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By DAVID ALLEN

If the weather Friday kept anyone from getting to the Franklin Park Zoo or the New England Aquarium, the Dublin Community Center offered a “Plan B,” as the works of six artists focused on animals and marine life filled the walls of the DubHub, with the artists explaining their works. 

By DAVID ALLEN

Andy Duncan has a very simple way to check whether a house is less than energy-efficient.

By DAVID ALLEN

Priscilla Weston and Mary Whitehurst of Temple were born days apart in 1925, that saw an educator put on trial in Tennessee for teaching evolution. The two ladies are friends, and on Saturday, Temple celebrated their longevity, as approximately 125 people attended an event at Town Hall.

By DAVID ALLEN

Motorcycle riders gathered at the Cathedral of the Pines Saturday for the Blessing of the Bikes ceremony, an annual rite of spring that brings bikers together for the occasion.

By DAVID ALLEN

The previous week’s rains swelled area waters to higher-than-normal levels. Although precipitation in the region stopped by Saturday afternoon, at Dublin Pond and MacDowell Lake, private docks, public roads, stairs and signs that were visible Saturday had disappeared under rising waters by Sunday.

By DAVID ALLEN

State senators and representatives fielded questions from residents across the Monadnock region Monday in a League of Women Voters Peterborough Plus event focused on recent budget developments in Concord. 

By DAVID ALLEN

“Why would I kill someone I just met an hour ago?” is the kind of question that will be asked in Temple’s Town Hall soon when the Temple Drama Club performs two one-act plays. 

By DAVID ALLEN

High Mowing School held its May Day celebration on the Wilton campus under skies friendlier than promised.

By DAVID ALLEN

Eighth-graders in the ConVal School District took part in week-long historical trips that reached Washington, D.C., on the week before the spring break.

By DAVID ALLEN

Peterborough’s Select Board candidates River Marmorstein and Bonnie Tucker fielded questions during a forum at Peterborough Town Library Thursday.

By DAVID ALLEN

Lyndeborough will be studying the possibility of streaming Select Board public meetings and public hearings online in the year ahead.

By DAVID ALLEN

A porcupine appeared in left field during the first inning of Friday’s baseball game between Wilton-Lyndeborough and Mascenic baseball game, delaying play for a while.

By DAVID ALLEN

People in the region took steps toward reducing food insecurity by participating in the Monadnock Hunger Walk Saturday.

By DAVID ALLEN

Solar panels on top of Dublin Fire & EMS recently got closer to becoming a reality, after Select Board Chair Sue Peters signed an agreement with 603 Solar.

By DAVID ALLEN

Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle High School recently welcomed inductees into the National Honor Society.

By DAVID ALLEN

Wilton’s Economic Development Leadership Team has heard what a lot of people in the town want -- or don’t want.

By DAVID ALLEN

An environmental concern in Lyndeborough appears to have subsided for now, as water quality at the town’s recreation site has returned to “good quality” in advance of the summer season.

By DAVID ALLEN

Route 101 in Dublin was blocked for over an hour Sunday when a car carrier failed to navigate a turn.

By DAVID ALLEN

Any account of five generations of a family may require a genealogical tree to understand who’s who. Firelight Theatre Workshop manages this feat with restaurant tables in its production of “The Big Meal,” Dan Franc’s play about family and other relationships over the course of 80 years. 

By DAVID ALLEN

A development on Vose Farm Road in Peterborough coming online this year will help address the lack of affordable housing in the region.

By DAVID ALLEN

The prospect of New Hampshire Senate Bill 297 becoming law has prompted worry among local town officials who have expressed concern over how to continue health insurance coverage for town employees beyond June 30.