CONWAY — Facing increasing health insurance costs as enrollment continues to plummet, the Conway School Board is again looking at reducing staff in its 2026-27 school budget.

FRYEBURG, Maine — The MSAD 72 school board will bring in outside legal counsel to examine its transportation-related processes following an incident in which a disabled student was temporarily missing while being driven to her special-education school.

By Todd Bookman, New Hampshire Public Radio

CONWAY — Every year, HEB Engineers invites staff to choose a local organization for the "HEB Cares!" annual end-of-year donation, and this year’s recipient was Angels & Elves, coordinated by the Kiwanis Club of Mount Washington Valley.

BERLIN — A late morning fire Tuesday at a three-floor, multifamily building at 395 Derrah St. left several people without a residence and visible damage to the building’s exterior.

CONWAY — Construction has begun on the long-proposed cell tower off Artist Falls Road, even as the New Hampshire Supreme Court is about to consider a resident’s appeal of a $50 million lawsuit against the Conway Zoning Board of Adjustment over its approval of the project.

CONWAY — The Conway Scenic Railroad caused the series of brush fires broke out near the North Conway strip Aug. 13, the state of New Hampshire said on Wednesday.

CONWAY — A two-weekend bell-ringing effort at Salvation Army kettles outside the North Conway Market Basket raised $3,378 to support Salvation Army assistance programs serving 14 local towns across northern Carroll County, local officials said.

CONWAY — Thursday marks the two-year anniversary of one of the worst floods in our area in recent history, and with Friday’s forecast of an inch of rain, a high of 54 degrees and gusts in excess of 30 mph, town officials are hoping history doesn’t repeat itself.

CONWAY — A majority of Conway selectmen are saying no thanks to the Conway School District’s offer of the town using the now-shuttered John H. Fuller Elementary School building in North Conway to host the 2026 and ’27 town election instead of the town highway garage in Center Conway, which c…

MADISON — A Superior Court judge ruled last week that the Madison Zoning Board of Adjustment cannot restrict the number of days that a grandfathered short-term rental can be rented. However, the judge rejected arguments from an STR owner who sought to have the court overturn a town ordinance…

MADISON — Dr. Michael Whaland sure can keep a secret. Last week, he was named 2026 Superintendent of the Year by the New Hampshire School Administrators Association.

CONWAY — Former Kennett High School teacher Holly Fougere was sentenced Monday in Carroll County Superior Court to three consecutive 12-month jail terms, for a total of 36 months, all suspended for four years.

OSSIPEE — Though police recovered $649,000 that allegedly belonged to a Bartlett woman, who said the Vietnamese man who lived in her house for several years took it, in a plea deal, Minh Phuc Tran, 29, didn’t have to admit that he stole it.