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100+ Women Who Care Monadnock, a local giving circle, has opened nominations for a local nonprofit to receive more than $10,500 in donations.Being a member is not required to nominate a nonprofit. Nominations close April 3 at 5 p.m. The more-than-200...

With the year still in its infancy, the Earth warms and signs of new life begin to emerge. So begins the “vernal renaissance” – an annual celebration which requires no tickets nor preregistration, with admission just outside the window and door of...

It is Town Meeting season, that festal time of year toward the end of winter, when there is more daylight and maybe less snow, and you can get to town and back with a horse and wagon after throwing a few punches at your neighbor over the cost of...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

Hancock residents will be able to receive high-speed fiber-optic internet service later this year from Fidium, the fiber-optic branch of Consolidated Communications. Inc. (CCI), which are planing on expanding its coverage into the town.According to...

By JARVIS COFFIN

All articles received unanimous support during Hancock Town Meeting Saturday, as the 120 residents went through the warrant in two hours.The Select Board was given high marks for submitting an annual budget of $3.5 million, only 3.85% over the prior...

Addison D. Dodge of Hancock and Garrett W. Cournoyer of Jaffrey were named to the dean's list at Saint Michael's College for the fall 2023 semester.Students who complete at least 12 credits of classes and achieve a grade-point average of at least 3.5...

By ISABELLA MESSA

On Thursday, March 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., the Harris Center for Conservation Education will hold a workshop for people who are interested in pursuing and gaining knowledge of amphibians and the center’s salamander brigade event.Each year, the Harris...

The evening routine of many forest animals was disrupted recently by a column of 50 people hiking through the woods over crusty snow aided by the light of a full moon.Organized by the Francestown Land Trust and Francestown Conservation Committee, the...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

Hancock’s annual summer camp could be at risk of cancellation unless the town can find a new director to head the program.Previous directors Deb Coyne and Jen Booth ran the program for five years before deciding to step down for the summer of 2024,...

Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St., will host chicks and eggs needle felting with Julie Cyr Saturday, March 9, from 10 a.m. to noon.Participants will learn to use foam forms to make chicks and eggs that can be used for decorations. This workshop is...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

Members of the Hancock Fire Department worked with mutual aid from Peterborough, Bennington and Stoddard to rescue a 35-year-old hiker who was injured after a fall near Prospect Hill Road on Sunday evening.Hancock Fire Chief Tom Bates described...

The Hancock Town Library's literary Peep diorama contest for 2024 is open.The deadline is March 23 for people to get their shoe boxes, buy some Peeps and turn in their book dioramas, which must be based on a book. There are three divisions: adult,...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

With the majority of the 2,500-mile-long Alaskan course behind them, Iron Dog Team 15 had just over 200 miles left in the race when team member Kim Bergeron of Dublin fell through the ice of the Kuskokwim River, submerging both himself and his Polaris...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

Fighting brutal winter weather, Kim Bergeron of Dublin and Jean-Pierre “JP” Bernier of Hancock persevered against technical difficulties and rugged Alaskan terrain to nearly complete the Pro Class of the Iron Dog, which is billed as the longest and...

People are always excited to find the tracks of elusive predators that we infrequently encounter in person — foxes, bobcats, bears. It’s exhilarating to discover evidence of these wild neighbors, and finding their tracks in the snow never fails to...

By ISABELLA MESSA

Although Rick & Diane’s in Antrim, Fiddleheads Cafe in Hancock and Del Rossi’s Trattoria in Dublin make different kinds of food, but the restaurants have plenty in common.Bill O’Mahony, one of the owners of Del Rossi’s, an Italian restaurant, said it...

It was just over a year ago that artist Sue Ann Hum and her husband, Rick, became residents of Hancock.Very active in their former Colorado arts community, Hum is having her first New England solo show at the Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St., Feb. 24...

By ISABELLA MESSA

Is tarot for real?Nancy Razza, a psychologist with a doctorate from Fairleigh Dickinson University, thinks so. On Tuesday, Razza held a workshop at Hancock Town Library on the education of tarot cards and tarot card readings.  Tarot cards are used in...

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...