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By ASHLEY SAARI

Several neighbors of the Antrim wind turbines have filed a lawsuit against the state’s Site Evaluation Committee, the rulemaking body that governs wind farms, alleging they unlawfully changed interpretation of the rules around noise limitations on the...

Great Brook School in Antrim announced its honor roll for the third term of the 2021-2022 school year.Grade eightHigh honorsBrian Alonso, Esben Andersen, Joseph Bailey, Lukas Baker, Nora Bond, Wesley Brisson, Adam Connor, Charles Damata, Alia Dodge,...

By BEN CONANT

The loose, confident Cougars are dancing their way to ConVal’s best softball start in years, and with any luck, their cleats will keep on clicking.“I think we’re more of a unit than we ever have been before,” said pitcher and co-captain Kendall...

Margaret Nelson, executive director of The River Center in Peterborough, received the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits’ New Hampshire Impact Award during the organization’s Nonprofit Impact Celebration.The award honors nonprofit employees for...

By JULIA STINNEFORD

Making money by farming can be tough these days, and according to some local farmers, the best way to get around it is to branch out.“To be able to make it as a small farm, you need to have some other kind of income,” said Christie Reed, who owns The...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Multiple area law enforcement agencies will be participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30.Police departments in Rindge, Jaffrey, Peterborough, Mason, Dublin, Hancock, Wilton and Antrim will host take part from...

By BILL FONDA

It had only been a couple days since Jarvis and Marcia Coffin had finalized the sale of The Hancock Inn, and between loose ends and transitional issues, Jarvis said it still felt like they had one foot in the business.“We’re knee-deep in boxes and...

By BEN CONANT

Midway through Friday’s run-rule loss to Sunapee, the Wilton-Lyndeborough softball team wasn’t just down on the scoreboard – they were down in the dumps. But while the visiting Lakers may have put up enough numbers to win, the Warriors rallied and...

By BEN CONANT

Artist Brandy Patterson’s upcoming exhibit at the Peterborough Town Library offers viewers a glimpse into the mind of a synesthete who translates music into color. Manchester-based painter Patterson said she’s always listened to music while creating...

By SUSIE SPIKOL

Spring is in the air. Look around. Do you see the maple sugaring taps? Have you heard the throaty “Okaree” call of the recently returned red-winged blackbird or the wild monkey-like calls of courting barred owls? The ground is softening, the roads are...

By BEN CONANT

Artists from around the region are donating their work for an upcoming fundraiser to benefit the Red Cross and their humanitarian work in Ukraine. “We wanted to do something to help and figure out a way to send money over,” said Riley Young of...

By RICK GREEN 

The N.H. House of Representatives is slated to consider a bill to eliminate the safety inspection mandate for non-commercial vehicles on Thursday, but its chances for passage are not good, the measure’s author said.Rep. Casey Conley, D-Dover, said an...

By BILL FONDA and JULIA STINNEFORD

When people have medical issues, they assume they are going to get good care, said Sarah Bay of Peterborough, a nurse practitioner and midwife who works at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nashua.“Everybody just thinks, ‘If I get in a car accident, people...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Kin Schilling has shared the perfect fall recipe – a butternut squash soup recipe first conceived through collaboration with the children of the Cornucopia Project.Schilling was the most recent teacher for the Hancock Town Library’s “Cooking with...”...

By BEN CONANT

“When I die, how many...will weep for me? What difference have I made?”So wondered Tim Clark in his column “A Teacher’s Funeral,” published 20 years ago in the early stages of his teaching career. In the wake of his sudden death from a stroke last...

By CASSIDY JENSEN

Kathleen Labonte celebrated the Executive Council’s vote to reject $27 million in federal funding for COVID vaccinations Wednesday, saying it showed that protestors had successfully pressured their elected representatives.Labonte, a 71-year-old former...

By ELAINE HOLDEN

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1603) contains a lovely sentence: “I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, thy knotted and combined locks to...

By TIM GOODWIN

After close to 50 years in the book-selling business, Willard Williams is ready to turn the page.Williams, the founder and co-owner of the Toadstool Bookshop and its locations in Peterborough, Keene and Nashua, was named the 2020 NH Retailer of the...

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 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...