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By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Francestown Select Board has endorsed a proposed warrant article created by the town’s Community Power Committee to authorize the town to move forward with establishing community power. Community power is a model that allows municipalities to pool...

By MAGGIE BARIBAULT

“If a storm makes you scared or you want the sun to shine, remember it won’t last long. Weather changes all the time,” wrote New Hampshire meteorologist Cyrena Arnold in her 2020 children’s book, “The Weather Story with Frances Fox.”Currently, Arnold...

Francestown Elementary School has partnered with the PTO to bring an after-school enrichment program to students, the Crazy 8's Math Club.Every Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., students gather to participate in various math activities. Students are...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

When Kerry and  Scott Christophers sold Hancock’s Seven Maples campground in 2021, they weren’t totally sure what they were going to do with more free time in their schedules.But Kerry had one definite goal in mind – to devote more time to her...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The availability of high-speed internet has become one of the driving factors in attracting new residents to  settle in the Monadnock region, giving some towns a competitive advantage for people who work or attend school remotely. “People expect it,”...

The Francestown Elementary School community gathers monthly to celebrate growth and learning through its PRIDE meetings.PRIDE meetings were established as a way for the FES school community to come together to celebrate students’ learning successes....

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,...

The ConVal girls and boys track and field teams participated in a meet at Plymouth State Saturday afternoon.  Junior Maxx Telofski finished third in the shot put with a throw of 38-feet, 9-inches. The boys’ 4x400 relay team of Josh Decker, Brody...

By AIDAN BEAROR

After having previously been denied in April, the Francestown 4-H Club received permission to sell lemonade at the Francestown Community Market in May. The group had applied to sell lemonade at the market, but the Francestown Community Market...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Francestown has joined the growing number of New Hampshire cities and towns launching a community power program.Community power allows towns to pool residents’ buying power to purchase electricity from a supplier at a discounted rate, potentially...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Richard Lawrence of Manchester and Francestown has filed an appeal with the state Housing Board after the Francestown ZBA denied an appeal for a rehearing on the request for a variance at Lawrence’s 13-acre property on Davis Lane.In June 2023, Richard...

By BILL FONDA

As the Crotched Mountain ski area gets ready to celebrate its 60th anniversary, it opened for the 2023-2024 winter season Dec. 1, its earliest in five years, according to Abigail Allen, New Hampshire spokeswoman for owner Vail Resorts.Crotched will...

Francestown Old Meeting House, 1 New Boston Road, will host a free holiday concert Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m.The concert features steel-string guitar player Harvey Reid and New Hampshire-born fiddler, singer and songwriter Joyce Andersen in a joint...

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...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Hundreds of holiday shoppers attended Francestown’s first outdoor German Holiday Market on Saturday at the Francestown Meetinghouse horse stalls.Organizer Pamela Berry, manager of the Francestown Community Market, said the vendors were thrilled with...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Prismatic Consulting, the firm hired by the ConVal School District to address under-enrollment in the nine-town district, plans to recommend a reconfiguration plan that would close Francestown Elementary School, Dublin Consolidated School, Pierce...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Pamela Berry, manager of the Francestown Community Market, which takes place Friday afternoons in summer and fall, said traditional outdoor German holiday markets are a growing trend. On Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Francestown Community...

The next Francestown Academy Coffeehouse will be Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at Francestown Town Hall, 27 Main St.Performers include Fred Sprague, The Kukuleles, The Fret Benders, The Rickety Crickets, Carl Beverly and Pam Stohrer. A suggested $5...

By BILL FONDA

When Rockingham County Superior Court Judge David Ruoff ruled Monday in favor of the ConVal Regional School District and its co-plaintiffs that the state’s system for funding education is unconstitutional, he wrote that the current base adequacy...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, a Democratic candidate for governor, spoke at a brunch organized by Francestown Democrats Sunday at Francestown Town Hall, addressing local concerns on  inflation, housing, education, day care and civility in...