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Antrim Fire Department selling used truck

The Antrim Fire Department is auctioning off a 1993 E-One Freightliner Fire Pumper fire truck. This online auction is open to the public at municibid.com and ends Monday, April 22. New Hampshire residents are able to bid in this government auction...

Jarvis Coffin: Off the Highway – Calmly on the waters

It looked hopeless outside after the most-recent snowfall had melted. (Note: I do not tempt fate by presuming we have seen the last snowfall of the year, only the most-recent. It is still April, a moody month, antagonized easily by any presumption...

Words About Wilton: Gail Hoar – Protecting and serving

Recently, I came across a photo that got me thinking about my column. It was of a group of Chadian men on horseback, with small knives attached to their left arms and a few with old rifles slung over their shoulders.These men were the police force for...

ConVal attorney answers withdrawal questions

By JESSECA TIMMONS

ConVal School District attorney Dean Eggert answered questions from School Board members regarding the upcoming withdrawal feasibility studies at Tuesday night’s meeting.  On March 12, voters rejected a warrant article proposing the district make...

Peterborough Planning Board approves 14-unit development near High Street

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Peterborough Planning Board voted 4-2 Monday to approve Ivy Vann’s and Hugh Beyer’s application for construction of a 14-unit development off High Street after a public hearing.The hearing on the subdivision application followed a site walk of the...

Franklin Pierce students help foster literacy at Rindge Memorial School

By ASHLEY SAARI

Franklin Pierce students are fostering a love of writing and literacy in Rindge Memorial School fourth- and fifth-graders with the “Writing Nest,” an after-school club where college mentors help students put pen to paper and produce stories.The...

Peterborough firefighters continue fishing derby tradition

By BILL FONDA

Cody Boutwell remembers taking part in the Loran Hanson Memorial Fishing Derby when he was 13 and 14 years old.Now, as a lieutenant with Peterborough Fire & Rescue, Boutwell is one of the people responsible for keeping the derby going, as the...

Inaugural Greenfield Spelling Bee is May 4

The inaugural Greenfield Spelling Bee will be Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to noon, with doors opening at 9:30 a.m. The event will take place at Greenfield Meetinghouse, 776 Forest Road.Friends of the Greenfield Meetinghouse and the Stephenson...

Rebecca Rule to speak for Monadnock Quilters’ Guild

The Monadnock Quilters’ Guild will host Rebecca Rule presenting “That Reminds Me of a Funny Story,” a New Hampshire Humanities program, Friday, April 19, at 6:30 at Divine Mercy Church at 12 Church St. in Peterborough.Rule will share stories that she...

Dublin Historical Society schedules potluck supper

The Dublin Historical Society will offer a potluck supper, Friday, April 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Dublin Community Church Hall, 1125 Main St.All are welcome to bring dishes to share: appetizers, salads, casseroles, other main dishes and desserts....

Bennington roadside cleanup is April 20

On Saturday, April 20, the Bennington Conservation Commission is sponsoring its 10th annual Earth Day roadside cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon. This event is held rain or shine each spring to commemorate Earth Day and foster pride in the town.The...

Jaffrey Woman’s Club schedules Earth Day celebration

On Saturday, April 20, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Jaffrey Woman’s Club will celebrate Earth Day in the Cutler  Memorial Building at 33 Main St., featuring activities, resource tables and a photo booth.Attendees can create an ocean in a bottle and learn...

Former home of The Folkway in Peterborough is on the market

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The former home of one Peterborough’s best-known institutions, The Folkway restaurant, is back on the market after almost 30 years. The Victorian home at 85 Grove St., built around 1860, was once the home of W.H.H. Pritchard, a Peterborough veteran of...

The Grapevine and Avenue A celebrate volunteers

On April 11, about 90 community members from across the region gathered for The Grapevine and Avenue A’s volunteer celebration at the Antrim Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. The event celebrated more than 60 volunteers who make the organization’s...

Old Homestead Farm in New Ipswich requests variance for short-term rental cabins

By ASHLEY SAARI

The owners of Old Homestead Farm in New Ipswich were back before the Zoning Board on Thursday seeking a new variance to expand a previously approved business on their farm by adding short-term rental cabins.The farm, owned by Chelsea and Ben Hatcher,...

PHOTOS: Cleaning up Memorial Park

By ASHLEY SAARI

Mt. Monadnock Little League volunteers helped to clean up the ball field at Memorial Park in New Ipswich Saturday, as part of the town’s April town-wide cleanup, and in anticipation of the spring season.After a April snowstorm delayed the planned...

Martin discusses experience in China

By ISABELLA MESSA

On Thursday, Dublin Public Library hosted a presentation by Rodger Martin that took a deep dive into his time in China and he talked about his latest book, “For All the Tea in Zhongguó,” which was released in 2019.The book includes the many Mandarin...

Young scientists show off their stuff at science fair in Francestown

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Francestown Recreation Department hosted its second all-town science fair on Saturday at the Town Hall.About a dozen Francestown young people competed in the fair, with projects exploring everything from electromagnetic theory to the dominant paws...

Peterborough Farmers’ Market opens for the season

By CAMERON CASHMAN

After a successful winter run, the Peterborough Farmers’ Market is gearing up for another strong spring/summer season, the market’s president, Conrad Dumas, said at the opening day of the season last Wednesday.The market, which is held weekly at the...