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By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough voters will decide on candidates for town offices and weigh in on six proposed zoning amendments during town elections Tuesday, May 14.Voting takes place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Peterborough Community Center on Elm Street.The zoning...

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 JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough residents will vote on six proposed zoning amendments May 14.Article 1 proposes that properties in the Family District be rezoned to General Residence. A yes will approve changing all Family District Properties to General Residence...

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...

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...

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...

Heidi Reimer will read from her debut novel, “The Mother Act,” Thursday, May 9, at 5:30 p.m. at Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot St. in Peterborough.Reimer lived in Dublin for a year while attending post-secondary school in the Monadnock region. “The...

A new collaboration between Monadnock Art, MAXT Makerspace and the Monadnock Center for History and Culture has launched to support the development of younger artists.Created with the goal of ensuring the region remains a home to artists, the program...

On Saturday, May 11, at 9:45 a.m., Monadnock Writers’ Group hosts historical novelist Brinda Charry at its monthly speaker series.The free event at Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., is an opportunity to hear how one author creates fiction set...

Zoning Amendment 1, which Peterborough residents vote on May 14, rescinds the Family District and rezones properties in that district to General Residence.Family District allows single-family houses, two-family dwellings, accessory dwelling units...

The future of American democracy is now threatened by mean-spirited “them-us” politics. Historically, our strength has been built on diversity, where immigrants keep adding to the melting pot.Thus, viewed through reasonable brains and compassionate...

Almost daily calls, multiple times per day, trying to hook seniors entering Medicare eligibility or already in Medicare. The line is you will receive free money and extra benefits not available with regular Medicare – $174 dollars given back, possible...

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...

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...

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 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...

The Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center will host an event for Leaf Seligman’s new book, “Being Restorative,” on Saturday, May 4, at 3 p.m. Seligman, a restorative justice practitioner, will lead a free circle conversation and sign copies of her...

First Friday will take place in downtown Peterborough May 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will include a live musical performance by Get Up and Dance, along with the Monadnock Mavericks line dancers from 5 to 6 p.m. Firelight Theatre’s spring play,...

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...

One of Firelight Theatre’s founders, Nora Fiffer, will be discussing her drama "Another Happy Day" after it screens at the Beverly Hills Film Festival May 3.Fiffer began writing the screenplay for “Another Happy Day” when she moved to Peterborough in...

By ISABELLA MESSA

Gloria Schultz, senior program specialist for the Peterborough Recreation Department, has launched a new group for veterans in the Monadnock region.It is called “Vet to Vet,” and is an opportunity for veterans to socialize over coffee and share...