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Tour de Francestown has a new twist

By ISABELLA MESSA

The Tour de Francestown fundraiser for the Old Meeting House on May 18 will have a new addition this year.Meteorologist and bike rider Cyrena Arnold has developed the new Road Ride, a 25-mile loop on primarily paved roads with some hard pack...

Book donations at Jaffrey library canceled

The second Saturday of the month, May 11, would be the regular time for the Jaffrey Library Friends to accept book donations for their sales. However, the library will be closed that day to honor Cynthia Hamilton's contribution to the library, so that...

Mansfield Public Library in Temple schedules plant swap

Mansfield Public Library, 5 Main St. in Temple, will host a plant swap on the library lawn on Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to noon. People can swap their extra garden or house plants, cuttings, seedlings or seeds. All plants and seeds must be...

Peterborough Garden Club schedules plant sale

The Peterborough Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale Saturday, May 11, from 9 to 11 a.m. at The Monadnock Center for History and Culture at 19 Grove St. in Peterborough.In addition to garden plants, Mother’s Day arrangements will be sold and...

ConVal officials propose one athletic director position

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Tim Conway, principal of South Meadow School, Great Brook School Principal Adam Caragher and ConVal Assistant Principal Richard Simoneau put forth a proposal to create a single ConVal athletic director position encompassing the Great Brook, South...

Voters will soon make their choices

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough voters will decide on candidates for town offices and weigh in on six proposed zoning amendments during town elections Tuesday, May 14.Voting takes place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Peterborough Community Center on Elm Street.The zoning...

Grants help farmers implement systems to fight climate change

By ASHLEY SAARI

Farms across New Hampshire are fighting the impacts of climate change on the agricultural industry with grants issued by the state’s conservation districts, including farms in Peterborough, Jaffrey and New Ipswich.The state’s 10 conservation...

The impact of Peterborough zoning votes

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough residents will vote on six proposed zoning amendments May 14.Article 1 proposes that properties in the Family District be rezoned to General Residence. A yes will approve changing all Family District Properties to General Residence...

Jaffrey Zoning Board approves variance allowing Reality Check to move to residential area

By ASHLEY SAARI

Addiction services center Reality Check has received permission to operate a commercial business in a new location on Stratton Road, in the former Redeeming Grace Church.During a Zoning Board meeting on Tuesday, Mary Drew, the founder and CEO of the...

Former Antrim fire truck has new home in Maine

By CAMERON CASHMAN

After putting it up for auction on April 10, the Antrim Fire Department sold its 1993 E-ONE Freightliner Fire Pumper fire truck to the town of Limerick, Maine, for $7,000.The auction ended April 22. Antrim Fire Chief Marshall Gale said that while...

Sixteen-unit development draws ire from neighbors in Jaffrey

By ASHLEY SAARI

After hearing feedback from neighbors during a Zoning Board public hearing on Tuesday,  the developer of a proposed 16-unit open space development on Town Farm Road in Jaffrey requested the application be tabled, so that some of the points made...

Wilton Highway Department workers change shifts

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The Wilton Select Board approved newly appointed Highway Superintendent Wayne Titus’ proposal to move the department from a five-day, eight-hour work week to a four-day, ten-hour work week, from Monday to Thursday.The new hours begin on May 10 and...

The Greenfield Beat: Jesseca Timmons – Meet Greenfield’s new School Board rep

After representing Greenfield on the ConVal School Board for eight years,  Katherine Heck, who is arguably one of Greenfield’s busiest human beings, stepped down just after the elections in March. She had already announced that she was not running for...

Hancock Select Board approves applying for trail grant

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The Hancock Select Board took a preliminary step toward funding the cleanup and maintenance of the Old Railroad Trail running from South Elmwood Road to Cavender Road in Hancock through a grant from the Recreational Trail Program offered by New...

Jaffrey-Rindge seniors unhappy with indoor graduation

By KATHY NICHOLS

Chris Ratcliff called the May 6 Jaffrey-Rindge School Board meeting to order with Student Representative Madison Bellofatto, board members Sandra Stewart, Lisa Riley, Charles Eicher, John McCarthy and Christine Pressman and Superintendent Reuben...

Peterborough Food Pantry is now part of Peterborough Area Community Aid

The Peterborough Food Pantry’s umbrella organization has been renamed Peterborough Area Community Aid, which is intended to better reflects what the 501(c)3 nonprofit does, where it operates and who it serves. The organization’s former name was...

Sue Anderson to speak at Peterborough Garden Club

The Peterborough Garden Club will present speaker Sue Anderson’s “Hostas – The Journey Continues” Monday, May 13, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Shieling Forest Learning Center, 395 Old Street Road, Peterborough.Anderson is the owner of Mason Hollow...

PHOTOS: The Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow holds TulipFête 2024

The Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow in Hancock is hosting its 2024 TulipFête event through May 12.The event allows visitors to admire and pick from a variety of multicolored tulips. Admission is free, but attendees must reserve a parking spot on the Farm at...

Spellers strut their stuff at inaugural Greenfield Spelling Bee

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Thirteen young spellers competed in the first Greenfield Spelling Bee at the Greenfield Meetinghouse Saturday, in an event sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Meetinghouse and the Friends of Stephenson Library.Contestants of different...