1979 CLAREMONT A non-profit local corporation to work on the development of the city’s historic mills has been formed by the city’s Industrial Development Authority According to IDA chairman Peter Burke, the Claremont Development and Preservation Corporation has been legally incorporated to receive grants, borrow money, and acquire property to[Read More…]
Past Times
Louie Elliott, Newport attorney, is a candidate of N.H. Bar Association
PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1980 CLAREMONT The Washington Street shopping Center was delayed from progressing with construction for a while, but the developer announced the supermarket client is firm and only three of 12 retail spaces remain to be filled. Allen Kaplan, marking and leasing associate for East[Read More…]
St. Mary hoopsters win double-header to qualify for tournament play
1978 CLAREMONT Reacting to a warning from the State of New Hampshire and a recommendation from the Sullivan County Engineer, the city council Wednesday night decided to appoint a committee of citizens to study alternatives to solid waste disposal in the area. After a one-year study of this city’s Newport[Read More…]
Gordon Woolen Mill sold in Newport; snow roller doing its job in Charlestown
PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1980 CLAREMONT The near snowless winter has taken its toll on one major city industry, Hampshire Manufacturing, but company officials contend there are no further layoffs planned. Though the workforce has been reduced by a third over he last three months, Personnel Manager Gerard[Read More…]
Croydon hot lunch price jumps to 55 cents; Claremont city budget is up 9 percent
PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1979 CLAREMONT Advertisement—Rita’s Real Estate, Claremont: Executive Special. This lovely four-bedroom home has a TV room, family room, formal dining room, and large fireplaced living room, two-car garage, located on a nice lot with an inground pool in one of Claremont’s finest areas, $64,500.[Read More…]
Lavigne returns to Claremont as a winner; Gintowt is Newport hedgehog champ
COURTESY PHOTO, NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1979 CLAREMONT Like the military, firefighters worried about the worst possible case. When the only warning about a possible conflagration is a single phone call, you have to be prepared to respond with enough punch to snuff out the biggest fire you can imagine in[Read More…]
Seven candidates vie for two Newport School Board posts
ARCHIE MOUNTAIN PHOTO 1980 CLAREMONT Avoiding additional controversial eminent domain, proceedings, the city and Gerard and Pauline Rousseau reached a settlement on Main, Pearl and River street properties, paving the way for the River Street Housing Project. Claremont City Manager J. Edward Brookshire announced the settlement this morning in a[Read More…]
744th Transportation Company offers sizable bonus for six-year enlistments
1979 CLAREMONT The 744th Transportation Company of the New Hampshire Army National Guard based in Claremont is offering a special enlistment bonus for qualified high school graduates who sign up for a six-year enlistment. According to First Lieutenant Bernie Cornell, commanding officer of the 744th, qualified men or women who[Read More…]
Cube steak 88 cents a pound at Super-Duper in Claremont
1980 CLAREMONT The Claremont School Board, thanks to a glaring lack of attendance at its first budget work session, had to coin a new fiscal term, “tentative, tentative approval.” With four board members absent Wednesday night, three others sifted through the first five fiscal areas, with no official authority since[Read More…]
Buffalo, elk meat donated to Newport needy; Scuba-diving classes start
1976 CLAREMONT Linda Moore, Sugar River Drive, gave birth to the first baby at Claremont General Hospital on Jan.3. In 1955, Mrs. Moore herself was Claremont General’s first New Year’s baby, born Jan. 8. “No we didn’t plan it that way,” Mrs. Moore chuckled of the coincidental birth of her[Read More…]