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The Goodell Company Mill building in downtown Antrim has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The old factory building, owned and operated by David Goodell in the 1800s, now houses the Moka Pot with its shop window facing Main...

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Local employers faced challenges attracting and retaining employees in 2022, and this year, employers are forced to consider what it will take to stay staffed.Mark Cilley, vice president and owner of American Steel & Precast Erectors in Peterborough,...

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Dublin Community Center held an open house Friday night to introduce new center director Monica Laskey to the community. Snacks and wine were offered at a banquet table, and guests chatted and looked at art hanging in the orange-walled room. It was...

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Since retiring from his teaching position at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., in June 2022, Andrew Brescia of Peterborough has been spending his retirement reading, playing pickleball, working on projects around the house and discovering what the...

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The Dublin Budget Committee met Tuesday night at Town Hall to discuss the 2023 budget. They have not settled on a proposed operating budget for 2023 yet. The current operating budget is approximately $2.3 million.On Tuesday, committee members decided...

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On Christmas morning in Florida, Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson died at 83 years old.Johnson was a successful blues musician. He was nominated for three Grammys and won a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Recording in 1985. He also won a W.C. Handy...

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The Peterborough Community Power Committee is expected to launch its community power plan on April 3.When the plan rolls out, Peterborough Community Power will be the default electricity supplier for small businesses and residents in town who...

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There’s a new face at Peterborough Elementary School, and he’s not a student or a teacher. Twelve-week-old Charlie is a Labrador puppy with a big job ahead of him. He will be the school’s facility therapy dog, and the students already love...

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Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church will host a weekly meditation hour starting Wednesday. Jan. 18.Bryan Field has been meditating since he was 16. Years ago, he said there used to be a group of locals who would meet and meditate for an hour...

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Owners Ariane and Tom Ice will be able to run the tasting room they created at The Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow, after the Hancock Select Board rescinded its decision to require a site plan review for the room. The Select Board had previously decided the...

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On Monday the Antrim Select Board met to discuss the proposed 2023-2024 operating budget of just under $4.1 million, a 5.2 percent increase.Police Chief Brian Lord, Library Board of Trustees Chairman Rick Wood, Road Agent Jim Plourde and Fire Chief...

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Bennington town administration and the Select Board met in Pierce Elementary School Tuesday evening to discuss the town’s proposed 2023 budget of approximately $1.83 million, a 3.38 percent increase. The budget accounts for increased costs of goods...

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The first Francestown Academy Coffeehouse took place in the Town Hall Saturday night, as around 70 people showed up to watch the pre-set lineup of musicians.The Recreation Commission collaborated with Pam and JP Stohrer to put on the event. The...

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The ConVal School Board approved the proposed 2023-2024 budget Thursday night.The proposed operational budget is approximately $53.8 million, an increase of 1.35 percent over last year’s approved budget. The proposed gross budget, which...

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Outside of the Dublin Community Center Saturday morning, Buddy the goat greeted people as they pulled up with Christmas trees to toss into the growing pile by the carriage stables.The trees were donations for the animals at Amazing Grace Animal...

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Tuesday morning’s weather hovered around freezing, creating black ice and slippery conditions on the region’s roadways.Between 7:25 a.m. and 8:39 a.m., Peterborough experienced a number of cars off the road, including two school bus accidents....

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After the holidays, when the gifts are unwrapped, the decorations are put away and the tree is thrown out of the house, life usually quiets down. But local recycling centers can’t just forget about Christmas trash.In fact, they prepare to be busy...

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The Peterborough Select Board and Budget Committee met together Tuesday night, kicking off the 2023 budget season.The general fund operating budget is projected to increase 9.54 percent to just under $12.27 million. Overall spending, which includes...

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Volkert Volkersz started as program coordinator at Dublin Community Center in 2017, sort of by chance.His wife is from Peterborough, but they had been living in Washington state, where he worked as a music teacher then librarian. One time, when...

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At noon on Friday, the Peterborough Town Library hosted an early New Year’s Eve ball drop.Golden streamers hung from the doorway leading into the 1833 Room, named for the year the library was established. Inside, music was playing and lights were...