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The cover of the newly merged Monadnock Ledger-Transcript’s first issue on Sept. 28, 2006, brought news from Greenfield, Jaffrey, Dublin, Peterborough, Mason and Sharon.In Greenfield, 93-year-old Anna Chute was awarded the Boston Post Cane as the...

“The last couple of weeks have not been exactly the easiest in my business career. Change brings with it its own set of insecurities. To all those who have taken time to speak with me over the last few days, or write pieces for our edition, thank you....

“The country remains shocked today after an apparent organized terrorist attack on the United States resulted in two hijacked commercial passenger jets crashing into the World Trade Center in New York City and a third demolishing part of the Pentagon...

The first Peterborough Transcript of 2000 included information on the year’s first baby in the region, Jaffrey-Rindge School Board members voting to conduct a study on the consequences if Rindge left the district and the lack of snow in the area.One...

New Hampshire’s status as the nation’s first presidential primary means the Monadnock region is a frequent stop for candidates such as U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who “strolled into the Peterborough Town House amidst thunderous applause,”...

By the time the 1984-85 high school basketball season rolled around, no Conant High School team had won a state championship in any sport since the baseball team in 1956.But by the time the boys’ basketball team celebrated its 58-44 win over Hillsboro...

It was a daring stunt.Bronson Potter of Mason flew a small plane under the Greenville railroad trestle on July 22, 1979, and then offered a prize for the best pictures of the event. However, while the Aug. 16, 1979, issue of the Monadnock Transcript...

The July 1, 1976 Peterborough Transcript described it as follows: “An event that had long been feared, and one that had worried the Hopkins family for more than a generation, occurred in Greenfield early Sunday morning.The grain mill burned flat.”The...

The Feb. 2, 1967, Peterborough Transcript called it “thumping” – the 1,278-450 vote in favor of merging the towns of Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock, Peterborough, Sharon, and Temple into a Contoocook Valley school...

Vandalism that included ransacking the school cafeteria, spreading ketchup over the kitchen stove and counters and strewing fresh fruits and vegetables from the refrigerator all over the floor landed 14- and 16-year-old students at Conant High School...

A new player in the local media landscape appeared Nov. 21, 1956, as the Monadnock Ledger presented its first issue.An editor’s note pointed out that it was a good week to launch a newspaper in Jaffrey because of all the news, including the founding...

The 1954 election brought an easy victory for Republican Perkins Bass of Peterborough, as he won a seat in Congress by a 50,721-33,406 margin over George Brown of Winchester.Bass served in Congress until 1963, after losing to Thomas J. McIntyre for...

It’s not as if the front page of the June 18, 1953, Peterborough Transcript lacked news. It was the 20th anniversary of the Peterborough Players, and New Hampshire Gov. Hugh Gregg lost a milking contest to his Maine counterpart, Burton Cross, due to...

As Peterborough ’’First Citizen’' Mrs. Edward MacDowell – Marian MacDowell, as the modern Ledger-Transcript would refer to her today – celebrated the opening of the dam named for her late husband, the Aug. 3, 1950, Peterborough Transcript also...

If hoarders would stop what local businesss called “war-scare buying” – the Korean War had started the month before – the July 27, 1950 Peterborough Transcript reported that there would be enough for everybody.The most-popular item for people to stock...

After supporters of a proposed FM radio station on Mount Monadnock had been heard a a previous meeting, it was time for opponents to have their say during a meeting of the board of control of the Monadnock Region Association.The Jan. 18, 1945,...

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of World War II in the United States led to several news items in the Dec. 11, 1941, issue of The Peterborough Transcript.Of immediate concern was “the safety of a local boy, John P. Armstrong son of...

Despite Franklin Delano Roosevelt winning another term as president, Peterborough and the state stayed solidly Republican in the 1940 election, but as the Nov. 7 Peterborough Transcript reports, Sharon made its own news during the election.For the...

“September 21, 1938, was a day of flood, fire, and hurricane that left the town of Peterborough completely altered in appearance, and dazed by a property loss of at least $500,000, exclusive of heavy forestry destruction throughout the township that...

How devoted to his Peterborough Transcript was David M. Hopkins of Greenfield?He had the paper delivered to Alaska, where he was leading a U.S. Geological Survey team working near the Arctic Circle approximately 150 miles from Nome. The Aug. 21, 1947,...

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president, the Nov. 10, 1932 Peterborough Transcript reported that “the election found Peterborough in the Republican column, as usual, but, like in all other places across the state, the majorities were much...