Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 5/17/2021 4:15:29 PM
The town of Jaffrey has been awarded $300,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield Program grants to assess sites with potential hazards, and prepare them for redevelopment. First on the list are the former St. Patrick’s School and the former W.W. Cross building.
“Brownfield” properties are sites where there is potential for expansion or redevelopment, complicated by the presence – or just potential presence of hazardous substances. Since 1995, the Brownfields Program has provided $1.76 billion in grants nationally to assess and clean up these sites to allow redevelopment to move forward.
“The Town is delighted to have been selected by EPA for a Community Wide Brownfield Assessment Grant. We will be working closely with our local Brownfields Advisory Committee, and our federal and state partners to address the redevelopment of derelict and abandoned sites so that they are no longer a burden
President of the Jaffrey-Rindge Centennial Lions Club Rich Comeau proudly presented an American flag to stand in the Jaffrey Public Library’s meeting space on Wednesday night – or, he attempted to.The meeting space, also the former children’s area,.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 5/11/2021 11:54:22 PM
A tattoo shop and connected apartments on Jaffrey’s Main Street were evacuated Tuesday night, when a pillar outside the historic building went up in flames.
Fire Chief David Chamberlain said at the scene that the fire started in leaf debris under the porch, and traveled up the pillar. He said the likely cause of the fire is discarded smoking materials, such as a cigarette, but the cause has not been officially determined. Chamberlain said the fire may have been smoldering for a while before catching the pillar alight. Chamberlain said he does not consider the fire suspicious, and that it looked accidental.
The Jaffrey-Rindge School District has the opportunity to provide a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students as young as 12 years old.The district was approached by the Greater Monadnock Public Health Network about the possibility of creating an.
Published: 4/19/2021 3:39:34 PM
Jaffrey residents will conclude its 2021 Town Meeting in person this Saturday, carrying on last year’s solution to avoiding large gatherings with another drive-in meeting.
Jaffrey has already held its general elections for town positions and zoning amendments on March 9, and will continue the rest of the business meeting, including the town budget and other warrant articles, in the parking lot of the Hope Fellowship Church in Jaffrey on Saturday at 9 a.m.
“It’s the same format as last year,” Town Manager Jon Frederick said in an interview Monday. “The process worked well last year.”
Last year’s drive-in Town Meeting had about 170 participants, Frederick said, which is more attendance than the prior three year’s Town Meetings. Similar to last year, voters will register as they drive into the parking lot without exiting their cars, and then park in the Hope Fellowship lot. They may exit their cars but must remain in the area of their