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By JEANINE LESSER

After reading the Nov. 21 Ledger-Transcript article by Jerry Margolis, “School voucher program grows,” I would like to highlight some facts around education funding that our current New Hampshire Department of Education likes to ignore.First is the...

By TED LEACH

There has never been a better example of the need for term limits than demonstrated several weeks ago in the mud-wrestling over the federal budget. President-elect Donald Trump laid it out there for recalcitrant Republican representatives when he...

As part of our 175th anniversary celebration, the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript asked 175 trivia questions about the Monadnock region. Of those 175, we picked the following 30 for our trivia contest.If you think you know the answers, send an email to...

By DAVID ALLEN

In recent years, many public libraries have dispensed with fines for overdue books, but they would still like them back. However, some much smaller local libraries geared toward young people actually don’t expect books to be returned at all. “There’s...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After a four-year hiatus, live music has returned to Harlow’s Pub.

By EMERSON SISTARE

Every year, in late November, booksellers huddle around together in the offices of their stores to discuss the best books of the year, comparing notes with all manner of publications from The Economist, to the Boston Globe to the best-seller list your...

Monadnock Community Hospital will launch a series of free health and wellness seminars starting in January. These sessions will cover health topics on spine surgery, cardiovascular wellness for women and colorectal cancer prevention.Seminar schedule...

The South Korean president, frustrated by an obstreperous, opposition-led legislature, declares martial law in an almost “Keystone Cops”-like attempt at dictatorial rule. The attempt falls apart immediately, resulting in nationwide demonstrations and...

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture will host a candlelight open house in the Phoenix Mill House on Friday, Jan. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 19 Grove St., Peterborough.Admission is free, with donations encouraged.Costumed interpreters portraying...

By DAVID ALLEN

Recalling a half-century of coming to Nonie’s on Grove Street in Peterborough, Lillian Grant of Peterborough pointed to the bakery case.“I want to be laid out on the doughnut shelf,” she said.On Friday at Nonie’s, longtime patrons enjoyed their final...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Since 1999, a group of Peterborough residents have come together to create a space for people reflect on the year that has passed and the year coming ahead.The New Year’s Labyrinth will return to the Peterborough Town House on Tuesday, Dec. 31. The...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough’s Boy Scout Troop 8 will be picking up live Christmas trees for disposal again this year.The event is a fundraiser for the troop. “We are not sure if there will be a bonfire this year, so the trees will either be taken to local farms for...

By DAVID ALLEN

Something other than food can be found on some tables in a new restaurant in Peterborough – sets of dominoes.The game is a deep part of Caribbean culture, and the new Domingo’s Puerto Rican restaurant on Grove Street in Peterborough is bringing the...

By DAVID ALLEN

People’s sweet tooths recently had a positive impact on food security for others, courtesy of the Dublin Community Center.The organization hosted its cookie market Dec. 7 and donated all the proceeds from it to the Peterborough Food Pantry. This was...

By MARTHA GUNN EICHLER

Maria Brown of Lyndeborough and Ellie Gunn of Winsted, Conn., have something in common, though they’ve never met.They are both prior winners of the “Dinner for Two Anywhere in the World” raffle, an annual fundraiser run by the Peterborough Unitarian...

The ConVal Music Department Winter Concert took place Wednesday in the ConVal gym.The Chamber Choir, Select Choir, Trouble Clefs, Room 301 rock band, Concert Choir,  Concert Band, and the Contained Ensembles, featuring ConVal alumni, all performed...

Kiwanis of Peterborough recently donated a total of $6,600 to local food programs, including the Peterborough Food Pantry, the Jaffrey Food Pantry, the Antrim Food Pantry and the Sunshine Fund.“These organizations do outstanding work in helping our...

The Peterborough Recycling Center will begin collecting No. 6 plastic, including expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam), on Friday, Dec. 27, at 500 Sharon Road, Peterborough. This initiative is a collaboration between the center’s staff and its advisory...

Heat pumps are becoming the residential heating and cooling technology of choice. In June, 3.6 million heat pump systems were installed in the United States versus 2.9 million gas-fired furnaces, according to research from the Rocky Mountain Institute...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Every year during the holidays, Peterborough’s Sunshine Fund toy room helps local families who may need a little help providing gifts for their children. The toy room program is an all-community effort. Each year, volunteers from the Peterborough Fire...