Story Archives of 'Tamworth'

The State Senate has killed a plan supporters say would have restored local oversight to the regulation of private race tracks.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

Late last week, The House Municipal and County Government Committee rejected a bill that really doesn't have much effect on most New Hampshire Communities. The bill was an attempt to repeal legislation that slipped through barely noticed last year. That law exempts certain kinds of automobile tracks from local regulation. But despite testimony from local residents overwhelmingly against the law, the House committee sided against them. And as New Hampshire Public Radio’s Rebecca Kaufman reports, both sides argue they were acting with local interests in mind.

The battle over a proposed auto racetrack in Tamworth continued this week.

The track's developers are seeking state approval to dredge and fill wetlands.

Critics continued to voice concern about the possible impact on water quality.

They also argued the track would need a thirty-five foot wall to control noise.

The track has been a hot issue for months in this small town just south of the White Mountains.

New Hampshire Public Radio Correspondent Trish Anderton reports.

That's the claim of the Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth. They've been around since 1931 and until a few years ago, they were led by Francis Cleveland - the son of President Grover Cleveland. We'll speak with Cope Murray and Frank T. Wells of the Barnstormers.

Visitors to the Concord library recently couldn?t escape the bright golden sheets of paper and stubby yellow pencils taped up along the shelves. Some of the slips were attached to periodicals. Others were taped to bookshelves. All wanted to know what people were reading. Such a survey could be cause for alarm: is the library strapped for cash and trying to decide which things to cut? NHPR?s Lisa Peakes went to find out: