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By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Peterborough Affordable Housing Committee will present the short film “What is Workforce Housing?” on Saturday, Oct. 19, at noon and 1 p.m. at Peterborough Community Theatre. Admission is free, and all are welcome.The film features students from...

By DAVID ALLEN

Residents expressed varying opinions during a forum on plans to update Temple’s highway garage site Thursday.A special Town Meeting in June 2023 voted to rescind approval from that year’s Town Meeting which would have established a five-acre parcel on...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Tucked away on one of the many dirt roads winding around the base of Mount Monadnock, Archie and Nina MacIntyre’s antique Cape house has an unusual name and a long and storied history, including ties to the founding of Dublin. “It’s called Clothespin...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After over 30 years of practicing his art, Antrim glassblower Alex Kalish still finds satisfaction in every piece he creates. “Glass is an amazing material to work with tactically. The act of making it, creating that final product, is still exciting...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

More than 100 members of the Monadnock Quilters’ Guild have been working to prepare for the Oct. 12 and 13 Fall Festival of Quilts at South Meadow School in Peterborough.“Quilting is really form of art,” said Sue Conklin, a member of the guild and one...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Town of Greenfield is applying for a one-year extension to complete renovations to the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse using funds from a CDFA Community Center Program Grant.The Greenfield Meetinghouse, which was built in 1795, is on the...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

State Sen. Denise Ricciardi, a Republican who represents District 9 that includes Greenfield, Jaffrey and Sharon, recently received the 2024 Water Advocate Award from the Granite State Rural Water Association.The award, which was presented at the...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The ConVal School Board took a moment of silence during Tuesday night’s meeting to remember a student and a former student who died in unrelated car accidents the weekend of Sept. 20. Damien Cronan, 17,  of Antrim, was a junior at ConVal. James Barna,...

By DAVID ALLEN

The IDG building in Peterborough is slated for demolition later this month.According to Director of Planning and Building Danica Melone, removal of the long-vacant commercial building on the corner of Route 101 and Elm Street will begin within two...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Hancock photographer, environmentalist, master gardener and world traveler Eleanor Briggs will be the first speaker at the Jaffrey Civic Center’s “Stories to Share” series for 2024-2025, which opens Friday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m.The series, which...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Five leaders from the Peterborough community gave their perspectives on the role and impact of the Second Amendment in New Hampshire at a community discussion Wednesday afternoon at Peterborough Town Library. Speaking on the panel were psychologist...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

In a 4,000-year old tomb in the Luxor valley of the upper Nile, early 20th-century archaeologists discovered evidence of some of the things that mattered deeply to people of ancient Egypt: bread, beef and beer. At Wednesday’s Francestown Recreation...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Tiny homes, cottage courts, cluster housing and short-term rentals are all on the radar of the Antrim Planning Board as the town tries to combat the effects of the statewide housing crisis at the local level.“We are open-minded, and we are being...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Bennington Recreation Committee has been officially been relaunched by three volunteers: Melissa Clark, Justin Drew and Shelley Griswold.   Clark, who grew up in town and is now raising her family in Bennington, reached out to the Select Board...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

On Tuesday, the Jaffrey Planning Board unanimously approved the mitigation measures and revised site plan for the Stony Brook development adjacent to the Shattuck Golf Course off Route 124.Josh Joslin of Graz Engineering presented the mitigation plans...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Longtime organizer Carol Prest Barr said this year’s Francestown Labor Day celebration arts and crafts fair includes a mix of highly skilled local professional artisans, including juried glassblowers, woodworkers, a textile artist, painters and...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Tax assessments for ConVal’s remaining seven towns would go up if Francestown and Dublin withdraw from the district, according to preliminary financial projections presented by the ConVal Feasibility Committee’s financial subcommittee.At Thursday...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Tanja Short of Jaffrey, a certified astrologer, has created a gift for new parents – customized baby books created around an astrology chart from a baby’s time and day of birth.“Astrology is not what people think. It’s not ‘today is going to be a good...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Young artists, crafters, bakers and entrepreneurs will be displaying their talents at the second Children’s Market at the Francestown Community Market Friday, Aug. 23, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Francestown Town Hall. The event takes place outside in the...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Raylynmor Opera, which has been the Monadnock region’s opera company for nearly 30 years, will present “Star Spangled Opera,” a concert of American-themed classical opera, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, at Bass Hall in the Monadnock Center for...