New Ipswich News

Now town officials are trying to put pieces of the puzzle together to find out if the graves are on town-owned land or land acquired by the state.

Shortly before 3 pm on Monday, firefighters were dispatched to a home at 258 Turnpike Road for a reported garage fire, according to Deputy Fire Chief Meredith Lund.

Some graves in New Ipswich may have to be moved after the state's Dam Bureau determined that the cemetery has encroached on flood control lands.

Sheena Traffie, 6, of New Ipswich, casts her line in Cemetery Pond during the New Ipswich Fishing Derby on Saturday.

While the Zoning Board expressed doubts that a large retail store could comfortably coexist with the intent of local zoning ordinances made to keep downtown a small and rural area, Dollar General representatives say that this offer may be the only chance the local school district has of selling the old Central Elementary School on Turnpike Road.

Today, we publish the third chapter of an ongoing children's book written by New Ipswich author Emily Chetkowski and illustrated by young artists from Highbridge Hill Elementary School.

The town's Select Board members are backing their neighbors in Temple and New Ipswich, who are attempting to keep the decision-making process on a wind turbine project on Kidder Mountain in local hands.

Much public interest in recent months has focused on gun safety, school safety and government protection from mass violence.

Lucy, played by ninth grader Macy Traffie of New Ipswich, left, meets Mr. Tumnus, played by ninth grader Jed Calhoun of Surry, when she walks through the wardrobe and into Narnia for the first time.

Some warning signs of drug use are obvious. Sudden change in grades or work performance, a complete change in social groups, bloodshot eyes and mood swings - these are all warning signs that people, especially parents, are warned to be mindful of.

Seven years ago, Ara Lynn of New Ipswich had to say good bye to her old career. After beating breast cancer, her job doing custom tractor repair, with all the heavy lifting involved and the fumes she had to deal with, just didn't fit with her new health limitations.

Two sides in a civil suit over an alleged Ponzi scheme that cost investors millions appear to be headed for a settlement, but not one that will get the accused perpetrator off the hook.

In early April, I was delighted to receive a letter from our dear reader-friend Anne Somero of New Ipswich.