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By CHARLES HUCKELBURY

Charles Huckelbury lives in Henniker. Donald Trump held a raucous campaign rally in Conway, South Carolina, on Saturday and elicited roaring approval from his fan base by attacking Nikki Haley, his only remaining opponent for the GOP...

By DAVID BROOKS

Voters in Henniker and Weare will consider a $15 million budget for the John Stark School District, up 2.36% from the current budget, and a new contract for support personnel at Friday’s deliberative session.If all warrants pass, it is projected the...

By DAVID BROOKS

Henniker wants to attract and retain teachers with a master's degree and will intentionally raise pay to compete with surrounding communities including Concord.Voters will be asked to approve a proposed two-year teachers contract that would give an...

By DAVID BROOKS

Henniker voters at Monday’s deliberative session will consider a new contract for teachers that would bolster pay and hopefully slow down staff turnover.The proposed agreement with the teachers union would give a 8.76% hike for the 27 teachers “on the...

By CHARLES HUCKELBURY

Charles Huckelbury lives in Henniker. The 2024 election season has begun, and the Democrats appear to have finally learned that the polarized electorate cannot be swayed by simple slogans and Trump’s obvious defects. President Biden’s first campaign...

New England College in Henniker says it has frozen tuition for the next academic year, keeping it at the 2022 level of $20,089 a semester for a bachelor’s degree.As is the case at many colleges, many students at NEC pay far less than ful tuition due...

By RAY DUCKLER

LLeanna Lorden has a diminished role when it comes to face-to-face meetings with students at White Birch Center in Henniker. She was promoted to chief operating officer last summer, shifting to an administrative role filled with meetings and phone...

By RAY DUCKLER

Don’t tell Jean Durgin of Henniker that the War on Terror in Afghanistan was a failure.In fact, don’t try to convince any Gold Star Mother, or anyone else for that matter who’s suffered a loss over there, that the recent chaotic, deadly scenes from...

By RAY DUCKLER

Martha Taylor, the official Henniker town historian, believes ghosts may exist.Not this ghost, though. Not the ghost named Mary Wallace – once connected to her hometown – despite visual evidence to the contrary, shown on a recent documentary on the...

By DAVID BROOKS

New England College is officially starting to absorb the New Hampshire Institute of Art, which will give the Henniker college a campus extension in Manchester as well as more art-related courses, and expanded course options for art students.The...

By ELIZABETH FRANTZ

Towns in central New Hampshire have been turning 250 years old for decades, but few can count their namesake’s great, great, great, great, great, grand daughter as a celebrant.“It’s lovely. I’m thrilled,” the honorable Jane Elizabeth Henniker-Major of...

By ELIZABETH FRANTZ

Barely a year old, Tiny Living Spaces, a new home construction business in Henniker, is still getting off the ground, but there’s no shortage of interest in the niche market it aims to serve.“Oh, cool. You’re building tiny houses,” Michael Charron...