Sanbornton News

Residents were invited to a public hearing during the Sanbornton selectboard meeting last week as the Fireworks Ordinance was being reviewed.

Unlike several neighboring Belknap County municipalities that have voiced support for regionalization during their talks with the county commissioners, Tilton may not be quite as gung ho for such integrated services.

The weather finally cooperated last Wednesday to shine on the merger of local goods and mall shopping as Tanger Outlet Mall and Tilton Main Street opened the newest farmers' market in the Lakes Region.

The grounds at Castle in the Clouds were alive with the sound of drums and the energy of dancers as the Abenaki Pow Wow came to Moultonboro.

The "ayes" had it Monday night as members of the Winnisquam Regional School Board voted to accept the recommendation of the Capital Improvement Committee to move forward with construction of a biomass plant and energy improvements within the district.

Aldermen on Tuesday night granted Wal-Mart the zoning changes it needed to build a supercenter and access road on unused property near South Willow Street.

Police say a motorcyclist who killed himself after a standoff on a road in Durham, pulled the trigger after officers tried to disable him with a shot from a bean bag gun.

The Sanbornton man who killed himself during a standoff with police in Durham late Thursday night was facing a first degree assault charge for allegedly shaking his two-month-old son violently.

A despondent man shot himself to death about midnight in a standoff with police on Route 4, near Madbury Road.

The dozens of residents who came out last Wednesday night to hear about plans for a major housing development were urged by the project developer to seize the opportunity to build multi-million dollar, "Rockwell-ian" homes.

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Winter weather and road maintenance take their toll on highway dividing lines, which have to be repainted every year.

Firefighters are investigating two suspicious fires at one house in Franklin. The most recent fire destroyed the home at 115 Summit Street.

Investigators are suspicious of the cause of the second fire in three days at a home in Franklin.

Police are questioning a couple in connection with a robbery last evening on Pine Street.

A single family home heavily damaged in a blaze on Monday was destroyed last night in a second blaze that fire investigators consider suspicious.

A family visiting the Lakes Region for Memorial Day stopped to read the names of local soldiers who died in service to their country.

Single stream recycling brought a lot of debate to the floor at Sanbornton's Town Meeting last week.

Sanbornton residents voted last night to restore funding for a youth assistance program that had risked losing a quarter of its budget - the first time the town had considered cutting the program in 35 years.

Earning more votes than his two opponents combined, incumbent Selectman Steve Ober will continue on the board for at least three more years.