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By ROWAN WILSON

What makes for a stunning fall foliage season? According to retired forestry professor and UNH Cooperative Extension forester Karen Bennett, it has a lot to do with weather.“So here’s the thing, as long as there’s green leaves on the tree, you have...

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The Antrim Recreation Department posted an advisory last week warning of potential dangers cyanobacteria can pose to swimmers, dogs and livestock after after a bloom was observed on Gregg Lake in Antrim.Recreation Director Celeste Lunetta spotted the...

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Charlie and Mariela Moore will be cooking up burgers and fries, onion rings and Italian sausages all summer inside the Chuck Wagon, an expansion to Charlie’s Olde Tyme Creamery at the fork of Route 202 and Sharon Road in Peterborough.On a recent...

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“There’s been so much work that’s been done since last year,” said Assistant Town Administrator and Director of Public Works Seth MacLean, speaking on the proposed fire station project on Elm Street.At Town Meeting last year, voters approved a $1.3...

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ConVal students Zoe Nevers-Hiers, Wubalem Harrison and Christine Broderick and Mascenic students Kim Leroux and Angelina McCabe are heading to Orlando this summer to compete in the 2023 Educators Rising National Conference after placing in the New...

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Three petition warrant articles discussed at the open session of Peterborough’s Town Meeting Wednesday all failed with little support.Andrew Osterman put forward the articles, including appropriating $201,000 from the Pedestrian Enhancement Fund to...

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After two years of preparing the space, diVINE on Main officially opened Monday, May 10, on Main Street in Peterborough.Owner Lisa Witte said the wine bar is an unpretentious place to sit, chat and enjoy a glass of wine.“If you come here, there’s no...

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Select Board opponents Tyler Ward and Andrew Osterman were set up next to each other outside of the polls all day Tuesday greeting and talking with voters as they walked into the Peterborough Community Center during the town election.“I think people...

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The Awesome Potatoes, Great Brook School’s robotics team, recently returned from the VEX World Championship in Dallas, where 787 team from over 40 countries competed this year.This was the second year the team qualified for the world championship, and...

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Monadnock Center for History and Culture and Toadstool Bookshop are holding a contra dance Friday, May 12, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Monadnock CenterThe dance celebrates the launch of New Hampshire author Thomas Curran’s new book, “All Join Hands:...

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Editor’s note: This story references issues with mental health, suicide and suicide prevention.When Callie Boisvert and Abbey Shumway were freshmen at ConVal High School, they held their first Break the Silence 5K to support suicide prevention and...

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The River Center is asking the community to choose a mascot for the organization.Douglas Toys in Keene donated the candidates, and one of five stuffed animals – bear, beaver, frog, owl or raccoon – will represent the Peterborough-based nonprofit...

By ROWAN WILSON

Friday was the opening day of the Francestown Community Market, and at the end stall, the Francestown 4-H club was squeezing lemons and selling lemonade with flavors they made using locally grown ingredients like rhubarb, dandelion and thyme. The 4-H...

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It was warm and sunny for Fracestown’s annual Tim Samuelson Memorial Kids Fishing Derby held at Bixby Pond on Sunday morning, and participants were reeling in rainbow trout all around the pond.“This year was beautiful,” said Recreation Commission...

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On Tuesday, Peterborough Select Board members agreed to gather speed information and look into installing measures to help slow down traffic on Union Street after discussing a petition from Union Street residents Matt Waitkins and Robert Wood that...

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Along with electing candidates for town positions and deciding on the budget, the Peterborough ballot session will include seven zoning amendments among its 18 articles May 9, followed by three petition warrant articles at the open session May...

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This article has been changed. Andrew Osterman’s proposal is that Select Board would only be able to appoint residents below age 65 to town commissions, committees or boards if the average age of the current members is over 65.The Peterborough Select...

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In Peterborough, the vacancy rate is 0.0 percent. Town Planner Danica Melone said in a healthy market, that number should be closer to 5 or 6 percent. When Melone occasionally sees rentals pop up, they’re usually rented within a day. She said she has...

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On Thursday night, the DubHub hosted a conversation about race and policing, with Cheshire County Sheriff Eli Rivera and at Franklin Pierce Chief Diversity Officer Pierre Morton speaking to a group of about 40 sitting in a circle around the room...

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Frances Moore Lappé, author of the bestselling book “Diet for a Small Planet,” will be speaking at a virtual event co-hosted by the Harris Center for Conservation Education and the Monadnock Food Co-op on Thursday, May 4, from 5:30 to 6:30...

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The Friends of the Stephenson Memorial Library in Greenfield hosted local Titanic expert Will Kindler April 13.In April of 1912 only 712 people survived the sinking of the Titanic out of the 2,208 people aboard. Kindler spoke about the history of the...