Monday, June 17, 2013
Charlie was up early the next day, looking forward to getting the newspaper. As he sat by the door while George put his shoes on, his best dog buddy, Blue the Border Collie, came waltzing over. “Whatcha doin …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Francestown celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in the Francestown Cemetery on Saturday afternoon by honoring a former Francestown resident, Major Augustus Bixby, who fought in the Civil War. Bixby’s descendants still live in Francestown. …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Peterborough and Antrim both held formal ceremonies last week to retire worn and faded American flags. In Antrim, with the Memorial Park and Mill Pond as a backdrop, Boy Scout Troop 2 and members of the Myers-Prescott-Olson Post …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Clara Morlock of Rindge was awarded Best in Show for her cat sculpture in the “Famous Cats” exhibit at the Fitchburg Art Museum. The show was juried by staff at the museum. Morlock is a sixth grader at …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Did you hear that? On New Hampshire Public Radio, there was a rebroadcast of a program on the Exchange, “An Alarming Rise in Food Allergies.” On it were three doctors, all allergy specialists, one of them was Dr. Mark Holbreich, who is doing research that supports work on …
Monday, June 17, 2013
As soon as you tell someone you meet that you’re a farmer, they inevitably ask, “What do you raise?” I always answer that we have laying chickens throughout the year and in the summer we raise meat hens. …
Monday, June 17, 2013
The Hillsborough Heritage Museum is seeking people who are interested in volunteering their time. The museum is seeking individuals who might share their expertise as a fundraiser, grant writer, inventory manager, retail manager, historian, board secretary or docent. …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Jaffrey Grade School kindergarteners were presented flags by members of the Mary Varnum Platts-Peterborough Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The students received the flags for learning the Pledge of Allegiance. The ceremony was held at …
Monday, June 17, 2013
The documentary film “Chasing Ice” will be screened at the Hancock Town Library on Wednesday at 7 p.m. In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic — to capture images to help tell the story …
Monday, June 17, 2013
A poetry reading with Charles Coe will be held at the Hancock Town Library on June 20 at 7 p.m. Coe will be reading poems from his collection, “All Sins Forgiven -- Poems for My Parents.” No relationship is more personal, yet universal, than that of parent and …
