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By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The town’s 1,200 sewer customers have been hit with another in a series of rate increases necessary to pay for a portion of $33 million in federally mandated upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant off of North Main Street.Voters have...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — With a continuing rise in call volume for its ambulance service but no additional staffing due to budgetary constraints, the town is considering the option of contracting with an outside agency for coverage.The town has issued Request for...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Prosecutors have dropped a sex charge against a Newport small business owner in connection with allegations that forced him to step down from the School Board earlier this year and give up hosting a popular community-oriented...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — After two years of debate, disputes and delays, it appears that an end to a saga involving storage of the Newport School District’s buses is finally at hand.Last week, the School Board voted 4-0 to move forward with its plan, approved by the...

NEWPORT — The Selectboard appointed Rachel Dilger to the board in a 4-0 vote on Monday.Dilger was one of seven residents to apply for the seat, which was occupied by Bert Spaulding Sr. until he resigned last month.The seat will be up for election,...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEWPORT — Woodlawn Care Center is a 53-bed nursing home tucked into a former mansion just outside downtown Newport.The large, white-columned building, built in 1891, sits at the top of a hill. Residents’ rooms and common areas have features such as...

Newport Middle High School’s National Honor Society and National Technical Honor Society host an annual breakfast and ceremony for military veterans near Veterans Day. Marine Corps veteran Paul Stoddard, who works at the school, said the event is a...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEWPORT — An unpleasant odor drifting from Newport’s wastewater treatment facility that permeated throughout the downtown earlier this week and closed the middle/high school Thursday is beginning to dissipate.The smell stems from hydrogen sulfide in...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEWPORT — A nonprofit organization has launched a pilot program to better support children and adults dealing with trauma in Newport.Turning Points Network’s “Newport Stops the Cycle of Abuse” aims to help town residents better react and support...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

For some holiday shoppers, the madness of Black Friday and the impersonal click-and-ship nature of Cyber Monday are not for them.They prefer the calm and friendly community environment of holiday craft fairs that support artisans of the local creative...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — A Hillsborough Superior Court judge’s ruling late last week allows a developer to move forward with plans for a proposed 96-unit senior housing project in North Newport without reapplying for two variances, as the Newport Planning Board had...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — Finance directors in small towns, especially those struggling to find enough money for needed services, sometimes find themselves in conflict with residents.If they propose a budget with a double-digit increase and a corresponding tax...

NEWPORT — A nearly week-long police investigation into the search for accomplices who had fled the scene of an assault in Newport has led to arrests and criminal charges against two 21-year-old Newport men, police said Thursday.The charges against the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The Selectboard granted the school district preliminary approval for an addition at the public works garage where the district leases space for school buses.In a 3-2 vote Monday, the Selectboard accepted a floor plan from school...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH NEWPORT — The town’s Airport Advisory Board is seeking to avoid relying on Federal Aviation Administration funding for long-needed repairs of the runway at the town-owned Parlin Field.The advisory board believes maintaining Parlin Field’s...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — With teacher retention described as a “crisis,” the Newport School Board approved a one-time incentive payout for returning teachers and support staff in hopes it will help keep teachers in Newport.The returning teachers and support staff...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled in favor of New London Hospital Association in an appeal of the charitable property tax-exempt status for the Newport Health Center (NHC) on John Stark Highway that had been denied by the town of...

NEWPORT — The Sullivan County delegation agreed on Tuesday not to take action on a recommendation from outgoing Sullivan County Attorney Marc Hathaway to appoint Deputy County Attorney Christine Hilliard to the position after Hathaway leaves on July...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The Sullivan County delegation of state representatives approved a $41.7 million budget at its annual convention on Tuesday.The budget, approved in a 9-3 vote, carries an increase of nearly 10% in the amount to be raised by taxes and,...

By BEN HOOKE

One tough inning was all it took to end the Newport Tigers’ dreams of an undefeated softball season.The top-seeded Tigers were slow out of the gate, allowing three runs before getting a chance to bat, and never recovered. Fourth-seeded Gilford...