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Anna Von Mertens's quilt "Gray Area/Maximum Ebb at San Francisco Bay Entrance" will be hung vertically as part of a backdrop for Thing in the Spring performances at the Peterborough Town House. Courtesy Photo

Peterborough: Drawing on threads of inspiration

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Anna Von Mertens is a different kind of quiltmaker. She studies patterns — both from natural phenomena, such as ocean currents or the ebbing tides of San Francisco Bay, or from man-made events, such as the way energy is dispersed in a nuclear explosion. Then she takes those patterns and hand-stitches them into intricately detailed quilts, some of them highly … 0

Memorial Day: Buddy Blanchette: A casualty in Korea

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Charles C. Blanchette Jr., known to his friends as Buddy, went off to war in January 1951, leaving his hometown of Peterborough and heading to Fort Dix, N.J., for basic training in the U.S. Army. Less than a year later, he was sent to Korea, where war was raging. The 17-year-old infantryman was … 0

Students from Mountain Shadows School practice their routine for 'the Memorial Day weekend NHDI show. (Staff photo by Dave Anderson)

Dublin: ‘Dance me  a story’

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Three hundred students from 10 area school will fill the stage of the Redfern Theater at Keene State College this weekend for the annual New Hampshire Dance Institute Event of the Year. This year’s production, titled “Dance Me A Story,” is an original show written by NHDI Artistic Director Kristen Leach. “With 300 … 0

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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

Peterborough: Lodge offers donation

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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Peterborough: Volunteers sought  for hospice

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Solamor Hospice, a leading provider of hospice care is seeking volunteers in the Milford, Peterborough, and Keene areas. Hospice volunteers will do personalized training to assist patients as well as caregivers in need of support at the end of their lives. Some ways that hospice volunteers serve are … 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 … 0

PeterborOugh: Catch of the day

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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Letter: Town losing a valuable resource

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

To the editor: Peterborough is losing an indispensible resource. Pine Hill Child Care Center (PHCC), located at ConVal, has been told to close its doors on July 1. However, PHCC is the only local childcare center providing for children six weeks to 10 years from 7:30 a.m. until … 0

Letter: Fire response saved our home

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

To the editor: On Sunday May 5, our family experienced a tragic event – our 220 year old barn was completely destroyed in a fire. We wanted to take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to all of the firefighters, police, and ambulance professionals who responded to … 0

Peterborough: High school students exhibit opens Friday

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Sharon Arts Center, a division of the New Hampshire Institute of Art, will host its inaugural New Hampshire High School Juried Art Show Friday through June 1. This exhibition is the first of what will be an annual presentation of artwork created by New Hampshire students in … 0

Peterborough: Luedeke speaking  to writers’ group

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Author Lisa Luedeke will be the guest speaker at the Monadnock Writers’ Group monthly meeting Saturday at 9:45 a.m. Luedeke grew up roaming the woods of rural Maine and fell in love with writing in high school. Her young adult novel, “Smashed,” was published with Simon & Schuster/Margaret … 0

Peterborough: ‘The Tempest’ at ConVal May 23-24

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

ConVal Drama will present their final show of the school year with William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” on May 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. “The Tempest” is Shakespeare’s late great masterpiece of forgiveness, generosity and enlightenment. However in … 0

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