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Nora Savage of Sharon has been named to the Nazareth College dean's list for the spring 2023 semester.A student's grade point average must be at least 3.5 or above, and they must complete 12 credit hours of graded work that semester in order to be...

By TODD BOOKMAN

Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington is jumping into the race for governor, the first Democrat to officially declare their candidacy.Warmington was an attorney before winning her first term on the Executive Council in 2020. She represents District 2,...

Are you considering becoming a locavore? Locavores are people who try to choose locally grown or locally produced food that is in season. This concept is based primarily on distance. Many people like to purchase food locally by starting within their...

By ORIANA CAMARA

On Saturday afternoon, Sharon residents gathered to clean up the gardens and grounds of the Meeting House.Selinda Chiquoine, a volunteer for the gardening committee, organized the activities, which included trimming, weeding and raking. She was...

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...

Grace Harrington of Sharon was named to the fall 2022 dean's list at Florida Institute of Technology.To be included on the dean's list, a student must complete 12 or more graded credits in a semester with a semester grade point average of at least 3.4.

By BILL FONDA

Just inside the front door of the former Sharon Art Center is an office where Drs. Sara Featherstone and Edward Ellis have opened their naturopathic treatment practice.They had been in the Strand building in Peterborough before moving into what is now...

100+ Women Who Care Monadnock, a local grassroots giving circle serving Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock, Harrisville, Jaffrey, Nelson, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Rindge, Sharon, Temple and Wilton, will meet on Wednesday,...

By ROWAN WILSON

Articles on Sharon’s town warrant proposing to raise and appropriate money for capital reserve funds proved somewhat contentious among voters at Town Meeting on Tuesday night, the largest of which was originally requesting to raise $150,000 to go into...

Grand Monadnock Rotary Club is offering scholarships to middle-school-age youth from Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock, Peterborough, Sharon and Temple.These two-week scholarships are for Brantwood Camp for both the boys’...

ConVal schools will reopen Friday, March 17, two hours late and with limited bus routes. According to a statement from Superintendent Kimberly Rizzo Saunders, many roads are too narrow for buses to travel after Tuesday’s snowstorm, so the district...

STAFF REPORTS

During the nor’easter that dropped more than two feet of snow across the region Tuesday, knocked out power for thousands and postponed elections for two weeks, Monadnock Community Hospital stayed open.The power was out at the hospital, so it ran on...

Staff Reports

Due to the storm projected for Tuesday, towns have postponed their elections to March 28.Antrim, Bennington, New Ipswich, Greenville, Greenfield, Lyndeborough, Mason, Rindge, Jaffrey, Wilton, Sharon, Dublin, Francestown, Hancock, Peterborough and...

By BILL FONDA

The name “SB2” comes from the bill that created it, Senate Bill 2 in 1995, and it became the official name for the ballot referendum form of government in 2000.Under SB2, Town Meeting is done over two sessions. The first is the deliberative session,...

It’s very simple. Your gut either keeps you healthy or it makes you ill. A healthy gut determines which nutrients to absorb and does an expert job keeping toxins, allergens and microbes out while helping with inflammation. An unhealthy gut contributes...

I think about the challenges of our ConVal school district and our local employers, and perhaps now is the time to consolidate our elementary schools and turn the vacant buildings into apartments and/or condos – affordable apartments and condos that...

Did you know that digestive symptoms are the No. 1 reason why Americans visit their health care practitioner?The problemIn fact, 20 million Americans suffer from chronic digestive diseases, which are one of the most-prevalent causes of disability in...

Seize the day, or "carpe diem" as it is said in Latin.Do you know who your legislators are? Or do you know on which  committees they serve? What are their ideas and opinions and what are their plans for voting on particular bills? A democracy allows...

By ROWAN WILSON

According to Emily Kerylow, director of operations at Monadnock Humane Society in Swanzey, “The year of 2020 was unprecedented.”She said “adoptions were through the roof,” and in addition to adopting pets, more people were fostering. “The bright side...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A winter storm Sunday into Monday left tens of thousands of people across the state without power.As of 8:30 a.m. Monday, more than 30,000 customers were without power, according to the New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Homeland...