Winnisquam News

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.

In an effort to fulfill the intent of a Warrant article passed by voters in 2007, the board of selectmen voted Monday night to form an advisory committee charged with examining energy usage in town buildings.

Rain has dampened swimming opportunities this Fourth of July weekend, with the state posting high bacteria advisories for three ocean beaches, seven lake beaches and a cyanobacteria warning.

The coils of razor wire remain, but the chow hall has no tables. The barber shop has been swept and shuttered.

Taylor Lacroix and Kris DeVolder are all smiles as they perform the traditional flip of the tassel to signify they have officially graduated from WRHS Friday night.