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By JESSECA TIMMONS

Members of the Antrim’s Fostering Community Conversations on Race discussion group took a field trip to the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner on Sunday for the museum’s annual Harvest Moon Festival.The field trip was part of the group’s...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The new Peterborough fire and ambulance station building project is moving ahead on time and is projected to be on budget so far, according to Assistant Town Administrator Seth MacLean, who is the project manager.  At Town Meeting in May, Peterborough...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Antrim’s 21st annual Home and Harvest Festival kicks off with the “Nerf and Turf” event Friday night, Sept. 20, at Shea Field, next to Great Brook Middle School. Nerf and Turf runs from 5 to 9 p.m., with events for all ages, including lightsaber...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Sue Chollet of Peterborough can remember being all alone in the Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm in West Peterborough.“It was a little odd the first year or so,” she said with a laugh. “It was just me and the builders.”Chollet, who moved into her  home...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

White Birch General Store in downtown Bennington, which opened on the site of the old Bennington Country Store in May, has already had a positive impact on the community, according to store manager April Apple.“We had some customers tell us that they...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

According to owner Tory Fletcher, people are usually surprised when they walk into her Peterborough shop, Sawdust & Lint, for the first time.The small space contains an array of handwoven items intermingled with handmade furniture and wooden items...

By TIM BRUNS

Children who signed up for the Rindge Recreation Department’s soccer camp recently got a taste of Brazil.For the first time, the department hosted Brazilian United, a soccer program that brings soccer players from Brazil to the United States to teach...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Graffiti, including a swastika intermixed with other symbols and artwork, was found at the town skate park.The Francestown Police Department investigated a report of the graffiti Aug. 17. Police Chief Fred Douglas reported at Monday’s Select Board...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Anyone arriving at the Trowbridge home on the western edge of Peterborough will notice the gardens before anything else -- the varied colors, shapes, sizes, and textures of the plants and flowers in the gardens.“I love color,” Laura Trowbridge said...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Antrim and Greenfield used grant funds from New Hampshire the Beautiful for new equipment at their transfer stations. New Hampshire the Beautiful is a nonprofit organization that provides funds to improve municipal recycling programs and facilities. ...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Dublin Education Advisory Committee and Francestown School Committee presented their proposals for withdrawal from the ConVal School District to the ConVal Feasibility Study Committee at Thursday night’s committee meeting.Francestown and Dublin...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

A single photograph of Albie, a rescue dog from Louisiana, changed the course of journalist Peter Zheutlin’s life, not only converting him to a devoted dog-lover, but taking him into the front lines of animal rescue in the United States.Zheutlin...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Greenfield residents shared their ideas for the upcoming redesign of Oak Park at a feedback session during the town’s weekly farmers’ and crafters’ market Sunday. “We have been planning and talking about this for years, and the voters have supported...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Peterborough Healthy Kids running program, which is based at the Peterborough Elementary School field,  launches its third season of running events for children Sept. 15.“We started last fall with 63 kids, and this past spring, we were up to 105...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After nearly 30 years, Harlow’s, Peterborough’s downtown pub, has new owners.Tim Selby of Dublin and Brian Zimmer of Peterborough, who purchased the bar and restaurant from longtime owner Dave Szehi last month, are completing the final details of the...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The ConVal Feasibility Study Committee  presented new information from the ConVal School District’s legal counsel Thursday night which could affect Francestown’s and Dublin’s potential withdrawal plans.Previously, attorney Dean Eggert of Wadleigh,...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Saturday was Slovenian Bee House Day in the Monadnock region, with four Slovenian bee house owners opening their colorful “bee houses” to the public. “Slovenian bee houses have a lot of advantages,” said Katy Wardlaw of Dublin. “You just suit up and...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Dublin XC Club, a youth Nordic skiing club based in Dublin, has been awarded 2024 Club of the Year by the New England Nordic Skiing Association (NENSA).NENSA, the umbrella event for cross-country skiing events in New England, is based in Lyme. The...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Next door to the busy emergency department at Monadnock Community Hospital is the Healing Arts Gallery, featuring exhibits of local and regional artists in media that include photography, painting, textiles, crafts, glass, ceramics and mixed-media...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Thanks to $196,000 in ARPA funding, the Town of Greenfield was able to shift the town clerk’s office into a separate space in the basement of the town offices, and move the Police Department out of the basement and across the common to the building...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

According to author and environmental studies professor Leila Philip, who spoke at Sunday’s Monadnock Summer Lyceum at Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, beavers could hold a key to environmental resilience in the face of climate...