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Peterborough Garden Club schedules plant sale
The Peterborough Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale Saturday, May 11, from 9 to 11 a.m. at The Monadnock Center for History and Culture at 19 Grove St. in Peterborough.In addition to garden plants, Mother’s Day arrangements will be sold and...
ConVal officials propose one athletic director position
By JESSECA TIMMONS
Tim Conway, principal of South Meadow School, Great Brook School Principal Adam Caragher and ConVal Assistant Principal Richard Simoneau put forth a proposal to create a single ConVal athletic director position encompassing the Great Brook, South...
Voters will soon make their choices
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...
Grants help farmers implement systems to fight climate change
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...
The impact of Peterborough zoning votes
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...
Jaffrey Zoning Board approves variance allowing Reality Check to move to residential area
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...
Former Antrim fire truck has new home in Maine
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...
Sixteen-unit development draws ire from neighbors in Jaffrey
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...
Wilton Highway Department workers change shifts
By CAMERON CASHMAN
The Wilton Select Board approved newly appointed Highway Superintendent Wayne Titus’ proposal to move the department from a five-day, eight-hour work week to a four-day, ten-hour work week, from Monday to Thursday.The new hours begin on May 10 and...
The Greenfield Beat: Jesseca Timmons – Meet Greenfield’s new School Board rep
After representing Greenfield on the ConVal School Board for eight years, Katherine Heck, who is arguably one of Greenfield’s busiest human beings, stepped down just after the elections in March. She had already announced that she was not running for...
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...
