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By JOHN P. GREGG

PLAINFIELD — Sullivan County Democrats are protesting a proposal before a redistricting committee that would split apart Cornish and Plainfield in the New Hampshire House, putting them in separate districts with more Republican-leaning towns.But a top...

By NICOLE SAGINOR

In the summer of 2000, I was on the island of St. Kitts teaching in an international doctoral program. I was preparing the students for their dissertation projects by introducing them to the methodology of qualitative research. Qualitative research...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CORNISH — National Park Service law enforcement rangers and New Hampshire State Police are seeking tips about antisemitic vandalism of The Temple monument at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, according to park officials.The damage, first...

By JOHN P. GREGG

CORNISH — The 72-year-old Cornish man who died earlier this week after falling into a brook near his house was remembered Friday as someone who loved his family, dogs and working their property.Michael W. Ranney, a machinist who had repaired...

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CORNISH — A 72-year-old Cornish man drowned Wednesday after falling into a brook by his home, according to a news release from the New Hampshire State Police.Michael W. Ranney was “attempting to traverse a homemade bridge” across Mill Brook on his...

By ALEX HANSON

CORNISH — On an overcast Tuesday afternoon, the view of Mount Ascutney from Blow-Me-Down Farm was obscured by heavy clouds.A field planted in corn also blocked a bend in the Connecticut River that’s usually visible from in front of the former home of...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Eva Pike really loves trees.“They have a special kind of power,” the 6-year-old Cornish resident said as she held up two pine cones for her mother, Namone Pike, to examine. Eva recently took an interest in trees, and after seeing the event posted in...

By ALEX HANSON

CORNISH FLAT — Earlier this spring, Caroline Storrs sent an email to the Cornish Board of Library Trustees that enumerated the deficiencies of the town’s 110-year-old library.She later met with the trustees and made a suggestion: Why not see if the...

Staff Report

CORNISH — Challenger Dillon Gallagher defeated longtime Selectboard Chairman John Hammond in Australian ballot voting at Cornish Town Meeting on Tuesday.Gallagher, a house builder, won the seat with 111 votes to 71 for Hammond.Hammond was first...

By JASMINE TAUDVIN

CORNISH — Town Meeting in Cornish ended with a jolt of literary excitement on Tuesday as library trustees announced that Colleen O’Neill, widow of author J.D. Salinger, is offering to donate the former Cornish General Store to the town to be converted...

Hot topic: A petition article calls on Cornish to “demand” that the New Hampshire Legislature carry out redistricting in a “fair and transparent” way and without gerrymandering. Another petition article calls on the town to establish a renewable...

By JOHN P. GREGG

CORNISH — Fire crews closed a stretch of Route 12A Monday afternoon to battle a brush fire that threatened at least one home as it was fueled by high winds and dry conditions.Cornish Selectboard Chairman John Hammond said around 4:25 p.m. that the...

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CORNISH — Police are seeking information about suspicious activity involving three teens in Cornish and charges are pending after an altercation with police early Saturday morning, according to Cornish Police Chief Doug Hackett.Officers from Cornish,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

HARTLAND — The Angus heifer reaches for the bright orange handle holding the electric fence in place with her mouth, unhooks it and lets it go. Then she moves on to the next one.In less than 20 seconds, the clever nearly year-old heifer managed to...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CORNISH — If the Cornish Fair takes place this year, livestock exhibitors and fairgoers will likely have a new barn to visit.The Cornish Fair Association is in the homestretch of a $200,000 fundraising campaign to build a new livestock barn, upgrade...

By JOHN P. GREGG

CORNISH — The Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge will be closed to traffic from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Friday as workers with the state Department of Transportation replace several worn deck planks on the New Hampshire side of the historic span.Workers...

By ALEX HANSON

CORNISH — After around 20 years as a member of the United Church of Cornish, Duane Churchill knew that the small congregation was struggling.Attendance and involvement were down, and members of the aging congregation were slowly dying off.Even so, he...

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