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Rebecca Dinerstein Knight will speak at the Monadnock Writers’ Group Speaker Series on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 9:45 a.m. The free event will be held at Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., Peterborough.

The Art Source Fine Arts Gallery, 8 Grove St., Peterborough, will host a performance by The Undertones featuring Ben Perez and Jarvis Adams on Friday, Feb. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m.

By DAVID ALLEN

A Peterborough home was left uninhabitable Sunday afternoon after a fire that drew crews from towns stretching from Milford to Keene.

Thank you to the 15 people from Peterborough, Hancock, Temple and Greenville who joined in remembrance of the Jan. 6 attack on our nation's capital four years ago.

By BILL FONDA

A 31-year-old Peterborough resident was rescued Monday morning after having gone missing the night before.

By ASHLEY SAARI

Carol Cleary fills a bag with food: a box of cereal, fruit cups, a large can of tuna fish, two types of soup, canned vegetables, canned ravioli, a sleeve of crackers and a juice box.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The ConVal School Board voted Tuesday to drop a proposed bond for renovations to the Region 14 CTE Center and the high school by a vote of 9-1, with only Janine Lesser of Peterborough voting to bring the bond forward in a March warrant article.

By DAVID ALLEN

“The state’s in the worst budget situation since the Great Recession,” state Rep. Peter Leishman said during Tuesday’s Peterborough Select Board meeting, referring to the economic downturn from December 2007 to June 2009.

During the last few weeks of President Joe Biden’s administration, we’ve seen the president protect his son and many others whom he has felt deserved pardons. He has also tried to build a moat around other accomplishments of his term, so they can’t be undone by the next administration, which has made it pretty clear it wants to mount an assault of epic proportions.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

In fall 2023, Matt Palmer, Jordan Sweet and Izzy McIntrye, the three high school students who are members of Under the Horizon, played together for the first time. 

Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., Peterborough, will host “DIY Craft Kit,” a free adult craft program, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.Participants will create natural lip and body scrubs with guidance from Program and Outreach...

By JEANINE LESSER

After reading the Nov. 21 Ledger-Transcript article by Jerry Margolis, “School voucher program grows,” I would like to highlight some facts around education funding that our current New Hampshire Department of Education likes to ignore.First is the...

By TED LEACH

There has never been a better example of the need for term limits than demonstrated several weeks ago in the mud-wrestling over the federal budget. President-elect Donald Trump laid it out there for recalcitrant Republican representatives when he...

As part of our 175th anniversary celebration, the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript asked 175 trivia questions about the Monadnock region. Of those 175, we picked the following 30 for our trivia contest.If you think you know the answers, send an email to...

By DAVID ALLEN

In recent years, many public libraries have dispensed with fines for overdue books, but they would still like them back. However, some much smaller local libraries geared toward young people actually don’t expect books to be returned at all. “There’s...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After a four-year hiatus, live music has returned to Harlow’s Pub.

By EMERSON SISTARE

Every year, in late November, booksellers huddle around together in the offices of their stores to discuss the best books of the year, comparing notes with all manner of publications from The Economist, to the Boston Globe to the best-seller list your...

Monadnock Community Hospital will launch a series of free health and wellness seminars starting in January. These sessions will cover health topics on spine surgery, cardiovascular wellness for women and colorectal cancer prevention.Seminar schedule...

The South Korean president, frustrated by an obstreperous, opposition-led legislature, declares martial law in an almost “Keystone Cops”-like attempt at dictatorial rule. The attempt falls apart immediately, resulting in nationwide demonstrations and...

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture will host a candlelight open house in the Phoenix Mill House on Friday, Jan. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 19 Grove St., Peterborough.Admission is free, with donations encouraged.Costumed interpreters portraying...