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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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — At town meetings next month, residents in three Upper Valley towns will consider dropping traditional floor meetings in favor of all-day ballot voting.For the second time in two years, Enfield voters will consider moving away from...

ENFIELD — Residents will have an opportunity to discuss a proposed switch from traditional Town Meeting to SB 2 style of voting during a public hearing 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Public Works Facility.The petitioned warrant article, which was proposed by...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Voters will have a chance to weigh in on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s proposed $32 million operating budget during a deliberative session this Saturday.The proposed 2024-2025 budget is around 3.2% higher than the current...

By RAY COUTURE

ENFIELD — Dark clouds and a thick haze of rain did not stop the children attending the Enfield Fire Department’s Activity Day on Satur day at Huse Park from wanting yet another go with the fire extinguisher.For many of the kids who stopped by with...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Two new businesses will soon be opening on Route 4 in Enfield.Sean and Kirby Bonnell are opening Energizing Edge — an energizing tea and shake shop — and Athletic Edge — a 24-hour gym — next to Ziggy’s Pizza. The space was previously...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Developers are proposing building 162 apartments off Route 4 in Enfield. The one- and two-bedroom market-rate apartments would be spread evenly among three new buildings on the 77-acre Laramie Farms property on Route 4 and Maple Street,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Enfield and Grantham residents, many of whom live in Eastman, are organizing to stop a proposed gravel pit operation on Bog Road over concerns about its impact on the planned living community’s water supply.“It’s literally on top of the...