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The parade of puppets heads down Grove Street during the 2006 Children and the Arts festival. The theme for this year’s 20th anniversary festival is ‘Puppet Palooza’ and many giant puppets from previous years will be back for the parade.

Peterborough: Puppets on parade

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

In the spring of 1994, Jeannie Connolly, Nancy Brown and Laura Hanson of Peterborough obtained a grant so students at Peterborough Elementary School could make a Claymation film. A contingency of the grant, according to Terry Reeves of the Mariposa Museum, was that the movie be shown to the community. So the filmmakers arranged to use the Peterborough Community Theatre … 0

The Antrim Select Board voted unanimously Monday night to accept Antrim Wind Energy's offer of $40,000 as acceptable compensation for negative visual impacts a wind farm would have on the town. (Staff photo by Brandon Lawrence)

Antrim: Town  to file wind  appeal

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

ANTRIM — The Antrim Select Board voted to appeal the state ruling that denied a 10-turbine wind project after deciding to accept a $40,000 offer from Antrim Wind in a contentious meeting Monday that led to one resident being escorted out by police and several others walking away in frustration. The board had … 0

Antrim police log: May 16, 2013

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

antrim Wednesday, May 8 Assist other agency: At 12:25 a.m., dispatch advised police of a motor vehicle accident on South Bennington Road in Bennington. As there were no officers on duty in Bennington, Antrim responded to the scene along with Officer Giffin of Bennington, who was on call. Police found a black BMW with heavy damage and the operator in the front seat … 0

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Peterborough: Scholarship for ConVal area women

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Peterborough Woman’s Club of New Hampshire is offering a $1,000 scholarship in memory of Janet Achilles. Any adult woman over the age of 21 residing in the ConVal School District who wants to obtain educational credentials or skills so that she may return to work, further her … 0

ANTRIM: Cut-a-thon to raise money for families in need Sunday

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Trends of Fashion in Antrim will hold its third annual Shear Hope Cut-a-Thon on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. to help support three local families in hopes of making a difference in their lives. The Emily Brynger family and Jon Queen family have been touched by cancer … 0

When the circus comes to town Great Brook School students practice their juggling skills outside the school recently in preparation for a circus performance on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

aNTRIM: GBS students show off circus skills

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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Greenfield resident Kris Kokal was featured in the 2011 documentary "Wild Horse, Wild Ride," and will be present at the Antrim Community Awards on Wednesday night at the Antrim Grange.

Antrim: Grange event features mustang foundation founder

Monday, May 13, 2013

ANTRIM — Two members of the 2011 “Wild Horse, Wild Ride” documentary film, where competitors in the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge spent 100 days using non-punitive methods to train and convert a wild mustang into a docile companion, … 0

Wilton-Lyndeborough: Bergeron finalist to lead WLC

Monday, May 13, 2013

Working in a smaller school district sounds attractive to two educators with close ties to the Monadnock region who are the finalists for the school superintendent post in the Wilton-Lyndeborough School District. Dick Bergeron, the current school superintendent … 0

Court Log: May 14, 2013

Monday, May 13, 2013

Dublin Police Justin Rounds, 18, Troy, possession of a controlled drug believed to be marijuana, $2,120 fine with $1,500 suspended for two years, pending good behavior, and 360-day commitment to the House of Corrections deferred for 346 days, pending good behavior; contempt and two counts of possession of … 0

Monday, May 13, 2013

Peterborough Monday, May 6 Accident: At 5:55 a.m., a 2002 Subaru Legacy driven by Carrie Levesque, 37, of Wilton hit and killed a deer on Old Street Road. Levesque was not injured. Unwanted person: At 9:39 a.m., an Old Dublin Road resident reported her landlord was outside her … 0

Editorial: Stories of caring show us the way

Monday, May 13, 2013

In the last week or so, numerous stories of local people helping others speaks to the connection between our communities. It started with a three-alarm fire at New England Forest Products in Greenfield on the night of May 1, which brought out dozens of firefighters from surrounding towns. … 0

Antrim: The circus is coming to Great Brook

Monday, May 13, 2013

A circus show will be presented by students of Great Brook School on May 17, at 6:30 p.m. The show, featuring GBS students, is the culmination of an after-school program in circus arts, brought to the school by Vermont’s own Circus Smirkus. Artist-in-residence Rick Davis of Circus Smirkus … 0

ConVal: Principal out after scores stay low

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

PETERBOROUGH — Antrim Elementary School and Pierce Elementary School in Bennington will share a new principal next year, with the change being made after Pierce School failed to show improvement as required under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. At Tuesday’s School Board meeting, Superintendent Dick Bergeron … 0

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