Dale Girard, who serves as both a state representative and mayor of Claremont, went to Claremont City Hall Monday morning to change his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, he announced on Facebook. “This decision came after a great deal of thought and consideration,” he wrote. “I want to be clear — this is not […]

It was an audit that alerted the Claremont School Board to a $5 million financial hole last August, kicking off an all-hands scramble to save the district from possible closure.  And it will be an audit that helps prevent Claremont — and every other New Hampshire public school administrative unit — from making those kinds […]

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office plans to ask the state Supreme Court to overturn its two landmark Claremont school funding rulings from the 1990s, arguing they are an improper reading of the state constitution.  In a filing to the court Tuesday, the Department of Justice appears to be setting the groundwork to argue that […]

It took months, but state lawmakers appear close to offering the beleaguered Claremont School District a financial lifeline.  But now, Claremont might not want the money after all.  “I’m not sure I would want to ask the school board to accept those funds,” said Matt Angell, the interim business administrator of the district, speaking at […]

CLAREMONT — Temple Meyer-David, located at 25 Putnam St., was sold to Burpee Hill Construction on April 14.

CLAREMONT — Ten weeks after a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by state, county and city officials in mid-May for the new sober housing facili…