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According to the New Hampshire 2024 Residential Rental Cost Survey Report, only 13% of the two-bedroom rental units are affordable to the median-income renter household, for whom an affordable rent is $1,420. Their 2024 survey found rents have...

Peterborough Fire Chief Ed Walker has been appointed to the Monadnock Family Services Board of Directors for fiscal 2025.MFS, a community-based mental health care organization, provides services to more than 2,000 children and adults annually...

Peterborough Concert Series will present "An Irish Christmas with Ishna" at the Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St., Peterborough, on Friday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m.This annual performance features a mix of Irish music, dance and stories celebrating...

What do you use for 12 minutes but lasts for 500 years? Answer -- a plastic bag.Why is this a holiday riddle? Because at holiday times we create 25% more household waste, much of it unnecessary plastic packaging. And this is not a gift to our...

A great big huge thank you to all of the people who made this year's lantern event a magical success. Thanks to everyone who made a lantern or who repaired a damaged lantern. Thanks to the children who marched in the parade and to their families for...

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For 20 years, the Plowshare Farm Shepherds' Play has brought joy to the region.“I’ve had people stop me on the street and say, ‘This is my Christmas tradition-- thank you’,” said Plowshare Farm Director Kimberly Dorn. “There is something about the...

December is filled with traditions, events, and expectations. The season can bring some challenges. I find that I can overreact, get worked up about getting things accomplished, place too much importance on things of little importance and in many...

In this season of giving, MDS would like to thank Brady’s American Grill, Monadnock Eats and Norway Hill Home Inspections for their generous donation of Thanksgiving dinners shared with many individuals served by Monadnock Developmental Services....

The School Board must go back to the drawing board on the proposed $44 million expansion of the ConVal CTE wing and theater.While I deeply value the benefits this program brings to our community, the single "all-in" price tag presented is excessive....

On Dec. 10, the Contoocook Valley Board of Realtors gathered at the Smoking Trout in Marlborough for their annual year-end celebration, including presenting the Special Directors Award to Ken Moller.Moller received the award from founding CVBR member...

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From the outside, the old mill at Noone Falls in Peterborough looks like it has not changed much in more than 200 years. 

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The Peterborough Planning Board has approved a site plan review application submitted by Hoyle Tanner on behalf of the Town of Peterborough for construction of the town’s new fire and rescue station on Elm Street. The board reviewed two conditional...

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Project Shakespeare will perform Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. at The Park Theatre, 19 Main St., Jaffrey.Additional shows in the Peterborough/Jaffrey area include Friday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m. at the First...

PeterboroughPaul, Lorkovic to perform SaturdayPeterborough Folk Music presents Ellis Paul with Radoslav Lorkovic on Saturday, Dec. 14, at Bass Hall in the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St., Peterborough. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.,...

PeterboroughMonadnock Chorus to present ‘Songs for a Winter’s Night’The Monadnock Chorus will perform “Songs for a Winter’s Night” on Saturday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. at the Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St., Peterborough.Under the...

Monadnock Music, a nonprofit in Peterborough, will present a Holiday Home Tour on Saturday, Dec. 16, along Court Street in Keene. The event features decorated homes, live music, holiday treats, caroling and a seated concert.Participants will visit...

On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, nearly 20 volunteers helped 125 local households enjoy a full Thanksgiving feast by providing all the traditional staples.More than 2,000 pounds of turkey, 70 pounds of butter, 300 pounds of potatoes, squash...

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St., Peterborough, will host a Lunch & Learn program Thursday, Dec. 12, at noon. The event will feature a lunch and an illustrated talk on the history of holiday cards and greetings.The talk will...

The Mariposa Museum on Main Street in Peterborough, in what was formerly the home of the New England Marionette Opera, returned a piece of the opera's repertoire to its exhibit space Saturday.“Madame Butterfly” is again on display in the museum...

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Longtime Monadnock region resident Ed Mottau, who died at his home in Peterborough Nov. 3 at age 80, is being remembered as a musician, a craftsman, a mentor, friend, father and devoted member of the community.Mottau was a guitarist and songwriter who...