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A Jaffrey town well has been closed since April, after exceeding limits on a contaminant that causes serious health complications with long-term exposure.The contaminant, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), when consumed over many years, can affect...
Perpetrators of a $2.3 million fraud against Peterborough taxpayers over the summer initiated the criminal enterprise by compromising the email of one town employee, according to a timeline prepared by local officials.While simple human failure to...
Denver gets a taste of the Great Outdoors
‘I’ve never seen so much water all at once’ "> "> Heavy rains washed out one side of Old Town Farm Road in Peterborough on Sunday morning. Staff photo by Ben Conant— "> Heavy rains washed out one side of Old Town Farm Road in Peterborough on Sunday morning. Staff photo by Ben Conant— "> "> "> Published: 7/19/2021 5:19:21 PM Several roads in Jaffrey and Peterborough remained partially closed into Monday as road crews attempted to deal with storm damage, flooding, and major washouts from torrential rains on Saturday night into Sunday. Jaffrey Airfield Silver Ranch, which measures p...
“Pretty much, Zoom is out”: Most area towns discontinuing virtual meeting participation "> Published: 7/1/2021 5:13:11 PM Virtual meetings became ubiquitous for town boards and committees over the past year. For some towns, the expiration of the state emergency order heralded a return to the pre-pandemic status quo, while other towns don’t want to give up the virtual format – and the wider access it provides. The State stopped allowing exclusively virtual municipal meetings on June 11. Now, every meeting must have a quorum of town board members in-person at a publicly accessible venu...