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By RACHEL WACHMAN

Jessica Wilson, principal of Chichester Central School, will leave at the end of the school year. Wilson has served as principal for the past six years.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Three weeks after Chichester residents voted to effectively eliminate the town’s entire administrative office, they reversed course Saturday, deciding to restore nearly all of the money for the office to the town’s operating budget for next fiscal year.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Jason McKay jokes with friends that Chichester is the greatest place on Earth, but laughs aside, he loves his hometown. In August, McKay took over the Healthy Buffalo, a longstanding local meat shop, and he now intends to open a market next spring. McKay also plans to move the Healthy Buffalo, which has been a staple business in town for over 30 years, to the new market location on Dover Road by Speedway.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Lucille Noel has lived in Chichester for 60 years. She grew up in neighboring Pittsfield, then moved out of state, but decided to return to New Hampshire when her mother fell ill.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Mike Williams was on the Chichester select board for one year. That was long enough.

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By RACHEL WACHMAN

After nearly having school finances cut by 9%, Chichester residents ultimately voted to approve the proposed $8 million budget for the 2025-2026 school year.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

One of the last questions Chichester voters will consider at town meeting next Saturday concerns the structure of the fire department and who hires firefighters: the fire chief or the Board of Selectmen.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Chichester Town Administrator Jodi Pinard returned to the job she resigned 10 weeks ago, but her bump in salary caught the attention of residents who had questions for their elected officials.

By ANN PODLIPNY

Ann Podlipny of Chester is a member of the NH Network’s Plastics Working Group. Are you too wrapped up in plastic and using plastic bags more out of convenience than necessity? They are harmful to both the environment and to your body, especially...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Chichester town administrator Jodi Pinard resigned from her position at the Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday.The town will begin the search to fill the position after the holidays, according to selectman Michael Williams.In the interim, planning...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The deli was Susan Hart’s dream. For 18 months, she poured her energy, creativity and passion for food into keeping her dream business afloat.But between permit issues around water usage, staffing troubles, equipment failure and franchises moving in...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged a Manchester school district policy that protects transgender students’ privacy and requires staff to refer to those children using their chosen pronouns.This policy...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Alan Quimby, who has served as Chichester’s longtime fire chief, co-emergency management director, and forest fire warden, resigned suddenly from his position effective Sept. 1, a move that caught town officials off-guard.“This board has supported...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Fighting back tears, Live and Let Live Farm owner Teresa Paradis’s thoughts immediately turned to Ms. Elita, a Calico cat who had been found on the streets of Georgia weeks earlier with one eye smashed in and an ear missing.“She’s not going to be in...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A hearing officer on Tuesday barred a Monitor reporter from attending the first meeting between the Department of Agriculture and the owner of a prominent Chichester animal rescue organization since its pet vendor license was denied in June.“I think...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A prominent animal rescue organization is fighting to win back its ability to adopt dogs and cats to new homes after the state Department of Agriculture denied its pet vendor license in June. Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester and its owner, Teresa...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Department of Agriculture Commissioner Shawn Jasper said his agency stripped a prominent Chichester animal rescue of its pet vendor license because it repeatedly failed to comply with veterinary record requirements related to the health and...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Late last month, Teresa Paradis, the owner of Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester, received a jarring letter from the state Department of Agriculture.Although scant on details, the letter’s effect was clear: the farm – a beloved rescue organization...

By KRISTINA SNYDER

Kristina Snyder lives in Chester and is the leader of NH Citizens Against Recreational Trapping. Imagine having your whole world torn apart. By that I mean losing your children or your lifelong mate. How would you feel? How would you carry on? In...