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American Legion Post 5 will hold a Flag Day flag retirement ceremony on Saturday, June 14, at 10 a.m. at the gazebo near the Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot St. in Peterborough

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Jaffrey Planning Board held a compliance hearing for a new development on Squantum Road, where the board found some plans needed to be updated to match the as-built conditions.

The Greenfield Fire Department and the Greenfield Fire Association hosted the annual community Pancake Breakfast at Oak Park on Sunday morning. Residents who turned out for homemade pancakes also enjoyed shopping at the Greenfield Farmers and Crafters Market and the weekly flea market.

By DAVID ALLEN

A new three-tier rate system for Peterborough residents and businesses who use public water and sewers was approved by the Select Board Tuesday to encourage water conservation and shift some of the financial burden for water to bigger users in town.

By DAVID ALLEN

A Peterborough resident on probation has been sentenced to up to five years in prison for being in possession of firearms and drugs. In Hillsborough County Superior Court North, Branden French pleaded guilty to 12 counts of Felon in Possession of a Deadly Weapon, and four counts of Possession of a Controlled Drug, also a felony.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The 10th annual Francestown Arts Fest will take place Saturday, June 14, from noon to 4 p.m. in the Francestown Town Hall. The festival will showcase local artists, makers and creators.

By DAVID ALLEN

Telling someone to “Look where you’re going,” wouldn’t have done much good Monday evening in Hancock, where paddlers were forbidden from doing so while taking to the water on Norway Pond for a good cause. The Blindfolded Boat Race to benefit Avenue A in Antrim pushed off just after 6 p.m., and after five preliminary heats and a final dash around the course, entrants helped raise over $8,000 for youth programs run through the Grapevine in Antrim. And nobody flipped into the pond. 

Dublin Public Library, 1114 Main St., will host a bag sale Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, offering books and DVDs remaining from its May book sale.

Francestown Land Trust will hold its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Old Meeting House, 1 New Boston Road, Francestown. Refreshments and informal conversation will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting and presentation.

Avenue A’s third annual Blindfolded Boat Race will take place Monday, June 9, at 6:15 p.m. at Norway Pond in Hancock, with a rain date of June 10. The two-person canoe race features one blindfolded paddler and a rear navigator who shouts directions through a loop course that begins and ends at the town beach.

Learn about summer activities that don’t require a lot of travel in Staycation, published by the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript and Concord Monitor.

Reading “Diet for a Small Planet” by Frances Moore Lappé roughly 33 years ago informed me of the dire environmental consequences of eating a meat-based diet and ignited my journey to a plant-centered diet.

In 1654, 23 Jews fled the Portuguese Inquisition in Brazil and arrived in New Amsterdam, which became New York 10 years later. Jews have been coming to America ever since in search of safety.

By DAVID ALLEN

“Now the fun begins,” said Peterborough Fire and Rescue Chief Ed Walker as he scanned the future site of the department on Elm Street Wednesday.

By DAVID ALLEN

At its graduation ceremony next week, the ConVal School District will recognize a member of the senior class who died in a car accident in September, stepping back from a previous policy of not doing so and acceding to the wishes of the student’s family and at least 1,400 other people in the community.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Pieces of Antrim history were nearly lost to time multiple times, but have ended up in the hands of the Antrim Historical Society.

By DAVID ALLEN

Lionheart Classical Academy envisions having some students learning in its new acquisition on Dublin Road as early as this fall.

By ASHLEY SAARI

Greg Pickering, former assistant principal and interim principal at Mascenic Regional High School, will return to the helm to lead the school on a permanent basis, starting on July 1.

On Friday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m., MacDowell Downtown will present “Palimpest as Image” with visual artist Sama Alshaibi at Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St., Peterborough.

Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Beth Krommes of Peterborough will sign copies of her new children’s book “Where the Deer Slip Through” at the Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square in Peterborough, on Saturday, June 7, at 2 p.m.