Newport Board moves $35,000 for loader purchase despite voter rejection. Vice Chair Jeffrey Kessler's 3-2 motion advanced the $227,000 equipment replacement, funded through a $57,000 emissions grant, Highway Department surplus, and Water and Sewer funds alongside the municipal appropriation.
The Newport Conservation Commission voted to adopt a Natural Resources Inventory Action Plan. Lawrence Schissel was re-elected Chairman (6-0-1), noting he would step down in January if elected to the state legislature. Donald Schagen was elected Vice Chairman (6-0-1). The commission also tabled
Planning Board approves lot line adjustment for Stanton property. The Board voted 3-0-1 to approve a 0.53-acre lot line adjustment for Scott Stanton's Bradford Road property, which follows a voluntary merger of subdivided lots and increases road frontage on the receiving parcel to 14.48 acres. The
Newport Zoning Board approves manufactured home variance. The board, led by Chairman Ben Nelson, voted 4 to 1 to grant Steven Dube, Jr. and Ashley Dube a variance under Article II Section 207.1 of the Zoning Ordinance to place a manufactured home on Alexander Avenue property. Voting members were
Newport selectmen outline major service cuts under default budget. The Board unanimously reelected Rachel Dilger as Chair and elected Jeffrey Kessler as Vice Chair. With the town operating under a default budget after a failed town meeting vote, Town Manager Kyle Harris proposed cutting
Newport Conservation Commission advances June adoption of a strategic planning framework to replace its annual Priority List. Vice Chairman Donald Schagen presented the April 16 draft plan; commissioners must review and propose changes before the tentative June 10 vote. Chairman Lawrence Schissel
Newport Planning Board charts course for Master Plan revision. Vice Chairman Ken Merrow was designated as point person to coordinate corrections to draft chapters from Tim Josephson and the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Region Planning Commission during the April 22 meeting. The board unanimously
Newport Board advances 28 warrant articles for May Town Meeting vote. Town Manager Kyle Harris outlined the package, which includes a bare-bones operating budget with an 18-cent tax rate increase driven by health insurance costs, property and liability insurance, fire department reorganization, and
Newport's NRI subcommittee resolved all remaining conservation plan modifications during an April 15 meeting. Subcommittee members Don Schagen and Andy Boutin discussed all previously unresolved areas for modification to the Natural Resource Inventory conservation plan and determined all items were
Zoning Board continues cluster development rehearing with legal guidance. The Board of Adjustment on April 15 continued deliberations on a cluster development proposal for Langley Road by Lawrence E. DeCristofaro, Jr., which was initially approved in November 2025 but underwent rehearing after