nashuatelegraph.com · Northfield, NH
, age 71, passed away peacefully on October 26, 2026, surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous battle with complications following heart surgery. The eldest of five children born to Edward and Anne (Siergiewicz) Dobrowolski, Chris was raised in Nashua, New Hampshire. A gifted three-sport athlete, he was captain of the Nashua High School football team, graduating with the class of 1973. He went on to pursue pre-veterinary studies at the University of New Hampshire, graduating in 1977. He later settled in Northfield, New Hampshire, where he made his home with his beloved wife and children for more than 40 years. After graduating, Chris went on to build a successful career in industrial manufacturing, working in sales, engineering, and management for several companies, including Oak Laminates in Franklin, New Hampshire, AlliedSignal, and EIS. Chris was truly one of a kind.
Greenfield Recorder · Northfield, NH
NORTHFIELD — Raucous applause erupted in the Northfield Elementary School gymnasium on Tuesday afternoon as Principal Kristen Schreiber announced to students, teachers and staff members the number of items collected during the annual food drive. The total? Five hundred and fifty-two food items. “One of the things that makes it really impressive is that it’s an opportunity for the entire school to be doing something together, and giving back to the community,” Schreiber said of the food drive. “So, it starts with classrooms collecting items, the fourth grade is counting all of the items, but then we’re all delivering it together.” The students exited the gymnasium and formed a line that stretched to the crosswalk across from Dickinson Memorial Library. From there, food items were wheeled across Main Street to the library, where Northfield Regional Food Pantry volunteers collected the donations. The food pantry is housed in the library’s basement.
WOKQ · Tilton, NH
Nearby: Tilton, NHShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Here's something delicious happening in New Hampshire's Lakes Region! The Lake Estate on Winnisquam in Tilton has promoted a familiar local face! Chef Travis Greene, a Lakes Region native with more than 15 years of culinary experience, has been promoted to the resort’s Executive Chef after serving as its Banquet Chef for just under a year. And he's bringing a little extra hometown flavor to the table! Born and raised in New Hampshire, Greene has spent much of his career cooking throughout the Lakes Region, including at Hart's Turkey Farm, Steele Hill Resorts, Hermit Woods Winery and The Common Man in Meredith. Now, he's leading the culinary team at The Lake Estate with a focus on seasonal New England ingredients and locally sourced products. Oh, and did I mention he was nominated as "Chef of The Year" through NH Lodging & Restaurant Association?
WMUR · Tilton, NH
Nearby: Tilton, NHOver the next decade or so, America is expected to bid a final farewell to the last surviving WWII veterans who once filled the ranks of Veterans Day celebrations. The long march of time has taken its toll: now only one WWII veteran lives at the state veterans home in Tilton. "All my buddies were all in. We were seven guys that used to hang around together. They're all dead except me now," said Gerry Jutras to News 9. Jutras served in the Navy, enlisting at age 17 near the end of the war in 1945. "My uncle was in the Army in Italy. He was five years older than me, sleeping on the ground. I didn't want to sleep on the ground, so I said I'll join the Navy and I'll have a bunk!" he said. According to the National WWII museum, an estimated 30,000 American WWII veterans are still living, just a fraction of the more than 16 million who served in that war. The median age of those Greatest Generation veterans is now around 98.
WMUR · Tilton, NH
Nearby: Tilton, NHThe New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton was filled with people on Wednesday to commemorate Veterans Day. There was an outpouring of support for those who served in a packed function hall at the home. "At the New Hampshire Veterans Home, honoring veterans is not just something we do one day a year. It's the heart of our mission, and it's reflected in everything we do. The veterans are the story. They are who we are, and they make this home a home," said Kimberly MacKay, Commandant of the New Hampshire Veterans Home. "This gives us an opportunity to publicly stop, pause and thank them for putting on that uniform that less than 1% of people do." For Vietnam veterans like Stephen Sayewich, who served in the United States Air Force, the holiday offers a chance for deeper reflection on military service. "I never told anybody, and I mean this. I never told anybody what I did, because that was part of the ethos," Sayewich said.
NH Business Review · Tilton, NH
Nearby: Tilton, NHFormer New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi has resolved an ethics case against her, acknowledging conversations she had with a former governor and others during a criminal investigation into her husband had the appearance of impropriety.
Greenfield Recorder · Franklin, NH
Nearby: Franklin, NHGREENFIELD — The Greenfield School Committee has joined a growing group of municipal leaders advocating for more state funding and formula changes to support the construction of a new Franklin County Technical School building. The committee voted unanimously on Monday to sign a letter to Gov. Maura Healey, the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) and state legislators seeking additional funding to build the $236.6 million school that would replace the existing 50-year-old facility. The letter, first adopted by the Greenfield City Council last month, has recently made its way to several neighboring communities and gained the support of at least Buckland, Conway, Deerfield, Gill and Sunderland. Although the school needs to borrow the total $236.6 million to pay for construction, the MSBA is expected to reimburse the municipalities up to $113.8 million, leaving them on the hook for $122.8 million.
