Viewpoint: Robert Beck – Lessons learned from the Russia/Ukraine war

The upcoming one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presents an opportune moment to consider the lessons learned over the course of the past 12 months of conflict.The war has highlighted the pride, resilience and longing for freedom of...

Letter: Learn about your legislators

Seize the day, or "carpe diem" as it is said in Latin.Do you know who your legislators are? Or do you know on which  committees they serve? What are their ideas and opinions and what are their plans for voting on particular bills? A democracy allows...

Letter: An act of kindness at the vigil

What does it say about us and the everyday world in which we live that it is the acts of kindness that startle us and take us by surprise? It was the usual weather for a Saturday vigil on Route 101 in Peterborough. Clear blue skies belied low...

Letter: Lions Club says thanks

The Souhegan Lions Club, serving Temple, New Ipswich, Mason and Greenville, would like to thank the sponsors of our 45th Peanut Butter Chip Chase on Jan. 1.A very special thanks goes to Michaud Funeral Home for once again being our event sponsor....

Letter: Rindge chamber says thanks 

The Rindge Chamber of Commerce would like to recognize those businesses who sponsored the Jan. 21 Rindge Chamber Annual Gala at Hidden Hills. They are as follows: Platinum Sponsors MilliporeSigma and Hidden Hills, Gold Sponsors Atlas Pyrotechnics,...

Letter: Thanks from MLK committee

The Jaffrey-Rindge MLK Committee thanks those who contributed to this year’s “Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.” commemoration.Thanks to chorus directors Kerri McCormack and Kristi Delgado and their school choirs for their stirring performances,...

Letter: Jaffrey officials behaved poorly

I wish I had the authority to apologize to the entire Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District community on behalf of the Jaffrey town government’s delegation that attended the budget hearing on Jan. 12. I believe this delegation behaved in a...

Letter: Multiple paths to lower rates 

Peterborough Community Power is committed to decreasing what we pay for electricitycompared to the Eversource rate. Here’s how we’ll do that.First, Peterborough Community Power will partner with the Community Power Coalition of NH (CPCNH) to purchase...

Letter: Put peace ahead of profits

On my mid-January visit to see my mom in Peterborough, I enjoyed reading about Wilton’s Ken Jacobus being “On a mission to help others” in Poland” and erstwhile Sierra Club president Aaron Mair’s upcoming Jaffrey-Rindge MLK Day talk on environmental...

Letter: Thanks for helping Operation Santa

Operation Santa, a project of the Rindge Woman's Club (RWC), completed its 35th year by helping 56 children from 23 families have a wonderful Christmas. We are grateful for "giving tree" sponsors TD Bank in Rindge, Ingalls Memorial Library, Walmart...

Letter: Right is gone, 50 years later

On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court declared a Constitutional right in Roe v. Wade for women to have abortion rights. Fifty years has now passed, with the 2022 declaration from the court that the 1973 decision was not done in Constitutional manner....

Letter: Fiscal process is flawed

Apologies for getting to this a little late in the news cycle. “Budget talks begin” came out a couple weeks ago (Jan. 5). I read the front page part – up 11 percent - and just groaned to myself. Then the spin started; I quickly grew tired of that and...

Letter: Share ideas for Town Meeting

Some years ago, we established a Moderator’s Advisory Committee in Jaffrey. Its purpose was to discuss and implement ideas that would enhance voter awareness and attendance at our annual Town Meeting and to remind voters of when and where voting was...

Letter: Give your servers a bonus

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of being tooled around by Big Oil. At the slightest sign of inflation following the faintest hint of its coming by the Fed, I drive up to the gas pump and see prices rocketing up by dollars. Once the...

Editorial – The need for people

It almost goes without saying that businesses must offer a product or service that people want or need, because if they’re not serving their market, they won’t succeed. That said, having good people in the business is what makes a business thrive....

Viewpoint: L. Phillips Runyon III – Our flag needs us

By L. PHILLIPS RUNYON III

I’ve always loved our flag. It goes back to the fifth grade, when my flag-loving teacher Betty Baltz (sounds sort of like Betsy Ross?) had us do a project on the evolution of our current flag -- the one that had 48 stars back in the late 1950s.I was...

Letter: Thanks from the food pantry

We at the Peterborough Food Pantry, would like to express our sincere appreciation to everyone who organized and participated in food drives across the region during the 2022 holiday season. We received several thousand pounds of food in November and...

Letter: Peterborough Community Power is coming

Peterborough Community Power’s predicted launch is in early April. If you’re a Peterborough resident, it will benefit you.Here is what you need to know. Peterborough Community Power will be the new, locally controlled electricity provider in the Town...

Letter: Laudation

Commendations to the author regarding the recent essay in the Monadnock Ledger dated Tuesday, Jan. 10: “Making the case for Biden.” It is comprehensive, cogent in presentation and edifying.The “slings and arrows” that President Joe Biden endures are...

Letter: To be the greatest, address shortcomings

It is often said – ours is the greatest country in the world and we have the greatest economy in the world. If we do have the greatest economy in the world, why are 40 million Americans underfed and hungry?If we do have the greatest economy in the...