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More than 100 members of the Monadnock Quilters’ Guild have been working to prepare for the Oct. 12 and 13 Fall Festival of Quilts at South Meadow School in Peterborough.“Quilting is really form of art,” said Sue Conklin, a member of the guild and one...

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The Town of Greenfield is applying for a one-year extension to complete renovations to the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse using funds from a CDFA Community Center Program Grant.The Greenfield Meetinghouse, which was built in 1795, is on the...

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State Sen. Denise Ricciardi, a Republican who represents District 9 that includes Greenfield, Jaffrey and Sharon, recently received the 2024 Water Advocate Award from the Granite State Rural Water Association.The award, which was presented at the...

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The ConVal School Board took a moment of silence during Tuesday night’s meeting to remember a student and a former student who died in unrelated car accidents the weekend of Sept. 20. Damien Cronan, 17,  of Antrim, was a junior at ConVal. James Barna,...

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Members of the Antrim’s Fostering Community Conversations on Race discussion group took a field trip to the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner on Sunday for the museum’s annual Harvest Moon Festival.The field trip was part of the group’s...

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Hancock photographer, environmentalist, master gardener and world traveler Eleanor Briggs will be the first speaker at the Jaffrey Civic Center’s “Stories to Share” series for 2024-2025, which opens Friday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m.The series, which...

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The new Peterborough fire and ambulance station building project is moving ahead on time and is projected to be on budget so far, according to Assistant Town Administrator Seth MacLean, who is the project manager.  At Town Meeting in May, Peterborough...

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Five leaders from the Peterborough community gave their perspectives on the role and impact of the Second Amendment in New Hampshire at a community discussion Wednesday afternoon at Peterborough Town Library. Speaking on the panel were psychologist...

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In a 4,000-year old tomb in the Luxor valley of the upper Nile, early 20th-century archaeologists discovered evidence of some of the things that mattered deeply to people of ancient Egypt: bread, beef and beer. At Wednesday’s Francestown Recreation...

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Peterborough-based Toadstool Books has acquired Alran Books, a distributor of professional education titles and trade literature based in Harrisville.Alran, which was founded by longtime Monadnock region resident Allison Weber (formerly Randall ) in...

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The Antrim Planning Board is drafting an ordinance on how to manage problems caused by short-term rentals after the police department raised concerns about ongoing issues with at least one property. In a letter to the Select Board, Chief of Police...

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The ConVal School Board had an unusual guest Tuesday night when Charlie,  Peterborough Elementary School’s therapy dog, stopped by for a visit during the regular “Points of Pride” agenda item.  “I had wanted to bring a therapy dog into one of our...

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Jim Piet, chair of the Crotched Mountain Foundation board of directors and longtime disability advocate, was honored at a ceremony Saturday at the foundation’s accessible trails in Greenfield.“This overlook is Jim’s favorite spot in the world, so we...

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Antrim’s 21st annual Home and Harvest Festival kicks off with the “Nerf and Turf” event Friday night, Sept. 20, at Shea Field, next to Great Brook Middle School. Nerf and Turf runs from 5 to 9 p.m., with events for all ages, including lightsaber...

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On just her third day on the job, it took Aspen, a search dog on the NH Fish and Game K-9 unit, all of 10 minutes to locate a loaded handgun accidentally left at Miller State Park in Peterborough. The handgun was lost in the brush Sunday after...

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The ConVal Feasibility Study Committee voted Thursday night against supporting either Dublin’s or Francestown’s bids to leave the ConVal School District.Six members voted in favor of Dublin withdrawing, while the remaining nine votes were against it....

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Sue Chollet of Peterborough can remember being all alone in the Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm in West Peterborough.“It was a little odd the first year or so,” she said with a laugh. “It was just me and the builders.”Chollet, who moved into her  home...

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White Birch General Store in downtown Bennington, which opened on the site of the old Bennington Country Store in May, has already had a positive impact on the community, according to store manager April Apple.“We had some customers tell us that they...

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Pianist Virginia Eskin of Jaffrey and Keene will present “The Musical Willa Cather” Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m., at Bass Hall in The Monadnock Center for History & Culture at 19 Grove St. in Peterborough.Eskin describes the concert as a “tableau vivant” of...

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Tiny homes, cottage courts, cluster housing and short-term rentals are all on the radar of the Antrim Planning Board as the town tries to combat the effects of the statewide housing crisis at the local level.“We are open-minded, and we are being...

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According to owner Tory Fletcher, people are usually surprised when they walk into her Peterborough shop, Sawdust & Lint, for the first time.The small space contains an array of handwoven items intermingled with handmade furniture and wooden items...