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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

Hancock: Market season opens Saturday

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Hancock Farmers’ Market located in the horse shed area behind the Hancock Meetinghouse on Main Street will open on Saturday. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays until mid-October. Local vendors will be offering a variety of home-grown and home-made products such as organically-grown produce, vegetable and bedding plants, flowers, bread and baked good, local lamb, eggs and preserves. The market … 0

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 career, or pursue a change in career may apply. For application, visit sites.google.com/site/peterboroughwomenscholar/home … 0

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A scene from ‘1776’ The Norway Pond Junior Minstrels and their director, Jody Hill Simpson, pose for a group photo immediately before their performance of “1776” at the Hancock Meeting House. The show was held last weekend.

hANCOCK: A scene from ‘1776’

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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Jackie Stetser, a board member of Rabbit Ear Films, left, and Donna Kluk, right, at the summit of Mount Monadnock on January 1, 2013.

Jaffrey: The mountain that shaped our region

Monday, May 13, 2013

One of the most climbed mountains in the world has inspired both centuries old and contemporary forms of creative expression, including poetry, literature, paintings and photographs. And to many who call this rural region their home, Mount Monadnock … 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

Letter: Let’s bury casino plan for good

Monday, May 13, 2013

To the editor: Apparently someone in Salem screamed “more cowbell” last week and instantly the Millennium Gaming gang produced a new and improved set of drawings of the phantom casino they are planning for Salem. The pro-gambling chorus sent up a mighty cheer. That wispy bit of theater … 0

Hancock: Remembering  Hancock High

Monday, May 13, 2013

A 100th year celebration of Hancock High School will be held at the Hancock Town Library on Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m. All town residents are welcome to attend as well as friends, relatives, teachers, and all those who ever attended Hancock High School. There will be … 0

Sy Montgomery's most recent children's book tell the story of a cockatoo that became an Internet sensation. Courtesy Photo

Hancock: Snowball the cockatoo tells all

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Snowball the cockatoo was dropped off at a bird rescue organization in North Carolina after he bit his former owner when she returned from college. Along with the bird, Irena Schulz of Bird Lovers Only received a video … 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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