The Maine Principals Association has dropped the requirement for student athletes in the Pine Tree State to wear masks during games and practices. Spectators also are not required to wear masks at outdoor events if they can maintain 6 feet of distancing, and as of May 24, 100 percent capacit…
There were 88 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question, “Do you agree with the selectmen’s decision to immediately shut down all short-term rentals?” It was a nearly 50/50 split between yes and no responses.
Conway selectmen have interpreted the defeat by voters of a zoning ordinance change that would have allowed short-term rentals in all residential neighborhoods as a mandate to enforce current regulations, even though they have never before been enforced. Those regulations forbid all short-te…
There were 35 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question, “Do you think Fryeburg should allow recreational cannabis retail sales?” There were 21 yes responses, 12 no responses and two non-specific answers.
Although possession and sale of recreational marijuana remain illegal in New Hampshire, just across the border in Fryeburg, Maine, voters will decide in June whether to allow stores to sell cannabis to anyone over 21. Called rec retail, these stores are currently not allowed in Fryeburg, tho…
There were 80 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question, “Do you think Sununu lifting the mask mandate is premature or about the right time?" Of those, 47 people felt it was premature, 28 said it was the right time and five answers were non-specific.
On Thursday, Gov. Chris Sununu announced he was letting the statewide mask mandate, which he had ordered on Nov. 20, 2020, to expire as of midnight Friday, citing falling deaths from COVID-19 and increasing vaccination rates. “It is important to note that this mandate going away will not lim…
There were 34 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question, “Do you agree with President Joe Biden or N.H. Republicans when it comes to gun control?” Less than half (11 people) said they agreed with Biden.
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced “six initial actions” he says will reduce gun violence. One is publishing model red flag laws for states to follow that would allow family and police to petition a court to force a person in crisis to give up their guns. Biden also directed the Justi…
There were 32 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question, “Do you support Articles 3 and 6 on the Conway ballot that would allow permitted and regulated short-term rentals in Conway’s residential zones?” Only six people said they would support them.
Conway’s town meeting voting is scheduled for April 13 at Kennett High School. Perhaps the most controversial articles on the Conway ballot are Articles 3 and 6, which seek to allow and regulate short-term rentals. The proposed regulations would require homeowners to complete an extensive ap…
There were 17 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question, “Do you think the town of Jackson should choose a new namesake?” Only two people said yes.
Jerry Doughterty III, a resident of Jackson since 1975, is the author of an article that selectmen agreed to put on the warrant to be voted on by residents on May 15. Article No. 10 will ask residents to rename the town for geologist Charles Thomas Jackson (1805-80) instead of the nation’s s…
It's hard to believe it's been a year since the coronavirus showed up uninvited. But it's true. A year ago, on March 20, 2020, toilet paper had already gone missing on store shelves. The words "remote" and "zoom" were starting to seem familiar. Plans — travel, concerts, weddings, even just a…
There were 26 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question, “Is it too early to relax COVID-19 restrictions for travel and business?” There was nearly a 50/50 split in yes to no responses.
Citing positively trending data on COVID-19, Gov. Chris Sununu on Thursday said it was time for New Hampshire to flex open and announced that domestic travel rules would be immediately relaxed, retail stores can operate at 100 percent capacity and karaoke, pool and darts can resume in restau…
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