Meghan Pierce grew up in California, Australia and New York. Since joining
the staff of the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript in 2005 she has become an
award-winning writer and photographer, covering Peterborough and Sharon. The New Hampshire Better Newspaper Contest, in the category of weekly newspapers, awarded her third place for general news photo in 2006 and third place for spot news story, in 2007. Then in 2008 Pierce won first place for general news photo and was named writer of the year. Pierce lives in Peterborough with her daughter Eve.
Maybe it’s a little youthful rebellion or maybe it’s the reporter in the barn distracting her, but Onyx, a five-year-old black and white mare, is having trouble staying put for trainer Justin Battista as he gets her equipped with a harness on Tuesday afternoon.
An art mural to soothe patients entering the Monadnock Community Hospital emergency room was started by high school art students Saturday. ConVal School District elementary students will be able to add their art to the mural next month.
HANCOCK — After years of living between two cultures, Nila Gandhi-Schwatlo has learned to blend the two in creating her own recipes of a traditional Indian condiment.
PETERBOROUGH — The Peterborough Merchants Marketing Alliance has come together to raise money for Haiti relief through their Hearts for Haiti campaign.
Bradley White had two weeks off in January, and no concrete plans. So when an earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 12, he scrambled to find a way to the small Caribbean country to offer his skills as an orthopedic surgeon.
A proposed license plate program could be the answer to the state parks’ budget woes.
As accounts of horror and heroism continue to flood in from the earthquake-ravaged capital of Haiti, residents of the Monadnock region are turning to church pews, retail aisles and concert stages alike in a broad effort to turn their sympathy into money and goods for the international relief effort.
Wearing a pair of wings and a broad smile, Pam Delahanty passes out sets of plastic teeth to Appleton Elementary School third- graders to teach them how to brush and floss the right way to prevent tooth decay. It’s just another day at work as the Tooth Fairy’s Assistant for the dental hygienist.
PETERBOROUGH — The first baby of 2010 at Monadnock Community Hospital was born to a Rindge couple at 2:29 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
PETERBOROUGH - "I start by introducing myself before the accident," Jennifer Field says of her one-woman show, A Distant Memory. Then Field tells her audience about her road to recovery and about her life today, living with a brain injury.