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3 days ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
LITTLETON — Although the parking lot was expected to be closed two weeks ago and the building raised by now, the long-awaited first-phase renovation work on the Littleton Community Center’s annex is delayed after the contractor requested an environmental hazards assessment. “At this point, everything’s on hold again,” Barbara Buckley, executive director for the nonprofit Littleton Community Center, said Tuesday.
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4 days ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
Stating that landfills can be “controversial” at the community level, an amendment to New Hampshire’s proposed 2025-2026 budget seeks to remove local control for at least some major landfill siting and put it solely in the hands of a state agency. It also carries a preference for properties adjacent to already existing landfills. kAm%96 2>6?5>6?E^=68:D=2E:@?
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4 days ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
Following grand jury indictments from two years ago, a rape case involving multiple child victims and more than 40 felony charges is proceeding against a Bath man. On Friday, after a jury trial that had been set for April at Grafton Superior Court was canceled, the case against Edward H.
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5 days ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
After the renovation of the Carriage Barn at The Rocks Estate, the Bethlehem Planning Board on Wednesday cleared Forest Society North for a new covered pavilion on the property. Planners also approved the site plan for a new kitchen at Rek-Lis Brewery and heard an update on the new Bethlehem Skate Park, whose organizers have reached their $250,000 funding goal. kAm!2G:=:@?k^Am kAm%96 C6?@G2E:@? @7 E96 r2CC:286 q2C?[ H9:49 H2D 4@>A=6E65 :?
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5 days ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
A multi-million-dollar project that has been more than a decade in the planning could soon begin — the reconstruction of Colebrook’s Main Street. A large part of it encompasses the New Hampshire Department of Transportation work that has been planned along Route 3, a segment of which is the town’s Main Street.
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1 week ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
Police are asking the public for any information they might have about bullets striking two homes in Bethlehem this week. As both occupants are routinely in their homes near the areas of the strikes, it was too close for comfort. kAm~?6 C6D:56?46 :D 2=@?8 q=2?6J #@25[ H96C6 E96 @44FA2?E @? |@?52J 6G6?:?8 @7 |6>@C:2= s2J 5:D4@G6C65 E92E 2 3F==6E 925 ;FDE 6?E6C65 96C DE@C> 5@@C]k^Am kAm%96 @E96C 9@>6 :D 2=@?8 $E@?6J p4C6D sC:G6[ ;FDE 5@H? E96 C@25[ H96C6 E96 @44FA2?E 5:D4@G6C65 @?
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1 week ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
LITTLETON — After nine months of delays and plan revisions, the long-awaited plaque honoring all of Littleton’s volunteers — “past, present, and future” — has been installed at the covered footbridge. “It’s finally finished,” Linda MacNeil, chair of the Select Board, said Wednesday. kAm~? pF8] a[ 23@FE `__ C6D:56?ED EFC?65 @FE 7@C E96 565:42E:@? @7 E96 7@@E3C:586 E92E DA2?D E96 p>>@?@@DF4 #:G6C 7C@> E96 |2:? $EC66E D:56 E@ E96 {:EE=6E@? pC62 $6?:@C r6?E6C]k^Am kAm%96 565:42E:@? E@ 2== G@=F?E66CD :?
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1 week ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
New Hampshire Governor and Council last week approved or extended funding for a number of North Country projects, among them affordable housing, energy efficiency for schools and a business, Cannon Mountain Ski Area improvements, a new roof for a Fish and Game building, and drinking water protection. Reports were also delivered about the status of the easement for the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Working Forest and the 2025 plans for Cannon Mountain and Franconia Notch State Park.
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1 week ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
Half a year after pleading guilty to embezzling almost $350,000 from two Colebrook car dealerships where she had worked as an accountant, a Coos County woman has satisfied the restitution.
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1 week ago | 
caledonianrecord.com | Robert Blechl
Amid sealed documents and few case details, a jury trial has been scheduled in 2026 for a Pennsylvania man accused of murdering his grandmother in Easton in September. As of Tuesday, juror selection is scheduled for March 16 and 17 and a two-week trial beginning March 18 in the case against Joshua Lanchester, 24, of Conestoga, Pa., whose attorneys continue to move forward with an insanity defense. kAmx? u63CF2CJ[ {2?496DE6C H2D :?5:4E65 3J 2 vC27E@? $FA6C:@C r@FCE 8C2?5 ;FCJ @?
