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By ROWAN WILSON

“You could sort of sum it up as a boutique pharmacy,” said Gloria Shkolnik, owner of The Apothecary, a new store opening soon in Depot Square in Peterborough. Shkolnik is a trained and licensed pharmacist, and she specializes in compounding. She...

The following events will be taking place to commemorate Independence Day.Antrim – Festivities will be at the bandstand July 4, starting with coffee, tea and baked goods at 8:30 a.m. Yankee Doodle and the Dandies will perform at 9 a.m. The raising of...

By ROWAN WILSON

Golf season is underway, and Monadnock Country Club in Peterborough has opened its greens and sold its first memberships.Bob Taylor is operating the business on the High Street property that the MacDowell artist residency owns.Taylor was a member at...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Since New Hampshire accepted the first $10 million of a federal charter schools grant, eight charter schools have been awarded funding, including five new startup schools, two expansions and one existing school that’s opening a second location.In...

Peterborough Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale Saturday, May 14, from 9 to 11 a.m. at its new location, the Peterson Courtyard next to the Peterborough Town House on Grove Street.The proceeds of the plant sale provide scholarships to Wol’s...

GoMonadnock and Peterborough Town Library will host the first Peterborough Parley: Debates and Salon Thursday, May 5, at 6 p.m. in the library’s 1833 Room.The debates will feature Budget Committee candidates Leslie Lewis, River Marmorstein, Andrew...

Margaret Nelson, executive director of The River Center in Peterborough, received the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits’ New Hampshire Impact Award during the organization’s Nonprofit Impact Celebration.The award honors nonprofit employees for...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Multiple area law enforcement agencies will be participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30.Police departments in Rindge, Jaffrey, Peterborough, Mason, Dublin, Hancock, Wilton and Antrim will host take part from...

By JULIA STINNEFORD

Peterborough unveiled charging stations for electric vehicles in the town’s Riverwalk parking lot Friday, the culmination of a joint project between the Peterborough Energy Committee and town staff.“They’re finally here. We’ve been waiting for so...

By BEN CONANT

Artist Brandy Patterson’s upcoming exhibit at the Peterborough Town Library offers viewers a glimpse into the mind of a synesthete who translates music into color. Manchester-based painter Patterson said she’s always listened to music while creating...

By BEN CONANT

There’s always an excuse not to go to the gym, but the new owners of Performance Fitness in Peterborough have eliminated at least one big one, as the recently purchased Route 202 gym is now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “You want people to...

By BILL FONDA and JULIA STINNEFORD

When people have medical issues, they assume they are going to get good care, said Sarah Bay of Peterborough, a nurse practitioner and midwife who works at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nashua.“Everybody just thinks, ‘If I get in a car accident, people...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Kin Schilling has shared the perfect fall recipe – a butternut squash soup recipe first conceived through collaboration with the children of the Cornucopia Project.Schilling was the most recent teacher for the Hancock Town Library’s “Cooking with...”...

By TIM GOODWIN

After close to 50 years in the book-selling business, Willard Williams is ready to turn the page.Williams, the founder and co-owner of the Toadstool Bookshop and its locations in Peterborough, Keene and Nashua, was named the 2020 NH Retailer of the...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Several roads in Jaffrey and Peterborough remained partially closed into Monday, as road crews attempted to deal with storm damage, flooding, and major washouts from torrential rains on Saturday night into Sunday.Lee and Harvey Sawyer,...

By TIM GOODWIN

After decades of serving the needs of pet owners in the region, Tenney, Fritz and Combs Animal Hospital in Peterborough has closed its doors.The closure is part of a broader change to veterinary medicine in town, as the acquisition of the longtime...

By TIM GOODWIN

Get Vere Hill behind a keyboard and the St. Maarten native is in his element. He lives for that connection that comes with performing his craft in the company of others.Music has always been a part of his life – perhaps even before he was born, Hill...

By ABBE HAMILTON

In October 1792, the Temple town fathers met to address a frightening development in the town, Monadnock Center for History and Culture executive director Michelle Stahl said. “Smallpox had broken out in a community that had grown up around the site...

By TIM GOODWIN

Jay Garland first came to Peterborough at the request of his brother Peter. The older of the two siblings, Peter wanted to create a new school for his children and others in the area, searching for a different way of education. So Garland made one of...

By TIM GOODWIN

Swift Corwin always wanted to be surrounded by woods and hills. He longed for it growing up in Northwest Ohio.There the only things around him were cornfields and more wide open space that was flat and stretched as far as the eye could see.It was a...