Dave Eisenstadter

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Bio: Dave Eisenstadter covers arts, Rindge and the Jaffrey-Rindge School District. Raised in the Monadnock region, Dave returned after graduating from Bard College in 2005 with a degree in English and math. He performed freelance work for area publications and was hired by the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript in 2007. When he is not at the paper, he can be found editing for Stemmer House Publishers in Gilsum, traveling to contra dances and working on his own writing projects.

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Sacred and the secular

Director David Vernier has set an ambitious program for the Peterborough Chamber Choir for this fall’s concert: music spanning more than 500 years and ranging in emotion from the frivolous to the serious.

Young actors push to fix theater

PETERBOROUGH — In hopes of raising money for badly needed renovations to ConVal High School’s Lucy Hurlin Theatre, junior Megan MacInnes started the Friends of ConVal Drama.

Fritz on his way to 1,000 stories

Fritz Wetherbee, a man whose name has become synonymous with New Hampshire storytelling, will come to the Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough on Saturday to discuss his latest book, “Fritz Wetherbee: In Good Company.”

Wood pellets for Franklin Pierce University

RINDGE — Just in time for the cold weather, Franklin Pierce University is turning on the heat for an environmental initiative to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The university recently began installing a new wood pellet thermal heating system.

Halloween scream

The approaching end of October can only mean one thing —
HALLOWEEN!

Silence in style

The Wilton Town Hall Theatre will be a stop on New Hampshire’s largest vintage film festival, which will also encompass theaters in Manchester, Concord and Keene.

A wild life

Starting with a wild trip to California, Conant graduate Jeff Stone’s bid to enter the movie industry has come to fruition with “Where the Wild Things Are,” opening tomorrow.

Walking for peace in Dublin

DUBLIN — With 500 miles behind them and 500 left to go, a handful of peace advocates crossed the Monadnock region last week, marking the halfway point of a 1,000 mile march around New England.

Rindge’s network of friends

RINDGE — College students around the world shuddered as one-by-one their parents signed up on Facebook. Now, their governments are getting involved, too.

Garden Glory

As an article in Traditional Home Magazine featuring the garden of Peterborough resident Stanley Fry points out, New Hampshire is not the first place one would choose for a large and elegant garden, but as the author goes on to say, the garden is Fry’s “magnificent obsession.”