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The ConVal food service department uses locally grown lettuce in salads served at the high school (Staff photo by Dave Anderson)

ConVal Schools: Seeds of change found in the lunch line

Monday, May 20, 2013

PETERBOROUGH — The Caesar salads on the lunch line at ConVal High School look especially green this spring. That’s because Food Service Director Donna Reynolds is buying some of her lettuce from local farmers this year, and she’s hoping to add carrots, cucumbers, peppers and spinach before the end of the school year. “Right now, we just getting lettuce and … 0

Fresh Chicks Farmers Market at Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough (Staff photo by Alyssa Dandrea)

Summer Guide: Market Watch

Monday, May 20, 2013

Crates filled with lettuce, carrots, corn and herbs sit beside tables lined with banana bread, pork, wool, handmade soap and beaded jewelry. The Monadnock region’s farmers socialize with their neighbors — some of whom are fellow growers and crafters — and share stories about how they got their start. For many, attending or … 0

Suzanne Capizzano leads an Inner Stillness class, focusing on slow movements to increase body awareness, on Thursday at the Bond Wellness Center. Participants in the class are, from left, Jo Putnam, Meg Mulligan, Tricia Cravedi, Ed Dennis and Jeanne Pickett.

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, … 0

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Dublin: Young artist award announced

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Monadnock Art / Friends of the Dublin Art Colony has announced a new Young Artist Award program and the first annual Young Artist Award. For nearly 20 years, Monadnock Art / Friends of the Dublin Art Colony has sought to connect art lovers with the people who make … 0

Keene: Fly fishing program benefits breast cancer survivors

Monday, May 6, 2013

This month’s Monadnock Chapter of Trout Unlimited talk is “To Fish is to Hope, the Story of Casting for Recovery.” Sheila Reid, the Vermont/New Hampshire Casting for Recovery Program coordinator, will talk about the free fly fishing retreats offered to women at any stage of recovery from breast … 0

Sharon: Town enters wind debate

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

SHARON — The town’s Select Board members are backing their neighbors in Temple and New Ipswich, who are attempting to keep the decision-making process on a wind turbine project on Kidder Mountain in local hands. In a letter to the N.H. Department of Environmental Services Site Evaluation Committee, … 0

Conval School District: SMS 8th graders visit Pine Hill Day Care Center

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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ConVal School District: ConVal Dollars for Scholars  recipient getting associate’s

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Samantha Morton is the hard-working and proud recipient of a 2012 ConVal Dollars for Scholars mentoring support and financial award.  “This money, along with the mentoring support from Ms. Horan, really made it possible for me to go … 0

Court Log: April 30, 2013

Monday, April 29, 2013

Jaffrey Police Eric Breecham, 52, Jaffrey, control of the premises where a controlled drug believed to be marijuana is kept, $398 fine with $150 suspended for one year, pending good behavior; possession of a controlled drug believed to be marijuana, charge not carried forward. Misty Chase, 24, Greenville, … 0

Concord: Area artists in N.H. Craftsmen exhibit

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The League of N.H. Craftsmen is hosting a creative exhibition, “Continuing the Tradition,” at its Gallery at The Craft Center and headquarters in the SMILE! building at 49 South Main St. in Concord through June 19. The exhibition features fine crafts handmade by newly  juried members of the … 0

DIAGNOSIS 101: The difference between dementia and forgetfulness

Monday, April 22, 2013

The question: What is the  difference between dementia and “old-age forgetfulness”? The expert: Amy Christensen is the restorative nurse coordinator at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Jaffrey. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and earned her Practical Nursing Certificate in 2006 at the … 0

Court Log: April 23, 2013

Monday, April 22, 2013

Greenfield Police Jacob Thibault, 20, New Ipswich, speeding, charge not carried forward. Hancock Police Derek Allurd, 42, Peterborough, operating without a valid license, $1,060 fine with $750 suspended for two years, pending good behavior; breach of bail, $250 fine with $250 suspended for two years, pending good behavior, … 0

ConVal: Officials outline path to withdraw

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

GREENFIELD — ConVal School Superintendent Dick Bergeron responded Tuesday to reports that the Temple Select Board plans to form a committee to investigate whether the town should withdraw from the ConVal School District. During a School Board meeting at Greenfield Elementary School, Bergeron said withdrawal from a district … 0

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