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By REBECA PEREIRA

When asked, Wayne Hall doesn’t mind revealing the secret to his sweet tomatoes.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Construction of new houses in New Hampshire took a step back in 2023, putting the state behind in its efforts to ease the ongoing housing shortages.

By DAVID BROOKS

You don’t have to tell Alan Cattabriga that the invasive spotted lanternfly is a real pain. The senior manager at Millikan Nursery in Chichester has been out in the rain looking for the nasty bugs’ egg masses on imported plants more times than he cares to remember.

By Monitor staff

State police say a Chichester man is in custody following a pursuit that passed through Loudon, Chichester and Pittsfield before being called off for public safety reasons.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Jessica Wilson, principal of Chichester Central School, will leave at the end of the school year. Wilson has served as principal for the past six years.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Three weeks after Chichester residents voted to effectively eliminate the town’s entire administrative office, they reversed course Saturday, deciding to restore nearly all of the money for the office to the town’s operating budget for next fiscal year.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Jason McKay jokes with friends that Chichester is the greatest place on Earth, but laughs aside, he loves his hometown. In August, McKay took over the Healthy Buffalo, a longstanding local meat shop, and he now intends to open a market next spring. McKay also plans to move the Healthy Buffalo, which has been a staple business in town for over 30 years, to the new market location on Dover Road by Speedway.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Crusading against a “broken” bail system, Gov. Kelly Ayotte made it an early legislative priority to overturn several of her predecessor’s reforms. A former prosecutor herself, the governor garnered support from law enforcement and county attorneys in her efforts.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Lucille Noel has lived in Chichester for 60 years. She grew up in neighboring Pittsfield, then moved out of state, but decided to return to New Hampshire when her mother fell ill.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Plagued by rising special education costs, area school districts are considering joining forces to form a new special education school or centralize their services in other ways, according to several area administrators.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to create tapestries, now is your chance. Chichester resident and tapestry maker Lisa Almeida will be teaching her an introduction to tapestry weaving class at Kimball Jenkins School of Arts in Concord and at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon during the month of April. Each class offers a distinctly different learning experience.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Mike Williams was on the Chichester select board for one year. That was long enough.

House Bill 524 is an outright assault on public health and small medical practices, and it should outrage every New Hampshire resident. This reckless bill seeks to dismantle the New Hampshire Vaccine Association, a system that ensures vaccines are accessible, affordable and efficiently distributed. Why? To appease a small group of anti-vaccine extremists at the expense of children’s health and small businesses.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Jessica Bickford, a longtime special education teacher and administrator, will serve as the next superintendent of the Pembroke and Deerfield School Districts, SAU executive board chair Kerri Dean announced Tuesday.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

After nearly having school finances cut by 9%, Chichester residents ultimately voted to approve the proposed $8 million budget for the 2025-2026 school year.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

SAU 53, which includes the towns of Pembroke, Deerfield, Allenstown, Epsom and Chichester, has narrowed down its search for its co-superintendent to two candidates: the current assistant superintendent Jessica Bickford and Hudson school district superintendent Daniel Moulis.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

As chair of the board of selectmen, Stephen MacCleery’s hopes to retain his seat for another three years. Matthew Stolnis thinks its time for a fresh set of eyes to look at the town budget and the impact of taxes on residents.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Selectman Meadow Wysocki’s decision not to run for re-election leaves an open seat on Epsom’s Select Board that both Michele Clark and Adam Perry hope to fill.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

One of the last questions Chichester voters will consider at town meeting next Saturday concerns the structure of the fire department and who hires firefighters: the fire chief or the Board of Selectmen.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The three candidates for a Boscawen Select Board seat – incumbent Lorrie Carey and challengers Loren Martin and Jay Westgate – sparred over how to fund capital projects, the hours town offices should be open, a potential conflict of interest, and several other topics during a candidate forum this week.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Editor’s Note: This story was updated to include information and a link to a GoFundMe for the passenger of the truck involved in last month’s crash, McIntyre Tintle.