Hometown Heroes

OUR 2025
COMMUNITY PARTNER

While the challenges continue, so do the good works done by our neighbors, our teachers, our health care providers, our volunteers and so many others. This is their story. Savings Bank of Walpole is proud to support the 2025 Hometown Heroes, who were nominated by members of the community and selected by editors of the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. Nominate your Hometown Hero today.

Hometown Hero: Carol Lunan of the Grapevine Family Resource Center

Carol Lunan has been a parent facilitator and educator at the Grapevine Family Resource Center for 25 years, helping parents figure out how to be…

Hometown Hero: Pati Cloutier celebrates 40 years of sharing passion for dance

Pati Cloutier has been teaching dance to students of all ages in the Monadnock Region for 40 years, emphasizing the love of dance over competition…

Hometown Hero: Long-time legislator Dick Ames fights for the marginalized

Attorney and legislator Dick Ames of Jaffrey is the Hometown Hero for the Ledger-Transcript for the month of September.

Patricia Martin named Hometown Hero for her tireless volunteer efforts

Patricia Martin of Rindge has been named the Ledger-Transcript’s Hometown Hero for August for her dedication to a wide range of organizations and her tireless…

HOMETOWN HEROES: Lori Hardwick-Way helps fill the void in Francestown

Francestown Community Church closed in 2021, but the needs the church served through its food bank, holiday baskets and Giving Tree remained.

HOMETOWN HEROES – Denise Barlow is a stalwart at the American Legion in Jaffrey

Lisa Hall of Sharon wound up at the American Legion post in Jaffrey after someone recommended it as a place to do karaoke.

HOMETOWN HEROES: Martha Duffy of Peterborough honored for her efforts with Girl Scout Troop 63145

Martha Duffy of Peterborough started a Daisy and Brownie Girl Scout troop for a simple reason.

HOMETOWN HEROES: Sherry Miller saluted for years of service to Antrim Ambulance

Sherry Miller has been interested in emergency services since childhood.

Hometown Heroes: Nicholas Roberts is ‘the first to help anybody out’

A family member’s heart had stopped beating, and he had no pulse.

HOMETOWN HEROES: If there’s a need in Greenfield, Karen Day is there

If something needs to be done in Greenfield, there’s a good chance Karen Day will agree to do it.“Volunteers are hard to get,” she said.…

HOMETOWN HEROES: Justin Dole of Peterborough is on the scene

Justin Dole’s SWNH Alerts & Info Facebook page is a go-to site to learn about fires, car accidents or similar events in the Monadnock region,…

HOMETOWN HEROES: Linda Draper’s ‘forever’ at Wilton-Lyndeborough

Linda Draper’s younger daughter Katie had just started first grade, and she “was a mom who needed a job.”A Lyndeborough resident, she got one as…

HOMETOWN HEROES: Honoring James “Captain Jim” Feldhusen

Shortly before his passing, James “Captain Jim” Feldhusen told New Ipswich Fire Chief Ben Hatcher that he had no regrets – that if he had…

HOMETOWN HEROES – Craig Clark of Rindge leads the way

This year’s Memorial Day was a rainy one, but the Rindge Veterans Association still hosted the annual parade and services to remember fallen veterans at…