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By ASHLEY SAARI

Every Thursday, the Bean Room in the Jaffrey Public Library is filled with knitters and crocheters. They are making scarves for the hat and scarf rack at the front door of the library, and stuffed animals and superheroes for children at Monadnock...

By ASHLEY SAARI

As 2025 begins, towns that operate under ballot voting are gearing up in earnest for their budget season, with hearings scheduled for later this month.The ballot voting system is sometimes referred to as SB2, after Senate Bill 2, the law that outlines...

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The winners of this year’s Light Up Greenville holiday decorating contest have been announced, along with runners-up and third place in all three categories.First place prize was $50 cash for each category, donated by the O’Keefe-Mary Investment Team....

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Jaffrey Park Theatre’s lobby was alive Saturday with a recognizable Christmas tune – “Jingle Bells.”But rather than being sung by a chorus of voices, or backed by orchestral instruments, the song was being buzzed out in a chorus of a dozen...

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The Jaffrey Public Library received a gift from Franklin Pierce University, just in time for the holidays – boxes and boxes of DVDs.Library Director Julie Perrin said that she was contacted by Franklin Pierce University Librarian Paul Jenkins, when...

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Each year, the Rindge Woman’s Club organizes a collection drive to ensure children in town have something to open on Christmas Day, and with assistance from Franklin Pierce University, one of those gifts is a new book.Marilyn Griska, who organizes the...

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In a short public hearing Wednesday, the Rindge Select Board accepted $21,646 in unanticipated funds from the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program for work that has been done on the Meetinghouse.LCHIP supports both historic preservation and...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Years ago, Lisa Perella’s daughter came home from kindergarten armed with a disarming question: Why didn’t Santa like one of her classmates?Perella said she was taken off-guard, and asked what made her think that. The answer was that her friend hadn’t...

By ASHLEY SAARI

During Tuesday’s meeting, the board met with Ambulance Chief Wendy Leger, who outlined the upcoming year’s budget, which is expected to rise by about $50,000.The Souhegan Valley Ambulance is not owned by the town, but is contracted for ambulance...

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The Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School Board debated Monday on the best way to present a multi-million dollar project to build a new career and technical education center at Conant Middle High School.The district has proposed an addition to the school...

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The Mascenic Regional School Board approved a proposed budget of approximately $22.3 million to forward to the district’s public hearing, a 4.89% increase over the current fiscal year.On Tuesday, the board reviewed the most up-to-date draft of the...

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On Saturday, Peterborough and Rindge joined with thousands of other locations across the United States to honor the veterans buried in their cemeteries with a ceremony in which volunteers laid wreaths on their graves and said their names aloud.As part...

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On Saturday, residents took a walk down to the historic horse sheds in Rindge.There, they followed the path of Joseph and Mary, seeking shelter in Bethlehem and being turned away at the door of homeowners and innkeepers before finding shelter in a...

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Jaffrey will receive more than $400,000 in grant funding for the future demolition of the former St. Patrick’s School on Main Street.During Monday’s meeting, the Select Board accepted the $414,000 in InvestNH grant funding, provided by the Department...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Rindge and Peterborough will be honoring veterans Saturday as part of the Wreaths Across America national movement to remember those who served with wreaths laid at their graves.Wreaths Across America is a movement that stemmed from a tradition...

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A 14-lot subdivision on Highland Avenue received Planning Board approval Tuesday, along with plans for a new treatment center for the town’s Turnpike Road well site.Chad Branon of Fieldstone Land Consultants, presented the finalized plans for the...

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With a gift from the estate of a long-time Rindge resident, the Ingalls Memorial Library will be installing a generator to allow the building to continue operating and offer warming services during major blackouts.During a Select Board meeting on...

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For those who love Christmas cookies, but not the mess that comes with baking them, the Jaffrey Woman’s Club is hosing its second Cookie Stroll on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Kathleen Sterling, one of the directors for the Jaffrey Woman’s...

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The occupants of a two-family home on Main Street in Jaffrey have been displaced after a three-alarm fire Wednesday destroyed the attached barn and breezeway, and damaged the home and apartment, according to the Jaffrey Fire Department.Fire crews...

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Welcome to Port Piscaquoddymoggin, a little New England town where lobstermen and fishermen bring in their catch by the harbor, as the town prepares for its annual Christmas parade.Or swing by its sister town, the farming village of Mount...