Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 1/25/2021 4:26:20 PM
School districts across the state are expecting much-reduced state aid for next year, after some districts had a big dip in student population due to skyrocketing homeschool numbers, decreasing revenue and increasing local taxes. State representatives are seeking to put forth a bill to avoid that fate for their towns.
School districts receive state aid based on their student population and a number of factors. One of the largest is based on their student population, for which schools are given a flat rate based on the number of students in their school daily. Schools receive additional aid for students in certain categories, such as those who need food assistance.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 1/21/2021 9:31:40 AM
Those looking for an apartment or house to rent may encounter some challenges as 2021 begins because the inventory just isn’t there.
The discussion around available housing in the area has been ongoing for years, and the coronavirus pandemic has made things even more scarce in both the rental and buying market.
Colin Kipka’s company, Kipka Brothers of New Hampshire, has close to 140 rentals on the books in Peterborough, Jaffrey and Antrim, but as of last week Kipka said “as far as availability right now, we have nothing.”
Kipka said the turnover rate in his units is traditionally very low, with the average length of occupancy for tenants around three to four years.
Martin Luther King, Jr. historian to speak for Jaffrey event; more planned around region
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks out against the Vietnam War in 1967. AP File
Dr. Walter Earl Fluker
Published: 1/17/2021 5:13:11 PM
After a year when a record number of people marched for civil rights across the country, Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of building a “world house” has a renewed relevance.
“It’s more timely than ever before,” said Dr. Walter Fluker, a Martin Luther King Jr. Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership, Boston University School of Theology. “How do we connect as neighbors, through the many jagged edges of difference, as they relate to race, religion and class, and over our incredible competition for resources? King was asking a very difficult question.”
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 1/18/2021 4:54:05 PM
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a record number of Granite Staters applying for unemployment benefits.
The most recent numbers provided by New Hampshire Employment Security for the week ending Jan. 9, showed 3,067 initial claims by residents applying for benefits, while the number of continued claims stood at 27,283 for the week ending Jan. 2.
Under the the most recent stimulus bill, which totaled $900 billion, the unemployed sector will receive up to an additional $300 per week from unemployment benefits through March 14.
Locally, among some of the bigger employers in the region, the current state of hiring, pool of potential candidates and what the future looks like on the employment front varies from sector to sector.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 1/12/2021 11:18:33 AM
After several months of struggling and uncertainty, the Newfoundland Pony Conservancy of Jaffrey has a new home.
Emily Aho, executive director of the Conservancy, has been looking for a new home for the nonprofit and nine of its critically endangered ponies since October. The Conservancy thought they had been handed a major windfall this autumn, when an anonymous donor offered the nonprofit a farm, complete with house, barns, riding rink and pastures in Maine. The Conservancy had sold its Jaffrey property, which was also the Aho’s residence, and was in the process of moving when the donor rescinded the gift due to unforeseen circumstances, leaving its founders, Emily and George Aho, scrambling for a new solution.