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PAINTING THE TOWN

Murals big and small can be found all around Bellows Falls. More...

Proposed Claremont tax cap won’t be on ballot

CLAREMONT

By CRAIG LYONS
Staff Writer

A warrant article that sought to institute a tax cap won’t be on this year’s school district because it didn’t have the required number of signatures and the Claremont School Board last night declined to put the article on the ballo More...

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Local News

Vermont race study finds traffic-ticket disparity

STATE — VERMONT

By WILSON RING
The Associated Press

ROYALTON, Vt. — A study of almost 50,000 traffic stops by Vermont troopers over a year found that minority drivers were more like to be stopped and ticketed and their vehicles be searched than white drivers, officials said yesterday. More...

Union Street students put books on display

SPRINGFIELD

By IAN LORD
Staff Writer

After just a few months of hard work, Union Street School has become the home of several published authors. More...

LOCAL BRIEFS

Vet dinner at Legion Hall tomorrow CLAREMONT — The local chapter of Rolling Thunder — a veterans organization — is hosting a veterans appreciation night on Saturday. More...

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Opinion

Political Cartoon

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One at a time, please

It’s time the City of Claremont and the Claremont School District got themselves on the same page. Last Wednesday night the Claremont City Council held their monthly meeting in the council’s City Hall chambers. More...

Blogs hasten demise of writing

Michael Kinsley
Bloomberg View

I t’s been going on for too long, right before our eyes. Inevitably, someone was going to blow the whistle, and wouldn’t you know it would be Felix Salmon, the famous financial blogger for Reuters? More...

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Sports

Wildcats beat up Tigers at home

HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS

By MONICA HOGAN
Staff Writer

LANGDON — For the Fall Mountain girls basketball team, there is no place like home. More...

SLALOM SLASHER

Sunapee’s Kristy Sullivan skis the second run at the Division IV Girls State Meet at Cannon Mountain yesterday. More...

Local Ticker

Sponsored by THREE STARS JENN ALLEN More...

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TV

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Stuck throttle bill moves on to Senate

CLAREMONT

By CRAIG LYONS
Staff Writer

The N.H. House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that would mandate driver education classes teach students how to react if a vehicle’s throttle sticks. More...

Warm weather bodes well for deer season

REGIONAL

By IAN LORD
Staff Writer

People who normally dread the New England winter have been pleasantly surprised so far this year by the lack of snow and sub-zero temperatures. More...

N.H. Senate approves school funding amendment

STATE — NEW HAMPSHIRE

By NORMA LOVE
The Associated Press

CONCORD — New Hampshire would have more power over school funding, but would be required to provide at least some aid under a constitutional amendment the Senate approved yesterday and passed to the House for its consideration. More...

Budget set to go before voters

Operating expenses up $22.5k from last year

By ARCHIE MOUNTAIN
Staff Writer

CROYDON The proposed operating budget for 2012 in Croydon calls for $387,310 in expenses, up $22,460 from 2011. The annual town meeting will be held starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 17 in the Croydon Town Hall. More...