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Mariam Raqib came to the United States in the 1980s, a refugee from the fighting in her home country of Afghanistan.A Wells College graduate with a degree in international studies and a masters and doctorate from Northeastern University, Raqib...

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Employees at Perry Family Dental Care evacuated Tuesday morning after staff members who came to open for the day thought they smelled propane.Fire Chief Marshall Gale said employees left the building and called 911 after noticing the smell. After...

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After Nick Germain became Wilton’s town administrator in November 2021, one of the first department heads he hired was Michael Tatro as director of public works.Germain said Tatro, who began in 2022, was the town’s first public works director for...

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Looking ahead to the 2023-2024 school year, Jaffrey-Rindge Superintendent Reuben Duncan said the district would like to add six to 10 teachers – a couple math teachers, a science teacher, several special education teachers and likely another STEM...

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Stop sign in hand, Jessica Hamlin brings traffic to a stop Thursday near where Elm, Union, Main, High and Vine streets come together, down the hill from Peterborough Elementary School.As the youngsters cross the street at the end of the school day,...

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Kathleen Johnson isn’t fully moved in at her new Central Gold Key Realty office overlooking Main Street on the second floor of the Centertown building in Peterborough.Although it’s on the list of businesses people would see if they walked by on the...

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Noting the number of people who have had longstanding associations with Peterborough Players, Sevanne Kassarjian said it’s the kind of place that’s hard to leave.“”We can’t just quit the place,” she said. “We keep coming back.”Kassarjian is a case in...

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A fire severely damaged a new home on Cranberry Meadow Drive in Peterborough Monday night.“Literally, they moved in Christmas weekend,” Peterborough Fire Chief Ed Walker said.Walker said firefighters were dispatched at 7:41 p.m., and the fire was...

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NuDay, a Windham-based refugee-assistance organization which has worked with multiple local organizations, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante to five years of probation and a $25,000 fine for export offenses, after...

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After a career in sales and marketing for various companies, Richard Miller “supposedly” retired in 2006.However, since moving to Greenville in 2004, Miller has served on the town’s recreation and economic development committees, been a substitute...

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A passion for Little League runs in Nick Hill’s family.“My dad (Dick) started the Little League in Jaffrey when he was a junior in high school,” said Hill. “I look up to him. He’s my role model.”Hill, a 46-year-old Jaffrey resident, started coaching...

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Longtime Wilton barber Elmer Santerre died in a single-car crash on Main Street in Wilton Friday evening.Santerre, 89, had owned Elmer’s Barbershop on Main Street for 64 years before retiring last December. During a celebration outside the barbershop...

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When someone needed to step up, Robyn Manley of Bennington was there.Manley made blankets for several years for the southwest New Hampshire chapter of Project Linus, which provides handmade blankets to children who are seriously ill, traumatized or in...

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One of John Stone’s first memories of Jaffrey is an act of kindness.It was 1978, and he and his wife Helen were moving from Massachusetts to Jaffrey so he could begin teaching at Jaffrey-Rindge Middle School.As they were looking for a place to live,...

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When Linda Quintanilha’s daughter Mary was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum at age 2 after not hitting her milestones, she attended training from the University of New Hampshire’s New Hampshire Leadership Series, which provides information...

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It had only been a couple days since Jarvis and Marcia Coffin had finalized the sale of The Hancock Inn, and between loose ends and transitional issues, Jarvis said it still felt like they had one foot in the business.“We’re knee-deep in boxes and...