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By MIKE MUNHALL

Earth Day in Bennington was a two-day event.It began with a celebration at Jenn Sutton’s third-grade classroom at Pierce School, where I visited the class to make a presentation and congratulated the students on their recent salamander project they...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Members of the Francestown, Antrim and Bennington select boards decided to move ahead with exploring the reclamation process for the Tri-Town Pit, a sand pit adjacent to the Bennington transfer station, at a special three-town meeting Monday night....

On Saturday, April 20, the Bennington Conservation Commission is sponsoring its 10th annual Earth Day roadside cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon. This event is held rain or shine each spring to commemorate Earth Day and foster pride in the town.The...

100+ Women Who Care Monadnock, a local giving circle, will hold its next quarterly meeting Thursday, April 18, at the Peterborough Town Library in the 1833 Room, 2 Concord St.Registration and mingling with refreshments will begin at 11:45 a.m., with...

100+ Women Who Care Monadnock, a local giving circle, has opened nominations for a local nonprofit to receive more than $10,500 in donations.Being a member is not required to nominate a nonprofit. Nominations close April 3 at 5 p.m. The more-than-200...

Crotched Mountain held its Cardboard Box Derby and Pond Skim Sunday, in which participants built vehicles out of cardboard, duct tape, zip ties and paint. During the pond skim, contestants tried to glide across the man-made pond.“Our annual Cardboard...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Bennington voters re-elected incumbent James Cleary in a contested Select Board race against Bethany Manley Craig.Cleary, a longtime member of the Bennington Select Board,  has served many roles in town over the years.At the polls, Select Board member...

People can learn about the options for conserving land or establishing a conservation easement at a Bennington Conservation Commission program Tuesday, March 19, at 7 p.m., at  Bennington Town Hall, 7 School St.Eric Masterson, land program manager of...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

On certain Friday nights in Bennington, live music and even the stomp of dancing feet can be heard coming from the stage on the second floor of Town Hall, thanks to the Friday Night Stage concert series.   Upcoming shows are this Friday, March 8,...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

As of Friday, Bennington’s town election ballot had an equal number of vacancies and candidates. The deadline for filing for candidacy has passed, but residents may wage write-in campaigns for the March 12 town election.The Bennington Zoning Board...

Pierce School students recently celebrated Groundhog Day with their annual assembly. On Friday, Feb. 2, students gathered to learn about Punxsutawney Phil and his process for seeing his shadow and predicting the spring season. To kick off the...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The March 12 Town Meeting will be the first held at the Bennington Town Hall upstairs meeting room for nearly four decades. The space, which formerly doubled as the town gymnasium, is now Americans With Disabilities Act-compliant thanks to the...

The Bennington Sausage Festival Community Supper is back  Thursday, Feb. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at Pierce School in downtown Bennington.The Conservation Commission is sponsoring the event, which will include sausages and hot dogs, sauerkraut, homemade German...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Bennington Select Board presented a proposed operating budget of just over $2 million Monday night at the Town Hall.The proposal is $177, 278 higher than the current budget. Town Administrator Deb Davidson said that other than a 4% cost-of-living...

Plymouth State University named the following local students to its president’s list for the fall 2023 semester: Haley Serafine of Francestown, Owen Hannah of Peterborough, Asia Porter of Bennington, Jamison Coty of Hancock, Timothy Eaton of Wilton,...

Tommy Belcher, a young patron of GEP Dodge Library in Bennington, recently completed the 500 Books Before Middle School challenge.Tommy is the library’s first elementary school-age patron to complete the challenge. He met his goal of reading 500 books...

Dave Beck of Bennington and Eric Tenney of Antrim will share their knowledge of Bennington’s and Antrim’s involvement in the Civil War during a free talk sponsored by the Bennington Conservation Commission Saturday, Jan. 20, at 2 p.m. at the...

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) named the following local students to the fall 2023 president's list: Elizabeth Atwood of Greenville, Nickolas Schoff of Greenville, Rachel Gizzonio of Mason, Samantha Hughson of New Ipswich, Dean Antinelle of...

REGIONLeague schedules meet-and-greet with officialsThe Peterborough Plus unit of the League of Women Voters will hold a meet-and-greet with elected officials representing Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock,...

Conval Superintendent Kimberly Rizzo Saunders has been named Superintendent of the Year by the New Hampshire School Administrators Association.“This award is not truly individual, but recognizes the collective efforts of the ConVal staff and community...

By BILL FONDA

Jesse Marcum of Dublin said he feels “helpless.” During the public comment portion of Tuesday night’s ConVal School Board meeting, he said he started attending meetings several years ago when he heard rumors of consolidation, and that despite his...