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By DAVID ALLEN

Local residents spent part of Saturday learning how to stay warmer this winter and save money doing so.

On Jan. 6, as our Constitution requires, Congress convened to witness counting of electors’ votes. Vice President Kamala Harris, also following the Constitution, proclaimed Donald Trump the next president.

Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., has announced its free Natural NH Winter Series for 2025, sponsored by anonymous donors. The series, focusing on environmentalism and conservation, features four programs held on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.

I hear a lot of folks complaining about the winter. They object to the cold, shoveling the snow, ice and darkness, for starters.

By DAVID ALLEN

Quick thinking by employees helped to extinguish an electrical fire at the Grove Street Dunkin’ Donuts in Peterborough Thursday morning. 

By HARRIET DICICCO

Eight years ago, a concerned group of people formed the Hancock Community Conversations on Race. The group began meeting weekly in person to discuss a wide range of issues related to race, affecting both individuals and communities.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

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By JESSECA TIMMONS

On Monday, the Planning Board reviewed a letter submitted by the Peterborough Conservation Commission recommending changes to the language defining the Wetland Protection Overlay Zone. 

Peterborough’s Boy Scout Troop 8 will host its annual Christmas tree bonfire on Saturday, Jan. 18, at the field across from Shaw’s at Route 101 and Elm Street. Everyone is invited to bring their undecorated holiday trees to add to the bonfire.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After a year of design and renovations, MAxT Makerspace will open the doors to the public for a grand opening at its new space at the Noone Falls Mill Saturday, Jan. 18, from 2 to 5 p.m. 

Earl Schofield’s paintings will be on display at the Peterborough Town Library Community Art Gallery, 2 Concord St., through February. The exhibition, "Encaustic Landscapes," explores themes of time, human experience and nature.

Listening to the recent comments of President-elect Donald Trump, one could assume that America’s most-pressing foreign policy challenges reside in our geographic neighborhood.  Canada as our 51st state, the “Gulf of America,” taking over Greenland and China’s designs on the Panama Canal have been repeatedly highlighted by the incoming commander-in-chief.  

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.