SEEKING SOLUTIONS: Frost Memorial Library in Marlborough library joins Jaffrey and Rindge in Monadnock Regional Consortium

By ASHLEY SAARI

After seeing early success in a partnership between the Ingalls Memorial Library in Rindge and the Jaffrey Public Library, the consortium is adding a third participant – Frost Memorial Library in Marlborough.This summer, the Rindge and Jaffrey...

Jaffrey-Rindge seeks $22 million addition for career and technical training

By ASHLEY SAAR

Conant Middle High School is looking to expand its facilities and programming for career and technical training with a $22 million addition, with the majority of funding potentially coming from the state.During an information session Tuesday,...

Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance seeks large increase in town support for 2025 budget

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance is anticipating greatly increasing the request for town support from both Jaffrey and Rindge this year to more than 2 1/2 times the current request.During a meeting with the Rindge Select Board on Monday, JRMA...

Education Freedom Account program grows by over a quarter

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Participation in New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program has risen 26% since the beginning of last school year, according to recently released Department of Education data.A total of 5,321 students have enrolled in the program as it enters...

All Purpose Storage in Temple presents expansion plans

By DAVID ALLEN

Temple’s planning board heard expansion plans for a business Tuesday, as well as concerns about those plans from an abutter and a neighboring town that questioned the possible impact of the plan on water quality.All Purpose Storage’s design for 122...

Peterborough Select Board accepts state and Monadnock Folklore Society grants for piano restoration

By DAVID ALLEN

Music returning to the Peterborough Town House came a bit closer to becoming a reality this week, as funds were received to begin restoring a piano that has been parked upstairs on the Town House stage. On Tuesday, the Select Board voted to accept a...

Crews tear down IDG building in Peterborough

By DAVID ALLEN

The razing of the IDG building in Peterborough began Wednesday morning with the sound of a chainsaw. Crews from Mathewson Companies of Hancock removed cedar trees on the Elm Street side of the site, then began work on the ground-level motel portion of...

Dublin fire station getting solar panels

By DAVID ALLEN

Dublin Fire Department will be a bit greener and have lower energy costs in the future, as the town has been awarded a grant from the state to install solar panels at its fire station on Main Street. “Once live, the panels will lower the fire...

Mansfield Public Library in Temple hosting ornament event

Mansfield Public Library, 5 Main St. in Temple, will host an ornament-decorating event for children of all ages on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Participants can select from a variety of salt dough ornaments, with all materials provided....

Peterborough faith communities schedule holiday stroll

Seven Peterborough faith communities will host the 30th annual holiday stroll with concurrent Christmas fairs on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Downtown locations will display red, white and green balloons, marking participating venues. Each...

Shelter From the Storm sets fundraiser

Shelter From the Storm, a nonprofit providing transitional housing and support services in Cheshire County, will hold its 13th annual “Antiques Road Show”-style fundraiser and raffle on Friday, Nov. 22, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Woodbound Inn, 247...

Dublin Public Library Director Karen Madigan honored by American Library Association and author James Patterson

Karen Madigan, director of Dublin Public Library, has been recognized by the American Library Association and author James Patterson for her contributions to library service. The honor celebrates the release of Patterson’s nonfiction book "The Secret...

PHOTOS: A visit with Santa in Mason

On Sunday morning, Santa Claus visited Mason Elementary School to visit with children and take pictures with them for Christmas cards in a fundraiser for the Mason Student Activities account. The account funds the Mason Mustang Scholarship, which is...

As Ayotte champions nuclear energy, a stronger Republican legislature could boost its chances

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

On the campaign trail, Kelly Ayotte championed nuclear energy. Now, a group of House Republicans are backing her quest to expand it in New Hampshire.Ten legislators – including state Rep. Keith Ammon, whe represents Lyndeborough -- signed on to a...

California, Here We Come – Seeing wildlife at Yellowstone

Editor’s Note: The following is a diary written in 1963, and has been edited minimally to maintain the original spirit in which it was written. Included in the record are photographs taken by the family on the trip, as well as postcards saved by the...

Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Nov. 4, 1999

New Hampshire’s status as the nation’s first presidential primary means the Monadnock region is a frequent stop for candidates such as U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who “strolled into the Peterborough Town House amidst thunderous applause,”...

State inches toward all-electronic highway tolls, nixing cash lanes at Bedford plaza

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington embraced a shift toward new tolling technology for New Hampshire’s highways. They’re safer, cheaper to operate and more environmentally friendly, she said – not to mention, faster.“Traffic moves more evenly...

Fire danger soars in Monadnock region due to dry, windy conditions

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Recent dry, windy weather conditions have increased the fire danger to the point where Temple Fire Warden Mike Connolly said Monday that mowing a lawn could be hazardous.“If your mower’s blade hits a rock and makes a spark, there you go,” he said.The...

Dublin and Francestown requests for withdrawal from ConVal will go to school district voters in the spring

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Francestown’s and Dublin’s requests to leave the Contoocook Valley School District will go before school district voters in March, the state Board of Education decided Thursday.The two towns’ withdrawal requests – set in motion by a soundly rejected...

Monks complete mandala after week at Mariposa

By DAVID ALLEN

On Saturday, a project from the monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery in Karnataka, India, was completed, as they deposited sand from the mandala they had built to the Contoocook River during a ceremony.The monks spent the previous week creating a mandala...