Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services nurse Kristina McGuirk wears PPE to protect against the potential spread of COVID-19 as she makes a home visit. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Idris Maslansky holds a sign that says “BLACK LIVES MATTER, I MATTER” at a racial justice protest in Peterborough in May. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Residents stopped by to meet Santa – safely encased in a snow globe – in Peterborough on Sunday afternoon. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Garrett Cournoyer unloads cremation trays at Cournouyer Funeral Home in anticipation of a potential spike in COVID-19 deaths in April. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Jacqueline Coll gives the COVID-19 vaccine to Donna Infante as part of the first round of vaccinations for frontline health care workers at Monadnock Community Hospital Friday. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Silas Bernier and Brynn Rautiola celebrate Conant’s girls’ basketball championship win in March. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Francestown celebrated Veterans Day on Wednesday with a parade, prayer, rifle salute and raffle at the Town Common. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Jim Fennell sanitizes baseballs during a Junior Swamp Bats practice in May. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Jaffrey Fire Chief David Chamberlain at a fire in Jaffrey in June. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
A bus decked out with a Halloween-themed voting message in a Peterborough yard. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Voting at Conant High School in Jaffrey Tuesday morning. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Emma Woodhead gives a peace sign to a motorist as she stands with a "Ridin' With Biden" flag in Peterborough Tuesday. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Voting at the Peterborough Community Center on Tuesday. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Voting at the Greenfield Meeting House on Tuesday. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Voting at the Greenfield Meeting House on Tuesday. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Elizabeth Warren campaigns in Peterborough in February. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Pete Buttigieg drops off donuts at his campaign office in Peterborough in February. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Bernie Sanders makes a campaign speech at Franklin Pierce University in February. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Voting at the Peterborough Community Center on Tuesday. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Voting in Temple for the New Hampshire primary in February. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Dog trainer Haeleigh Hyatt of Hancock and some of her dogs show off frisbee tricks at Moose Brook Park. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Eric Masterson of Hancock is recovering from a serious hang gliding accident. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Feltes speaks with Heather Stockwell of Dublin in Peterborough's Putnam Park on Halloween. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Mascenic’s Landen Vaillancourt finishes his final cross-country race at the Meet of Champions in October. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Martha Pitt of Greenfield holds a Black Lives on Route 101 in Peterborough Saturday. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Greg Carter debates the existence of systemic racism with Jonah Wheeler during a Pro-Police, Pro-America rally at the Peterborough Police Station in August. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Zach Green sits with a Black Lives Matter sign during a Pro-Police, Pro-America rally at the Peterborough Police Station in August. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
COVID-19 testing at Friendship Manor in New Ipswich. Staff photo by Ben Conant
BJ the tortoise is a refugee at the Hancock Inn due to the coronavirus pandemic. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Annika Martel of the Mascenic girls' volleyball team readies for a return. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Governor Chris Sununu gets his temperature taken by Peterborough Fire Chief Ed Walker in October. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Mascenic’s Dylan Barthel comes right at the camera during a soccer playoff game in October. Staff photo by Ben Conant
A shopper at Market Basket in Rindge after the store began limiting the number of shoppers allowed in the store in March. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Sue Franklin uses a microscope at Kimball Physics in Wilton in July. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Elina Barbosa of Peterborough walks Route 202 during a protest for racial justice in June. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Wilton-Lyndeborough’s Elisabeth Jacob lines up a kick during a soccer playoff game in October. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Victoria and Micah Prince play at Oak Park in Greenfield on Friday, Oct. 9. Staff photo by Ben Conant
A sign along Route 124 in New Ipswich warns visitors of the high COVID-19 risk posed by a visiting evangelical group that told town officials they wouldn't follow the state's social distancing guidelines in August. Staff photo by Ben Conant
State Representative Jim Fedolfi wears a face shield as he salutes the flag during Antrim’s Fourth of July celebration. Staff photo by Ben Conant
New Ipswich Town Moderator Bob Romeril and deputy moderator Earl Somero build a homemade sneeze guard to protect election staff and voters for the upcoming primary and presidential elections. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Mather Kipka glides up the court for the ConVal basketball team in February. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Byron Tapply adjusts his mask before Mascenic’s graduation in June. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
ConVal’s seniors were honored with a parade in Temple on Saturday as part of a drive-by celebration that took place throughout the school district’s towns. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Noah Krason rips off his ConVal mask for a photo during ConVal’s graduation in August. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Dr. Dayna Ferguson signs the ‘tombstone’ at the MacDowell studio where he was staying to keep his family safe from COVID-19 while the artists’ retreat was closed. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
A drive-through real estate closing at Better Homes and Gardens/Masiello Group in Peterborough on Thursday, April 9, 2020. (BEN CONANT / Monadnock Ledger-Transcript) Staff photo by Ben Conant
Mascenic’s Joseph Lisio won the Division IV golf championship in October. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Sanitizing at Hancock’s Town Meeting in March. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Libby Mercier celebrates at her adoption parade in July. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Nico Colon strikes a pose after dancing during halftime of a ConVal unified basketball game in February. Staff photo by Ben Conant—
Donna Infante gives a COVID-19 test at Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough on Friday, April 10, 2020. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Jacqueline Coll gives the COVID-19 vaccine to Donna Infante as part of the first round of vaccinations for frontline health care workers at Monadnock Community Hospital Friday. Staff photo by Ben Conant