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3 weeks ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
BERLIN — Just over the notch a large-scale greenhouse is bringing industrial hydroponic growing of salad greens to produce markets in the Northeast. If you’ve shopped for salad greens at Berlin Marketplace or bought a sandwich at Jericho Deli, you’ve likely seen some of the finished products of North Country Growers. But the produce doesn’t just stay in the North Country. The company is shipping its products to markets in southern New England and New York.
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3 weeks ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
BERLIN — For several types of non-profits organization — libraries, arts associations, social service agencies facing or experiencing funding cuts from the federal government — it is an uncertain time. Federal government cuts to these programs and services may trickle down to the local level. kAm%96C6 :D 2? F?46CE2:? 7FEFC6[ 2E E9:D >@>6?E[ 7@C %96 {@H x?4@>6 w@>6 t?6C8J pDD:DE2?46 !C@8C2> @C {xwtp! 2?5 E96 r@>>F?:EJ $6CG:46D q=@4< vC2?E AC@8C2>[ 2D H6== 2D H62E96C:K2E:@?
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3 weeks ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
BERLIN — If you’ve shopped for salad greens at Berlin Marketplace or bought a sandwich at Jericho Deli, you’ve likely seen some of the finished products of North Country Growers in Berlin. On an April tour through the expansive greenhouse set back from East Milan Road, Jack Daley, project manager, speaks to about 20 members of the Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce. Eight acres of the greenhouse property are under glass with plans to expand to over 12 acres on the site’s west side.
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3 weeks ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
BERLIN — Jeff Lemoine is the city’s new chief of police, sworn in Monday morning by Berlin Police Commission chairman Marc Tremblay. Police officers from Berlin, Coos County Attorney John McCormick, officials with the county sheriff’s office, several city councilors, Police Commissioner Pierre Morin, friends, family and other law enforcement representatives attended the ceremony.
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3 weeks ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
BERLIN — With the fiscal year 2026 budget nearing final approval and the decision coming down to the wire as to whether to go with a budget that adds 57 cents per thousand-dollar valuation to the tax rate or cut $440,000 from the city and school side to avoid a tax impact, councilors may feel they are between a rock and a hard place. The current tax rate is $30.89 per $1,000 valuation.
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1 month ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
GORHAM — Nearly 25 residents from different New Hampshire towns spoke of their concerns on the availability of health care, a dwindling middle class, and the state’s reliance on property taxes to fund its needs at a forum on the state’s next two-year budget put on by state Democratic legislative leaders last week. The biennial budget for the fiscal years 2026-27 is now under review in the state Senate.
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1 month ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
BERLIN — Effective June 1, Berlin Police Chief Daniel Buteau will be retired from the department he has led for the last three years and served since 1999. “I’m excited to leave it for the next generation. We have got some great people doing work here in the community,” he said during a telephone interview. kAmqFE62F E@=5 E96 4@>>:DD:@? 2 J62C 28@ E92E 96 H@F=5 C6E:C6j 96 :D =62G:?8 E96 56A2CE>6?E @7 9:D @H? G@=:E:@?]k^AmkAm%96 q6C=:? !@=:46 r@>>:DD:@?
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1 month ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
BERLIN — A discussion between school administrators and the Berlin school board about students’ reading abilities and how young students learn to read took center stage last week instead of a talk on play-based learning. Berlin Elementary School Principal Cynthia Pike said the topics would be discussed in two parts. Pike and school board Chairperson Ann Nolin, a veteran classroom educator, spoke of student test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress reports.
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1 month ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
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1 month ago | 
conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell
BERLIN — A total of 221 White Mountains Community College graduates received their diplomas in a late afternoon ceremony last Friday with Berlin schools’ Superintendent Julie King delivering a heartfelt commencement address drawn from her personal challenges. College President Sarmad Saman welcomed the graduates, their families and friends to the 4 p.m. program under a massive white tent on the college lawn. Students earned certificates or an associate’s degree from the Coos County campus.
