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BY LAURA KOES

Two Republican candidates are running for one available seat representing Grafton District 18 in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.John Sellers, of Bristol, and Andrew Ware, of Grafton, are seeking nomination for the seat created in 2022 as...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

BRADFORD, N.H. — The two candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the state Senate seat representing District 7 have a few things in common.Both candidates are from Bradford, N.H., both own small farms and both say they support conservative...

ORANGE — Voters passed all articles during the floor meeting Wednesday night.All nine warrant articles, including the $256,704 operating budget, passed unanimously. Betsy Coble, formerly one of the supervisors of the checklist, won a three-year term...

WEST CANAAN — Voters in the five Mascoma Valley towns approved all articles on the Mascoma Valley School District warrant.The $30.4 million operating budget, which is up from last year’s $29.5 million budget, was among the articles passed. Voters also...

OrangeArticle of note: “To see if the Town will vote to accept the increases in hourly wages and stipends recommended in the report of the Salary Study Committee.”Contested races: None.Budgets and spending articles: Voters will cast ballots on a...

Mascoma Valley RSDArticle of note: Voters will be asked to approve a three-year contract for support staff, which includes estimated increases of $95,046 in 2023, $85,437 in 2024 and $69,583 in 2025.Contested races: There are no contested...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

When Town Meeting season rolls around each year in New Hampshire, much of voters’ attention is drawn to school budgets. In many communities, school taxes make up the largest share of property tax bills, often far outpacing municipal expenses.School...

ORANGE — Voters at Town Meeting this week approved having the moderator appoint a committee of five residents to study the salaries of elected officials and town employees and make recommendations next year.The proposed budget of $241,132 was also...

Hot topic: Voters in Orange are being asked if they will allow the moderator to appoint a committee of five residents to study the salaries of elected officials and town employees and make recommendations in the next annual town report, with a warrant...

Hot topic: Mascoma Valley Regional School District voters will be asked to approve a $29.5 million budget for the 2021-22 school year, a less than 1% increase over the current spending plan.The proposal includes the reduction of three teaching...

The Valley News will update this page on election night with live results from Upper Valley towns via verified sources, including the Associated Press, the Secretary of State offices in Vermont and New Hampshire, and town/city clerks.Ahead of...

By TIM CAMERATO

ENFIELD — Voters in the Mascoma Valley’s five towns are deciding several contested races for the New Hampshire House.Following a “blue wave” in 2018, Republicans are working to retake several seats stretching into the White Mountains that have...

By TIM CAMERATO

HAVERHILL — Voters in New Hampshire’s Senate District 2 will decide a rematch of the 2018 election next month as Plymouth Democrat Bill Bolton once again takes on state Sen. Bob Giuda, R-Warren, for a seat representing part of the Upper Valley and...

By TIM CAMERATO

HAVERHILL — State Sen. Bob Giuda, R-Warren, is facing a primary challenge for Senate District 2 from Belknap County Commissioner Dave DeVoy in a race that’s focused on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.DeVoy, 59, argues that Gov. Chris...

By GREG FENNELL

ORANGE, N.H. — I am on a sacred quest, propelled by an ancient memory embedded inside my cranium.No one from the Food Network will be ringing my phone to praise my skills, but I possess a primordial need to bake, a yearning only slightly exacerbated...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — With Easter barely two weeks away, it’s many of the traditional egg hunts that families look forward to each year won’t be taking place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.So a group of Mascoma Valley residents is organizing what they’re calling a...

By TIM CAMERATO

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley voters will take up a proposed $1.2 million budget increase and a three-year agreement with the school district’s teachers union during a deliberative session on Saturday.The school district officials are proposing a $28.9...

CONCORD — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has requested a major disaster declaration for Grafton County and other areas hit by severe rain and flash flooding in July.Sununu wrote to President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying the July 11-12 flooding...

By KATIE JICKLING

Residents gathered around the bridge Saturday, admiring its shiny new guardrail and rebuilt riverbank as it was taking traffic just a few weeks after record rainfall and flash floods reduced it to a yawning gap of rubble and flood debris.The New...