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By ASHLEY SAARI

Farms across New Hampshire are fighting the impacts of climate change on the agricultural industry with grants issued by the state’s conservation districts, including farms in Peterborough, Jaffrey and New Ipswich.The state’s 10 conservation...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Addiction services center Reality Check has received permission to operate a commercial business in a new location on Stratton Road, in the former Redeeming Grace Church.During a Zoning Board meeting on Tuesday, Mary Drew, the founder and CEO of the...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

After putting it up for auction on April 10, the Antrim Fire Department sold its 1993 E-ONE Freightliner Fire Pumper fire truck to the town of Limerick, Maine, for $7,000.The auction ended April 22. Antrim Fire Chief Marshall Gale said that while...

By ASHLEY SAARI

After hearing feedback from neighbors during a Zoning Board public hearing on Tuesday,  the developer of a proposed 16-unit open space development on Town Farm Road in Jaffrey requested the application be tabled, so that some of the points made...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The Temple Drama Club returns to the Town Hall stage this year for its second production after taking three years off for the COVID-19 pandemic.Steve Cullinan, who joined the club in the mid-1980s and became its president in 2000, said that last...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The 10th annual Hope for Nica 5K Saturday continued the Hope Fellowship Church’s ongoing mission of supporting Nicaraguan children in getting a education.The annual race typically raises about $20,000 for Jardin Infantil y El Padul in Managua,...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Kassia Oaks uses her camera to capture major milestones in her clients’ lives – sometimes following them through multiple major life events – and she said her goal is to always capture people’s “authentic energy.”Oaks opened her first solo studio,...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough residents will vote on a $10.6 million bond to fund the completed design of the Peterborough Fire Station during Town Meeting May 15. “We are a little concerned that people might think the fire station is a done deal, because there has...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

Speaking at a forum held by the Dublin Education Advisory Committee (DEAC) Tuesday night, New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut said it’s becoming increasingly common for towns to withdraw from their cooperative school districts.Edelblut...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The fate of Antrim’s historic “Brown Church” may be determined by a special Town Meeting if a group of Antrim residents succeed with a petition requesting the Select Board forgive a lien on the building.The petition calls for a warrant “to see if the...

By ASHLEY SAARI

“It is the year 2024, and my time machine is done. It is time to travel to 2909, where I will expand our human society to space.”That’s the opener to “Aidan and the Time-Traveling Scientist,” the first of nine short stories turned into an podcast by...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

In an open letter to the Dublin community, ConVal School Board Vice Chair Alan Edelkind stated that he had originally advocated for the ConVal reconfiguration vote to be held after a year of study with involvement from the district’s communities, but...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Nearly 50 town and area organizations will participate in the second Antrim Newcomers Club Community Fair on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m., upstairs in the Antrim Town Hall. All attendees will be given free raffle tickets for door prizes,...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A Manchester has been charged in negligent homicide related to a crash in Rindge in November, which killed one person and injured another.On April 24, Elie Embal Angol Ayaya, 25, of Manchester, was arrested and charged with two Class B felonies...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Now in its second year, the Francestown Academy Coffeehouse is going strong. “We had no idea we were moving to such a supportive town. We have a good turnout every time. More and more people are becoming aware of it,” said Pamela Stohrer, who along...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

ConVal district administrators, Select Board members and School Board representatives from each of the district’s nine towns have begun the process of withdrawal feasibility studies for Dublin and Francestown, with a deadline of Nov. 1.“This is a...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The Dublin Education Advisory Committee (DEAC) and similar groups from Bennington and Francestown hope to improve communication between their three committees and the ConVal School Board after a meeting last Wednesday evening where members from all...