Winnisquam News

Pike Industries had a special gift for one local organization whose representative likened it to Christmas in November.

A former Exeter High School administrator accused of molesting two students over 30 years ago in another school district, admitted to lawyers for those women that he had a lengthy affair with a third former student, according to legal documents.

Several River Road properties are back on the tax rolls, but the people who have been leasing the land all along say they weren't aware they should have been paying taxes and are looking for abatements.

Recognizing the increased need in the community this year, American Legion Post 49 is opening its doors on Thanksgiving Day to provide a hot meal to senior citizens and needy or homeless people.

As people in the Winnisquam Region keep an eye on the spread of the H1N1 flu, schools are being especially vigilant, monitoring signs and symptoms of their students' illnesses.

DEAR TIM: I visited a national-brand paint store and talked with an employee about solid stain.

From mentoring to job shadows, the State Scholars business partners who are working with Winnisquam students are offering them a chance to look beyond the classroom to potential future careers.

John Nappi has been keeping a watchful eye on the Merrimack River. His observations concern him.

About a year after the Winnisquam School Board started looking into building a biomass heating plant at the middle and high school, and after countless hours of research and discussion, district voters overwhelmingly approved the energy-efficient project at a special meeting last week.

A very small handful of residents spent an evening with 15 or so administrators and faculty from the Winnisquam Regional School District last Thursday, engaging in roundtable conversations about the district's strengths and shortcomings.

The City Council tonight is expected give final approval for a $19.9 million, interest-free bond to pay for a new elementary school that is scheduled to be completed in 2011.

The Facilities Review Committee of the Tilton-Northfield Fire District hosted members of Tilton's Life Safety Building Committee Monday night for an evening of data sharing.

A public hearing followed by a special Town Meeting brought Sanbornton residents out to discuss and then vote on whether to accept and expend American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money for infrastructure repairs in the town.

The Winnisquam Regional School Board and Budget Committee, both of which did not recommend the biomass plant proposal presented at this year's town meeting, have had several months to reassess their positions and are now recommending the article that will be put forth at a special district meeting next month.

The lower court may have ruled Dover's registered sex offender ordinance null, but similar ordinances in Tilton and Northfield that prohibit registered sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of a school or other places where children congregate will still be enforced for the time being.

The lower court may have ruled Dover's registered sex offender ordinance null, but similar ordinances in Tilton and Northfield that prohibit registered sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of a school or other places where children congregate will still be enforced for the time being.

The lower court may have ruled Dover's registered sex offender ordinance null, but similar ordinances in Tilton and Northfield that prohibit registered sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of a school or other places where children congregate will still be enforced for the time being.

"Soldiers of the Press: Covering the Front in Europe and North Africa, 1936-43" by Henry T. Gorrell; University of Missouri Press; 328 pages; $34.95. Within the first 35 pages of Henry T. Gorrell's memoir as a war correspondent, Benito Mussolini kicks him out of Italy, the fascists and the communists try to kill him during the Spanish Civil War, ...

Does anyone know if the "Public Beaches" at Lake Winnisquam and Opechee are actually public or are they only open to residents? Would like to take a day trip tomorrow to the lakes region of NH.

A last-minute resignation from Winnisquam Regional High School's principal prompted several shifts among district administrators.