4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1618+ words) Familiarity and well-established names won out in New Hampshire’s primary election on Tuesday. On the Republican side, John E. Sununu — who held this seat before Jeanne Shaheen, who’s now retiring — swept a primary against former Massachusetts senator Scott Brown. He…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (541+ words) The Ledger-Transcript sent surveys to Executive Council candidates throughout the region ahead of the Sept. 8 primary election. Here are the candidate profiles of those who responded. The incumbent Democrat, Karen Liot Hill, is unopposed in the primary. In November, she’ll…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1192+ words) New Hampshire Ball Bearings has formally offered to buy the contaminated South Municipal Water Supply Well site from the Town of Peterborough. On June 18, NHBB sent its offer to the town with a list of conditions, which will be reviewed…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (636+ words) State Sen. Denise Ricciardi met with the Greenfield Select Board on Wednesday during her annual visit to discuss the mounting pressures facing New Hampshire’s smallest municipalities, including volunteer shortages, state mandates, and rising property taxes. Held at the Greenfield Community…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (814+ words) Planning boards across the region are tackling updates of their towns’ master plans, creating a vision of each town’s future. In Francestown, the master plan committee, a subcommittee of the planning board, is asking all town residents to fill out…...