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By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEW LONDON — New concerns about the town’s public works facility are overshadowing longstanding plans for a new police station as voters prepare to vote this week on two police station-related articles rejected at Town Meeting in March.

NEW LONDON — In less than 20 minutes Wednesday night, about 400 voters opted to indefinitely postpone a decision on a bond to purchase a property and continue planning for a new police station.

NEW LONDON — The Selectboard has appointed a New London native to take over as town administrator next month, the board announced in a news release Wednesday. 

By ALEX HANSON

At the heart of the 20-year history of the New London-based Center for the Arts is a paradox: Until recently, it was less an arts center with a fixed address than a set of programs meant to build community around the arts.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEW LONDON — A decision to have voters reconsider two items from Town Meeting means no votes taken during the session earlier this month are valid until the outstanding articles are reconsidered.

NEW LONDON — During a floor meeting on Wednesday, voters rejected a $955,000 bond to continue planning for a new police facility on Seamans Road.

Articles of note: One warrant article asks whether voters want to add a definition of short-term rental to the zoning ordinance. Another zoning amendment would allow lighting on the Sally Shaw Veitch Track and Field at Kelsey Athletic Campus, Colby-Sawyer College. Voters also will consider a $955,000 bond to continue planning for a new police facility on Seamans Road. Another article would call on state elected officials to “uphold their duty to fiscal responsibility by rejecting any expansion of taxpayer funding for private education until we have full accountability.”

NEW LONDON — The Colby-Sawyer College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name Dean McCurdy the 10th president of the school.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

SUNAPEE — Lake Sunapee watershed towns are taking a new approach to protecting their beloved lake and other water bodies; requiring residents to regularly maintain their septic systems.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEW LONDON — A town committee has identified a new location for a long-awaited new police station, but public support for the project may not be forthcoming amid concerns about costs and the need to prioritize other projects.The Police Facilities...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

NEW LONDON — Jobs are plentiful at New London-based businesses such as the hospital and Colby-Sawyer College, but housing in town is not.“You need starter homes,” to attract and retain workers, Housing Commission Chairman Peter Nichols said by phone...

NEW LONDON — A California man faces charges following a car crash that killed a woman in New London earlier this month.Vincent Mendillo, 27, of Mission Viejo, Calif., has been charged with negligent homicide, reckless conduct, aggravated DWI and...

NEW LONDON — Ausbon Sargent Land Trust has appointed a new executive director.The organization’s board of trustees appointed Hans Carlson to the position, beginning Nov. 1, according to an Oct. 9 media release.Carlson will replace interim Executive...

NEW LONDON — A passenger is dead and the driver seriously injured following an early morning crash Sunday in New London.New London police and emergency personnel responded to a call at 12:50 a.m. of a report of a collision on Little Sunapee Road in...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

NEW LONDON — The development of a total of nearly 200 housing units has stalled after the discovery that chemical contaminants from a dry cleaning business have spread to the groundwater of one of the two project sites.Planning for both projects — one...

NEW LONDON — Beginning Monday, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will temporarily close the Interstate 89 northbound off-ramp at Exit 11 in New London. The closure will last for five days, weather permitting, and will allow workers to...

ENFIELD — Cyanobacteria warnings for Mascoma Lake in Enfield and Pleasant Lake in New London have been removed by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.The warning for Pleasant Lake was lifted on Tuesday and the one for Mascoma was...

By FRANCES MIZE

NEW LONDON — After eight years at the helm of Colby-Sawyer College, Sue Stuebner will depart in June to take up the mantle as president of Marietta College in Ohio.Under Stuebner’s tenure, Colby-Sawyer’s endowment doubled — from $36 million in 2016 to...

NEW LONDON — At Wednesday night’s floor meeting, a petitioned warrant article that would have required that the town keep its police station in its current location inspired the most discussion.Ultimately, voters rejected the proposal, 215-169, Town...

NEW LONDON — In ballot voting on Tuesday, Arthur Bobruff beat out George B. Foley for a three-year term representing Springfield on the Kearsarge Regional School District School Board.Voters also approved an operating budget of $54.3 million, as well...

NEW LONDON — At the polls on Tuesday, Janet R. Kidder beat out Emma Phipps for a three-year term on the Selectboard, 667 to 335.Voters also chose three people for the Budget Committee: John Tilley, 574 votes; Megan Brown, 543; and Karen Epstein, 492....