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The Dublin Budget Committee held a public hearing on the proposed 2023-2024 budget Tuesday night. The proposed operating budget is approximately $2.47 million, 6.12 percent higher than the current budget.Budget Committee Chair Bill Gurney said they...

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Police arrested a Hancock man Thursday after he allegedly had a gun inside Monadnock Community Hospital.According to a statement from Peterborough Police Chief Scott Guinard on the department’s Facebook page, at approximately 1 p.m. on Feb. 9, the...

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The Greenfield Select Board held a public hearing Thursday night to discuss the town’s proposed 2023 budget. The proposed total expense budget is approximately $3.31 million, a 13.5 percent increase over the current budget. Greenfield votes on its...

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The DubHub held a story time with a piglet and a Valentine-making event on Saturday.Donna Watterson, who runs Amazing Grace Animal Sanctuary in Sullivan with her husband Daryl, sat on a tarp with her new pig, Archie, who was recently found abandoned...

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The Hancock Select Board accepted two state grants that would benefit the Police Department Monday evening.The first grant was $25,000 to purchase body-worn cameras for police officers.  “I think the grant is significant,” said Chief Thomas...

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During the ConVal School Board’s deliberative session Tuesday night in the ConVal High School gym, no changes were made to the proposed budget or any of the district’s proposed warrant articles. The proposed budget for the district is...

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Monadnock Roller Derby is hosting a skate night at Great Brook School in Antrim on Saturday at 6 p.m.The event will raise funds for Great Brook eighth-graders who will take a trip to Washington, D.C., this spring for the first time since 2019, before...

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The Old Meeting House bell in Francestown normally rings on the hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.But recently, it has been silent. Francestown Town Administrator Jamie Pike reported that he received an email from the clock keeper who was on...

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Paula Kay Kerouac taught a painting class in the dining room at the Blue Bear Inn on Wednesday night. The class painted snowy owls using a reference photo of a painting that Kerouac created. As the students worked on painting in their owls, Kay...

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Two members of the Dublin Planning Board, Chair Bruce Simpson and Vice Chair Steve Baldwin, have resigned from their positions.During the Dublin Select Board meeting on Jan. 30, Selectman Chris Raymond announced that the Planning Board will appoint...

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Mason Elementary School held the deliberative session for its 2023-2024 budget on Saturday morning. Five members of the public attended, and all warrant articles were approved by those present with no changes. The school district’s total proposed...

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During its second round of state-mandated testing, 148 out of 552 samples from the ConVal School District’s 11 schools contained levels of lead above the state maximum of 5 parts per billion (ppb).As part of its “Get the Lead Out” program, the state...

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According to Emily Kerylow, director of operations at Monadnock Humane Society in Swanzey, “The year of 2020 was unprecedented.”She said “adoptions were through the roof,” and in addition to adopting pets, more people were fostering. “The bright side...

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The Hancock Community Power Committee met Tuesday morning to discuss the community power warrant article they are writing that will be voted on during Town Meeting in March. The committee has been meeting to create a plan to bring community power to...

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On Jan. 24, around noon, Peter and Ann Harrison parked at the start to the Evans Flats Trail in Peterborough. They both wore backpacks and snowshoes and carried tools.They were in the woods for more than 2 1/2 hours working on the trail. They trimmed...

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The Francestown Select Board and Budget Committee recommended the town’s proposed 2023 budget without opposition Thursday night.The proposed budget is approximately $2.05 million, a 6.38 percent increase over last year. Town Administrator Jamie Pike...

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The Toadstool Bookshops in Peterborough and Keene are under new ownership.Emerson Sistare and his family have purchased the longtime independent bookstores from Willard and Holly Williams. The Williams family founded the Toadstool in Peterborough in...

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On Wednesday night, Route 101 in Dublin was shut down to one lane for about an hour as rescue crews worked to recover a 2019 Jaguar that had left the roadway and struck a tree. Dublin Police Chief Timothy Suokko reported that the Jaguar was operated...

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Hancock’s draft proposed operating budget for 2023-2024 is approximately $3.29 million, a 17.24 percent increase over the current budget. Not including debt service expenses, long-term bonds and water fund operating expenses, the town has proposed...

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The Peterborough Budget Committee and Select Board met Tuesday night to hear from two departments, IT/GIS (information technology and geographic information systems) and planning. GIS/IT Director Fash Farashahi presented his department’s proposed...