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Heres a closer look at plans and reaction from school districts across the greater Seacoast: Dover Schools return plan The Dover School District had been in a hybrid-model so far, with the number of in-person days varying by grade level and school, and a set target date to return to five-day learning May 3.  Planning has been ongoing to transition the Dover Middle School and Dover High School from the hybrid model to five days per week. Dover elementary schools have been planning for the sch...

Plans are being organized to coordinate the COVID-19 vaccinations for school staffs in SAU 16 in the Exeter area and both Hampton area school districts beginning next week. Scott Schuler is serving as incident commander of the Seacoast COVID-19 vaccinations, coordinating emergency responses between the Seacoast Public Health Network and Strafford County Public Health Network. He said both communities’ educators will be receiving their vaccines from members of the Exeter or Hampton fire de...

ANIMAL WATCH-During a brief lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in May 2020, a San Diego man took his Pit Bull to a San Diego-area park, where an aggressive coyote jumped a six-foot fence to attack the dog.  They stared at each other stiffly for a few seconds and then the coyote became even more agitated and chased the large dog, attempting to bite him repeatedly as he ran to his owner. News10 broadcast an alarming video of the event which happened around 3 p.m.  "Coyotes are getting bolder...

Hear Whittier’s Last Poem read aloud There is something poignant about “last” things. The word last often possesses the sad, sometimes heroic, connotation of finality, including death. Think of a loved one’s last words, or the last time you saw a good friend, or a soldier’s last stand. Whittier’s last poem holds this poignancy. It […]

Published: 2/26/2021 11:37:29 AM The New Hampshire House is considering a bill that would require towns to allow “tiny houses” alongside single-family homes. Supporters envision a future where tiny house aficionados flock to New Hampshire, bolstering our workforce. Opponents are concerned about the erosion of local control and property values. What is a tiny house? A tiny house is generally 100 to 400 square feet. A tiny house can sit on a foundation or on a trailer. Some tiny houses are eq...

27 Kensington Road In Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Nearby Wow! - Hampton-North Hampton, NH - A 1700s Antique Colonial on more than 33-aces with a huge barn, library, gristmill, and more.

Who’s running in the Hampton area March 9 election? By Staff Report Hampton  Four residents are running for two seats on the Hampton Board of Selectmen at the March 9 election.  Incumbents Jim Waddell and Mary-Louise Woolsey will be challenged by Sharleen Page Hurst and recently retired police chief Richard Sawyer.  In other contested races, four residents are running for two slots on the Budget Committee. They are incumbents Brian Warburton and Michael Plouffe and political newcomers Kath...

Hampton Falls couple named town’s hog wranglers By Angeljean Chiaramida HAMPTON FALLS – The town has two new hog wranglers. According to Selectman Ed Beattie, Todd and Stephanie Santora were given the honor of being selected as Hampton Falls hog reeve and keeper of the pound for the coming year at Saturday’s deliberative session.  “I’ve already called him to come and a look at my sheep,” Beattie joked. A holdover office from the Colonial era, although the notion of a hog reeve bri...

The task force is searching for Drew Alden Hankins on drug and gun warrants out of Rockingham and Strafford counties from November 2020.

Students push state spider status for daring arachnid By HOLLY RAMERJanuary 27, 2021 GMT CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Third graders urging lawmakers to adopt yet another state symbol presented a compelling case Wednesday for a creature that embodies everything from New Hampshire’s “Live Free or Die” motto to its famed fall foliage: The daring jumping spider. The House Environment and Agriculture Committee held a public hearing on a bill to designate the fuzzy, quarter-sized arachnid as the offi...