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By DAVID ALLEN

Lyndeborough has a better relationship with its police department than it did before Rainsford Deware became chief 11 years ago, according to the Board of Selectmen.The announcement at the board’s Sept. 18 meeting drew an ovation from those in...

By DAVID ALLEN

Describing the town’s outlays for education in the ConVal School District, Gail Cromwell of the Temple School Study Committee said, “The cost is killing us.”The committee has proposed ideas to address expenses and space considerations in ConVal’s...

By CURTIS HAMILTON

The ConVal School Board would like to share the following information regarding the outcome of votes taken by the Withdrawal Study Committee. To the question of whether the full committee was ready to vote or if more time and information were needed...

By BEN CONANT

A tie in soccer can give a team the same lift as a win or the same deflation as a loss. The ConVal boys' soccer team was dealt the latter on Tuesday after surrendering an early 2-0 lead over Pembroke that turned into a 2-2 tie, the third deadlock of...

By BEN CONANT

How far can the ConVal girls’ volleyball team go this season? As far as the vibes can carry them.The Cougars are one team that thrives on their own energy, dancing, exchanging secret handshakes and shouting out their signature celebrations after every...

By DAVID TALBOT

As we now know, the climate is changing, and humans are the primary cause of that change through greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere.While the effects of climate change are much worse in many other parts of the world, where people are...

By DAVID ALLEN

Lisa Ramey pointed to her granddaughter when asked why she was making a sign in support of Vice President Kamala Harris for president.“For her, and the whole next generation of women,” she said.By her side, 5-year old Nora Ramey who attends...

By TIM BRUNS

Skateboarders from across the region could soon be able to skate the new concrete additions to the Peterborough skate park as construction to add additions to the park could start as early as next month.Efforts to expand the skate park in Peterborough...

By ELLA CADEMARTORI

This year has brought a lot of changes here at Stephenson Memorial Library in Greenfield.In the beginning of the year, we lost our director, David Bridgewater, and I became the director in February. I’ve had a wonderful time learning my new role and...

By MEL ALLEN

I have been an editor and writer at Yankee for 45 years, and there has never been a writer with a more passionate readership in the magazine’s nearly 90 years than Edie Clark.Her essays, first “The Garden at Chesham Depot” and then “The View from...

By BEN CONANT

The ConVal field hockey team projects to be a defensive-minded squad anchored from front to back with three strong senior captains. However, the Cougars have yet to see just how much they're capable of, as they're now 0-3 after a trio of games played...

By JAY SCHECHTER

A front-page report in the Monadnock Ledger Transcript on Aug. 27 was titled “Withdrawals projected to increase town costs.” The MLT has been covering our withdrawal process from the beginning, and while this article is an accurate summary of what...

By LAURA MAFERA

What is feasibility? At the request of both Francestown and Dublin, the ConVal School District has tasked a committee of nine School Board representatives and nine Select Board members, one from each town, to decide if it is feasible (definition:...

By ALAN EDELKIND

The ConVal School Board would like to share the following information regarding the warrant articles approved and filed by two member communities, Dublin and Francestown, to study withdrawal from the school district. As part of this process, a...

By DAVID ALLAN

Mascenic's Elijah Blais boiled his team’s 4-0 win over Wilton-Lyndeborough Friday down to one factor --“This match proved the effectiveness of our defensive line.”Both teams applied consistent pressure in each other ends of the pitch, resulting in a...

By BEN CONANT

Sophomore Kiahna Farrey's two clutch goals lifted the Mascenic field hockey team to a thrilling overtime win over visiting Hopkinton Thursday. "That was a great field hockey game," said Mascenic head coach Selena Shaw after the 2-1 win. Hopkinton has...

By KATHLEEN BAGLIO HUMPHREYS

A steady crowd of visitors attended Lyndeborough Community Day on Sunday afternoon to take part in the festivities with their neighbors.The outdoor event was held at Center Hall under a big tent where the band The Pop Farmers performed for the crowd,...

By TIM BRUNS

After the Old Congregational Church was put up for sale approximately two years ago, Lyndeborough Historical Society Secretary Jessie Salisbury said several comments surfaced on social media calling to either tear it down or repurpose it as a barn.The...

By HENRY MAIN

A little over two years ago, I picked up my roots in New Hampshire and moved them 3,000 miles across the ocean to the Netherlands.When my parents first told my little brother and me two months prior that we were moving, I couldn’t even comprehend it....

By PATRICK TROY

I am the parent of four young children in Francestown and have closely followed the events that have transpired within ConVal over the past year. I have also joined Francestown’s education advisory committee that provides input to the Select Board and...