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Peterborough: Practice focuses on movement, balance

Monday, May 20, 2013

Suzanne Capizzano is trained and has worked as a physical therapy assistant. She is also a practitioner of Qigong, a Chinese practice that focuses on inner movement and awareness of the body. Now Capizzano, a 54-year-old resident of Sharon, is combining those two interests as she develops a new business called Better Balance, which is offering programs at the Bond … 0

Jaffrey: Patriots All-Pro Wilfork brings  diabetes campaign to Millipore

Monday, May 20, 2013

New England Patriots All-Pro defensive lineman Vince Wilfork, his wife Bianca, and teammates Justin Francis and Marcus Forston visited EMD Millipore’s Jaffrey facility on Wednesday … 0

Harrisville: Three-town farmers market opens June 14

Monday, May 20, 2013

Harrisville will once again host its summer farmers market beginning June 14. The market will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Friday through the … 0

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Bennington: Verney honored  for his role at BIA

Monday, May 20, 2013

Richard Verney, chairman and CEO of Monadnock Paper Mills in Bennington, was among those recognized as a long-serving board member at the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire annual business meeting in Concord on May 8. Verney has served on the board for 20 years, and the … 0

Peterborough: Bellows-Nichols  transition underway

Monday, May 20, 2013

Bonnie J. Christian, wife of the late Kenneth A. Christian, has announced that plans are well under way for change in ownership of Bellows-Nichols Insurance Agency of Peterborough. Kenneth A. Christian, agency owner and principal for the last 29 years, died in March. Since that time, the agency … 0

Greenfield: ‘Last ditch effort’  for child care center

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

After having no success finding a new location in Peterborough for the child care center she has been managing at ConVal High School, Peggy Waterhouse is proposing to run the center from a home she owns on Forest Road in Greenfield. On Monday, Waterhouse is scheduled to meet … 0

Construction of the new Dollar General, a national retailer and general merchandise store, is slated for completion on June 25. Torphy Construction and Development LLC of Peterborough began work at Dollar General on Peterborough Street in Jaffrey in early March. Jaffrey’s Interim Building Inspector Rob Deschenes said Thursday that construction is on schedule. A plan to construct a 9,100-square-foot retail store between Pelletier’s Sports and McDonald’s received near unanimous approval from the Jaffrey Planning Board in November 2012. (Staff photo by Alyssa Dandrea)

Dollar General on track

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Dollar General on track Construction of the new Dollar General, a national retailer and general merchandise store, is slated for completion on June 25. Torphy Construction and Development LLC of Peterborough began work at Dollar General on Peterborough … 0

Peterborough: ZBA approves sign at business park on 202

Monday, May 13, 2013

PETERBOROUGH — A 79-square-foot sign for the Brookstone Business Center will soon be going up at the corner of Route 202 and Vose Farm Roads, following Zoning Board of Adjustment approval of a variance on May 6. The sign, which will replace two smaller signs on the property, … 0

Steve Hoadley sets up film reels for a showing of "The Great Gatsby" the last 35-mm film that will be shown at the Peterborough Community Theatre. After the two week run, the theater will shut down for a week while digital projection equipment is installed. (Staff photo by Dave Anderson)

Peterborough: Theater to close for upgrade

Monday, May 13, 2013

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Peterborough: New member joins Windy Row board

Monday, May 13, 2013

The Windy Row Learning Center, a Peterborough nonprofit that teaches dyslexic children to read, welcomes new board member Fraser Whitbread. A graduate of the University of Guelph in Geulph, Ontario, Canada, Whitbread has served many service organizations in Canada, Keene and Peterborough, including the Scouts, Big Brothers/Big Sisters … 0

Keene: Ferguson receives excellence award

Monday, May 13, 2013

Dr. Sharon Ferguson, a family medicine physician at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene, has been presented with the inaugural Dr. Frank Carter Physician Excellence Award. The award recognizes a Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene physician, nominated by peers, in the first 10 years of practicing who exemplifies the character and professional traits … 0

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Keene: Home Healthcare Hospice and Community Services head to retire

Monday, May 13, 2013

The Board of Directors of Home Healthcare Hospice and Community Services has announced that Barbara Duckett, president/CEO, will retire effective Nov. 15. Duckett has served as CEO of HCS for the past 12 and a half years. “It … 0

Annie Card, of Peterborough with copies of the award-winning "RIPPED," stacked and ready to ship to reviewers and bookstores.

Peterborough: Locally published book up for award

Monday, May 13, 2013

The Independent Book Publishers Association has named a locally produced book as an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards finalist. New Book Partners, with editorial and publicity headquarters in Peterborough, published the title in December 2012. The book, “RIPPED: A … 0

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