New Hampshire Bulletin · Franklin, NH
Nearby: Franklin, NHThe foundation for a child’s lifetime of learning is built from birth to age 5. By the time they reach kindergarten, there are certain expectations about the skills they should possess. But what happens when they come in not knowing what they are supposed to know? Early education and kindergarten teachers say the gaps among students entering kindergarten are often wide and can be wider if it is a child’s first time in a classroom setting. They say while everyone starts at a different point, it is becoming harder to get them all across the finish line at the same time. Day one looks different for every student Caitlyn Greene is a kindergarten teacher in Franklin and has spent all of her teaching career in the city. She understands the array of circumstances from which students arrive in her classroom. The rural city has a high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds, and the school also operates under a tax cap, which limits the available resources.
Valley News · Franklin, NH
Nearby: Franklin, NHCLAREMONT – Elizabeth Ferland, currently the city manager for Keene, New Hampshire, was hired by the city council as the new Claremont city manager in an 8-0 vote by the council Tuesday evening. Ferland, 55, has been the city manager in Keene since 2017, and before that she was city manager in Franklin, New Hampshire, for nine years. She also previously served as town administrator in two other New Hampshire towns: Plymouth for eight years and Bristol for two years. Ferland signed a contract with the city Tuesday with an annual salary of $170,000. The contract states she is expected to begin work in Claremont on February, 22, 2027, allowing for a 90-day resignation notice to the city of Keene. Ferland briefly addressed the council after the vote, which did not include Councilor Chris Irish, who was not at the meeting. “I want to start by thanking you for your confidence in me. I am really excited about this opportunity,” Ferland said.
Concord Monitor · Loudon, NH
Nearby: Loudon, NHHalloween is over, the candy bowl is empty, and the jack-o’-lanterns on your porch are starting to slump. Don’t toss them. At Miles Smith Farm in Loudon, November brings a different kind of pumpkin season, the one where castoff pumpkins become cattle cuisine. Every year after Halloween, people drive to my farm with trunks of pumpkins to feed my cattle. Red, our 15-year-old steer, greets every delivery in anticipation. “I love this time of year when we get to recycle pumpkins and feed the cows,” Ginnie said when delivering pumpkins with her son, grandson and two great-grandchildren. “It’s so much fun.” The cattle agree, though they’d say it with more slobber. The cattle don’t care whether a jack-o’-lantern wears a goofy grin or a ghoulish scowl. They care about one thing: Can I bite it? A whole pumpkin is about as edible as a bowling ball, especially when you have no top front teeth, and cattle don’t.
Concord Monitor · Penacook, NH
Nearby: Penacook, NHOne person was hospitalized after being pulled from a burning house in Penacook on Thursday afternoon. Concord Fire crews responded to a two-story house at 20 Penacook Street, a little after 1 p.m. on Thursday. John Chisholm, the fire chief, said the call came from the person trapped inside the house. When firefighters arrived, there was smoke pouring from the building. “Our crews went inside the building, found near-zero visibility due to the smoke and fire up on the second floor,” he said. “We wanted to rescue them because we had very good information.” Firefighters located the person and brought them out of the house, and they were transported to Concord Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The fire was brought under control by 2 p.m. But the exterior of the home shows signs of fire damage, with soot visible on the window glass where smoke had escaped. There were also two dogs in a separate part of the building. The animals were not harmed by the blaze.
Concord Monitor · Concord, NH
Nearby: Concord, NHThere are times in life when the distance between you and the one you love simply does not matter. It can be the house next door or across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Such is the case with Martin and Mary Ellen, a love born of innocence that concluded in a simple promise that was kept: to grow old together. And they did live happily ever after. Martin was a strapping young man born in the north end of Concord to two Irish immigrants who fled the potato famine in Ireland years before. He worked hard and knew the discipline of his Irish Catholic roots. He attended church and obeyed the commandments, attended school and lived the life his parents desired for him, with more opportunities than they themselves ever had. Young Martin was as rambunctious as any other boy and spent his summers along the banks of the Merrimack River, swimming and fishing as he dreamed of what would be.
