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By CAMERON CASHMAN

Volunteers led by wildlife biologist Hillary Siener of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation have captured 153 saw-whet owls for banding and tracking in the two years since starting their research project, which is a part of a...

Music on Norway Pond presented Mozart’s "Requiem" and Eric Whitacre's "Five Hebrew Love Songs" Sunday in front of a sold-out crowd at First Congregational Church of Hancock.The 60-member Norway Pond Festival Singers were joined by an 18-piece...

Former Hancock resident and teacher Sue Ingalls will hold an informal conversation about her book, “Language and Learning Anecdotes: A Toddler with Autism,” Thursday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. at Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St.The book is the true story of...

Three years ago, New Hampshire embarked on a program that, in theory, would provide financial aid to students and families unable to afford private or homeschooling opportunities. In the first year, the price tag was about $300,000 for 1,635 students....

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After many years living of in different parts of the country, Monique and Barry Tanner had always wanted to come back to New England, but renovating an antique home in the northeast corner of Hancock has exceeded their wildest expectations.“I have to...

One thing about writing a column every two weeks is that time falls away in chunks, like wedges of an iceberg dropping into the sea.It was Feb. 6 when this column ran the last time. Here we are now with just over a week remaining in the month. It will...

Hancock Town Library, 29 Main St., will host “Is The Tarot For Real?” with Nancy J. Razza Tuesday Feb. 20 at 7 p.m.In this workshop, participants will take a behind-the-scenes look at the tarot -- its long history, scholarly study and connections to...

The Hancock Woman’s Club is accepting applications for its annual scholarship to help Hancock women reach their educational goals. Applications must be received by April 3.The scholarship is open to adult women mid-career or in the process of changing...

The Hancock Recreation Department organized a Winter Frolic for area families on Saturday. Participants created cardboard sleds, did arts and crafts and had cocoa and snacks at the Hancock Meeting House before heading outside to sled on the hill above...

By LENA FISHER

Downtown Hancock was the site of a classical music concert Sunday, when the latest in the Music on Norway Pond series was held at the town’s First Congregational Church.New England Conservatory students Pualina Lim and Cynthia Tseng performed an...

Parents of preschool/elementary-age children can discuss the challenges and successes of parenting children in this age group with Carol Lunan from The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center Saturday, Feb. 3, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Daniels...

A few years ago, a pod of Texas crazies was advancing the prospect of Texas seceding from the Union. The blowback from the rest of the country was "adios."The seceding bug has now bitten a handful of New Hampshire legislators and, surprisingly, many...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

Starting Feb. 17, Kim Bergeron of Dublin and Jean-Pierre “JP” Bernier of Hancock will be on snowmobiles facing the most-rugged terrain Alaska has to offer, where temperatures can get as low as minus-50 degrees.The pair will be competing the Iron Dog,...

Traditionally, loon biologists have worked three field seasons.There’s spring, when loons return to their lakes, as if by magic, within a day or two of ice-out; summer, when nesting and chick-rearing take place, along with a flurry of associated...

The first Winter Chiller race of 2024 got underway in the center of Hancock Jan. 13 with a mixed bag of winter weather for the 24 runners, as three inches of snow fell overnight and turned into rain in the early morning hours.Reuben Lyons of Elevation...

The next Music on Norway Pond concert in its collaboration with the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is Sunday, Jan. 28, at 4 p.m. at Hancock Meetinghouse featuring concert pianists Pualina Lim and Cynthia Tseng.As piano soloist, Lim has...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Hancock is seeking funds for repairs to the Middle Road bridge, improvements to the Highway Department building and to purchase a new truck in the coming year.The Select Board held the town’s budget hearing on Monday. The proposed budget is...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The cold, cloudy weather wasn’t enough to keep 11 hikers from convening at the Hiroshi Loop trailhead in Peterborough Friday for a morning of exploration and discovery.Led by teacher-naturalists Nikko Gagnon and Kara Reynolds of the Harris Center for...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The availability of high-speed internet has become one of the driving factors in attracting new residents to  settle in the Monadnock region, giving some towns a competitive advantage for people who work or attend school remotely. “People expect it,”...

The rhododendrons have been having a time of it. This morning, their leaves are open and flat in moderate temperatures. A few days ago, they were curled tight in the cold. I wonder if the process is a burden – furling and unfurling, like sailors at...