With budget cuts on the horizon, state agencies underscore staffing shortages

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Earlier this year, Gov. Chris Sununu sent a message to state agencies: Decrease your budgets by about 4%. In budget hearings, department heads complied, hitting that mark on their funding proposals, but they're sending a message back: We don’t have...

Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Sept. 13, 2001

“The country remains shocked today after an apparent organized terrorist attack on the United States resulted in two hijacked commercial passenger jets crashing into the World Trade Center in New York City and a third demolishing part of the Pentagon...

St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, community, aid those in need

By ASHLEY SAARI

The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry has the assembly of its annual Thanksgiving dinner baskets down to a science.In an effort involving dozens of volunteers, the pantry assembles baskets with everything from the turkey to handmade apple pies and...

HOMETOWN HEROES: Justin Dole of Peterborough is on the scene

By BILL FONDA

Justin Dole’s SWNH Alerts & Info Facebook page is a go-to site to learn about fires, car accidents or similar events in the Monadnock region, as he is frequently on the scene of incidents taking pictures or publishing scanner alerts.“He just spends...

Dublin meeting discusses possible withdrawal from ConVal

By DAVID ALLEN

Dublin citizens took in a presentation Saturday morning about the town’s relationship with the ConVal School District. “That solution shouldn’t be that we pay more money to educate less students,” said Select Board member Carole Monroe to...

Jaffrey voters give unanimous approval to buy TD Bank for town offices

By ASHLEY SAARI

Jaffrey is set to purchase the former TD Bank on Main Street, after a special Town Meeting on Saturday when nearly 200 residents unanimously gave approval to spend $1.2 million in fund balance to buy the building and convert it to a new town...

Don Primrose, Kirsten Colantino and Donna Garner announce resignations from Dublin Planning Board

By  DAVID ALLEN

Three members on the seven-member Dublin Planning Board have resigned.Board Chair Don Primrose resigned during Thursday’s meeting, and Kirsten Colantino sent a resignation letter to board secretary Matthew Saveliev later Thursday evening, which was...

Sand and gravel pit proposed on Willard Road in New Ipswich

By ASHLEY SAARI

The owner of a lot on Willard Road in New Ipswich has proposed a sand- and gravel-excavation operation that would run for the next three to five years, causing concerns among neighbors about noise, dust and impacts to the road during a Planning Board...

Peterborough Lions Club collecting for the holidays

The Peterborough Lions Club is donating funds this month to the Peterborough Food Pantry, Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter, The Dogsight Project, Monadnock Worksource, The Sunshine Fund and David’s House. Proceeds from fundraisers, including...

PHOTOS: Temple Elementary School holds a Thanksgiving feast for seniors

Temple Elementary School held its annual Thanksgiving feast for seniors Thursday. Administrative assistant Kimberly Sell kept track of all donations and organized the event. Staff members and volunteers prepared the food, which was served by...

BUSINESS: The Inn at Hancock reopens for dining after renovations

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After a sale and more than two years of renovations, The Inn at Hancock (formerly the Hancock Inn) is now open to the public for dining. The Hunt Bar and Scullery tavern and Pinks Lounge opened to the public on Friday night, with a full bar and...

Belletetes breaks ground on new Brookline facility

The Belletetes lumber and building materials company in Jaffrey has broken ground on a new facility at its Brookline location, acquired through its purchase of Bingham Lumber on May 13.The project includes a 20,000-square-foot building that will...

Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary takes part in roadside cleanup

The Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary Club recently participated in a roadside cleanup event. Ten Rotarians and four guests joined the annual roadside cleanup project this year, tackling both sides of Route 202 from Emma’s 321 and covering roughly a two-mile...

The Greenfield Beat: Jesseca Timmons – ’Tis the season for festivals of trees

It is definitely not looking a lot like Christmas in the Monadnock region. Two months of drought, endless sunny blue skies, blooming dandelions and brush fires are not typically what we see heading into winter in New Hampshire. But the holidays are...

PREP Talks: Michael Nadeau – A way to earn money from solar panels

Local homeowners who have invested in solar power have essentially been shut out of local community power programs. If they opt in, they get a lower rate on electricity coming from the grid but lose fees earned from their excess power generation that...

Peterborough Welcome Team schedules meet-and-greet

PeterboroughWelcome Team schedules meet-and-greetThe Peterborough Welcome Team invites all Peterborough residents to a fall meet-and-greet on Friday, Nov. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bass Hall in the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St.,...

California, Here We Come, Part 10 – Mount Rushmore and turning toward home

See previous installments here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9.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....

Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Jan. 6, 2000

The first Peterborough Transcript of 2000 included information on the year’s first baby in the region, Jaffrey-Rindge School Board members voting to conduct a study on the consequences if Rindge left the district and the lack of snow in the area.One...

ConVal budget error affected tax bills

By JESSECA TIMMONS

An error in the ConVal fiscal 2025 proposed budget resulted in assessments for this tax cycle being higher than they should have been, according to ConVal Budget Committee Chair Jim Fredrickson of Sharon. “There was an error in the submittal of the...

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...