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Hancock Select Board discusses proposed budget

By ROWAN WILSON - 1/25/23

Hancock’s draft proposed operating budget for 2023-2024 is approximately $3.29 million, a 17.24 percent increase over the current budget. Not...

Lyndeborough proposes wetland buffer, approval expirations among zoning changes

By ASHLEY SAARI - 1/23/23

Lyndeborough residents can expect to see eight potential zoning amendments on the ballot in March, including provisions to add a wetland buffer...

Andrew Brescia of Peterborough figuring out life after retirement

By ROWAN WILSON - 1/23/23

Since retiring from his teaching position at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., in June 2022, Andrew Brescia of Peterborough has been spending his...

Ellen Moran climbs tower to install antenna and cable for Hancock Fire Department

By ANNIE CARD - 1/20/23

The sun shone brightly and flags snapped in the wind outside the Hancock firehouse on Saturday, Jan. 7. Just before noon, longtime Hancock resident...

A push for repeal of ‘divisive concepts’ law

By ETHAN DEWITT - 1/20/23

Persuasive research papers are a yearly assignment in David Scannell’s English classes, and grading them is part of the job. But last school year...

Dublin Budget Committee works on finalizing department budgets

By ROWAN WILSON - 1/18/23

The Dublin Budget Committee met Tuesday night at Town Hall to discuss the 2023 budget. They have not settled on a proposed operating budget for...

The public benefits of private land

By AMANDA GOKEE - 1/18/23

The Mink Hills in Warner have returned to forest, where hemlock, oak, and beech trees now make their home, replacing the early settlers who clear...

Man falls through ice on Contoocook Lake

By ASHLEY SAARI - 1/17/23

A windsurfer fell through the ice on Contoocook Lake in Jaffrey on Sunday, prompting an on-ice rescue from the fire department.Jaffrey Fire Chief...

Sports

High School Roundup: 1,000 points for Tenters? Piece of cake

By BEN CONANT - 1/23/23

Conant High School’s first Hoops for Hunger basketball fundraiser Saturday night raised around $3,000 and a slew of canned goods for local families...

Softball: ConVal’s dynamic diamond duo signs collegiate letters of intent

By BEN CONANT - 12/21/22

ConVal’s dynamic diamond duo, Morgan Bemont and Lily Mandel, have been playing softball together for over a decade. And just as the two Cougar...

Girls’ basketball: Wilton-Lyndeborough beats Mascenic for first win since 2019

By BEN CONANT - 12/8/22

The Wilton-Lyndeborough girls’ basketball team is feeling good after beating Mascenic Tuesday night for the Warriors’ first varsity win since 2019....

Ledger-Transcript Fall Sports Awards

11/23/22

The fall 2022 high school sports season didn’t produce any local team state champions, but there was still plenty to celebrate. Mascenic field...

Opinion

Letter: Thanks from MLK committee

Today

The Jaffrey-Rindge MLK Committee thanks those who contributed to this year’s “Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.” commemoration.Thanks to chorus...

Letter: Jaffrey officials behaved poorly

Today

I wish I had the authority to apologize to the entire Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District community on behalf of the Jaffrey town government...

Arts & Living

PHOTOS: Francestown’s 104th Labor Day celebration

9/5/22

Francestown held the town’s 104th Labor Day celebration over the weekend, culminating in the annual parade on Monday afternoon, which was well...

Jaffrey native talks working for Pixar and his love of film

By ASHLEY SAARI - 7/29/22

When the credits roll on the new Pixar film “Lightyear” at the Jaffrey Park Theatre, a local name pops up.Jeff Stone, raised in Jaffrey and a...

Events

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Obituaries

Michael Katz

1/26/2023

Michael Katz Temple NH - Michael Felix Katz – August 7, 1938 – January 1, 2023. Michael was born in Cleveland OH, to a culturally inclined family who fostered his lifelong interests art, photogra...

Frances Martin

1/26/2023

Frances Martin Petersborough NH - Frances A. (Kotarski) Martin, 77, of Peterborough, NH and formerly of Lyman, ME, passed away with her family by her side on January 6, 2023. She was born in Westf...

Frederick Asahel Putnam Peterborough NH - Frederick Asahel Putnam died January 19 in Peterborough, NH of complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. He was born July 4, 1947 in Keene, NH to D...

Mary Thomas

1/26/2023

Mary Thomas New Ispwich, NH - Mary Mildred Thomas, née Chartrand, formerly of New Ipswich, NH and Fitchburg, MA passed away January 22, 2023 at the age of 93. Mary was born to Mary (O'Leary) Chartra...

Videos

The Granite State News Collaborative has been working with New Hampshire media throughout the COVID-19 crisis to coordinate shared content, provide laid-off journalists with freelance jobs, and create freelance... - Read Story

The Peterborough Players’ latest production, “Dumas’ Camille” examines where truth and memory meet and how a longing and grief of lost love can be transformed by art and how we really want to see the past and the... - Read Story

On the heels of the first Peterborough Night Market, plans are already in the works for the next, organizer Roy Schlieben said... - Read Story

Recent ConVal graduate Kylie Procita’s foray into documentary filmmaking turned out as fresh as her subject matter. Procita, who’s studying film at Savannah College of Art and Design, directed “Read Story

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