Contoocook Valley Board of Realtors honors Ken Moller, names board

On Dec. 10, the Contoocook Valley Board of Realtors gathered at the Smoking Trout in Marlborough for their annual year-end celebration, including presenting the Special Directors Award to Ken Moller.Moller received the award from founding CVBR member...

BUSINESS: The perfect Christmas tree is getting harder to find

By DAVID ALLEN

For people seeking to harvest their own Christmas tree in southern New Hampshire, their options are fewer now, even in early December, than just a few years ago.“Overall, as a business, it is not sustainable as a for-profit industry,” said Jeff Brown...

Customers shop local for Plaid Friday

By DAVID ALLEN

Plaid Friday lived up to its name Friday in Peterborough.The promotion encourages people to support local businesses the day after Thanksgiving and wear plaid while doing it. At Anytime Apparel, Hannah Terriault of Dover and Page Powell of New York...

BUSINESS: Blue Bear Inn owners Carrie and Bob Mayer appreciate Francestown location’s history

By DAVID ALLEN

In the shadow of Crotched Mountain and with a view of peaks north of Concord, the new owners of Blue Bear Inn are ready for the après-ski crowd as well as anyone seeking food and rest in a 200-year old space.Carrie and Bob Mayer took over the...

BUSINESS: The Inn at Hancock reopens for dining after renovations

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After a sale and more than two years of renovations, The Inn at Hancock (formerly the Hancock Inn) is now open to the public for dining. The Hunt Bar and Scullery tavern and Pinks Lounge opened to the public on Friday night, with a full bar and...

Belletetes breaks ground on new Brookline facility

The Belletetes lumber and building materials company in Jaffrey has broken ground on a new facility at its Brookline location, acquired through its purchase of Bingham Lumber on May 13.The project includes a 20,000-square-foot building that will...

Hancock Inn could receive certificate of occupancy after inspection

By DAVID ALLEN

The Hancock Inn is poised for the next step toward reopening this week. On Friday, town Building Inspector Bob Garside will visit the Main Street site for the purpose of a decision on a certificate of occupancy for the building. Contingent upon...

BUSINESS: Post & Beam is offering a bit of Peterborough in Boston

By DAVID ALLEN

Charlestown, Mass., and Peterborough may not have much in common, but now they’re both locations of Post & Beam pubs.The fixture in the G.A.R. Hall on Grove Street in Peterborough, which has been serving its craft brews locally since 2018, opened a...

Steve Kim – Light at the end of the housing tunnel?

It has finally come. On Sept. 18, the Federal Reserve announced an interest rate cut of half a percentage point. While a quarter of a percentage point was all but expected, the larger rate cut took many by surprise. It indicates the Fed’s urgency in...

BUSINESS: Dr. Marc Winiecki looks to form relationships at Monad Doc Health Direct

By ASHLEY SAARI

Dr. Marc Winiecki, formerly with Jaffrey Family Medicine, has struck out on his own, opening a direct primary care office in downtown Jaffrey.According to Winiecki, Monad Doc Health Direct will give him more freedom to form personal relationships with...

Steve Kim – Long-term care: better to expect the unexpected

It is easy to think of long-term care as a problem for the distant future. After all, needing help with daily mobility, maintaining hygiene and preserving general quality of life is hard to imagine.Compared to retirement planning, there are more...

Apple-growers explain weather impact on current crop

By DAVID ALLEN

“A couple years ago it was drought. Last year it was too much rain. This year it was the heat and humidity!” said Tim Anderson of the mercurial nature of apple harvests of late. The owner of Washburn’s Windy Hill Orchard in Greenville said that summer...

BUSINESS: New owners Kaylee and Rod Wilkins don’t plan on making major changes at Hancock Market

By DAVID ALLEN

A change is afoot at Hancock Market, but this is not immediately evident by looking at the storefront on Main Street.Kaylee and Rod Wilkins, the new owners of the store, are intent on preserving all that has made the establishment an institution in...

BUSINESS: Town Hall Theatre in Wilton offers a night at the movies that won’t break the bank

By DAVID ALLEN

When films began appearing on the screen at Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, the cost in the to see a silent movie -- the only kind made at the time -- ranged between five and seven cents.Now, 112 years later, it is actually less expensive to watch a film...

Former IDG building in Peterborough is set for demolition

By DAVID ALLEN

The IDG building in Peterborough is slated for demolition later this month.According to Director of Planning and Building Danica Melone, removal of the long-vacant commercial building on the corner of Route 101 and Elm Street will begin within two...

Rindge Planning Board seeks info on Sunoco site

By ASHLEY SAARI

The Rindge Planning Board has continued an application seeking a minor site plan approval and conditional use permit to allow two new businesses in the former Sunoco gas station on Route 119 – an auto repair shop and a screen printing and embroidery...

BUSINESS: Frankly Delicious in Peterborough will provide more than just food

By DAVID ALLEN

Foodies in the Monadnock region area will have another option shortly, as a new eatery with a mission beyond serving food prepares to open its doors.Frankly Delicious is taking shape just south of the Routes 101 and 202 intersection in Peterborough,...

Jaffrey submits petition for special Town Meeting to purchase TD Bank

By ASHLEY SAARI

On Monday, the Town of Jaffrey submitted a petition with the Cheshire County Superior Court, requesting permission to hold a special Town Meeting with a single warrant item – a request to use $1.2 million of the town’s undesignated fund balance to...

Toadstool acquires Harrisville’s Alran Books

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough-based Toadstool Books has acquired Alran Books, a distributor of professional education titles and trade literature based in Harrisville.Alran, which was founded by longtime Monadnock region resident Allison Weber (formerly Randall ) in...