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By JESSECA TIMMONS

The 10th annual Francestown Arts Fest will take place Saturday, June 14, from noon to 4 p.m. in the Francestown Town Hall. The festival will showcase local artists, makers and creators.

Francestown Land Trust will hold its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Old Meeting House, 1 New Boston Road, Francestown. Refreshments and informal conversation will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting and presentation.

Learn about summer activities that don’t require a lot of travel in Staycation, published by the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript and Concord Monitor.

The Tour de Francestown will return on Saturday, June 7, hosted by the Francestown Old Meeting House. The event begins with sign-in from 8 to 9 a.m. in the center of Francestown, followed by a 9 a.m. start.

Monadnock Community Hospital hosted its annual Emergency Medical Services  Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, May 21 at the Monadnock Country Club, bringing together emergency medical personnel from across the region to acknowledge their contributions to patient care and community safety.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Francestown honored its veterans at the town’s annual Memorial Day ceremony Thursday at Francestown Elementary School.

By BEN CONANT

The ConVal girls' lacrosse team had a surprise boost in numbers this spring, as several athletic seniors decided to try their hand with a new sport in their final season.

By BEN CONANT

The ConVal boys’ lacrosse team had a slow start to the season due to the rainy weather, but they poured it on against Laconia on Monday for a big win.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The George Holmes Bixby  Memorial Library hosted a celebration of Francestown Elementary School’s third- and fourth-grade animal defense research projects on Thursday evening.  

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Francestown Community Market will open for the season on Friday, May 9, at 4 p.m. in the Francestown Town Hall horse sheds at 2 New Boston Road.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Francestown will make a second attempt to withdraw from the ConVal School District, after special Town Meeting voted Saturday in favor of two petition warrant articles.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Francestown’s George Holmes Bixby Library has launched a new way to get town residents out exploring cultural destinations around New England.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Francestown Zoning Board approved a variance which will enable the new owner of the multifamily units on Torrey Pines Road adjacent to the Crotched Mountain Golf Course to move forward with a plan to convert the buildings from short-term rentals to long-term rentals. 

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Francestown Select Board unanimously approved a petition for a special Town Meeting requesting a second feasibility study for withdrawal from the ConVal School District, as well as a second warrant article requesting the formation of a planning committee at ConVal to study the benefits of Francestown leaving or remaining in SAU 1. 

By ELLA CADEMARTORI

Starting April 1, the Crotched Mountain Consortium between the Francestown and Greenfield libraries has been officially up and running.

The American Red Cross is seeking blood and platelet donors this April to address seasonal shortages, especially from type O donors. Appointments can be scheduled at redcrossblood.org, by calling 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767), or via the Red Cross Blood Donor App.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Once dinner was served at the second Women of Francestown dinner at the Francestown Meetinghouse Saturday, volunteer Judy Bitterli led the group in a toast.

New Hampshire Audubon Senior Biologist Pamela Hunt will present "Dragons & Damsels," a talk on dragonflies and damselflies, Friday, March 28, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Francestown Town Hall, second floor, 27 Main St., Francestown.

The Francestown Recreation Department hosted the second Community Science Fair on Saturday, March 22, at the Francestown Town Hall. Students from Great Brook School, Francestown Elementary School and homeschool students, ranging in age from 7 to 15, participated in this year’s fair. Meteorologist Cyrena Arnold and Nate Monty of Morphs and Milestones served as judges. 

I thank Sen. Maggie Hassan for her vote for Dr. Marty Makary to lead the FDA. I have long been concerned about the declining health of Americans and especially our children, the prioritization of “how to pay for” disease treatment over investment in upstream disease prevention and the conflicts of interest in and corruption of our medical and scientific agencies.

By SARAH HIBBARD PYLE

The 2025 Francestown Town Meeting was as much a celebration of the town’s volunteer officials and employees as it was a time for approving budgets and expenditures. The day began with the presentation of an engraved gavel to Town Moderator Paul Lawrence, who is retiring after 29 years in the job.