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The weekend snowfall gave people (and their dogs) a chance to have some outdoor fun. With more snow Sunday and Monday, keep sending your photos to news@ledgertranscript.com.

COLLEGELocal students graduate from UNHThe following local students graduated from the University of New Hampshire in December 2022:-- Courtney McCurry of Francestown graduated with an MSW in social work.-- Nathan Blais of New Ipswich graduated with a...

The winter session of preschool story time at the Mansfield Public Library, 5 Main St. in Temple, will begin on Friday, Jan. 27, at 10:30 a.m. with a pajama party and stuffy sleepover.Children are encouraged to bring a stuffed animal, which will spend...

Benjamin Pyhala, John Crawford and Gavin Ketola were the top three overall finishers in the Peanut Butter Chip Chase 5K run/walk New Year’s Day.Pyhala crossed the line in 17 minutes, 44 seconds, followed by Crawford in 18:10 and Ketola in 18:37....

By ROWAN WILSON

Andrew Timmins, bear biologist at New Hampshire Fish and Game, said there are currently around 6,800 black bears living in the state.Bears exist in every part of New Hampshire except for the immediate Seacoast. The Lakes Region and White Mountains...

The following is a list of trick-or-treat times for Halloween.Antrim – 5 to 8 p.m., Oct. 31.Bennington – 5 to 7 p.m., Oct. 31. Stop by Town Hall, the fire station or the library for a special treat.Dublin – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Oct. 31.Francestown – 6...

The following events will be taking place to commemorate Independence Day.Antrim – Festivities will be at the bandstand July 4, starting with coffee, tea and baked goods at 8:30 a.m. Yankee Doodle and the Dandies will perform at 9 a.m. The raising of...

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Temple Select Board signed a settlement agreement Tuesday between the town and the owners of a large collection of antique construction equipment that neighbors have complained constitutes a junkyard, but made it conditional on the outcome of a...

Margaret Nelson, executive director of The River Center in Peterborough, received the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits’ New Hampshire Impact Award during the organization’s Nonprofit Impact Celebration.The award honors nonprofit employees for...

By JULIA STINNEFORD

Making money by farming can be tough these days, and according to some local farmers, the best way to get around it is to branch out.“To be able to make it as a small farm, you need to have some other kind of income,” said Christie Reed, who owns The...

By EMARI TRAFFIE

In 2018, the former owners of the Hilltop, a farm-sustained cafe in Wilton, left a note on their tables notifying customers they had sold the restaurant and would be re-opening at an unknown point in the future in Temple.“I used to go to Hilltop a...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Several roads in Jaffrey and Peterborough remained partially closed into Monday, as road crews attempted to deal with storm damage, flooding, and major washouts from torrential rains on Saturday night into Sunday.Lee and Harvey Sawyer,...

By TIM GOODWIN

Connolly Brothers Dairy Farm has expanded, adding a new 600 square foot farm store to its Temple property that officially opened on March 6.Chris Connolly, who owns and operates the dairy farm – founded by his parents Martin and Lynda in 1982 – with...

By ABBE HAMILTON

In October 1792, the Temple town fathers met to address a frightening development in the town, Monadnock Center for History and Culture executive director Michelle Stahl said. “Smallpox had broken out in a community that had grown up around the site...

By TIM GOODWIN

Cindy Dunleavy never knows when her phone is going to ring. It could be during dinner, when she’s out for a short hike on Pack Monadnock or in the middle of the night. All Dunleavy knows is that when a baby is ready to make its way into the world,...

By ABBE HAMILTON

Artist, inventor and publisher Rufus Porter is one of the most famous of the itinerant New Englanders who were commissioned to paint murals in homes and inns. And before his death in 1884, he left his mark on the Monadnock Region where his murals at...

By ASHLEY SAARI

A year after a fire that all but destroyed the tools of her trade, Donna Rollins of Healing Touch Pottery is back on her feet and ready for the next step for her business – which includes moving the manufacturing to a new shop in Belize. In June of...