Rural towns looking to connect to broadband internet
Modified: 4/11/2021 10:14:33 PM
NORTH HAVERHILL A group of municipal managers is asking Grafton County residents about their internet service, or lack thereof, as it explores ways to expand broadband across the county.
The Grafton County Broadband Committee, made up of the leaders of four rural towns, hopes to use information collected as part of a new survey to identify and document existing gaps in coverage.
It then plans to leverage that knowledge into federal grants, stimulus dollars and possibly part of President Joe Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan.
The ultimate goal is to build or contract for “broadband backbone,” or fiber-optic lines that service providers could use to build out coverage into Grafton County’s communities, according to Bristol, N.H., town manager Nik Coates, who chairs the broadband committee.
Upper Valley home sales by total number and price skyrocketed in 2020
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Modified: 2/1/2021 6:30:13 PM
Upper Valley real estate agent Amy Redpath in October had a home listed for sale in Hartland, and the sellers received eight offers.
“I thought that was magic,” Redpath said about the response.
But that was nothing compared to Redpath’s recent listing in Hartland, a four-bedroom, 2½ bath, 2,656-square-foot 1850 cape on a 2.8-acre lot that was listed for $449,000. Within minutes of the home going on the market earlier this month, Redpath’s inbox began filling up with eager buyers.
Over the next couple weeks, 24 parties viewed the property half of them via Facetime and Zoom because of the pandemic and the sellers received 15 offers.