Concord Monitor · Concord, NH
Nearby: Concord, NHThe data is piling up demonstrating that devices in schools, especially for the youngest students, have deleterious effects on their learning and wellbeing. As a parent and an education professional who visits classrooms around the state, I’ve been surprised by the quantity of screentime in classrooms in New Hampshire elementary schools, including the Concord School District, from Youtube videos during snack times and movement breaks, to one-to-one tablet devices starting in kindergarten and Chromebooks in third grade. This topic has come up repeatedly as I interact with students, teachers and families, as the bell-to-bell phone ban has rolled out successfully and with clear improvements in the school experience. Yet many students, including the youngest, still have significant screentime integrated into their days. There are several reasons for reducing the use of screens in school and devising clear policies.
Concord Monitor · Concord, NH
Nearby: Concord, NHThe pool at Garrison Park is headed for permanent closure after a vote by the Concord City Council this week, and leaders are seeking public input as they weigh the future of the West Street Ward House. With multiple ongoing major capital projects, Concord City Councilors have been wary of how much taxpayers can take on. At the same time, city leaders have been criticized for deferring crucial maintenance on city-owned facilities, like Memorial Field, over the years. Two city facilities are in need of major investments — the pool and the ward house — and city staff came to the council this month asking, essentially, what they should do. Garrison Pool The Garrison Pool has been due for updating for several years. Garrison, with a smaller parking area and farther from dense neighborhoods, has historically seen the lowest attendance. In years when the city has been short on lifeguards (almost every year since COVID), it’s been the first pool to close.
New Hampshire Bulletin · Concord, NH
Nearby: Concord, NHRep. Alexis Simpson, who has led the New Hampshire House Democrats as minority leader for two years, is the caucus’ pick for speaker of the House. House Democrats met in Concord Thursday to vote on who to rally behind to lead the chamber. On Dec. 2, the entire New Hampshire House of Representatives will meet to officially elect the speaker. After Democrats won a supermajority in last week’s elections, the party controls who holds the speaker’s gavel. Thursday’s meeting was an attempt by Democrats to get on the same page before the final vote. Still, fractures have emerged within the party in recent weeks after Rep. Jim Maggiore, a former Republican candidate who now represents North Hampton as a Democrat, unsuccessfully challenged her for the role and rallied a group of supporters unhappy with Simpson’s leadership. The final vote was 200-75. Simpson is a Christian minister who represents Exeter. This will be her fifth term in the House.
Concord Monitor · Concord, NH
Nearby: Concord, NHChloe Norman came into her shift at the Red Arrow Diner off Loudon Road in Concord right at 3 p.m. on a Wednesday in early November and found the eatery mostly empty. A few minutes later, an older couple sat down at a booth in her section and she swiftly poured one a fresh cup of coffee and the other a cool glass of chocolate milk. The 41-year-old from Henniker started working part-time at the diner last winter, while also working as a lead bartender at another establishment in Concord. Those were the first two jobs she had held since being diagnosed with autism and ADHD in the last three years. “I’ve never been able to hold down a job for more than a year,” Norman said. “I have a really high sensitivity, like a dysphoria, for justice, and so when I see injustices happening in the workplace, I’ve never been able to kind of shut my mouth.” People like Norman who have physical or cognitive disabilities often struggle not only to find work, but to find success in their jobs long-term.
Concord Monitor · Concord, NH
Nearby: Concord, NHConcord High School’s music program raised $5,250 in partnership with Grappone Mazda’s Be Moved Drive Program last weekend. More than 100 community members turned up at the school on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., totaling 105 qualified test drives, each of which generated $50 for the program. “It feels nice to know there are people out there who care about our program,” said Sylas Ruff, a Concord High junior and choir member. The donations will go a long way to support the Tri-M Music Honor Society. The money will help fund scholarships for additional performing arts studies, department-sponsored travel and educational experiences — reducing the out-of-pocket costs that can keep students from participating. A student shows off her new instrument to music teacher and art coordinator Gabe Cohen. Credit: CHANCE VILES / CourtesyWhile too young for a test drive, an attendee got a first-hand lesson in how a car engine works from Mazda organizers.
Concord Monitor · Concord, NH
Nearby: Concord, NHHooksett, NH – Claire Diana (Desmarais) DiCicco, 85, a resident of Hooksett for nearly 60 years, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 following a brief illness.Claire was born in Concord, NH on November 1, 1941, to the late Oscar E. and Diana A. (LeBrun) Desmarais. She attended Sacred Heart School in Concord, and then as a sophomore, entered Concord High School, graduating in 1959.Claire fondly remembered growing up in Concord surrounded by friends and relatives from her large, extended French Canadian family. One of her favorite activities was ice skating at White Park. Many of the children she skated with remained her lifelong friends. Claire and her husband, Al, first met in December of 1961 at an outing with mutual friends. They soon fell in love, and Al proposed to her only three months later.