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By JESSECA TIMMONS

The ConVal School District will implement a new “bell-to-bell” cellphone policy at the start of the 2025-2026 school year. 

By ASHLEY SAARI

Jim LaDine peers over the side of his boat, lowering, hand-over-hand, a black-and-white disc into the water. Eventually, it disappears under the murk, and he pulls it up again, until it is just visible.

By ASHLEY SAARI

For Elizabeth Eastman of Jaffrey, an affordable child care option, run by a program she trusts, was a life-saver.

By DAVID ALLEN

The issue of residents posting signs on their property and how neighbors should accommodate them was raised at Monday’s Select Board meeting.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Francestown Select Board has ruled that the results of Francestown’s May 3 special Town Meeting, in which residents voted in favor of two warrant articles supporting Francestown’s withdrawal from the ConVal School District and possibly from the SAU, will stand.

By DAVID ALLEN

Lyndeborough’s Zoning Board of Adjustment turned down Arnold Byam’s request for a variance that would have allowed for an additional accessory dwelling unit Monday.

The Hancock Town Library will host a touch-a-truck event Monday, July 21, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Moose Brook Park in Hancock, behind the Fire Department.

The Kiwanis Club of Peterborough will hold a yard sale Saturday, July 19, from 8 to 11 a.m. at 118 Union St., rain or shine.

The 2025 J Field Foundation Golf Tournament will be played at Crotched Mountain Golf Course in Francestown Friday, Aug. 15. The best-ball scramble will begin with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Every participant will have a $10,000 hole-in-one opportunity.

The Second Congregational Church, 25 Gregg St., will hold its annual church fair on Saturday, July 19, hosted by the Planning Committee.

By ASHLEY SAARI

It’s time for the “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” where children are put to the task of spelling the names of various diseases and South American rodents they’ve never heard of.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Andy’s Summer Playhouse launched its 2025 summer season with a matinee of “Ahoy,” based on the children’s book by Sophie Blackall, with an 11 a.m. performance on Saturday.

The Amos Fortune Forum will host Sam Evans-Brown, executive director of Clean Energy New Hampshire, for a talk titled “The Energy Transition and Why It’s Inevitable” on Friday, July 18, at 8 p.m. at the Jaffrey Meetinghouse.

The Hancock Town Library will host a children’s program, “Making Nature Journals with Jeannie Connolly,” on Thursday, July 17, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Claudia Schmidt and Jane Miller will perform Thursday, July 24, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the Hancock Common as part of the Hancock Summer Concert Series. The event is free.

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St., Peterborough, will host its 16th annual Fairy House Day on Saturday, July 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monadnock Country Club will host an evening of live music Thursday, July 17, from 7 to 10 p.m. at 49 High St., Peterborough.

The Twangtown Paramours will perform Sunday, July 20, from 4 to 5 p.m. on the lawn of the Francestown Old Meeting House, 1 New Boston Road, as part of the “Sundays at 4” concert series.

Project Shakespeare will present “Speak the Speech – Monologues and Scenes from Shakespeare’s Greatest Plays” Friday, July 18, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, July 19, at 1 p.m. at the Jaffrey Civic Center, 40 Main St., Jaffrey. Admission is free, with donations accepted at the door.

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent drama “The Ring” will be shown with live musical accompaniment Sunday, July 20 at 2 p.m. at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St., Wilton.

The Monadnock Summer Lyceum will present “Stories for Health” with Dr. Annie Brewster on Sunday, July 20, at 11 a.m. at the Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, 25 Main St.