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We have despaired the last couple of years over the cantankerous nature of our politics. I will tell you it was worse in 1968.I was upstairs in my room doing homework when the telephone rang. There were only two telephones in the house, one in the...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

The Souhegan Sabers boys’ basketball team is heating up, and has no plans to cool down.On Tuesday night, ConVal was the latest to fall to the undefeated Sabers, losing 51-40 in their first matchup since Souhegan scored a 53-51 win in last year’s...

I went for a walk along Brush Brook recently. It was refreshing to my soul. I love the outdoors in any weather, any temperature, any season. There seems to be something essential to my wellbeing to live within the rhythms of four distinct seasons.I am...

By BILL FONDA

The musical duo of McGettigan & Gilbert was launched six months ago at the Greenfield Farmers and Crafters Market.It was there that Larry Gilbert of Greenfield and Suzanne McGettigan of Peterborough met and started talking about music. Both had played...

By ROWAN WILSON

Owners Ariane and Tom Ice will be able to run the tasting room they created at The Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow, after the Hancock Select Board rescinded its decision to require a site plan review for the room. The Select Board had previously decided the...

By ROWAN WILSON

On Monday the Antrim Select Board met to discuss the proposed 2023-2024 operating budget of just under $4.1 million, a 5.2 percent increase.Police Chief Brian Lord, Library Board of Trustees Chairman Rick Wood, Road Agent Jim Plourde and Fire Chief...

By ROWAN WILSON

Bennington town administration and the Select Board met in Pierce Elementary School Tuesday evening to discuss the town’s proposed 2023 budget of approximately $1.83 million, a 3.38 percent increase. The budget accounts for increased costs of goods...

COLLEGELocal students graduate from UNHThe following local students graduated from the University of New Hampshire in December 2022:-- Courtney McCurry of Francestown graduated with an MSW in social work.-- Nathan Blais of New Ipswich graduated with a...

The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center has received a grant from the John Vance ACCESS Fund, a donor-advised fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, to expand its capacity to identify, include and support individuals with...

This year may not be a good one for bears in New Hampshire. And it’s probably their own fault. You see, they’re stirring around in their winter lairs already, getting pretty rambunctious as a matter of fact. I hesitate to use the “w” word, so I’ll...

John Brickley will perform at The Park Theatre, 19 Main St. in Jaffrey, Jan. 13, March 17, May 12 and July 14, all at 5:30 p.m.Brickley and his wife Kim live in Jaffrey. He was born and raised in New Hampshire and is a graduate of ConVal High...

By ROWAN WILSON

The first Francestown Academy Coffeehouse took place in the Town Hall Saturday night, as around 70 people showed up to watch the pre-set lineup of musicians.The Recreation Commission collaborated with Pam and JP Stohrer to put on the event. The...

By ROWAN WILSON

The ConVal School Board approved the proposed 2023-2024 budget Thursday night.The proposed operational budget is approximately $53.8 million, an increase of 1.35 percent over last year’s approved budget. The proposed gross budget, which...

Ashley Rose Humphreys of Lyndeborough will be competing in the 2023 Lake Placid FISU World University Games. Opening ceremonies will be on Jan. 12.Humphreys will be competing in the super-G and alpine combined events at Whiteface Mountain.“It’s an...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Amber MacQuarrie, a single mother of two from Dublin, was running an infant daycare when she started experiencing extreme lung pain in 2018.After running tests, doctors concluded that the pain was caused by a cyst the size of a fist and she required...

By ETHAN DEWITT

House Speaker Sherman Packard will launch special legislative committees on housing and child care, bringing new focus to two persistent issues for the state.The special committees will join the House’s 24 existing standing committees and will take...

DANCEMoCo Arts presents ‘Time to Dance’MoCo Arts School of Dance is set to perform its annual repertoire, “Time to Dance” on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College.Tickets to the performance are $21 for adults...

Trevor Faber of Hancock, a member of the Class of 2024 majoring in mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was a member of a student team that recently completed a research project titled “Designing Mobile Exhibits” with the Museum...

The Hancock Conversations on Race Group will hold its fifth annual celebration honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, Jan. 16, at noon in the vestry of Hancock Congregational Church, 47 Main St.The theme of the event is King’s ideal of the...

“Looking Back,” an exhibition of artwork spanning more than  70 years, will start off the new year at the Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St.Melody Zahn Russell of Hancock has been creating art since she was 4 years old, and continues her artistic...