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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...

It is definitely not looking a lot like Christmas in the Monadnock region. Two months of drought, endless sunny blue skies, blooming dandelions and brush fires are not typically what we see heading into winter in New Hampshire. But the holidays are...

By DAVID ALLEN

‘Principal” is a title that conjures up images of an office in school that students do not want to find themselves in.However, Jared Brown, a former teaching principal in the Monadnock region, has parlayed some tunes that former students may recognize...

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Recent dry, windy weather conditions have increased the fire danger to the point where Temple Fire Warden Mike Connolly said Monday that mowing a lawn could be hazardous.“If your mower’s blade hits a rock and makes a spark, there you go,” he said.The...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Results of a recent digital survey show that Greenfield residents support planned upgrades to Oak Park, which is Greenfield’s primary public recreation space and includes a playground, walking track, baseball and soccer fields, an events pavilion and...

Decades after returning from Vietnam, Dennis Caldwell of Hancock is writing the story of a young man who never got to come home.Caldwell, who grew up in Michigan, enlisted in the Army in 1967, during the height of the Vietnam War. “I knew things were...

The Town of Greenfield Select Board has issued a winter parking ban  through April 1, 2025. No vehicle may be left standing on any street in Greenfield between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. to allow for snow plowing during storms.  

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Lines were long and clerks kept busy on Election Day Tuesday, as turnout was high around the region.Rindge Moderator Kirk Stenersen said on Tuesday afternoon that voting had been steadily busy all day.“It’s been an excellent turnout,” Stenersen said....

On NHPR, I heard Gov. Chris Sununu's take on the Trump "fascist' rhetoric. In essence, the governor said that it is just Trump being Trump and that most Americans do not care about his speech.To me this shows a callous lack of integrity on the...

The Greenfield Conservation Commission will host a presentation, “Black Bear Happenings in New Hampshire,” on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Wensberg Room at Stephenson Memorial Library, 761 Forest Road.Rich Masters, an environmental educator...

Fall is always the busiest time of the year in Greenfield – it seems like every group in town has something going on!The Friends of the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse board is thrilled to announce that we profited about $10,000 from Oktoberfest,...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

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...

A hiker was transported to Monadnock Community Hospital with a leg injury after falling in the Wapack National Wildlife Refuge in Greenfield Sunday.According to New Hampshire Fish and Game, at approximately 3 p.m., officers were notified by New...

The Friends of the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse are happy to report that the fifth annual Greenfield Oktoberfest was a huge success! We have not counted the funds yet, but we are estimating we had about 500 people attend. Thank you to everyone...

Margaret Nelson announced Thursday that she will be retiring as executive director of The River Center Family and Community Center in early 2025.Nelson has led the Peterborough-based organization that offers parent education, family support and...

The Friends of the Greenfield Meetinghouse will host their annual Oktoberfest Saturday, Sept. 28, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Oak Park, 971 Forest Road in Greenfield.Due to the start of construction on the Greenfield Meetinghouse, this year’s event will be...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

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...

By ELLA CADEMARTORI

This year has brought a lot of changes here at Stephenson Memorial Library in Greenfield.In the beginning of the year, we lost our director, David Bridgewater, and I became the director in February. I’ve had a wonderful time learning my new role and...

By DAVID ALLEN

Lt. Mike Heddy of the Greenfield Fire Department did not mince his words describing the actions of two boys at Sunset Lake last month.“They undoubtedly saved a life,” he said.On Tuesday, at the monthly meeting of the department, Heddy recognized Liam...