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A temporary pop-up demonstration involving shared bicycle lanes and traffic calming measures will be installed for one week in August as part of a traffic study aimed at slowing vehicle

Following the Bethlehem Select Board’s tabling of the proposal to place an “Everyone Belongs” sign at town hall, one Select Board member has suggested that the board adopt an “inclusivity

Following on the heels of donating a bicycle to the Bethlehem Police Department, the nonprofit Tri-Town Bicycle (doing business as Bike the North Country) has donated another bicycle, this one

In recent weeks, a growing number of “Everyone Belongs” signs have cropped up in local towns, planted on the lawns of residential properties and outside of some businesses.

Casella Waste Systems’ proposed landfill in Dalton has drawn criticism from residents and environmental groups over possible environmental and social impacts from a new dump. But some in the area have another worry: traffic.The town of Bethlehem is...

A study from Casella Waste Systems estimates the proposed landfill would bring an additional 102 vehicle trips per day to the region during higher traffic months in the summer.

Bethlehem officials discuss deliberative session options January 13, 2021BETHLEHEM — Bethlehem officials weighed options for the towns annual deliberative session at last weeks Select Board meeting. At the suggestion of Town Moderator Mary Lou Krambeer, no decision was made that night. "The election committee and elected officials have been thinking forward about what we are going to do. At this point, we have three options," noted Board Chair Gabe Boisseau. Unlike Franconia officials, who co...

Tax abatement approved for Bethlehem solar array December 20, 2020BETHLEHEM — The Bethlehem Select Board approved a $720,000 tax abatement request for a solar array at the Profile School at last weeks public meeting. The approval comes one year after the Ammonoosuc Regional Energy Team (ARET) first presented the idea of an array to the Profile School Board. The proposed PPA (Purchase Power Agreement), approved 91-6 by voters at the schools annual meeting in June, allows Profile to lease land...