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Reserve booths for Pearly Pond Association tag sale
The Pearly Pond Association will hold a craft and tag sale event Saturday, June 15, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at VFW Post 5613 on 12 Hathorn Road in Jaffrey.Those who wish to reserve a booth may do so for $45. Spaces for indoor booths are 10 feet by eight...
Antrim Fire Department to host blood drive
Antrim Fire Department, 82 Clinton Road, will host an American Red Cross blood drive Tuesday, April 23, from 1 to 6 p.m.To make a reservation, call 800-RED-CROSS (800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org.
Peterborough Town Library Book Club to read ‘Great Circle’
The Peterborough Town Library Book Club announced plans to read Booker Prize finalist “Great Circle” by Maggie Shipstead.After several months’ recess, the book club will reconvene with monthly meetings on the last Friday of each month. “Great Circle”...
Peterborough Town Library schedules vacation week programs
Wildlife Encounters will headline the Peterborough Town Library's school vacation week program offerings Monday, April 22, at 11 a.m.Wildlife Encounters Ecology and Wellness Center will bring seven live animals to the library and share with the...
Franklin Pierce University names valedictorian and salutatorian
Franklin Pierce University announced that Madeline Ward has been named valedictorian for the Class of 2024, and Ryan Walker has been named the class's salutatorian.Ward, from Wolfeboro, majored in biology while also earning minors in spanish and...
Antrim Fire Department selling used truck
The Antrim Fire Department is auctioning off a 1993 E-One Freightliner Fire Pumper fire truck. This online auction is open to the public at municibid.com and ends Monday, April 22. New Hampshire residents are able to bid in this government auction...
Jarvis Coffin: Off the Highway – Calmly on the waters
It looked hopeless outside after the most-recent snowfall had melted. (Note: I do not tempt fate by presuming we have seen the last snowfall of the year, only the most-recent. It is still April, a moody month, antagonized easily by any presumption...
Words About Wilton: Gail Hoar – Protecting and serving
Recently, I came across a photo that got me thinking about my column. It was of a group of Chadian men on horseback, with small knives attached to their left arms and a few with old rifles slung over their shoulders.These men were the police force for...
ConVal attorney answers withdrawal questions
By JESSECA TIMMONS
ConVal School District attorney Dean Eggert answered questions from School Board members regarding the upcoming withdrawal feasibility studies at Tuesday night’s meeting. On March 12, voters rejected a warrant article proposing the district make...
Peterborough Planning Board approves 14-unit development near High Street
By JESSECA TIMMONS
The Peterborough Planning Board voted 4-2 Monday to approve Ivy Vann’s and Hugh Beyer’s application for construction of a 14-unit development off High Street after a public hearing.The hearing on the subdivision application followed a site walk of the...
Franklin Pierce students help foster literacy at Rindge Memorial School
By ASHLEY SAARI
Franklin Pierce students are fostering a love of writing and literacy in Rindge Memorial School fourth- and fifth-graders with the “Writing Nest,” an after-school club where college mentors help students put pen to paper and produce stories.The...
Peterborough firefighters continue fishing derby tradition
By BILL FONDA
Cody Boutwell remembers taking part in the Loran Hanson Memorial Fishing Derby when he was 13 and 14 years old.Now, as a lieutenant with Peterborough Fire & Rescue, Boutwell is one of the people responsible for keeping the derby going, as the...
Jaffrey kicks off Earth Week with no-waste potluck and environmental speakers
By ASHLEY SAARI
There were no paper plates or plastic utensils to be seen during the Jaffrey Climate Initiative and Jaffrey Conservation Commission Earth Day kickoff potluck on Tuesday, where participants were asked to bring their own plates and utensils for a...
Inaugural Greenfield Spelling Bee is May 4
The inaugural Greenfield Spelling Bee will be Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to noon, with doors opening at 9:30 a.m. The event will take place at Greenfield Meetinghouse, 776 Forest Road.Friends of the Greenfield Meetinghouse and the Stephenson...
Rebecca Rule to speak for Monadnock Quilters’ Guild
The Monadnock Quilters’ Guild will host Rebecca Rule presenting “That Reminds Me of a Funny Story,” a New Hampshire Humanities program, Friday, April 19, at 6:30 at Divine Mercy Church at 12 Church St. in Peterborough.Rule will share stories that she...
Dublin Historical Society schedules potluck supper
The Dublin Historical Society will offer a potluck supper, Friday, April 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Dublin Community Church Hall, 1125 Main St.All are welcome to bring dishes to share: appetizers, salads, casseroles, other main dishes and desserts....
Bennington roadside cleanup is April 20
On Saturday, April 20, the Bennington Conservation Commission is sponsoring its 10th annual Earth Day roadside cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon. This event is held rain or shine each spring to commemorate Earth Day and foster pride in the town.The...
Jaffrey Woman’s Club schedules Earth Day celebration
On Saturday, April 20, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Jaffrey Woman’s Club will celebrate Earth Day in the Cutler Memorial Building at 33 Main St., featuring activities, resource tables and a photo booth.Attendees can create an ocean in a bottle and learn...
Former home of The Folkway in Peterborough is on the market
By JESSECA TIMMONS
The former home of one Peterborough’s best-known institutions, The Folkway restaurant, is back on the market after almost 30 years. The Victorian home at 85 Grove St., built around 1860, was once the home of W.H.H. Pritchard, a Peterborough veteran of...
The Grapevine and Avenue A celebrate volunteers
On April 11, about 90 community members from across the region gathered for The Grapevine and Avenue A’s volunteer celebration at the Antrim Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. The event celebrated more than 60 volunteers who make the organization’s...
