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The Greenfield Historical Society has a lot of exciting news. GHS just launched its first newsletter, “The Zephyr,” named for Greenfield’s Zephyr Lake. GHS sent the first edition out to members of the society on Jan. 12, and the newsletter will come out quarterly.

Tenth of a series of excerpts from Gerry Miller’s book “Crotched Mountain Ski Area in Francestown, New Hampshire,” a history/biography about the original Crotched Mountain Ski Area in Francestown, developed by William C. (Bill) MacAdam and syndicate. Miller grew up in Francestown. Much of the material for the book was from the Monadnock Ledger or Peterborough Transcript.

By BILL FONDA

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

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 JESSECA TIMMONS

Greenfield residents came prepared with questions and suggestions at a preliminary town budget hearing Thursday night.  The Select Board meeting room was standing-room only, with about 30 residents attending. “We are thrilled that so many people came...

By ELLA CADEMARTORI

Hello from the Stephenson Memorial Library. Winter is upon us with more great news. We’ve received 91 out of the 97 CLiF grant books we’ve ordered, and the last six will hopefully arrive soon. We are so excited for you to check out the new books and...

It was quite thrill to drive by the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse last week and see an excavator parked up front! After nearly five years of effort by the Friends of the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse and the Town of Greenfield, and with help...

By COLLEEN ELLIOT

Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield is abuzz with excitement and growth as the calendar turns to a new year.With new staff joining our dedicated team and additional students enriching our school community, we are proud to begin this year with...

The Town of Greenfield recently broke ground on the  Greenfield Community Meetinghouse renovation project, when workers from Milestone Construction removed the  front steps and the accessible ramp to access the foundation in order to start...

By BILL FONDA

If something needs to be done in Greenfield, there’s a good chance Karen Day will agree to do it.“Volunteers are hard to get,” she said. “As long as I’m able, I’m willing to do some things.”It’s that “can-do” spirit that led retired Greenfield Fire...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Paddleball, disc golf and an RC crawler course could be coming to Greenfield if voters approve the master plan for Oak Park.Paul Simon of Park Architecture presented to the updated draft of the master plan to the Greenfield Select Board and...

The Grand Monadnock Rotary Club of Peterborough purchased more than 400 gifts for an estimated value of $30,000 during this year’s Operation Santa initiative.Operation Santa, an annual tradition started in 1985, connects local families in need with...

There has been a summer camp on Greenfield’s Otter Lake since 1929, when the the Young Men’s Christian Union, a Christian student group started at Harvard, bought the 600 acres at the north end of the lake and founded Camp Union.  The camp, originally...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Greenfield’s annual Fire and Ice celebration returned Saturday with a light parade through the center of town to Oak Park, where residents enjoyed a bonfire, fireworks, visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and homemade chili, chili dogs and macaroni and...

The Greenfield Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at noon at the Greenfield Fire Station to provide information on the update to the town’s hazard mitigation plan. Lunch will be provided.The plan identifies...

The Greenfield Conservation Commission will host a presentation, “Black Bear Happenings in New Hampshire,” led by New Hampshire Fish and Game environmental educator Rich Masters, on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. The event will take place in the Wensberg...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Greenfield Covenant Church has received a donation of 19 solar panels  from the Hillsborough Area Renewable Energy Initiative, which volunteers will install on the congregation’s Slip Road building Dec. 7.The Rev. Daniel Osgood said at first, he...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

A missing Greenfield woman has been located and is safe, according to Greenfield Police Chief Brian Giammarino.Mickaell “Kale”  Currier, 32,  had been missing since Nov. 23, when she called her place to work to say she had car trouble. “We received a...

Milford Area Communications Center Director Ray Anderson and Greenfield Fire Chief Jeff LaCourse have announced that fire dispatching responsibilities for Greenfield will move to the Milford Area Communications Center. This change will take effect...

On Nov. 22, New Hampshire storyteller Simon Brooks visited Greenfield Elementary School to share stories and laughs with the students in pre-K through fourth grade.Brooks received laughs from every classroom as he told  folk tales like “Anansi”,...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Ben Anthony of Greenfield is a man on a mission – to bring more young people to skateboarding, one lesson at a time. “Skateboarding is not what people think,” he said. “Skating makes kids think linearly. It makes them focus; it forces them to be in...