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Two more members of the Dublin Planning Board are confirmed as having resigned, bringing the total number of departures to five.Vice Chair Francis McKenna and alternate member Karl Eckilson have left the board, following the previously confirmed...

By DAVID ALLEN

Hancock’s Fire Department is hoping to ameliorate health and safety issues with upgrades at the station, but this month’s election results put that prospect in question, according to Select Board member Elizabeth Villaume.In March, the department...

By DAVID ALLEN

Dublin citizens took in a presentation Saturday morning about the town’s relationship with the ConVal School District. “That solution shouldn’t be that we pay more money to educate less students,” said Select Board member Carole Monroe to...

By DAVID ALLEN

Temple’s planning board heard expansion plans for a business Tuesday, as well as concerns about those plans from an abutter and a neighboring town that questioned the possible impact of the plan on water quality.All Purpose Storage’s design for 122...

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Music returning to the Peterborough Town House came a bit closer to becoming a reality this week, as funds were received to begin restoring a piano that has been parked upstairs on the Town House stage. On Tuesday, the Select Board voted to accept a...

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The razing of the IDG building in Peterborough began Wednesday morning with the sound of a chainsaw. Crews from Mathewson Companies of Hancock removed cedar trees on the Elm Street side of the site, then began work on the ground-level motel portion of...

By DAVID ALLEN

Dublin Fire Department will be a bit greener and have lower energy costs in the future, as the town has been awarded a grant from the state to install solar panels at its fire station on Main Street. “Once live, the panels will lower the fire...

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Painters who’ve learned or polished their brush strokes at Creative Ventures in Milford under the guidance of Betty Glass began exhibiting their works at the Jaffrey Civic Center Saturday. Glass is an award-winning artist whose work has been exhibited...

By DAVID ALLEN

‘Principal” is a title that conjures up images of an office in school that students do not want to find themselves in.However, Jared Brown, a former teaching principal in the Monadnock region, has parlayed some tunes that former students may recognize...

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On Saturday, a project from the monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery in Karnataka, India, was completed, as they deposited sand from the mandala they had built to the Contoocook River during a ceremony.The monks spent the previous week creating a mandala...

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Exactly what the term “workforce housing” means was at issue as the Peterborough Planning Board worked to clarify the term Wednesday.Board members wrestled with a draft ordinance that is seeking to explain the term. Delineations between what should be...

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The Hancock Inn is poised for the next step toward reopening this week. On Friday, town Building Inspector Bob Garside will visit the Main Street site for the purpose of a decision on a certificate of occupancy for the building. Contingent upon...

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Substitute teachers in the Wilton-Lyndeborough School District will now be earning a bit more for their efforts in the classroom. An increase in pay for a day of subbing from $100 to $125 was approved at Tuesday's School Board meeting. Substitute...

By DAVID ALLEN

An institution that offers global perspectives and entertainment is doing so with new air and light.Following a redesign of its interiors, the Mariposa Museum in Peterborough has its exhibits on display in a setting that belies its size when seen from...

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Peterborough honored its veterans during Veterans Day ceremonies at the Main Street Bridge Monday morning.Groups ranging from local Sea Cadets to the American Heritage Girls marched to the bridge as a group of veterans in uniform stood at attention...

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Structural stress on Citizens’ Hall is causing part of the building to be sagging at its foundation. At Wednesday’s Select Board meeting, Building Inspector Leo Trudeau explained the problem.“Several beams under one end of the building are bending...

By DAVID ALLEN

The Dublin Planning Board discussed the proliferation of yard signs in town and the prospect of streaming its meetings online Thursday, but a large portion of the meeting focused on the September censure of member Donna Garner, which was then held in...

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The adage of making lemonade out of lemons seems fitting when considering the emergence of Monadnock Eats in downtown Peterborough. The operation grew out of a challenge created by the pandemic and is now a business catering to individual diets and...

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The students and staff of the Dublin Consolidated School set out to spook anyone in the vicinity of the Yankee Magazine offices Thursday morning.Principal Nicole Pease led the parade across and up Route 101, which they navigated courtesy of Dublin...

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Targeted passing and flooding ConVal’s end made the difference Saturday as Lebanon High School notched a 2-0 win over ConVal in the quarterfinals of the Division II boys’ soccer playoffs.   The Raiders ended the fourth-seeded Cougars’ season with one...