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N.H. Sen. Denise Ricciardi says she likes to help mothers and prefers to work in a bipartisan way. Both priorities were ...
07/14/2025

N.H. Sen. Denise Ricciardi says she likes to help mothers and prefers to work in a bipartisan way. Both priorities were evident in her support for a maternal health package included in the two-year budget Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed into law on June 27.

Denise Ricciardi was the prime sponsor of SB 246, which was commonly referred to as “Momnibus 2.0.”

Cleanup work continued on town roads and repairs were underway for Routes 123 and 137 on Monday in the aftermath of Satu...
07/14/2025

Cleanup work continued on town roads and repairs were underway for Routes 123 and 137 on Monday in the aftermath of Saturday's flash flooding.

Over five inches of rain fell in the NH town over a July 2025 weekend, prompting temporary road closures.

In the wake of last week's major water main break on Water Street, public works department personnel were doing more rep...
07/14/2025

In the wake of last week's major water main break on Water Street, public works department personnel were doing more repair work on Monday.

See the work being done on the pipes under Water Street in Keene, NH.

The eastbound traffic lane of Water Street will be closed from Grove Street to Carpenter Street until 3 p.m. to repair t...
07/14/2025

The eastbound traffic lane of Water Street will be closed from Grove Street to Carpenter Street until 3 p.m. to repair the water main break from last week.

One lane on Water Street in Keene will be closed today to repair the water system after a break last week.

Henry Stevens was a farmer near the village of South Stoddard during the mid-1800s. Henry and his wife, Hannah, were the...
07/13/2025

Henry Stevens was a farmer near the village of South Stoddard during the mid-1800s. Henry and his wife, Hannah, were the parents of 10 sons and six daughters. One son died in the early 1850s. The surviving 15 children ranged in age from 6 to 27 years when the Civil War began in 1861.

Henry Stevens was a farmer near the village of South Stoddard during the mid-1800s. Henry and his wife, Hannah, were the parents of 10 sons and six daughters. One son

The work is scheduled to start Monday at 6 a.m.
07/13/2025

The work is scheduled to start Monday at 6 a.m.

West Street near Starbucks in Keene will be reduced to one-lane traffic Monday for road work, the public works department said.

The fate of this year's federal funding is up in the air for many schools in southwestern New Hampshire,
07/13/2025

The fate of this year's federal funding is up in the air for many schools in southwestern New Hampshire,

At least $4.4 million of those funds are earmarked for school districts in the Monadnock Region, per officials in those districts

Update: The flash flood warning has been lifted. **************************************************Update: A washout has...
07/12/2025

Update: The flash flood warning has been lifted.

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Update: A washout has been reported on Stoddard Road (Route 123) in Hancock, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist. At roughly 6:30 p.m., he said the heaviest rain had passed, and light rain was expected to stop soon, although he said the flash flood warning remained in effect because runoff can take time to settle.

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Area communities included in the warning are Antrim, Hancock, Harrisville, Nelson, Peterborough and Stoddard.

HANCOCK — Flash flooding in Hancock and Antrim Saturday evening caused several roads to wash out, according to reports from Southwestern New Hampshire Fire Mutual Aid and Hancock Public Works

The City of Keene announced Saturday its water system passed the second test for harmful bacteria, lifting the boil-wate...
07/12/2025

The City of Keene announced Saturday its water system passed the second test for harmful bacteria, lifting the boil-water advisory.

Keene NH passes second testing for harmful bacteria

“Yoga was always one of those things I took from other people, because it was my own little relaxation piece and I didn’...
07/12/2025

“Yoga was always one of those things I took from other people, because it was my own little relaxation piece and I didn’t have to teach. Yoga was my guilty pleasure,” Goldsmith, who lives in Swanzey, said.

Carrie Goldsmith was a student, not a teacher, of yoga for many years.

Keene State College has started to gut its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to comply with new state law.
07/12/2025

Keene State College has started to gut its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to comply with new state law.

Keene State College in NH began to undo its DEI initiatives under direction from a new state law in July 2025.

Catastrophic flooding in Central Texas last week raised alarm nationwide about increasingly common extreme weather event...
07/12/2025

Catastrophic flooding in Central Texas last week raised alarm nationwide about increasingly common extreme weather events, the adequacy of warning systems and recent cuts to the National Weather Service. As of Friday, the death toll was over 120, and rescuers were continuing to search for roughly 170 missing people.

While Monadnock Region residents have not had to contend with the scale of flooding and devastation the Lone Star State suffered last week, they are no strangers to deadly flooding. In 2005, four residents died amid the dangerous rush of Warren Brook and the Cold River crashing through town, three dozen buildings were destroyed and 71 homes were damaged. Though a local historian said 20 years later, the event is no longer at the forefront of residents’ minds.

Floods in Texas put national attention on flood preparedness. We spoke to local experts about those efforts in the Monadnock Region. Here's what we learned.

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