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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...

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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...

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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...

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Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, a professor of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School and a 50-year practitioner and longtime instructor of Kundalini yoga, has dedicated his life to spreading the word about the health and mental health benefits of yoga. “In...

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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...

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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...

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Director and producer Brendon Fox will be coming on board as the new artistic director of Peterborough Players.“I’m very excited for the future at the Players, to build on the past, and grow the future. It is a huge gift for an incoming leader to have...

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Graffiti, including a swastika intermixed with other symbols and artwork, was found at the town skate park.The Francestown Police Department investigated a report of the graffiti Aug. 17. Police Chief Fred Douglas reported at Monday’s Select Board...

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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...

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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...

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The Francestown Recreation Department has closed public access to Scoby Pond (also know as Haunted Lake), including the beach and the boat ramp, due to dangerously high levels of E coli bacteria in the water.  Recreation Commission Chair Bob Bitterli...

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Allison Aldrich Smith, founder of  Keene’s Animaterra Women’s Chorus, which ran from 1997 to 2020, told  Sunday’s audience at the Monadnock Summer Lyceum that “there will be more singing than talking.”“I have been asked to sing a lot, talk a little,”...

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More than 20 Francestown residents gathered Saturday to explore the “Turnpike Trails”  near Route 47  and Campbell Road as part of the Francestown Land Trust’s “Exploring Our Trails” summer hiking series.The hikes are designed to introduce town and...

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Anyone arriving at the Trowbridge home on the western edge of Peterborough will notice the gardens before anything else -- the varied colors, shapes, sizes, and textures of the plants and flowers in the gardens.“I love color,” Laura Trowbridge said...

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Linda Smith Davis of Greenfield,  creator of the New England Fine Living lifestyle brand, is used to hearing from her fans – whom she calls her “kindred spirits” – but just before Thanksgiving 2023, she was surprised to get a package in the mail...

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Antrim and Greenfield used grant funds from New Hampshire the Beautiful for new equipment at their transfer stations. New Hampshire the Beautiful is a nonprofit organization that provides funds to improve municipal recycling programs and facilities. ...

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As a severe storms expert, meteorologist Cyrena Arnold of Francestown has been busy providing real-life expertise on the movie “Twisters” – the 2024 sequel to the 1996 movie “Twister” – as the film has been released around the world.“I’ve been on...

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A little piece of New Orleans will be coming to the Monadnock region Sunday, Aug. 18, at Fred Simmons’ and Leslie Vogel’s 16th annual Folksoul Music Festival in Greenfield. “Folk and soul combine the two richest traditions of American music, the folk...

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Ainsley King of Peterborough has joined the coaching staff of Keene State’s first women’s varsity hockey program. As of fall 2024, the Owls women’s hockey team, formerly a club team, is now NCAA Division III.“I’m really excited about it. I love...

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The Dublin Education Advisory Committee and Francestown School Committee presented their proposals for withdrawal from the ConVal School District to the ConVal Feasibility Study Committee at Thursday night’s committee meeting.Francestown and Dublin...