Winnisquam News

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.

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.

Lawyers are wrangling over how the statute of limitations applies in two civil lawsuits that allege an Exeter High School administrator sexually molested two female students over 30 years ago.

They came "by land and by sea" on Saturday to Belmont Beach for a clean-up day, spearheaded by Belmont Call Fire Fighter Jason McCarthy, who is also a member of Dive Master Dive Services.

The interest-free bond the city was recently awarded to pay for its new elementary school comes with few strings attached and will save taxpayers $12 million to $15 million over the next 20 years, according to state and city officials.

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

A small group of residents joined the Tilton Conservation Commission's meeting Monday night with a common purpose: to express their ideas on the newly purchased property at 190 and 223 E. Main Street.

New Hampshire's House has rejected legislation requiring swimmers in six lakes to wear a colored cap while swimming 150 feet beyond the shore.

Voters in the Winnisquam Regional School District have authorized the school board to pursue an agreement with Honeywell Systems that could lead to the construction of a 5 million BTU biomass energy plant.

Despite budgetary belts tightening everywhere, voters approved the three-year contract and its accompanying raises for Winnisquam School District teachers yesterday during a passionate meeting that lasted nearly seven hours.

THE KIDS at Winnisquam Regional High School just raised a bunch of money for a good cause - and they had a heck of a time doing it.

The governor's announcement last week that he intends to close the Lakes Region prison by July was long overdue for many in Laconia who have always imagined something better on the prison's 400 acres with lake ...

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Winnisquam Regional School District denies liability in abuse lawsuit CONCORD, N.H. - The Winnisquam Regional School District is denying liability in a lawsuit filed by two women who say they were sexually ...