Pittsfield News

Parker Bolton visits the New Hampshire State Senate gallery on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

To the good citizens of Pittsfield. Why is the conservation committee spending $33,000 of taxpayer money to purchase a piece of land on Berry Pond while there are discussions about laying off three town employees? We as a town have made a lot of costly mistakes recently, never focusing on our tax rate and adding more and more burdens on the school ... (more)

Police said two would-be thieves with a penchant for sweets have been arrested after they tried to take some snacks from a convenience store.

The board plans to adopt a policy, members said last night, but must first consult with the school district's attorney to determine how it would enforce the policy and whether it could control who attends events for groups that use school space.

Local libraries are laboring to fill interlibrary loan requests without the help of the state's database, which has been out of commission since a computer server crashed last week.