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Dunbarton voters approved the school budget and all warrant articles at their annual school district meeting on Saturday, including a new teacher contract to keep salaries competitive with neighboring towns.

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Ian Hart praised the Hopkinton School Board and budget committee for their efforts to tame the budget increase, pointing out that the $27.4 million spending plan had only risen by 2.29% despite the pressures of inflation.

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A man died in Bow on Saturday morning after being trapped by a truck.

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At Bow Elementary School, Shannon Bader’s son learned to identify different colors as his aide took him on walks around the building, pointing out different shades of green, blue, red and brown along the way. Later, the aide taught him to spell his name through a song.

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These days, thoughts of Husseen Sanon’s Haitian home no longer bring warmth or nostalgia. His mind is consumed with the unrelenting gang violence, the fear of kidnappings and constant worry for loved ones he left behind.

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Bow landowners looking to conserve their property now have a new option to secure financial support following a vote by residents at Wednesday’s annual town meeting.

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Walking through Dunbarton Town Hall, which has areas dating back to the 1860s, reveals floors that creak beneath each step.

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At Town Meeting on Wednesday, Bow voters will be asked to decide whether the town should invest money to protect undeveloped private land.

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During “quiet time” in one of the rooms at the Bow Youth Center on a Tuesday morning, one boy was bent over his paper, sketching scenes for a comic book, while others were lost in their coloring pages. A few kids sat with books in hand.

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Several more local law enforcement agencies in New Hampshire have started collaborating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to perform immigration checks across the state.

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Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago, Pam Sinotte has been meaning to put up a Ukrainian flag outside her Concord home. 

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Two candidates are running for a seat on the Hopkinton School Board — one is a teacher and the other works for the state Department of Education.

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In the race for two spots on the Bow School Board, incumbents Melynie Klunk and Jenna Reardon are facing off against parent Judson Malone, whose perspective on education freedom accounts sets him apart from the serving board members.

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Bow voters will choose between three candidates to fill two seats on the town’s five-member select board.

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Dunbarton voters will soon decide who will fill an open seat on the town’s three-member select board, choosing between two candidates with experience in town affairs.

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With two open seats and three candidates in the race, Hopkinton voters have a choice to make among Alyssa McKeon, Brian Rousseau and Victoria Bram for the select board. McKeon, owner of Witching Hour Provisions in Contoocook Village, moved to Hopkinton in 2018 and has a background in project management and community engagement.

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House lawmakers hoping to enact a temporary moratorium on new landfills in New Hampshire, lowered their aim to a three-year pause in an attempt to strike the right balance to negotiate with their counterparts in the Senate and Governor Kelly Ayotte. 

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The option for terminally ill patients to end their lives with prescribed medication is moving forward to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, but not without strong opposition.

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A navy blue van has been making its way across New Hampshire for the past two years, stocked with naloxone, syringes, fentanyl test strips, condoms and other supplies meeting people where they are and helping to prevent overdoses and infections.

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Gov. Kelly Ayotte is encouraging New Hampshire law enforcement to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a program that allows officers to question individuals about their immigration status during routine duties.

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With winter sports finishing up and the spring season around the corner, a group of Bow parents is asking a federal court judge in New Hampshire to fast-track his decision on whether they can wear pink wristbands at school games to protest transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports.