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By STATE SEN. DENISE RICCIARDI

The new year always brings a sense of hope, renewal, and of course, resolutions.

By JESSE MARCUM

Public education is facing strong headwinds. Locally, in the ConVal school district, these headwinds come in the form of the steadily increasing costs of doing business combined with shifting demographics and declining enrollment.

By MELANIE KANE

The New Ipswich Library was founded in the late 1800s under the leadership of Caroline F. Barr, along with the women of New Ipswich who took it upon themselves to raise the funds needed to build a public library.

By CURTIS HAMILTON

For the past 58 years, our nine ConVal towns have partnered together to educate our children and ensure our greater Monadnock region continues to thrive for the generations that follow us.

By KATHLEEN BAGLIO HUMPHREYS

The Crotched Mountain Freestyle Club (CMFC) hosted its inaugural Eastern Freestyle Class A mogul event – The Hott Doggin Festival – on Feb. 23 and 24.

By JAY SCHECHTER

The challenges facing the Contoocook Valley School District are shared by all of the towns which are members of this consolidated school district.

By JANINE LESSER

In my opinion, the withdrawal of Dublin and Francestown would be a bad idea for all nine towns of the ConVal School District.

By DAN HARPER

We, the ConVal School Board, are compelled to state in unequivocal terms that the effects of the petition warrant article proposing a budget cap on our district will be absolutely devastating to our community and most of all to our children. The School Board unanimously opposes this petition.

By REUBEN DUNCAN

The Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District continues its journey to enhance our system so we can accomplish our mission to “Inspire, Engage, and Empower All Learners to Thrive in Their Lives and Communities.”

By THE REV. LANE FISHER

If living with a disease that is likely to take us down in the next six months, should we not have a humane and legal way to embrace death on our own terms?

By BEN CONANT

Two former Oriole basketball champions have taken flight and taken their game to the next level this collegiate season.

By STEPHANIE COX SUÁREZ

The Jaffrey-Rindge MLK Day celebrations began with the ringing of the bells at both the Cathedral of the Pines and the United Church of Jaffrey at 2 p.m. Monday. 

By BEN CONANT

The promising Monadnock-Fall Mountain-Conant ice hockey team has hit a rough patch following a strong start. 

By BEN CONANT

The Mascenic girls' basketball team snapped its losing streak and picked up its first victory of the season with a wire-to-wire win over visiting Hinsdale on Monday night. 

By RUDRA ARYAL

In the history of humankind, slavery is one of the darkest chapters. Many individuals all over the world profited from the dehumanization of millions of Africans, including Europeans, African leaders, British colonizers and Americans.

By JEANINE LESSER

After reading the Nov. 21 Ledger-Transcript article by Jerry Margolis, “School voucher program grows,” I would like to highlight some facts around education funding that our current New Hampshire Department of Education likes to ignore.First is the...

By TED LEACH

There has never been a better example of the need for term limits than demonstrated several weeks ago in the mud-wrestling over the federal budget. President-elect Donald Trump laid it out there for recalcitrant Republican representatives when he...

By BEN CONANT

No holiday tournament, no problem for the Wilton-Lyndeborough girls' basketball team, who didn't let a two-game skid and a two-week layoff slow them down in their return to action against Pittsfield Friday night. "We needed it coming off of the...

By EMERSON SISTARE

Every year, in late November, booksellers huddle around together in the offices of their stores to discuss the best books of the year, comparing notes with all manner of publications from The Economist, to the Boston Globe to the best-seller list your...

By COLLEEN ELLIOT

Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield is abuzz with excitement and growth as the calendar turns to a new year.With new staff joining our dedicated team and additional students enriching our school community, we are proud to begin this year with...

By MARK BECKWITH

“To Tell the Truth” was a popular TV game show that ran from 1956 to 1968, and then from 1969 to 1978. It had a long run.I watched it regularly as a boy. The show involved three contestants, each of whom would introduce themselves as the same person:...