Francestown is hosting a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Wednesday, Aug. 11, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.Pfizer shots are available for kids ages 12 to 17, and adults have their choice between Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. The event is first.
Published: 6/9/2021 4:00:55 PM
The Department of Education has required school districts put into place a plan for the 2021-22 school year by June 23, and local districts are starting to make decisions about what the fall will look like.
Earlier this year, Gov. Chris Sununu announced all K-12 schools must offer a full-time, in-person learning as of April 19, and all local schools have been operating full-time since then, if they weren’t already, but still offered a fully-remote option.
Local school districts appear ready to carry on the five-day in-person schedule in the fall, according to current reopening plan discussions.
On Monday, the Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School Board made two adjustments to its current framework, effective immediately, and discussed a community survey asking parents their preferences for the fall.
Published: 6/3/2021 12:08:39 PM
On Sunday, June 6 from 4 to 6 p.m., the Old Meeting House of Francestown, the Francestown Heritage Museum and the Beehive Museum of the Francestown Improvement & Historical Society will join together to showcase the town’s history in a free event.
“Frances town” (the original spelling) was named in 1772 by Governor John Wentworth. The name honored Frances Deering, his beloved new wife. Subsequently the town experienced several expansions and declines but to this day remains a quiet, rural and quintessential New England town.
The tour starts at the Old Meeting House where free self-guided tour booklets are available. Visitors will then step out into the town common with its stately Town Hall (the old Francestown Academy), its horse sheds, Fairbanks scales, and its Heritage and Beehive museums (the Beehive was the dormitory for the Academy). Both museums will be open from 4 to 6 p.m. Take a look at the town’s historic treasures, then walk up
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Published: 6/3/2021 12:08:16 PM
The Francestown Select Board is pursuing a rehearing after the state Housing Appeals Board reversed the town Planning Board’s rejection of a four-lot subdivision on the corner of Stevens Road and the 2nd NH Turnpike.
The HAB ruled in favor of landowners Ron and Melissa Shattuck in a May 7 order, the first conclusion they handed down since forming in 2020. In their ruling, the HAB said that the Francestown Planning Board had made an “unreasonable” decision in rejecting the subdivision and had not cited any objective zoning ordinance violations in their decision.
The Select Board voted 2-1 to proceed with the rehearing request on Monday, May 24, Select Board Chair Henry Kunhardt said. A rehearing is a requisite step if the case were ever to go to the state Supreme Court, he said.
Francestown town line post with rocks stacked on top. Staff Photo by Abbe Hamilton
Published: 5/25/2021 11:13:58 AM
The Francestown Fire Department extinguished a fire that destroyed a lawnmower and a shed on Dennison Pond Road on Saturday.
First responders were summoned to the scene at 1:31 p.m., after a landowner’s lawnmower caught fire while they were working on it, Fire Chief Larry Kullgren said. The fire spread to an eight-by-ten-foot shed, in which fuel was being stored, he said. Although dispatchers summoned mutual aid agencies due to the nature of the incident, Francestown firefighters were first on the scene and were able to get it under control in about fifteen minutes, Kullgren said. The situation was ruled an accident, he said.