Two arrested on charges of possession of heroin and cocaine in Rindge

By ASHLEY SAARI

Rindge police recently arrested two people on charges of possession of heroin and cocaine and charged one of them with identity fraud after he allegedly misidentified himself to police.On Saturday, May 14, at 12:43 a.m., Rindge Police stopped a...

Three injured in head-on crash in Jaffrey

By ASHLEY SAARI

Three people were seriously injured in a two-car crash in Jaffrey Thursday afternoon.At 2:32 p.m., police responded to report of a head-on crash on River Street at Gilmore Pond Road. According to police, 43-year-old David Matson of Troy, 31-year-old...

Monadnock Country Club is open for the season

By ROWAN WILSON

Golf season is underway, and Monadnock Country Club in Peterborough has opened its greens and sold its first memberships.Bob Taylor is operating the business on the High Street property that the MacDowell artist residency owns.Taylor was a member at...

Britany Barron takes stand in Armando Barron's murder trial

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of violence, including domestic assault.In hours of testimony Wednesday, Britany Barron said her husband, Armando Barron, brutally assaulted her, ordered her to kill a coworker, Jonathan Amerault, and...

Lionheart Academy, a public charter school that received $1.5M grant, using curriculum developed by Christian school

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Since New Hampshire accepted the first $10 million of a federal charter schools grant, eight charter schools have been awarded funding, including five new startup schools, two expansions and one existing school that’s opening a second location.In...

Forecast of thunderstorms delays local murder trial until Tuesday

By JACK ROONEY and RYAN SPENCER

The trial of a Jaffrey man charged with murdering Keene resident Jonathan Amerault in 2020 will be delayed by one day to Tuesday, a court spokeswoman said Friday.Armando Barron’s trial was scheduled to start Monday with a “view,” where jurors will be...

Great Brook School in Antrim announces honor roll

Great Brook School in Antrim announced its honor roll for the third term of the 2021-2022 school year.Grade eightHigh honorsBrian Alonso, Esben Andersen, Joseph Bailey, Lukas Baker, Nora Bond, Wesley Brisson, Adam Connor, Charles Damata, Alia Dodge,...

New $3 million fund to reimburse N.H. restaurants for equipment, tech purchases

By DANIELA ALLEE

The state announced a new $3 million fund that would cover reimbursements to local restaurants for equipment, infrastructure and technology purchases.The Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery will provide awards of up to $15,000.Even at...

Temple Select Board conditionally signs settlement agreement with property owners

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Temple Select Board signed a settlement agreement Tuesday between the town and the owners of a large collection of antique construction equipment that neighbors have complained constitutes a junkyard, but made it conditional on the outcome of a...

Peterborough Garden Club schedules plant sale

Peterborough Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale Saturday, May 14, from 9 to 11 a.m. at its new location, the Peterson Courtyard next to the Peterborough Town House on Grove Street.The proceeds of the plant sale provide scholarships to Wol’s...

Peterborough candidates will debate May 5

GoMonadnock and Peterborough Town Library will host the first Peterborough Parley: Debates and Salon Thursday, May 5, at 6 p.m. in the library’s 1833 Room.The debates will feature Budget Committee candidates Leslie Lewis, River Marmorstein, Andrew...

Margaret Nelson receives Impact Award

Margaret Nelson, executive director of The River Center in Peterborough, received the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits’ New Hampshire Impact Award during the organization’s Nonprofit Impact Celebration.The award honors nonprofit employees for...

Ingalls Memorial Library benefits from Hannaford program

Ingalls Memorial Library in Rindge has been selected by local Hannaford store leadership as the benefiting nonprofit in the new Hannaford Bloomin' 4 Good Program for May.The HannafordBloomin' 4 Good Program is designed to give back in local...

BUSINESS QUARTERLY: Local farms are branching out

By JULIA STINNEFORD

Making money by farming can be tough these days, and according to some local farmers, the best way to get around it is to branch out.“To be able to make it as a small farm, you need to have some other kind of income,” said Christie Reed, who owns The...

Local departments host prescription take-back day Saturday

By ASHLEY SAARI

Multiple area law enforcement agencies will be participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30.Police departments in Rindge, Jaffrey, Peterborough, Mason, Dublin, Hancock, Wilton and Antrim will host take part from...

The Hancock Inn sold to Boston investor group

By BILL FONDA

It had only been a couple days since Jarvis and Marcia Coffin had finalized the sale of The Hancock Inn, and between loose ends and transitional issues, Jarvis said it still felt like they had one foot in the business.“We’re knee-deep in boxes and...

New Jaffrey nursery to sell native plants

By ASHLEY SAARI

A historic property on Mountain Road in Jaffrey has found new life as a native plant nursery.The property is owned by Doug Clayton, a former caretaker of the property when it was owned as a summer property by Dr. Graham Jeffries and his wife Elizabeth...

As one health crisis wanes, another begins: Long COVID on the rise

By TEDDY ROSENBLUTH

Maria Pacelli is often struck by the sickly-sweet stench of rotting onions.The inexplicable smell is not a product of the environment but of her brain, thanks to long COVID, a syndrome that wreaks havoc on the body long after the COVID-19 virus...

Friendship Manor in New Ipswich to close in early May

By ASHLEY SAARI

After years of struggling with staffing issues, senior living provider Friendship Manor in New Ipswich is shutting down next month.In an interview Tuesday, co-owner and co-administrator Gary Cahoon said the facility would be closing May 8, after being...

First Friday in Peterborough slow for most local businesses

By ROWAN WILSON

Local Peterborough businesses were hopeful that this month’s First Friday would provide an opportunity for the community to get out, walk around town and visit open establishments. B ut most places reported a low turnout and a slow evening.It was...