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100+ Women Who Care Monadnock, a local giving circle, will hold its quarterly meeting Thursday, Oct. 19, at ConVal High School.Registration opens at 6 p.m., and the meeting begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. Visitors and those considering membership are...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Longtime Bennington resident and retired ConVal teacher John Manley said during Monday night’s community meeting at Pierce Elementary School that he is concerned about the possibility of the school closing.“The elementary school is the lifeblood of...

As part of WMUR’s annual NH Tackles Hunger food drive, ConVal Athletics accepted food and monetary donations at all home sports matches on Friday, Sept. 22, a day after the high school collected items at the school’s open house.Community volunteers...

By AIDAN BEAROR

The Bennington Garage has changed hands after 40 years of Joe MacGregor's leadership. New owner Wade Wallace – a ConVal graduate from Greenfield – understands the importance of staying true to the roots of the business. Wallace and his wife Nicole are...

The annual Bruce Edes Forest Walk will be Saturday, Sept. 9, at 9 a.m.Participants should meet at the Bennington Depot parking lot at 9 a.m. and wear comfortable but sturdy shoes.Edes was a member of the Conservation Commission who died in 2004, and...

By MICHAEL T. MUNHALL

Bennington has gone through a significant transition. Bennington Garage has been sold, and longtime owner Joe MacGregor is taking a long-awaited retirement.He and his wife Leslie aren’t leaving Bennington, but he is going to take time for himself to...

By ANDY PETERSON

As we enter the warmth of summer in the Monadnock region, our interests turn to plans for fun activities with family and friends. Many also come to visit our region for a chance to relax and enjoy relief from the heat of urban areas and a welcome...

The North American Railcar Operators Association and the Cotton Valley Rail Trail Club recently did a combined ride on the railroad tracks from Wilton to Bennington. They stopped at the Greenfield Historical Society for a breakfast break and toured...

Bennington Conservation Commission is sponsoring a talk by Dale Russell, “Trains of the Contoocook Valley,” Saturday, July 15, at 2 p.m. at the Bennington Depot (the VFW), 9 Hancock Road.Railroad trains used to be the center of life in the Contoocook...

By MATTHEW J. MOWRY

The Granite State is facing a workforce gap of more than 190,000 jobs in the next decade, according to a new report from NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs.“New Hampshire’s 80 top occupations are projected to have nearly 197,000 job...

The Bennington Conservation Commission is sponsoring the seventh annual Contoocook River Paddle Saturday, June 24, at 9 a.m.This event explores the open water, small coves and wildlife of the river. Boats and paddlers will meet at the Powder Mill Pond...

Kim Varney Chandler will present “Covered Bridges Near Greenfield, Past and Present” on Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m. at the Greenfield Historical Society Museum, 828 Forest Road, Greenfield. Ms.Chandler’s talk will focus on the County #8 bridge spanning...

Naturalist Susie Spikol will present a summer reading program for elementary school-age children on Tuesday, June 27 at 6 p.m. at Bennington VFW Hall, 9 Hancock Road. Spikol is a naturalist at the Harris Center for Conservation Education and author of...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

All weekend long, hundreds of community members gathered at Sawyer Park in Bennington for the annual Rhubarb Festival, a decade-long tradition celebrating all things rhubarb. This year’s event featured dozens of local food and craft vendors selling...

The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript began our Hometown Hero series in April. The first two heroes we featured are the type of people we’re looking to spotlight – people dedicated to improving their communities and the lives of the people who live in...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

This weekend, Bennington is hosting an annual town tradition that some may find sweet, and others find tart.From Friday, June 2 to Sunday June 4, the town will be hosting the annual Rhubarb Festival at Sawyer Park, a weekend-long celebration of all...

By BILL FONDA

When Linda Quintanilha’s daughter Mary was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum at age 2 after not hitting her milestones, she attended training from the University of New Hampshire’s New Hampshire Leadership Series, which provides information...

By JOSH LACAILLADE

One 10-year-old boy plans to pay it forward after he was gifted a new fishing rod from a group of Good Samaritans.Logan Colburn and his family were recently fishing near the Iron Bridge in Bennington, a common excursion for the group. As Logan waited...

By ROWAN WILSON

Fourth-graders at Pierce Elementary School in Bennington raised brook trout in their classroom this year and then released them into the Contoocook River over the past couple weeks.The Bennington Conservation Commission helped monitor the trout and...

Volunteers are the secret sauce of the nonprofit world. Volunteers do so many things that are essential to the functioning of our nonprofits.Let’s look at the volunteer board of trustees. They give of their time, their skills, their wisdom. The board...