Tied to Keene for work? It's sort of off the beaten path in the corner.
I know nothing of that AO, you could grab one of those cheap hotel tourist maps and scribble on it as you drive around.
You can also look at voting records to get a view of the town, but even if it is a blue town it may be OK.
The trick is NH is everything is super dependent upon the town. One may be a free for all no zoning or permits paradise and the town next door could be restricted all to heck. Gotta dig into each town that looks interesting to you.