Canaan, in their Widgeon 12 on Thursday. “It’s kind of a shakedown,” said Larry Saulnier of the boat's new rigging. “Today’s...

ENFIELD — The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued a cyanobacteria warning for Lake Mascoma and Pleasant Lake Wednesday.“There will be weekly testing and beaches will remain posted until the warning is lifted,” according to an...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — The Zoning Board of Adjustment denied two appeals to variances they approved for the proposed Laramie Farms housing project.During a public comment period following Tuesday night’s votes, residents took ZBA members to task for approving the...

ENFIELD — The Enfield Zoning Board of Adjustment will hear two appeals filed in response to granting two variances for a proposed housing development in Enfield.The meeting will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the DPW Facility, 74 Lockehaven...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Members of Mascoma Valley Regional High School’s Class of 2024 bestowed three parting gifts for their school during their graduation ceremony Friday night: The first were lilac bushes to start a garden they hoped future classes would add...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved two variances necessary for a roughly 300-unit housing development to go forward. Officials say it is the largest housing development project ever proposed for the town.The project, which will include...

Greg Morgan, left, from Geddes Building Mover, of Bow, N.H., guides a beam as the company's owner Jim Paveglio lifts it out from under the Brethren’s West Shop at the Enfield Shaker Museum on Tuesday morning. The 55-ton building, built in 1820 as a...

ENFIELD — The parking lot at Lower Shaker Wildlife Management Area off Route 4A will close for at least two months due to construction.Work is scheduled to begin Monday, according to a news release from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — The Mascoma Lake Skating Association was founded in 2020 with high hopes.“We wanted to bring about something that people could enjoy, especially during COVID times and get outside,” said Bridget Labrie, a member of the nonprofit...

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ENFIELD — The Selectboard voiced its approval this week for a plan to use about an acre of town-owned land on Lake Mascoma at the end of Johnston Drive for a recreation area.The plan, which was proposed by the Johnston Property Use Committee, also...

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ENFIELD — Upper Valley voters were divided on short-term rental ordinances during New Hampshire Town Meeting voting.During floor meetings Saturday, Enfield and Haverhill residents turned back short-term rental ordinances.Haverhill residents “postponed...

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ENFIELD — For the second time in three years, residents narrowly defeated an effort to switch from a traditional floor meeting to ballot voting.The vote — which needed to be approved by 60%, or three-fifths, of voters present — failed by 13 votes,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Residents are pushing back against a proposal for roughly 300 units of housing off Route 4 and Maple Street.Representatives for the developers came before the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment Tuesday night to ask for two variances for the...

ENFIELD — In ballot voting on Tuesday, Alice Kennedy and Katherine “Kate” Plumley Stewart won three-year terms on the Selectboard, beating out Michael Diehn, who also ran.Kennedy earned 265 votes, Plumley Stewart, 263, and Diehn, 223.Town Meeting will...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — A group of residents has proposed four Town Meeting warrant articles they say will help rein in town spending and put more control in the hands of taxpayers.Three of the articles give voters more control over the use of capital funds and...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters support a short-term rental ordinance intended to regulate the use of such rentals in town and to provide oversight. Another article asks whether voters will allow the Selectboard to appoint a town...

Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed operating budget is $32.06 million. That’s up from the proposed budget of $30.5 million of last year.When, where and how to vote: Ballot voting is scheduled to...