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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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Inaugural Monadnock International Film Festival honors Ken Burns

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

The red carpet will line the sidewalk at the Colonial Theatre in Keene on Saturday prior to the finale of the first Monadnock International Film Festival: a showing of “The Central Park Five,” the latest film from the … 1

ConVal softball players help Peterborough Elementary School students with their reading as part of the Cougar Buddies program on Thursday, March 28, 2013. (Staff photo by Tim Goodwin)

ConVal softball players making a difference at PES

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Most high school students can’t wait for the end of the school day. But each Thursday afternoon, members of the ConVal softball team look forward to finishing their final class for a different reason. That’s because it’s time … 0

ConVal board names new principal for South Meadow School

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

PETERBOROUGH — Anne O’Bryant, a 36-year veteran of the Chelmsford, Mass., school system, was named principal of South Meadow School in Peterborough on Tuesday. O’Bryant, 59, served as a teacher, a dean, and eventually as principal of Chelmsford High School. She retired from the Massachusetts job a year … 0

Students offer lesson in goodwill

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

During the tense Town Meeting season, it’s easy to look outward and expect others to take on the many challenges facing a town or a school district. We put a lot of that burden on our elected town officials. And to improve our schools, we look to School … 0

Letter: SRO vote — Why? Tell me why

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

To the editor: Well, the voters have spoken and all the political road signs are down and put to rest until next year. My biggest defeat and disappointment — failure to adopt an SRO for ConVal High School for the third time. How can that be? Why do … 0

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Dance unites students from SMS, Dublin

Monday, April 1, 2013

PETERBOROUGH — The sounds of twin fiddles and an accordion filled the South Meadow School gymnasium Friday morning, as the school’s fifth-graders, joined by their peers from the Dublin Consolidated School’s fifth-grade, celebrated the end of a week-long … 0

ConVal district fine-tuning blizzard bag program

Monday, April 1, 2013

As they cross their fingers, hoping that no more snowstorms hit the region this spring, ConVal School District administrators are evaluating the results of the “blizzard bag” program, in which students are asked to complete assignments online or at home on days when school is canceled due to … 0

Is the Blizzard Bag  approach working?

Monday, April 1, 2013

We’ve made it to April, and — hopefully, at least — snow days won’t be a consideration again until next school year. But this year will be remembered by many as a reasonably snowy winter with more than its fair share of large storms and school cancellations. It’ll … 0

Digital equipment stolen from Great Brook

Monday, April 1, 2013

Some digital technology equipment was stolen from Great Brook Middle School on Thursday evening. Great Brook Principal Jim Elder said in a phone interview Monday that several video cameras, some still-image cameras and at least one iPod were taken from the school Thursday. According to Antrim police, the … 0

Column: Casino won’t solve budget problems

Monday, April 1, 2013

I will vote against SB152 when it comes to the floor of the House because it is not good for the communities I represent — New Ipswich, Temple and Sharon — or for those served by the Ledger Transcript or for the State of New Hampshire. The real … 0

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