BY DAN O’BRIENThe Weare Planning Board denied an application Wednesday, Nov. 18, for a controversial asphalt production facility on River Road, but the abrupt decision had even opponents of the project puzzled. The meeting only lasted five minutes, and the board did not allow public input. Mt. William Inc. owner, Chris Bolton, proposed to ...

BY KATHY REMILLARDWhen Weare police Sgt. Joe Kelley met up with his partner, Mica, on Saturday, Nov. 14, he knew something wasn’t right. The 4-year-old Belgian Malinois was weak and sick to her stomach. When Kelley tried to feed her, she wouldn’t eat. A local vet diagnosed Mica with lymphoma the following day. Mica will require ...

BY SARAH LEBRUNStudents and staff at SAU 24 will see a new face filling the position of superintendent in mid-February. Doug White, superintendent of SAU 24, serving Henniker, Weare and Stoddard, gave the SAU board his resignation at the end of October. White has taken the position of superintendent in the Old Rochester Regional School District ...

Weare police arrested Stephen Corey, 36, of 17 Woodland Drive, Weare, on Monday, Nov. 16. Corey was charged with two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, reckless conduct, criminal threatening and simple assault. Weare police conducted an investigation over the weeend involving alleged domestic abuse by Corey over a four-month period ...

Donald Thomson, the man who served as the town’s police chief from 1974 to 1988, has died of prostate cancer. He was 79. Thomson served the department during a time when there were no full-time officers, said his son, Wayne Thomson, 55, of Weare. Donald Thomson also served as the town treasurer for 35 years and worked as an electrical ...

BY SUZANNE D’AMATOTo those of us who live in the Granite State, it’s no surprise that small-town folks have big hearts. With the holiday season almost here, the familiar requests for monetary donations and drives for items of all kinds are being made. The following are just a few examples of how generous donations of money, time and ...

By Kathy Remillard When Wanda McLain contacted Peggy Bailey, director of the Weare Food Pantry, she had no idea just how timely her phone call would be. McLain, president of the Weare Rescue Association, was calling to let Bailey know that she had a donation of more than $1,200 to present to the food pantry, in addition to more than 200 food ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYHeather Doucette isn’t one to show her emotions. A group of 10 players changed that. The John Stark girls soccer mentor stood at midfield following her team’s 4-1 loss to Bedford in the Class I quarterfinals, embracing 10 seniors before they walked off the field one final time on Saturday, Oct. 31. “It was really ...

By Kathy Remillard While most middle schoolers in Weare enjoyed their time off from school during the summer, 12-year-old Lindsey Dutton spent her time trying to make her school a better place. The seventh-grader worked with school administration to begin a student council at Weare Middle School. “I saw that our school needed some help, ...

By Dan O’Brien The Weare town planner said the Planning Board is seeking the opinion of the town’s legal counsel before it proceeds with a River Road asphalt plant proposal. At the beginning of a public hearing Sept. 30 at Weare Middle School, Planning Board members declared in a unanimous vote that Mt. William Inc.’s proposed ...