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Hancock Select Board approves applying for trail grant
By CAMERON CASHMAN
The Hancock Select Board took a preliminary step toward funding the cleanup and maintenance of the Old Railroad Trail running from South Elmwood Road to Cavender Road in Hancock through a grant from the Recreational Trail Program offered by New...
Jaffrey-Rindge seniors unhappy with indoor graduation
By KATHY NICHOLS
Chris Ratcliff called the May 6 Jaffrey-Rindge School Board meeting to order with Student Representative Madison Bellofatto, board members Sandra Stewart, Lisa Riley, Charles Eicher, John McCarthy and Christine Pressman and Superintendent Reuben...
Peterborough Food Pantry is now part of Peterborough Area Community Aid
The Peterborough Food Pantry’s umbrella organization has been renamed Peterborough Area Community Aid, which is intended to better reflects what the 501(c)3 nonprofit does, where it operates and who it serves. The organization’s former name was...
Sue Anderson to speak at Peterborough Garden Club
The Peterborough Garden Club will present speaker Sue Anderson’s “Hostas – The Journey Continues” Monday, May 13, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Shieling Forest Learning Center, 395 Old Street Road, Peterborough.Anderson is the owner of Mason Hollow...
PHOTOS: The Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow holds TulipFête 2024
The Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow in Hancock is hosting its 2024 TulipFête event through May 12.The event allows visitors to admire and pick from a variety of multicolored tulips. Admission is free, but attendees must reserve a parking spot on the Farm at...
Spellers strut their stuff at inaugural Greenfield Spelling Bee
By JESSECA TIMMONS
Thirteen young spellers competed in the first Greenfield Spelling Bee at the Greenfield Meetinghouse Saturday, in an event sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Meetinghouse and the Friends of Stephenson Library.Contestants of different...
Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church holds annual auction
PETERBOROUGHPUUC holds annual auctionThe Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church (PUUC) is hosting its online spring auction through the end of the week, and will hold its in-person auction Saturday, May 11, at 7 p.m. All online items can be found...
Driver arrested after crash in Antrim
A Newport man was arrested in Antrim May 3 after crashing his car while being chased by police.According to the Antrim Police Department, officers received a complaint at approximately 3:40 p.m. about an unwanted man at the Sobriety Centers of New...
Jaffrey hosts inaugural Monadnock Comic-Con
By ASHLEY SAARI
Escape Hatch Books, TEAM Jaffrey and The Park Theatre collaborated to bring a longtime dream into reality last week with what they hope will be the first of an annual Monadnock Comic-Con event.On Friday and Saturday, Main Street hosted vendors with...
Mary Lawler remembered for a life of service
By ASHLEY SAARI
Mary Lawler, who was recently recognized for her years of volunteerism at Monadnock Community Hospital by being named Granite Stater of the Month by U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, has died at the age of 86.Lawler died April 23 at the Cheshire Medical Center...
Meet the candidates in this year’s Peterborough town election
Prior to the Peterborough town election May 14, the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript asked candidates to submit brief profiles, including the position they are seeking, relevant experience, why they are running and their most-important issue.Voting hours...
Fair builds a sense of community
By JESSECA TIMMONS
More than 30 town organizations took part in the second Antrim Community Fair on Saturday in the Antrim Town Hall Theater, an event organized by the Antrim Newcomers Club. “Being here and listening to the constant chatter and laughter all around us...
Franklin Pierce University receives gift from Pattersons
Franklin Pierce University received a $750,000 gift from Robert M. Patterson of the Class of 1969 and Nancy A. Patterson that will provide the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication with expanded production and education capabilities. This latest...
State appraiser in Greenfield starting May 8
A state appraiser, Kristopher Fowler, will be visiting Greenfield properties starting May 8 as part of the state’s cyclical work. Fowler drives a white Malibu state vehicle with a New Hampshire license plate of T-51.
Christopher Stultz of Antrim sentenced to 18 months for false statements
Christopher Stultz of Antrim was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for faking a mobility impairment to obtain $662,871.77 in veteran’s disability benefits that he was not entitled to.According to U.S....
Veterans’ breakfast returns to South Meadow School in Peterborough
By CAMERON CASHMAN
The annual veterans’ breakfast at South Meadow School in Peterborough returned for the first time since 2019, when it was curtailed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.This year, 78 seventh-grade students participated, sending out letters to...
Monadnock Falconry visits Boynton Middle School
By ASHLEY SAARI
Henry Walters of Monadnock Falconry gave New Ipswich residents a chance to meet some birds of prey during a talk at the Boynton Middle School athletic field on Saturday.Walters displayed two live birds during the talk, including Pete, a great horned...
Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter receives charitable foundation grant
Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter received a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to provide transitional shelter and supports to adults and children who are experiencing homelessness. MATS received $10,000 from the Henry L. and...
Kim Varney Chandler to talk covered bridges in Hancock
On Tuesday, May 7, at 7 p.m., the Historical Society of Hancock will present “Covered Bridges Near Hancock, Past and Present” with Kim Varney Chandler at the society building, 7 Main St.New Hampshire is home to over 61 covered bridges, 46 of which are...
Monadnock Paper Mills hires Chloe Jones
BENNINGTONMonadnock Paper Mills hires JonesMonadnock Paper Mills has appointed Chloe Jones as its new director of marketing and communications.Jones has nearly three decades of experience. She had a 17-year tenure as the founder of a company, and her...
