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It was a short, two-month break but former mayor Paul Grenier is back in City Hall, this time as a city councilor.

Plan 8 years in the making expected to bring about 300 year-round jobs to the area

Plan to include overnight passenger train service between Montreal and Boston with stops in Berlin, Gorham and Durham

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The Night Train Foundation first broached the idea of using freight rail lines to run daily passenger trains between Montreal and Boston a decade ago.

BERLIN — The city council Monday night had its first reading of the fiscal 2022 budget and tabled it for a public hearing and passage at the June 21 council

City Manager James Wheeler estimated the average residential customer would pay about $10 more per year. Wheeler had recommended a rate of $9.07 for an increase of 4.7 percent from the current rate of $8.66. To achieve that rate, he recommended using $1.15 million from the sewer user fund balance, leaving $3.8 million in that account. Wheeler said the average sewer bill is still below the state average. He said small increases avoid draining the fund balance, allowing the city to be able to kee...

BERLIN — The city is asking residents to continue wearing masks voluntarily to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The city council Monday night chose not to renew the city’s mask mandate, which expired last Friday with the statewide mandate. Berlin will still require masks to be wore inside municipal buildings. Mayor Paul Grenier said only one city in the state, Portsmouth, now has a mask ordinance. Grenier said the mayors of Claremont, Concord, Dover, Franklin, Keene, Laconia, Le...

BERLIN — The city continues to comply with the N.H. Board of Tax and Land Appeals order and expects the case will soon be closed. At the April 12 city council meeting, City Manager James Wheeler reviewed the city attorney’s update to the state board. The letter reports that the three members of the Berlin Board of Assessors agreed to step down after Mayor Paul Grenier requested their resignations. Per the Board of Tax and Land Appeals order, the city has billed the three assessors for...

City Council discusses Airbnb regulations February 17, 2021BERLIN — On Feb. 8, the Berlin City Council began the work session with Mayor Paul Grenier asking that HB623 and SB135 be added to the agenda as the bills were to be heard the following day. The motion carried and was approved unanimously. City Manager James Wheeler discussed the Capital Improvement Plan. He reported that an annual update to the Citys Capital Improvement Plan for the next six years was ready to be reviewed and accep...