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AARP needs volunteers for tax program
Local
Thursday December 24, 2009
The AARP Tax-Aide Program provides free tax counseling, preparation and electronic filing services to senior citizens, as well as low- and middle-income taxpayers, in connection with their federal and state (New Hampshire and Massachusetts only) income tax returns. Your local AARP Tax-Aide Program is seeking volunteers with an interest in helping others at the Nashua Public Library and Senior Activity Center, where you will provide tax assistance services under the supervision of a local coordinator.
Wilton hosting annual Holiday Stroll
Local
Thursday December 3, 2009
WILTON – The Wilton Holiday Stroll on Wilton’s historic Main Street will begin at the library at 2 p.m.
Wilton’s ‘Island’ was a bustling downtown industrial hub in its heyday
Local
Friday October 9, 2009
The section of downtown Wilton across the Souhegan River from Main Street is known locally as “The Island,” with Island Street running through it leading to the access to the by-pass. Technically, it is an island, and, by stretching it a little, literally one.
Military
Monday December 14, 2009
WILTON – Army Pvt. Cory Burelle has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.
Annual Wilton Lions’ Club Penny Sale
Clubs
Wednesday October 21, 2009
The leaves are starting to turn color; there is a bit of a cold snap to the morning air; mums and pumpkins have been replacing petunias as the decoration of choice on front steps. That could only mean one thing: The Annual Wilton Lions Charitable Foundation Club Penny Sale is here again!
Smart move at WLC improves learning
Columnist
Monday December 14, 2009
Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative has recently experienced an exciting new surge of technology known as the smart board. The futuristic idea of an interactive whiteboard that enhances standard curriculum with both an auditory and visual multimedia experience is now reality at the school.
Media Matters workshop impresses WLC group
Columnist
Thursday December 3, 2009
On Nov. 5, four of my classmates and I attended the fifth annual Media Matters writing conference for high school teachers and students in Boston.
WLC starts newspaper, The Warrior Times
Columnist
Sunday October 25, 2009
Over the last few years, Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative High School has grown tremendously as both a school and as a community. However, WLC has always been lacking something vital to every community: a newspaper.
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON MISSING ROADS
Columnist
Monday August 17, 2009
There is that old joke, usually attributed to some Yankee farmer, who ends up telling the tourist who is asking for directions, “you can’t get there from here.” The joke usually includes some local landmarks that the tourist couldn’t possibly know, leaving the farmer exasperated.
WLC cuts position hours, transportation
Local
Saturday February 6, 2010
WILTON – The first budget hearing for the new combined Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District saw lots of confusion and lots of attempts to hold costs down. The final result, after a two-hour meeting at Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative High School that drew about 40 people, was an operating budget of $11.
Budget committee proposes spending plan reduced by 2.79 percent
Local
Friday February 5, 2010
WILTON – The town budget committee has prepared what they called a “pared down budget,” which was presented to about two dozen people on Wednesday at the annual public hearing. The plan contains no raises for town employees, smaller contributions to capital reserve funds, and the postponement of several projects.
Local
Monday February 1, 2010
WILTON – With the town facing a decline in revenues of almost 13 percent, the town Budget Committee has scaled back spending as much as possible, according to member Mark Whitehill. While the budget will not be finalized until after the public budget hearing Wednesday, preliminary figures show a decline in the operating budget of about 2.
NH dropout rates decline, mixed locally
Local
Wednesday January 27, 2010
CONCORD – The dropout rate dropped by more than half last year at high schools in Merrimack and Litchfield while it inched back up at schools in Amherst and Wilton, according to figures released Tuesday. The dropout rate at Nashua’s two high schools dropped only slightly last year.
School co-op makes for tricky ballots
Local
Tuesday January 26, 2010
WILTON – Elections will be a little confusing this year for voters in Wilton and Lyndeborough contemplating a new combined school board. “It seems a little weird,” Superintendent Trevor Ebel said in explaining why two of Lyndeborough’s four members will be on the Wilton ballot as well.
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