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Crash on Route 202 in Jaffrey leads to trapped driver, fuel spill
By ASHLEY SAARI
A collision between a sedan and a dump truck on Route 202 in Jaffrey Wednesday afternoon caused a significant fuel spill across the highway and led to one driver being taken to the hospital.According to Jaffrey Fire Chief David Chamberlain, at 12:56...
End Sexual Violence on Campus group holding April 27 event
By ISABELLA MESSA
According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), females ages 16 to 19 are four times more likely than the general population to be victims of sexual violence. In the Monadnock region, the End Sexual Violence on Campus organization is a...
BUSINESS QUARTERLY: Grants allow towns to study housing
By IVY VANN
In 2022 the State of New Hampshire, in recognition of the housing shortage in the state, created a grant program to fund work in towns that wished to explore the housing situation in their town and consider ways to increase housing availability and...
BUSINESS QUARTERLY: Dan Petrone – A guide to the commission settlement
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently reached a settlement regarding commissions.The settlement stems from accusations of anticompetitive practices within the real estate industry, particularly focusing on the structure of commissions...
BUSINESS QUARTERLY – New housing projects could provide relief
By JESSECA TIMMONS
Around the Monadnock Region, a number of new developments, some under construction and some still in the planning stages, could slowly bringing relief to the region’s housing shortage. In Peterborough, as of mid-April, the Peterborough Planning Board...
BUSINESS QUARTERLY – Antrim Planning Board approves Battaglia subdivision
By JESSECA TIMMONS
The Antrim Planning Board gave approval for a seven-lot subdivision proposed by Battaglia Foundations at Thursday night’s public hearing.The Planning Board also approved two lot-line mergers and a special use wetlands permit to enable a driveway to...
BUSINESS QUARTERLY – Bill looks to increase accessory dwelling units
By ASHLEY SAARI
Housing in the state is not keeping up with current or future needs, according to analysts. According to the 2023 New Hampshire Statewide Housing Needs Assessment, the state is currently short by about 23,500 to meet today’s needs, and the problem is...
BUSINESS QUARTERLY – Towns use amendments to increase housing
By JESSECA TIMMONS
Peterborough voters will decide on several proposed zoning amendments at the ballot on May 15, including rezoning the existing Family District to General Residence.Currently, more than half the lots in the Family District are nonconforming, so...
Greenville water and sewer rates jump
By ASHLEY SAARI
Greenville’s water and sewer rates will see a significant jump this year, after the Select Board – whose members double as the Water and Sewer Commission – set new rates during its meeting on Wednesday.The rates, set after a short public hearing,...
Peterborough Renewable Energy Project presenting Button Up April 25
Peterborough Renewable Energy Project (PREP) is presenting the free NHSaves Button Up workshop Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Peterborough Town Library at 2 Concord St. in Peterborough.The workshop is a 1 1/2-hour presentation on improving...
Jaffrey community supper is April 25
The monthly free community supper will be Thursday, April 25, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Mildred Cutter Parish Hall of the United Church of Jaffrey at 54 Main St. The Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary club is preparing a turkey dinner. All are welcome, with...
Molly Howard and Donovan Fenton talk issues at Hancock Town Library
By CAMERON CASHMAN
New Hampshire state representatives sent 1,400 bills to the Senate for deliberation this year, according to state Rep. Molly Howard of Hancock, who was joined by state Sen. Donovan Fenton of Keene at Hancock Town Library Wednesday evening to discuss...
Olympic Studies is a tradition at Mountain Shadows
By FIONA HEFFRON
Olympic Studies is a six-week independent study period at Mountain Shadows, a small private, progressive integrated day school in Dublin that focuses more on the process of learning than the final product.“We are very outdoorsy, and we do what we can...
Mountain Shadows School hosts Olympic Studies Night
By JESSECA TIMMONS
According to Temple Brighton, one of the co-founders of Mountain Shadows School, the school’s Olympic Studies Night was inspired by the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. “There was so much energy around those Olympics, and all this excitement, and...
PHOTOS: Jaffrey Woman’s Club hosts Earth Day activities
On Saturday, people celebrated Earth Day at the Jaffrey Woman’s Club Cutler Memorial Building with activities, resource tables and a photo booth. Attendees created an ocean in a bottle and learned about ocean ecology. Participants could also...
HOMETOWN HEROES – Rose Novotny is motivated by community
By BILL FONDA
Dottie Bauer remembers when she first met Rose Novotny.After moving to the area in 2018, Bauer had gone to observe an event at The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center in Antrim. Not long after, she went to the Bank of New Hampshire’s Antrim...
Rebecca Rule to tell stories at Lyndeborough library
Storyteller and PBS guest host Rebecca Rule will present "That Reminds Me of a Story" at J.A. Tarbell Library, 136 Forest Road in Lyndeborough, Wednesday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m.Her presentation will include tales of small-town life, Yankee characters,...
Friends of the Peterborough Town Library schedule used-book drive
The Friends of the Peterborough Town Library will hold a two-day book collection for the Kyes-Sage Used Book Shop on Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.The book collection will take place at the Kyes-Sage Used Book Shop,...
New Ipswich Historical Society schedules Old Homestead Farm program
New Ipswich Historical Society invites the public to the first in a series of presentations on local agriculture, “Old Homestead Farm: Our Story Past, Present, and Future” by Ben and Chelsea Hatcher. The program will take place on Saturday, April 27,...
Reserve booths for Pearly Pond Association tag sale
The Pearly Pond Association will hold a craft and tag sale event Saturday, June 15, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at VFW Post 5613 on 12 Hathorn Road in Jaffrey.Those who wish to reserve a booth may do so for $45. Spaces for indoor booths are 10 feet by eight...
