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Malachi Yebba of Jaffrey started skating when he was about 1 1/2 years old; his hockey-playing father Anthony saw to that.“As soon as I could walk, he put me on skates,” Malachi said.Hockey followed at about 5 or 6, and Malachi, 13, is currently a...

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“I don't know how many lives he changed through his coaching, but I can tell you his coaching changed mine.”Those were the words of Elizabeth McGurk nominating her former coach at Mascenic High School,  Mike Smith of New Ipswich, as the Monadnock...

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Since she was a child, Cathy Lanigan has always loved to sing.She was a voice major in college, and thought she would be a music teacher. Instead, she wound up working in IT as a computer programmer and didn’t sing, even though she still loved it.But...

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A lawn tractor fire in a garage Friday afternoon on Cheney Avenue in Peterborough destroyed the garage, heavily damaged a house and sent a Jaffrey firefighter to Monadnock Community Hospital with a minor injury.Peterborough Fire Chief Ed Walker said...

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Although temperatures hadn’t hit their high of 90 degrees Tuesday morning, it was still warm enough and sunny enough that players waiting for their next game of pickleball at Adams Playground in Peterborough were taking refuge under umbrellas.Sessions...

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Chance Derosier of Jaffrey skipped playing basketball for Conant High School last winter in order to train for the baseball season, and it paid off, as he has helped anchor the pitching staff behind Franklin Pierce University-bound Lane LeClair and...

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The man whose body was found in Dublin Lake Friday has been identified as 51-year-old Timothy Aeschliman of Fitchburg, Mass.According to a release from Dublin Police Department, a couple who were paddle boarding found a man in his 50s unresponsive in...

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Dottie Bauer remembers when she first met Rose Novotny.After moving to the area in 2018, Bauer had gone to observe an event at The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center in Antrim. Not long after, she went to the Bank of New Hampshire’s Antrim...

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Cody Boutwell remembers taking part in the Loran Hanson Memorial Fishing Derby when he was 13 and 14 years old.Now, as a lieutenant with Peterborough Fire & Rescue, Boutwell is one of the people responsible for keeping the derby going, as the...

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Helping others comes naturally to 16-year-old Jack Kidd of Hancock.“It’s awesome,” said his stepfather, Mike Crowe. “He’s been a very perceptive kid for a long time.”Jack has helped his family buy and deliver turkey dinners for Thanksgiving, and when...

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Martin Gitlin grew up near Cleveland, but a trip to Fenway Park in Boston as a 10-year-old in 1967 – the Boston Red Sox “Impossible Dream” season – proved life-changing.“It was such a treat. After that, I vowed I was going to move to New England,” he...

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Jessie Salisbury’s family was living in Alaska when her father had to retire for health reasons.According to her, he always said he would someday move to Virginia, where he was stationed in World War I. Instead, the family, including 12-year-old...

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One of the two Keene residents charged in connection with the alleged production of child sexual abuse material was a bus driver for the transportation company that serves the ConVal School District.According to a statement from U.S. Attorney Jane E....

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In a little less than three months, on June 19, the 91st Peterborough Players season begins with “Noises Off,” a classic comedy that Chuck Morey hopes will be the first in a series of big shows that draw big crowds to the converted barn at 55 Hadley...

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Mason will pursue a community power program, after Town Meeting voted to approve the town’s plan Saturday morning.Community power allows municipalities to purchase power in bulk for residents, with the intent of negotiating lower rates and the...

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If reconfiguration results in the ConVal School District closing any of its schools – the current recommendation is for Francestown Elementary School, Dublin Consolidated School, Pierce School in Bennington and Temple Elementary School to close –...

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Of 132 people who recently took an online, unscientific survey conducted by the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript as of March 1, 70 opposed the ConVal reconfiguration plan, while 52 supported it and seven were undecided. Three were not from the...

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How does someone from Switzerland end up co-founding a lifesharing community in the Monadnock region where people of various abilities – including those with special needs – live and work side by side?“I guess it’s destiny,” said Donat Bay, founder of...

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The Dubois family has a permit to demolish the houses they own at 23 Gulf Road, 24 Gulf Road, 1 Gulf Road and 26 Crosby Road, and Our Town Landscaping has been working on the properties.However, because of the size of the properties and age of the...

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When Chris Heider joined ConVal Community Dollars for Scholars six years ago, he said the name John Vance “was always legendary” within the organization.“It was kind of the first thing you heard about John Vance,” he said. “You ask, ‘Who’s John...