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By DAVID ALLEN

Dublin’s Fire & EMS does not expect to receive federal funds this year for the department to get recertified for hazardous materials mitigation.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Michele Steckler of Hancock calls herself “one the luckiest people in the whole world.”

By DAVID ALLEN

Three accidents before 10:30 am on Thursday kept Peterborough Fire and Rescue busy on a morning of messy weather. 

By DAVID ALLEN

A plan to install solar panels on the roof of the fire station, based on a grant proposal signed by then-Gov. Chris Sununu last year, has been pushed back to later in the spring.

By DAVID ALLEN

More than 50 people flanked Route 101 in Dublin on Sunday to mark three years since Ukraine was invaded by Russia and to show support for the beleaguered nation.

By DAVID ALLEN

Asked why she braved a windy February day to hear words written more than two centuries ago, Kathy Schongar of Peterborough replied, “To remind us of what it’s all about.”

By DAVID ALLEN

On Feb. 13, Wilton Fire Chief Don Nourse explained the workings of an 1851 Hunneman & Company tanker wagon, the town’s first piece of firefighting equipment. Doing so, he made a point about his department that is as true now as it was when the tanker was in use.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The ConVal School Board continued its series of hearings on a budget cap petition warrant article on Monday and Tuesday in Antrim and Greenfield. 

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Sheer chance led Tod and Jaylon Von Mertens from one of the oldest houses in Hancock to one of the newest, and from the stream valley along Middle Hancock Road to the very top of Prospect Hill.

By DAVID ALLEN

Greenfield’s representative to the ConVal School Board, Curtis Hamilton, began Tuesday evening’s public hearing in Dublin about a petition article to establish a budget cap for ConVal by presenting the anticipated impact on education and school programming if it passes March 11.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Antrim Select Board voted to not support two petition warrant articles that will appear on the town warrant – one to provide funding for The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center, and one for Antrim’s annual Home and Harvest celebration – at Monday night’s budget hearing. 

By DAVID ALLEN

Hancock residents heard a very clear view from ConVal School Board Chair Richard Dunning Monday on a petition warrant article proposing to cap the district’s budget.

By DAVID ALLEN

When it comes to recreation, people have very different interests – and the Peterborough Recreation Department wants to know what they are. 

By JESSECA TIMMONS

At first glance, most people coming across the exhibit of landscapes by Earl Schofield in the Peterborough Town Library might think the works are oil paintings.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Hancock author Paul Hertneky will be the featured writer at the Monadnock Writers’ Group monthly meeting on Saturday, Feb. 15, from 9:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the 1833 Room at Peterborough Town Library.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

At the opening of Morphs & Milestones’ new location at 74B Main St. in Francestown Feb. 4, a toddler reached tentatively out to pet Benni, a rehabilitated iguana. Within a few minutes, the toddler was confidently stroking the animal’s warm, soft skin, and even fed her a leafy green snack.

By  DAVID ALLEN

The Mascenic Regional School District Budget proposed for the upcoming school year is just under 5% higher than the current budget.

By DAVID ALLEN

Recreation met repurposing at Hancock’s Winter Frolic on Saturday, as families gathered behind the Meeting House on homemade sleds made of cardboard.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Public comment at ConVal’s deliberative session Tuesday night in the ConVal High School gym focused on Articles 7 and 8, which propose  Dublin and Francestown’s withdrawal from  the ConVal School District; and Article 9, a budget cap warrant article signed by 34 Dublin residents.

By DAVID ALLEN

The Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District operating budget proposal of approximately $15.84 million, an increase of approximately 3.97% from the current budget of slightly less than $15.28 million, was approved unanimously by the WLC School Board Tuesday.