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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 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...

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...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire saw its Republican majorities in the Legislature expand on Election Day, and that holds true in the Monadnock region, as well.Several Republican newcomers will replace retiring legislators, and one House seat in the area flipped red....

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Souhegan Lions Club is about to receive a third bench made of plastic from a recycling effort to reduce the amount of plastic bags and wrapping going into landfills.The program, run by NexTrex, which uses recycled materials to create composite...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry has the assembly of its annual Thanksgiving dinner baskets down to a science.In an effort involving dozens of volunteers, the pantry assembles baskets with everything from the turkey to handmade apple pies and...

I would like the reader to understand that I --and I hope my siblings would agree -- had nothing to do with the concept and most of the execution of our family’s adventure (“California, Here We Come”). I was simply a 10-year-old bratty child that went...

See previous installments here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9.Editor’s Note: The following is a diary written in 1963, and has been edited minimally to maintain the original spirit in which it was written....

Editor’s Note: The following is a diary written in 1963, and has been edited minimally to maintain the original spirit in which it was written. Included in the record are photographs taken by the family on the trip, as well as postcards saved by the...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Recent dry, windy weather conditions have increased the fire danger to the point where Temple Fire Warden Mike Connolly said Monday that mowing a lawn could be hazardous.“If your mower’s blade hits a rock and makes a spark, there you go,” he said.The...

Editor’s Note: The following is a diary written in 1963, and has been edited minimally to maintain the original spirit in which it was written. Included in the record are photographs taken by the family on the trip, as well as postcards saved by the...

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag fire warning for the Monadnock region through 6 p.m. Friday.Critical fire weather conditions are expected due to northwest winds of 10 to 15 mph, with gusts up to 25 mph, and relative humidity as low...

Editor’s Note: The following is a diary written in 1963, and has been edited minimally to maintain the original spirit in which it was written. Included in the record are photographs taken by the family on the trip, as well as postcards saved by the...

By BEN CONANT

When Gorham’s Jack Saladino scored his first goal against Mascenic, the Vikings still had a glimmer of a chance to win. By the time he netted his second and then a third, the NHIAA Division IV boys’ soccer semifinal was all but over, and the Huskies...

Editor’s Note: The following is a diary written in 1963, and has been edited minimally to maintain the original spirit in which it was written. Included in the record are photographs taken by the family on the trip, as well as postcards saved by the...

By FRED FLORETH

The Derryfield Middle School girls’ field hockey team defeated Boynton Middle School Saturday afternoon 2-0 to claim the championship of Division 3 of the Tri-County League. The D-3 league is made up of the smallest schools from Hillsborough,...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A longtime legislator and a state representative wrapping up his freshman term will compete for New Hampshire’s 12th Senate district come Election Day.Incumbent Republican Sen. Kevin Avard and his challenger, Democratic Rep. Ben Ming, are competing in...