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Heath Mitchell spoke to the Greenfield Select Board at their meeting on Thursday on behalf of 775  Forest Road LLC, comprised of a small group of people who purchased the downtown Greenfield property.The LLC had initially inquired about...

The Greenfield Select Board held a public hearing Thursday night to discuss the town’s proposed 2023 budget. The proposed total expense budget is approximately $3.31 million, a 13.5 percent increase over the current budget. Greenfield votes on its...

The Seven Hills Foundation, which purchased Crotched Mountain School, is now hiring in multiple areas, and some positions include housing on the campus.In other good news, a Mexican restaurant is reportedly opening in the empty space downtown at...

The town of Greenfield’s tax rate of $30.42 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for 2022 is higher than neighboring towns with similar populations. Greenfield Select Board member Tom Bascom explained that the higher tax rate in comparison with other...

Consolidated to Light up FTTH in Five New NH Towns        Share        Manchester, N.H.  – Residents in the New Hampshire towns of Greenfield, Jaffrey, Marlow, Roxbury and Peterborough recently voted to approve the construction of high-speed, fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) Internet networks by Consolidated Communications.  These towns join a growing list of municipalities across New Hampshire and Northern New England that recently selected Consolidated Communications to construct...

Consolidated to Bring Gigabit to More New Hampshire Towns Posted on Share Home » Consolidated to Bring Gigabit to More New Hampshire Towns Consolidated Communications said will be building fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks capable of supporting gigabit speeds in Greenfield, Jaffrey, Marlow, Roxbury and Peterborough, New Hampshire, as residents of those communities recently approved the construction. Public/private partnerships typically arise in communities where broadband buildout...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 5/2/2021 9:33:19 AM Greenfield passed all articles at its 2021 Town Meeting Saturday, as more than 150 residents convened at the Oak Park pavilion, braving gusts of wind and blustery temperatures to motor through the warrant with minimal back-and-forth in just under two hours. Residents passed a bond to install municipal fiber internet via Consolidated Communications 152 to 1. Broadband advocate Tom Bascom received a round of applause for his role in bri...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 12/28/2020 5:15:18 PM Fast, reliable internet services have become more crucial than ever, with schools and work moving online due to COVID-19. Residents in Dublin, Mason and Rindge are eagerly awaiting the completion of fiber internet installation, while the towns of Jaffrey and Greenfield are just starting their processes, hoping to be in the same place next year. Broadband, as its defined federally, allows for up to 25 megabits of download speed and thr...