BY TOBY HENRYThe defeat of a two-town middle school to serve Auburn and Candia has left Auburn to evaluate a possible new school proposal on its own while Candia officials say they’re done making plans for now. In Candia, the past five years have seen three school proposals shot down, including the recent failure of a tuition contract which ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Bedford School District has signed a purchase-and-sale agreement for land that would be used for an emergency access road to Lurgio Middle School and Bedford High School, pending voter approval. Chalant Development Corp. agreed to sell the land to the district for $275,000, much steeper than the $87,000 value the land was last ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe timing of the deliberative session of Candia School District Meeting drew about as much attention from residents as discussion of its warrant articles. The meeting, called to order at 12:54 p.m., immediately following the deliberative session of Town Meeting, took only about 45 minutes. As opposed to the Town Meeting, at which ...

The Pelham Holiday Tournament, from Dec. 27 to 29, included more than 50 teams playing in separate boys and girls divisions for third- through eighth-graders. Though welcoming to their many guests before and after play, the hosts were particularly inhospitable on the court, winning three of the nine division championships available. The ...

BY JENN McDOWELLMiddle school plans After years of planning, Auburn and Candia school boards are ready to put the funding of a joint middle school in voters’ hands. In March, Candia voters will weigh in on a tuition agreement with Auburn to fund the new school, a $25 million project. Auburn will vote on whether to secure a $29 million bond ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAuburn residents will vote on two major school warrant articles this year, with the statemandated public kindergarten decision added to a planned joint middle school bond. Auburn is one of 11 school districts in the state without a publicly funded kindergarten program. Given a decision made at the state level in the spring, the ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAuburn School Board members ratified the tuition agreement in a unanimous vote for the proposed Candia-Auburn middle school on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Candia School Board members voted 4–1 in favor of ratifying the agreement at a recent meeting. Tax impact numbers recently produced for both towns show year two of the 20-year ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNA request for $146,009 for engineering studies for a new Auburn Middle School passed after about 500 residents swarmed to the town’s annual School District Meeting on Saturday, March 24. School board members repeatedly said the architectural and engineering money represents the next step toward getting a “true” ...