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By ASHLEY SAARI

The Wilton Police Department has four new recruits, sworn in on Monday night, bringing the department to fully staffed for the first time in more than a year.Wilton, as with many small departments in the area, has long struggled with recruitment and...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Nearly 60 people came through the doors of the Chamberlin Free and Public Library Saturday during a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic, almost all of them seeking the recently approved booster shot.“I haven’t seen so many people in the library in a long...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Britany Barron of Jaffrey was sentenced to three and a half to seven years in prison Wednesday on charges of falsifying evidence in the murder of Jonathan Amerault of Keene, but could be released on parole as early as next spring.Britany Barron pled...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Several roads in Jaffrey and Peterborough remained partially closed into Monday, as road crews attempted to deal with storm damage, flooding, and major washouts from torrential rains on Saturday night into Sunday.Lee and Harvey Sawyer,...

By ASHLEY SAARI

In the middle of New Ipswich, there sits a slice of the English countryside.The lovely gardens around the historic Millbrick House are bursting with summer blooms, and inside, ladies and gentlemen, dressed in their tea-time best pass a basket of...

By JULIA STINNEFORD

A Jaffrey woman was indicted on one count of arson for allegedly starting a fire inside a residence at 6 Adams Hill Road, the Greenville home where she was living on March 9.Kimberly Duthie was also indicted on three counts of reckless conduct with a...

By TIM GOODWIN

Six-year-old Charlie Edward Pickett of Jaffrey had a smile that would light up a room.“Everybody knew Charlie for his infectious smile,” his father Robert Pickett said on Saturday. “His smile was always there. That’s what people knew about...

By TIM GOODWIN

After decades of serving the needs of pet owners in the region, Tenney, Fritz and Combs Animal Hospital in Peterborough has closed its doors.The closure is part of a broader change to veterinary medicine in town, as the acquisition of the longtime...

By TIM GOODWIN

The Big Bad Wolf might have been able to blow down the straw house of The Three Little Pigs, but the same result isn’t likely if he huffed and puffed at the front door of Laura Tashjian’s Greenfield home.It was back in 2009 when Tashjian finally...

By ABBE HAMILTON

In October 1792, the Temple town fathers met to address a frightening development in the town, Monadnock Center for History and Culture executive director Michelle Stahl said. “Smallpox had broken out in a community that had grown up around the site...

By TIM GOODWIN

Jay Garland first came to Peterborough at the request of his brother Peter. The older of the two siblings, Peter wanted to create a new school for his children and others in the area, searching for a different way of education. So Garland made one of...

By TIM GOODWIN

Swift Corwin always wanted to be surrounded by woods and hills. He longed for it growing up in Northwest Ohio.There the only things around him were cornfields and more wide open space that was flat and stretched as far as the eye could see.It was a...

By ABBE HAMILTON

Although there are ways for the seven cabins at the Walden Eco Village to get into compliance, former casita (or tiny house) resident Quinn Kelley acknowledged there was very little hope that he’d be able to return to his 140-square-foot...

By ABBE HAMILTON

The Town of Peterborough has ordered the 25 tenants and residents of the Walden Eco Village to vacate their residences by Wednesday after finding fire code violations during an inspection of the property last Thursday. The Eco Village, at 36-54...

By TIM GOODWIN

The Cranberry Meadow Farm Inn in Peterborough officially opened for guests on Oct. 1, but the bed and breakfast is just the latest chapter in the property’s long and storied history.Charlie and Carolyn Hough had “been talking for a while about what we...

By BEN CONANTand ASHLEY SAARI

A Jaffrey man has been accused of killing a Keene man in Annett State Park in Rindge, transporting the body to the North Country, and coercing his wife to decapitate the body to make identification more difficult.Armando Barron, 30, of Jaffrey was...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Two local veterans are opening up a military surplus store in Rindge, trying to bring back the kinds of stores they themselves explored when they were young – and love even now.“When you’re a kid, in these stores, you dream about playing Army,” said...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Dr. Britney Hill grew up on farms. Her own homestead in Fitzwilliam boasted pigs, chickens, mini-horses, and more, and her first paying job was on a dairy farm. Working with large animals was natural, and always in her plan for the future.When she...

By ABBE HAMILTON

Dublin police apprehended more than 20 trespassers at Beech Hill in just 12 days following an arson investigation at the abandoned property. Police made 18 arrests and took six juveniles into custody on the property between July 7 and 18.The abandoned...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Mason Select Board is contemplating stricter enforcement for the area surrounding the Mason Quarry, after the area was swarmed with visitors over the summer.Selectman Charlie Moser said Wednesday that the quarry, which is owned by the town and...