By JENN McDOWELL Four girls from Candia finally saw their long-term community service project come to fruition with the rededication of the restored Civil War monument on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Becky Petrin, Alicia Frazier, and sisters Erin and Megan Smith, now eighth-graders at Moore School, began the restoration project four years ago by ...

By Ryan O’Connor Staff Writer Resident Donna Dunn said the Dunbarton town hearse has more frequent flier miles than she does. The hearse hasn’t been in commission since it was nearly incinerated in a 1958 fire destroying a storage house at the ...

By Ryan O'Connor Staff Writer For the 10th straight year Hopkinton is joining surrounding towns to help residents get rid of unwanted hazardous waste. The annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day takes place Satuday, Oct. 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Henniker. Along with Hopkinton and Henniker, Sutton, ...

By Ryan O'Connor Staff Writer Courtesy graphic This drawing shows the most likely scenario for the town common project. Under the plan, a bandstand and shrubbery would create more usable space. Porter Weeks grew up in the center of Dunbarton. As owner of The Dunbarton Group, a landscape ...

By Ryan O'Connor Staff Writer The Dunbarton Garden Club, in collaboration with Dunbarton Elementary School, did some digging last week so the school could be more colorful in the spring. On Thursday, Oct. 19, Donna Dunn, Nancy Rizza and Lara Routhie brought their club’s “Daffodils for ...

By Darrell Halen Staff Writer State transportation engineers are working to craft a solution to traffic congestion in Pelham’s town center. But they’re not going at it alone. They’re partnering with the community to create a vision for the future of the town center. About 35 residents ...

By Ryan O’Connor Staff Writer Columbia Hall recently received an extreme makeover, courtesy of Robert Mattes and the Hopkinton Recreation Department. After the nonprofit community center, which had previously occupied Columbia Hall, closed in August due to lack of funding, the town decided the site would ...

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By Darrell Halen Staff Writer Observer/Darrell Halen Judge Michael Jones, Frederic Cutter Merriam and Frederic Sanborn Merriam at the conservation area’s opening. Since Pelham voters agreed in 2004 to spend $3 million to buy and protect undeveloped land, Pelham has purchased nearly 400 ...