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By JESSECA TIMMONS

Greenfield residents came prepared with questions and suggestions at a preliminary town budget hearing Thursday night.  The Select Board meeting room was standing-room only, with about 30 residents attending. “We are thrilled that so many people came...

By ELLA CADEMARTORI

Hello from the Stephenson Memorial Library. Winter is upon us with more great news. We’ve received 91 out of the 97 CLiF grant books we’ve ordered, and the last six will hopefully arrive soon. We are so excited for you to check out the new books and...

It was quite thrill to drive by the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse last week and see an excavator parked up front! After nearly five years of effort by the Friends of the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse and the Town of Greenfield, and with help...

By COLLEEN ELLIOT

Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield is abuzz with excitement and growth as the calendar turns to a new year.With new staff joining our dedicated team and additional students enriching our school community, we are proud to begin this year with...

The Town of Greenfield recently broke ground on the  Greenfield Community Meetinghouse renovation project, when workers from Milestone Construction removed the  front steps and the accessible ramp to access the foundation in order to start...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The winners of this year’s Light Up Greenville holiday decorating contest have been announced, along with runners-up and third place in all three categories.First place prize was $50 cash for each category, donated by the O’Keefe-Mary Investment Team....

By BILL FONDA

If something needs to be done in Greenfield, there’s a good chance Karen Day will agree to do it.“Volunteers are hard to get,” she said. “As long as I’m able, I’m willing to do some things.”It’s that “can-do” spirit that led retired Greenfield Fire...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Paddleball, disc golf and an RC crawler course could be coming to Greenfield if voters approve the master plan for Oak Park.Paul Simon of Park Architecture presented to the updated draft of the master plan to the Greenfield Select Board and...

The Grand Monadnock Rotary Club of Peterborough purchased more than 400 gifts for an estimated value of $30,000 during this year’s Operation Santa initiative.Operation Santa, an annual tradition started in 1985, connects local families in need with...

There has been a summer camp on Greenfield’s Otter Lake since 1929, when the the Young Men’s Christian Union, a Christian student group started at Harvard, bought the 600 acres at the north end of the lake and founded Camp Union.  The camp, originally...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Years ago, Lisa Perella’s daughter came home from kindergarten armed with a disarming question: Why didn’t Santa like one of her classmates?Perella said she was taken off-guard, and asked what made her think that. The answer was that her friend hadn’t...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Mascenic Regional School Board approved a proposed budget of approximately $22.3 million to forward to the district’s public hearing, a 4.89% increase over the current fiscal year.On Tuesday, the board reviewed the most up-to-date draft of the...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Down a winding path, deep in the woods of Greenville, Kate Schimke’s and Aaron Derman’s contemporary cabin is built into the hillside, completely surrounded by the forest. At the foot of a mossy, rocky clearing which climbs the slope to the south, a...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Greenfield’s annual Fire and Ice celebration returned Saturday with a light parade through the center of town to Oak Park, where residents enjoyed a bonfire, fireworks, visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and homemade chili, chili dogs and macaroni and...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Greenville’s annual “Light Up Greenville” Christmas light and house decoration contest is currently open for people to register.The contest has three categories: Yankee Christmas, Winter Wonderland and Santa’s Workshop. Yankee Christmas is for homes...

The Greenfield Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at noon at the Greenfield Fire Station to provide information on the update to the town’s hazard mitigation plan. Lunch will be provided.The plan identifies...

STAFF REPORTS

The winter weather on Thanksgiving Day in the Monadnock region ranged from no snow in southern towns to upwards of 9 inches of snow reported in Antrim. Antrim Fire Chief Marshall Gale said vehicles slid off the road on the town’s three major routes:...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Highbridge Hill Elementary School is no longer designated as a Comprehensive Support and Improvement School, or CSI, a state designation identifying the lowest-performing 5% of elementary and middle schools in the state.The state identifies CSI...

The Greenfield Conservation Commission will host a presentation, “Black Bear Happenings in New Hampshire,” led by New Hampshire Fish and Game environmental educator Rich Masters, on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. The event will take place in the Wensberg...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Greenfield Covenant Church has received a donation of 19 solar panels  from the Hillsborough Area Renewable Energy Initiative, which volunteers will install on the congregation’s Slip Road building Dec. 7.The Rev. Daniel Osgood said at first, he...