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Project Shakespeare, a nonprofit youth theater education company based in Jaffrey, received a $4,000 grant from The Putnam Foundation, a donor-advised fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. This grant will be used to support 2023 youth...

By ROWAN WILSON

Paula Kay Kerouac taught a painting class in the dining room at the Blue Bear Inn on Wednesday night. The class painted snowy owls using a reference photo of a painting that Kerouac created. As the students worked on painting in their owls, Kay...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A Greenville man has been indicted on charges related to selling fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a 30-year-old woman.Mark McCreery, 42, of Greenville, was indicted Jan. 18 on three charges by a Hillsborough Superior Court jury. An...

By ROWAN WILSON

The third-floor landing at 20 Depot Square in Peterborough was found vandalized Wednesday morning.Larry Schwartz entered the building around 9:50 a.m. and noticed the damage. “As soon as I turned to the right and saw all the yellow powder, I didn’t...

By ASHLEY SAARI

After years of planning, the town of Jaffrey is celebrating its 250th birthday in the coming year, with a slate of events throughout the entirety of 2023, both leading up to and beyond Aug. 17, the actual day of Jaffrey’s incorporation.The town formed...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Neighboring towns will have the opportunity to weigh in on the possible regional impacts of a proposed drug- and alcohol-treatment facility proposed to be developed in the existing Chamberlin Mill in Greenville, which abuts the Souhegan River.The...

By ASHLEY SAARI

There are certain benefits to growing out a white beard.For Walter Holland of Lyndeborough, it gives a certain extra gravitas to his role as town and school moderator. It lends a bit of extra credibility in his role as commander of the town’s...

The following students were named to the first-term honor roll at South Meadow School in PeterboroughGrade eightHigh HonorsHarlan Bielagus, Christopher Bouyounes, Lydia Decker, Elliot Dumas, Emilija Hall, Felix Hannah, Vincent Hollenbeck, Marcus...

By ROWAN WILSON

Andrew Timmins, bear biologist at New Hampshire Fish and Game, said there are currently around 6,800 black bears living in the state.Bears exist in every part of New Hampshire except for the immediate Seacoast. The Lakes Region and White Mountains...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A second arrest has been made in Rindge related to dozens of tires piled on Cathedral Road in October, which caused a motor vehicle crash.On Monday, Nov. 21, police arrested Noel Saveall, 19, of Tellico Plains, Tenn. Saveall, a former Rindge resident,...

By ADAM DRAPCHO

Parents at a specialty day and residential school for students with autism received an email last month announcing that the one-of-a-kind facility would be closing in 30 days and they would need to find another place to educate their children.Then...

By SCOTT MERRILL

The Hancock ZBA denied an appeal request Nov. 9 by the owners of The Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow at 53 Middle Road for relief from an administrative decision.The administrative decision from the Select Board, according to farm owners Ariane and Tom Ice,...

By RICK GREEN 

When the conversation in the New Hampshire House turns to what is happening in high school, Jonah Wheeler will be able to speak with some authority.After all, the newly elected state representative from Peterborough was attending ConVal Regional High...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Early in the morning on Feb. 24, while asleep in their condo in Kyiv, Ukraine, Kiril and Olha Necheporenko were awakened by a loud sound.It was a ways off, but not so far off that it wasn’t identifiable as an explosion.The couple had been watching the...

By ROWAN WILSON

A new gym opened Wednesday in the Peterborough Shopping Plaza at 19 Wilton Road. Mountain Fitness, located in the space where the Verizon store once was, is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and offers an independent workout experience. Brothers...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A new resident-only parking area has opened at the Sand Hill Reservoir in Wilton, along with new trails and an information kiosk.Now known as the Sand Hill Reservoir Recreation Area, the area is open to the public for hiking, fishing, swimming and...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A Greenville man has been charged with selling fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a 30-year-old woman.Mark McCreery, 42, of Greenville, was arrested on Oct. 28 by the Milford Police Department and charged with one count of sale of a controlled...

By SCOTT MERRILL

Halloween is a time of year when the spectacle of death, ghosts, and all things otherworldly, are celebrated with costumes, parties and trick-or-treating in the United States. But Halloween has nothing on the bizarre displays of terror that take place...

By SCOTT MERRILL

The Hancock Historic District Commission held their fifth public hearing Oct. 27 with representatives from 33 Main Street LLC and the tone of the evening was a mixture of resolve and contentiousness.Kerri Landry, 33 Main Street LLC spokesperson, said...

The following is a list of trick-or-treat times for Halloween.Antrim – 5 to 8 p.m., Oct. 31.Bennington – 5 to 7 p.m., Oct. 31. Stop by Town Hall, the fire station or the library for a special treat.Dublin – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Oct. 31.Francestown – 6...