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MacDowell will welcome 142 artists from 23 states, Washington D.C., and 11 countries for spring and summer residencies.These fellowships at the nation’s first artist residency program in Peterborough were granted from a pool of 1,822 applications from...

Kaitlyn McGill of Peterborough and Heather Gonyea of Rindge were named to the president’s list for the fall 2022 semester at Western New England University.McGill is working toward a bachelor’s degree in psychology, while Gonyea is working toward a...

By L. PHILLIPS RUNYON III

Presidents Day is upon us again -- the mashup holiday to give us all a February Monday off without being clear about just which presidents we're really honoring. I mean, there have been four presidents born in February -- George Washington and Abraham...

Random Acts of Kindness Day is Friday. Somebody decided it would be a good thing to celebrate such a day. Why?Being curious, I did some research. I found out there is the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation with a mission to make kindness the norm....

Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in playwright David Hare’s social critique “Straight Line Crazy,” an account of Robert Moses, one of the most influential figures of urban planning and city architecture. Tickets are on sale now for this National Theatre...

By ROWAN WILSON

Shaw’s in Peterborough raised $18,800 for the Peterborough Food Pantry through the store’s holiday Nourishing Neighbors campaign, and on Monday store manager Eli Rajaniemi handed a big check to Peterborough Food Pantry President Glo Morison.All Shaw’s...

By ROWAN WILSON

Based on proposed zoning and code amendments they unanimously approved for residents to vote on at Town Meeting after a pubic hearing Monday night, Peterborough Planning Board members hope to rezone buildings whose function does not correlate with...

On Friday, Feb. 24, from 4:30 to 5 p.m., the Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Congregation (PUUC) will hold a vigil in front of the PUUC meeting house at 25 Main St. in Peterborough.The purpose of this vigil is to acknowledge the anniversary of the...

Volkert Volkersz will be singing folk and pop favorites, as well as children’s music and originals, at the Bagel Mill on Fridays, Feb. 17 and 24, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Volkersz tries to keep things positive and family friendly with his...

The Peterborough Concert Series will present a full audio and visual Pink Floyd experience, featuring Echoes of Floyd and its intergalactic light show, on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. at the Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St. in Peterborough.More...

By ROWAN WILSON

Police arrested a Hancock man Thursday after he allegedly had a gun inside Monadnock Community Hospital.According to a statement from Peterborough Police Chief Scott Guinard on the department’s Facebook page, at approximately 1 p.m. on Feb. 9, the...

Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St. in Peterborough, will offer a cookie-decorating workshop with Mindi Charles Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m.This class is for adults, teens and parents with school-age children. Participants will learn techniques...

By BEN CONANT

It has been the Robbins Motel, the Heart O’ Monadnock Lodge, the King of the Road Motor Inn and most recently, the Jack Daniels Motor Inn.But as of last week, the hotel nestled along the Contoocook River at 80 Concord St. in Peterborough is now called...

The River Center Family and Community Resource Center, locatd at 9 Vose Farm Road, Suite 115 in Peterborough, recently received funding awards.The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation awarded funds for general use. The Mary Louise Billings...

Thank you for the article by Rowan Wilson about the ownership transition of our stores in Peterborough and Keene. We also wanted to draw attention to a staff member not mentioned, the remarkable Eric Gagne. For over 21 years, he has shepherded the...

The University of Vermont announces that the following local students have been named to the dean's list for the fall 2022 semester:-- AlainaKivela of New Ipswich, who is majoring in professional nursing.-- Natalie Lafleur of Peterborough, who is...

-- DaniellRupp, Alexander Mills and Anna Gombas of Francestown.-- James Crawford of Greenville.-- Sabrina Smith and Casey Landry of Mason.-- Matthew Wilkins, Riley Bishop, Kylie Millea, Adrian Hall, Amber Hall, Avery McClain, Isabella Walden, Finneas...

The following local students have been named to the dean's list at Saint Michael's College for the fall 2022 semester:-- Garrett W Cournoyer, a junior business administration/psychology major from Jaffrey and a graduate of Conant High School.-- Adrien...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

New Hampshire politicians made their way to Peterborough Tuesday night to discuss pending bills with local voters. The Peterborough Plus Unit of the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire (LWVNH) and interested community members gathered at...

Poet Rebecca Kaiser Gibson of Marlborough has just published her first novel, “The Promise of a Normal Life,” and will be at The Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough to introduce and discuss the book on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 11 a.m.In “The Promise of a...