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By BEN CONANT

The Conant and Mascenic softball teams met under the sunny skies of New Ipswich Friday afternoon for another classic rivalry game which saw the Orioles come out on top of a 2-1 pitchers’ duel. “Nothing better than that,” Conant senior captain Rylee...

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The Conant track and field team began its title defense on Tuesday, and while the Orioles lost some key pieces from last year’s boys’ championship team, they should be right back in contention for the best in Division III.“A lot of people are looking...

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The promising, if shorthanded, ConVal boys’ tennis team put up a valiant effort in Tuesday’s season opener against Goffstown at Adams Playground, but the undermanned Cougars couldn’t overcome the hole in their ladder, losing 6-3 to the visiting...

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What started as an outlet for recent graduates to keep playing hoops has turned into a venerable tradition in Wilton, as the Wilton Men’s League celebrates its 50th year in action this spring. “We've been going 50 years,” said Walter Bausha, who...

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The lights in the Greenfield Meeting House dimmed and flickered as former Selectman Bob Marshall stood to speak, drawing a murmur from the 60 or so gathered townspeople, most of whom had experienced a power outage at their own houses during the past...

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When Linda Ruth and Greg Spitzfaden built their Peterborough home in the late 1990s, they also built in some good fortune. As avid practitioners of Transcendental Meditation, Ruth and Spitzfaden wanted to build a home that reflected their values and...

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Just a fraction separated Littleton and Mascenic at Thursday’s NHIAA Division III winter spirit championships at Pinkerton Academy, but once the dust settled, the Crusaders were out ahead of the Vikings to claim their record 10th title.It was the...

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Former MacDowell director Nancy Englander died last week at the age of 78.Englander served as director at MacDowell from 1977 to 1981, during which time she oversaw the stays of artists and writers the likes of Mary Higgins Clark, Miyoko Ito and...

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The Next Level Church has closed its doors amid allegations of bullying and financial misconduct by its leadership team.Somersworth-based Next Level Church, a subsidiary of the Association of Related Churches, had seven locations in Massachusetts,...

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The No. 8 Mascenic boys’ basketball team won their Division IV playoff opener against No. 9 Groveton Monday night, 66-52, behind a pair of 20-point performances by seniors Joe Cocozella and Dylan Barthel. “The Mascenic Vikings came to play like...

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With the final horn blaring in the background, the ConVal-Conant girls’ ice hockey team celebrated a milestone victory Tuesday afternoon. After a decade of toil and improvement, Tuesday’s 8-0 win over Kingswood set the Griffins’ program record for...

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Nearly two dozen ConVal High School students were recognized at this year’s Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of New Hampshire.Each year, Scholastic Arts partners with more than 100 visual arts and literary arts organizations across the country to...

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ConVal senior Chris Robbins had a great day at the NHIAA Division III wrestling championships on Saturday at Bow High School, securing another place in Cougar history by joining the prestigious 100-win club and bringing home his third state...

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When Taylor and Cathie Sage acquired a pair of 20-acre lots on the west side of Pack Monadnock in Peterborough just before the turn of the millennium, they knew they wanted to build a custom home on their new property. “I grew up in upstate New York,”...

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ConVal hosted the NHIAA Division II boys’ alpine skiing state championship at Crotched Mountain on Monday and will send two Cougars to the Meet of Champions.Garret Rousseau took fifth in the slalom and 30th in the giant slalom to earn his way to...

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Long before Brynn Rautiola ever donned an orange-and-black jersey, before her championship wins and personal victories as a Conant Oriole – in fact, long before she even lived in the Jaffrey-Rindge school district – she idolized Conant girls’...

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It has been the Robbins Motel, the Heart O’ Monadnock Lodge, the King of the Road Motor Inn and most recently, the Jack Daniels Motor Inn.But as of last week, the hotel nestled along the Contoocook River at 80 Concord St. in Peterborough is now called...

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The Conant boys’ basketball team handed Division IV leader Concord Christian Academy its first loss of the season in Jaffrey Tuesday night, 46-43, after nearly handing the visiting Kingsmen the ballgame. One night after the CCA girls snapped Conant’s...

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When Tessa Spingola first stepped onto the ice as a high school freshman, she never imagined her hockey career would lead her to a starting spot on a college team. But now, the Springfield College freshman is a member of both the Pride varsity...

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The Milford girls’ basketball team is Division II’s surprise upstart this winter, and although ConVal played well against the Spartans Friday night in Peterborough, the visitors continued their strong season by dominating the glass and coming away...