Hometown Heroes

OUR 2025
COMMUNITY PARTNER

While the challenges continue, so do the good works done by our neighbors, our teachers, our health care providers, our volunteers and so many others. This is their story. Savings Bank of Walpole is proud to support the 2025 Hometown Heroes, who were nominated by members of the community and selected by editors of the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. Nominate your Hometown Hero today.

Hometown Heroes: Landscape designer Maude Odgers leads volunteer gardeners in Peterborough

Maude Odgers, a professional garden designer and longtime Peterborough resident, has been the leader of the “Garden Group” of volunteers who have maintained the gardens…

Hometown Hero: Stenersen champions public education in Jaffrey-Rindge

Alicia Stenersen is the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript’s Hometown Hero for May, recognized for her leadership of Working Together for Jaffrey-Rindge, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the…

Hometown hero Nancy Campbell keeps Dublin’s past alive

Nancy Campbell, a lifelong resident of Dublin, is the town archivist and assistant archivist for the town’s Historical Society, keeping the town’s records and helping…

Monadnock Kitty Rescue’s dedicated duo named Hometown Heroes

Mary Wright and Heidi Bourgeois are the managers of the all-volunteer, no-kill Monadnock Kitty Rescue and Adoption shelter, which has been running for 20 years…

Hometown Hero – Dr. Tom Bennett: Fostering learning and community engagement

Dr. Tom Bennett of Rindge is a former internal medicine physician and current assistant professor of Health Sciences at Franklin Pierce University, who has been…

Honoring the region’s hometown heroes: A year-end tribute

The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript has recognized 12 local heroes for their dedication to their communities, including a 16-year-old CPR hero, a 30-year emergency management veteran, a…

Hometown Hero: Rindge Woman’s Club’s Operation Santa thrives under Marilyn Griska’s guidance

Marilyn Griska of Rindge has been organizing Christmas gifts for children in need for the past 14 years, and was named the Ledger-Transcript’s Hometown Hero…

Hometown Hero: Carol Lunan of the Grapevine Family Resource Center

Carol Lunan has been a parent facilitator and educator at the Grapevine Family Resource Center for 25 years, helping parents figure out how to be…

Hometown Hero: Pati Cloutier celebrates 40 years of sharing passion for dance

Pati Cloutier has been teaching dance to students of all ages in the Monadnock Region for 40 years, emphasizing the love of dance over competition…

Hometown Hero: Long-time legislator Dick Ames fights for the marginalized

Attorney and legislator Dick Ames of Jaffrey is the Hometown Hero for the Ledger-Transcript for the month of September.

Patricia Martin named Hometown Hero for her tireless volunteer efforts

Patricia Martin of Rindge has been named the Ledger-Transcript’s Hometown Hero for August for her dedication to a wide range of organizations and her tireless…