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Zara Bode will headline the Hancock Concert Series Thursday, July 6, at the bandstand on Main Street, starting at 6 p.m.Bode is a vocalist who has performed at  music festivals and performance venues worldwide. She is one of the Sweetback Sisters, who...

On Saturday July 1, at 2 p.m. (weather permitting), Hancock Town Library will present “Hawks and Hawkers: Nature's Odd Couple” at Moose Brook Park.Henry Walters, master falconer and founder of Monadnock Falconry, along with his hawk Mahood, will...

It’s 4:38 a.m. in mid-June. I set my timer for three minutes and step out of the car with binoculars and a data sheet, ready to find out who’s singing. Thus begins the annual Breeding Bird Survey.Conservation biologists estimate that North America has...

A jury for the annual Ruth and James Ewing Arts Awards has selected 12 winners to be recognized for excellence and their contributions to the arts community.Among the winners are Howard Mansfield and Sy Montgomery of Hancock in the Literary Arts...

Hancock will celebrate Independence Day Friday June 30, at 5 p.m. at Moose Brook Park on Route 137 behind the Hancock Fire Department.Vendors will be selling food such as hamburgers, hot dogs and snacks, as well as drinks. There will be live music...

‘Covered Bridges of New Hampshire’ wins New Hampshire Preservation Alliance award

By ORIANA CAMARA

Amidst the cool spring air of Saturday, June 10, two local naturalists described each other’s life accomplishments to the dedicated supporters of the Harris Center for Conservation Education. Eleanor Briggs awarded the first ever Eleanor Briggs Award...

Advanced master gardener Ruth Droescher will demonstrate what native plants are, where to purchase them, how to use them and why they are important to add to home landscapes. Thursday June 15,  7 p.m. at the Hancock Town Library,  25 Main St, Hancock....

Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St., will showcase an exhibit of tapestries by Peter Bott June 17 to July 26. There will be an opening reception in the Daniels Room of the library on Saturday, June 17, from 2 to 4 p.m.Bott began hooking in 1987 when he...

This column is focused on vegetarian or vegan offerings that make it easy to prepare plant-centered meals. As Jane Goodall cites in the book she wrote with Douglas Abrams, “The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times,” moving toward a...

Music on Norway Pond will hold “For Pete’s Sake,” an outdoor songfest led by the young singers of Jr. Mints honoring Pete Seeger on the Hancock Common Sunday, June 11, at 4:00 p.m.Seeger is known as a champion of American folk music, community and...

By TODD BOOKMAN

Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington is jumping into the race for governor, the first Democrat to officially declare their candidacy.Warmington was an attorney before winning her first term on the Executive Council in 2020. She represents District 2,...

Hancock’s Fiddleheads Café reopened Memorial Day weekend after a winter hiatus, during which time owner Sherry Williams continued her search for a buyer to fulfill her retirement goal, having worked might and main at the business for 18...

Don’t judge me, please. You will notice that my front and back lawns have gone long and wild this month. My usually tidy lawn is a tangled oasis of dandelions, purple violets, white violets and bluets. The grass is unruly. It looks as though I’ve...

HANCOCKLibrary schedules moose presentationHancock resident and certified wildlife biologist Mark Ellingwood will present “Moose Ecology in New Hampshire” Thursday, May 25, at 7 p.m. in the Daniels Room of Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St.Ellingwood...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

The Hancock Community Power Committee is working toward its goal to create a more self-sufficient and energy-sufficient community.On Tuesday, the committee discussed ongoing efforts to find a new energy provider for the town after Town Meeting in...

The Hancock Town Library has announced the winners of the 2023 Bikes for Books Program. The Peterborough Masons donated the bikes.Thirty-eight children, ranging in ages from 2 to 13 years, participated in the four-week program and together read a...

The Hancock Woman’s Club has awarded Meghan Bedard of Hancock the 2023 Anonymous Donor Scholarship.Bedard is continuing her training to become a registered nurse with a hope of becoming an emergency room nurse. She is an AEMT and volunteer firefighter...

The bill SCR 1 aimed to preserve – and eventually add to the New Hampshire Constitution – the right of our state to hold the first primaries in the nation.When it came up for a vote in the House, I voted against it. Not because our demographics don’t...

Our daily food choices have an enormous impact on both our health and the environment. The good news is that there is power in those choices. In a world where many things seem out of our control, how we choose to nourish our bodies three times a day...