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As I embark on my new journey as executive director of The River Center, I am honored to write my first View From the River. In preparation, I have read much of Margaret Nelson's past writing, and I find myself sharing the sentiments she expressed in her inaugural column. 

President Donald Trump recently called Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, a dictator with a 4% favorability rating. It’s 57%, higher than Trump’s.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Peterborough Planning Board accepted an initial application for a six-lot subdivision at 477 East Mountain Road during Monday night’s meeting.

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St. in Peterborough, will host an open hearth cooking demonstration Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Phoenix Mill House.

“Praise in public, criticize in private” has been a core precept of good management practices for years.

Peterborough Players have elected four new trustees to serve three-year terms.

Monadnock Writers’ Group will host storyteller Tricia Rose Burt at its monthly Speaker Series on Saturday, March 15, at 9:45 a.m. at Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St. The free event is open to the public.

The band Grove Street will present its second tribute concert featuring the music of Irish composer Turlough O’Carolan on Sunday, March 16, at 4 p.m. at the Monadnock Center for History & Culture, 19 Grove St.

By DAVID ALLEN

Owners of electric vehicles have a new site to charge up locally, as chargers are now online at the Alltown convenience store and gas station on Grove Street in Peterborough. 

By DAVID ALLEN

Several individuals raised questions to the Peterborough Select Board Tuesday regarding the presence of federal authorities in the town last week, centered on the Mi Jalisco Mexican Restaurant.

On Friday, March 7, filmmaker Billy Luther will introduce an excerpt of his documentary short "Kenji" to open a discussion on his approach to writing and directing. Whether in features or shorts, documentaries or narrative films, Luther – who is of Navajo, Hopi and Laguna Pueblo heritage – has told stories centered on Native characters and communities.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Dublin School and ConVal Theatre Arts will both be presenting the Broadway hit “Hadestown” this spring, thanks to the unusual early release of the “teen version” of the play. The Dublin School show is March 8 and 9, and the ConVal production will be April 17 to 19.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Project Shakespeare will present "The Diary of Anne Frank" on Saturday, March 8, at 6 p.m. and Sunday, March 9, at 4 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 6 Payson Hill Road, Rindge. 

The MacDowell artist residency program has awarded 149 fellowships to artists working in seven disciplines from 25 states and 15 countries for the spring-summer season.

The All Saints’ Choir will present Choral Evensong on Sunday, March 9, at 5 p.m. at All Saints’ Church, 51 Concord St., Peterborough, to mark Women Composers Sunday, held near International Women’s Day.

Electric Earth Concerts will open its 2025 season with “Musical Pathways—Animal Songs and Stories” on Saturday, March 8, at 11 a.m. at Bass Hall, 19 Grove St.

The Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St., Peterborough, will host a Great Decisions program Thursday, March 6, at 7 p.m. titled “American Policy in the Middle East: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead.”

By DAVID ALLEN

Three accidents before 10:30 am on Thursday kept Peterborough Fire and Rescue busy on a morning of messy weather. 

By BILL FONDA

Mi Jalisco was open Tuesday, the day after the Mexican restaurant in the Peterborough Shopping Plaza closed because  Customs Enforcement officers conducted a search for the chef, according to co-owner Genaro Quezada.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Electric Earth Concerts will host a live chamber music event for the littlest residents of the Monadnock region on Saturday, March 8, at 11 a.m. at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture in Peterborough.

The Peterborough Players, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, will screen National Theatre Live’s "Prima Facie" by Suzie Miller on Saturday, March 1, at 1 p.m.