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  • CJ Crowell and Ted McLaughlin tie-dye t-shirts for the Children and the Arts Festival, during an art class at Peterborough Elementary School on Tuesday in preparation for the Children and the Arts Festival.
    NEW TODAY

    Unearthing beauty

    Disco may be dead, but it will be experiencing a temporary resurrection this weekend as Peterborough explodes with a colorful “Flower Power” theme for the 19th Annual Children and the Arts Festival.

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  • Wilton-Lyndeborough third baseman Sami Bosquet holds the tag on an Epping runner to make sure she gets the out call during the fourth inning of Tuesday’s 13-2 victory.
    SOFTBALL

    Ready for anything

    The story of the Wilton-Lyndeborough softball team is one that has been told before. A dominating team that is in the midst of another undefeated regular season, sitting atop the Division IV standings and streaking towards the No. 1 seed in the postseason. It has been that way for most of the. . . (read more)

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  • Betty Vandersluis, former psychology professor at Franklin Pierce University, takes in the moment as she watches more than 600 graduates file into their seats at the start of Saturday’s commencement ceremony in Rindge. Vandersluis taught Temple Grandin — a 1970 graduate of Franklin Pierce College and 2012 Doctor of Humane Letters honorary-degree recipient.
    RINDGE

    Meeting life

    RINDGE — More than 600 Franklin Pierce University graduates and the university’s College of Graduate and Professional Studies sat beneath picture-perfect skies Saturday morning as they bid farewell to a place they had come to call home.

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  • Janet Simonds Sweetland, left, and Lisa Simonds Coulombe unveil a bronze horse head sculpture that’s part of the restored Peterborough horse trough during a ceremony on the Town House plaza on Wednesday.
    PETERBOROUGH

    A reflection of Peterborough’s past

    PETERBOROUGH — The pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters were flowing into the town’s new wishing well Wednesday night.

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  • Ramsay Thomas, the son of Select Board candidate Liz Thomas, chats with former Executive Councilor Debora Pignatelli of Nashua as they campaign outside the Main Street side entrance to the Town House on Tuesday.
    PETERBOROUGH

    Voters approve $11.7M budget

    PETERBOROUGH — Voters approved an $11.7 million operating budget by a substantial margin at the polls on Tuesday, while rejecting two petition articles calling for appointment of the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment, which are now elected positions. Incumbent Liz Thomas won re-election to the Peterborough Select Board, beating. . . (read more)

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