By Jennifer Lord The Weare Skatepark Committee is putting out the call for help with fundraising and for increased membership. A small group met on Thursday, April 30, to get the ball rolling toward its goal – to get new equipment installed at the skatepark located next to Weare Middle School. “The primary discussion involved ...

BY JENNIFER LORDFundraising efforts are underway for a new playground at Center Woods Elementary School. Center Woods Principal Jude Chauvette said the goal is to raise $80,000 for new equipment and resurfacing. “There’s a few pieces on the playground that we would retain,” Chauvette said. For example, the swing structure will ...

BY STEVEN ANDREWS Though the damage in town due to the April flooding was great, the community’s volunteer response to help repair it has been just as great. The latest event to benefit the library as it works to repair the Children’s Room will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, at Center Woods Elementary, with a concert ...

BY ROD HANSEN Some high school-age students on the Weare Rocketry Team recently made history as student space scientists. A rocket team from the middle school, meanwhile, hopes to repeat the success of their older counterparts from a year earlier. Members of the Student Launch Initiative team, composed mainly of John Stark Regional High ...

The Weare Police Association is currently conducting a local fundraising campaign. Townspeople and area businesses will be called in the next several weeks for contributions. Proceeds will go toward scholarship funds, donations for public projects and the many other worthwhile activities that they support throughout the year. Everyone that ...

BY ROD HANSEN Snowmobile enthusiasts, junior skaters and fishing aficionados were among the dozens of souls to brave the arctic temperatures at the Family Fun Day at Weare’s Lake Horace on Saturday, Feb. 17. While laughter and cheering could be heard above the din of snowmobiles gliding atop the lake’s frozen surface, the purpose of ...