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The health care landscape continually evolves, with advancements in education, training and technology shaping patient care delivery.In New Hampshire, outdated optometry laws hinder access to quality eye care. Optometrists, with extensive training,...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough voters will vote on five proposed zoning amendments at the town election May 14. “We are trying to simplify the zoning,  and also give people more flexibility,” said Peterborough Planning Board member Carl Staley. Amendment 1 proposes to...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Singer-songwriter Cosy Sheridan of Harrisville spoke and performed for the Monadnock Writers’ Group Saturday in honor of National Poetry Month.After talking about her songwriting process, Sheridan led the group in a free writing exercise, followed by...

PeterboroughEchoes of Floyd performs SaturdayEchoes of Floyd, a Pink Floyd tribute band, will perform at Peterborough Town House Saturday, April 27 at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.The event will feature a laser light show and the album “Wish You Were...

By ISABELLA MESSA

According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), females ages 16 to 19 are four times more likely than the general population to be victims of sexual violence. In the Monadnock region, the End Sexual Violence on Campus organization is a...

On Saturday, May 18, the 29th annual Children and the Arts Festival takes flight with a full program based around the theme of birds.“Birds of a Feather” will be a day that includes storytelling, crafts, dance, music, theatrical performances and...

On Saturday, April 27, the Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center at 26 Main St. in Peterborough will present a performance of Indian shadow puppetry, showcasing the talents of Rahul Koonathara and Anthony Sellitto.The performance offers an...

In the story about Richard Hartshorne April 11 playing and speaking at Mariposa, the item states that he played music in Palestine. Palestine is not a country. Israel is a country where ethnic Palestinians live. That area of the world is no longer...

I am writing in response to Ed Surprenant's April 11 letter, "Letter is unfair to Democrats.”First, all my references were directed at progressive Democrats, highly concentrated in swampy Washington, D.C. I stand by my statements made there which...

Standing at Route 202 and Route 101 intersection for the past three years and 11 months has not been about taking rights away from white people, rather to have equal rights for Black and other people of color.Last Saturday, in the first half hour of...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Around the Monadnock Region, a number of new developments, some under construction and some still in the planning stages, could slowly bringing relief to the region’s housing shortage. In Peterborough, as of mid-April,  the Peterborough Planning Board...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Housing in the state is not keeping up with current or future needs, according to analysts. According to the 2023 New Hampshire Statewide Housing Needs Assessment, the state is currently short by about 23,500 to meet today’s needs, and the problem is...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough voters will decide on several proposed zoning amendments at the ballot on May 15, including rezoning the existing Family District to General Residence.Currently, more than half the lots in the Family District are nonconforming, so...

Peterborough Renewable Energy Project (PREP) is presenting the free NHSaves Button Up workshop Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Peterborough Town Library at 2 Concord St. in Peterborough.The workshop is a 1 1/2-hour presentation on improving...

Artist and activist Yoko Ono is this year’s recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal. Ono, whose career as an artist began in the downtown New York scene in the early 1960s and has continued across seven decades, has developed a body of work...

The Friends of the Peterborough Town Library will hold a two-day book collection for the Kyes-Sage Used Book Shop on Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.The book collection will take place at the Kyes-Sage Used Book Shop,...

The Peterborough Town Library Book Club announced plans to read Booker Prize finalist “Great Circle” by Maggie Shipstead.After several months’ recess, the book club will reconvene with monthly meetings on the last Friday of each month. “Great Circle”...

Wildlife Encounters will headline the Peterborough Town Library's school vacation week program offerings Monday, April 22, at 11 a.m.Wildlife Encounters Ecology and Wellness Center will bring seven live animals to the library and share with the...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Peterborough Planning Board voted 4-2 Monday to approve Ivy Vann’s and Hugh Beyer’s application for construction of a 14-unit development off High Street after a public hearing.The hearing on the subdivision application followed a site walk of the...

By BILL FONDA

Cody Boutwell remembers taking part in the Loran Hanson Memorial Fishing Derby when he was 13 and 14 years old.Now, as a lieutenant with Peterborough Fire & Rescue, Boutwell is one of the people responsible for keeping the derby going, as the...

The Monadnock Quilters’ Guild will host Rebecca Rule presenting “That Reminds Me of a Funny Story,” a New Hampshire Humanities program, Friday, April 19, at 6:30 at Divine Mercy Church at 12 Church St. in Peterborough.Rule will share stories that she...