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Dave Anderson joined the Ledger in February 2004 as assistant editor and became an editor in August 2004. He is a graduate of St. Lawrence University, and has lived in the Monadnock region since 1975. Prior to joining the Ledger-Transcript, he worked in editing or production jobs for several magazine publishers, including BYTE/McGraw Hill and Helmers Publishing in Peterborough and PennWell Publishing in Nashua. Dave and his wife, Kathy, live in Hancock. They have three grown children.

History

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Recent articles

New beginnings

The former artistic director of Opera Boston, which ceased operations abruptly in December due to severe financial issues, has a new job — one that will get him out of the city during the summer months.

ConVal board takes show on the road

ANTRIM — Easels holding three sets of drawings illustrating possible renovation options of the gymnasium wing at ConVal High School dominated the back of the Great Brook School cafeteria Tuesday night. They were there to provide information to voters attending a School Board presentation on the proposed $4 million bond for renovations and the proposed 2012-2013 operating budget.

Precautions taken after spike in stomach bugs

PETERBOROUGH — Monadnock Community Hospital staffers were greeting visitors with hand sanitizers and surgical masks yesterday, as they sought to play it safe after noticing an increase in the number of patients with symptoms of gastrointestinal illness. And at press time, hospital officials said the precautionary measures would remain in effect at least through today.

The music plays on

In October, Laura Gilbert and Jonathan Bagg lost their jobs as artistic directors for Monadnock Music, the region’s longtime summer showcase for classical music performances, in a restructuring that surprised many area supporters of the organization.

And then there was light

PETERBOROUGH — In 1981, sports fan Mike Crowe, a 1975 graduate of ConVal High School who had played soccer there and went on to coach soccer, became convinced that something was missing from his alma mater’s athletic program.

’60s Musician remembers when

Hey, let’s go now! That’s the opening shout on “Always, Always,” a song recorded by a Long Island, N.Y., band called the Abstracts in the early 1960s. Dressed in tight white pants and matching knee-high boots, the group of high school students had a loyal local following at about the time the Beatles were making it big in America.

Well-timed arrival

PETERBOROUGH — Liam Halbedel waited until New Year’s Day before making his entry into the world. And he didn’t do it just after the stroke of midnight. Instead, the first baby of 2012 at Monadnock Community Hospital kept his mother and father waiting until early afternoon.

Coming off the squeaker

PETERBOROUGH — Fresh off a virtual dead heat tie with Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney turned his attention to New Hampshire last night, speaking to an enthusiastic crowd filling the upper floor of the Peterborough Town House.

Gift of citizenship caps local woman’s journey

HANCOCK — Christmas came a week early for Maribel Cypher this year.

Caring for the neglected

HANCOCK — Joe Dupont-Roche cares about dogs.

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