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By ROWAN WILSON

During the ConVal School Board’s deliberative session Tuesday night in the ConVal High School gym, no changes were made to the proposed budget or any of the district’s proposed warrant articles. The proposed budget for the district is...

The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH) is a nonprofit joint powers agency created to assist New Hampshire municipalities in their efforts to reduce electric rates, accelerate their transition to renewable electricity and gain a...

On Saturday, Feb. 18, at 10:30 a.m., Monadnock Writers’ Group hosts writer Darcey Gohring at its monthly speaker series. ‘The free event, held at Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., is intended to be of interest to both readers and writers of...

Wicked Gaming Center in Peterborough hosted a miniatures game day Saturday which featured games created by New Hampshire producers.

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive Monday, Feb. 13, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Hope Fellowship Church, 16 Prescott Road, in Jaffrey.Donors of all blood types – particularly type O blood donors, the most-needed blood group by hospitals –...

The next presenter in the Peterborough Presents series at Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., will be Gwir Huddleston Llewellyn speaking on the process of grief Monday Feb. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the 1833 Room of the library.All are welcome to...

Seize the day, or "carpe diem" as it is said in Latin.Do you know who your legislators are? Or do you know on which  committees they serve? What are their ideas and opinions and what are their plans for voting on particular bills? A democracy allows...

The Peterborough Folk Music Society has scheduled a variety of upcoming concerts, starting with Le Vent Du Nord at the Park Theatre in Jaffrey on March 31. The award-winning band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Québec’sFrancophone folk movement....

By BILL FONDA

Starting with the wall of windows that provides people with a view of Mount Monadnock when they walk in the door, Realtor Sadie Halliday of the Halliday Group calls the four-bedroom, four-bathroom house owned by owned by Nathan and...

By ROWAN WILSON

During its second round of state-mandated testing, 148 out of 552 samples from the ConVal School District’s 11 schools contained levels of lead above the state maximum of 5 parts per billion (ppb).As part of its “Get the Lead Out” program, the state...

By ROWAN WILSON

According to Emily Kerylow, director of operations at Monadnock Humane Society in Swanzey, “The year of 2020 was unprecedented.”She said “adoptions were through the roof,” and in addition to adopting pets, more people were fostering. “The bright side...

Moscow-born Nickolay Manuylov, aka “Kuk,” began his career as an underground artist in Stalin’s USSR.It was an era when the art that Kuk, his late wife Lidiya Kirillova, and other nonconforming artists made was illegal. The mythological and esoteric...

Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”) makes her West End debut in a 21st-century retelling of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” a tale of love and loneliness, adapted by Anya Reiss for The Jamie Lloyd Company. Peterborough Players, 55 Hadley Road, will...

Union Congregational Church of Peterborough hosted a game night Friday.Guests came from around the region came to the event. The church provided cornbread, desserts and beverages, and the public was invited to bring macaroni and cheese or chili to...

By ROWAN WILSON

On Jan. 24, around noon, Peter and Ann Harrison parked at the start to the Evans Flats Trail in Peterborough. They both wore backpacks and snowshoes and carried tools.They were in the woods for more than 2 1/2 hours working on the trail. They trimmed...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

On Friday, Jan. 27, Affordable Housing Subcommittee members met at Town Hall to discuss the town’s future plans to build a new fire station in a more centralized location and the possibility of tearing down the current fire station on Summer Street to...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A group of volunteers descended upon local trails over weekend to clean up storm damage from two recent major snow events that brought down trees and branches, blocking trails and leaving debris in their wake.The Monadnock Sno-Moles, the largest...

By ROWAN WILSON

The Toadstool Bookshops in Peterborough and Keene are under new ownership.Emerson Sistare and his family have purchased the longtime independent bookstores from Willard and Holly Williams. The Williams family founded the Toadstool in Peterborough in...

Peterborough Town Library, located at 2 Concord St., has scheduled a series of February programs for adults.All programs are free and open to the public. Check individual events at peterboroughtownlibrary.org/events to find details and information...

Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Congregation (PUUC) will hold an Imbolc event Friday, Feb. 3, at 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall of the Unitarian Universalist meeting house on Main Street. Imbolc is a Celtic festival which celebrates what spring will...