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After nearly 30 years, Harlow’s, Peterborough’s downtown pub, has new owners.Tim Selby of Dublin and Brian Zimmer of Peterborough, who purchased the bar and restaurant from longtime owner Dave Szehi last month, are completing the final details of the...

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Tricia Rose Burt of Hancock wants people to be brave. Her podcast, “No Time to Be Timid,” which just wrapped its third season, tells the stories of people who have taken the leap to embrace their creativity full-time. “As we get older, we take less...

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Members of the Francestown School Committee reported to residents Wednesday night that the group supports withdrawing from the ConVal School District and creating a new, independent Francestown School District – although a new opinion from ConVal’s...

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The ConVal Feasibility Study Committee  presented new information from the ConVal School District’s legal counsel Thursday night which could affect Francestown’s and Dublin’s potential withdrawal plans.Previously, attorney Dean Eggert of Wadleigh,...

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Sociologist Michael Kimmel, author of “Angry White Men,” offered an optimistic approach to combating “white male rage” at Sunday’s Monadnock Summer Lyceum at Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, arguing the case that gender equity holds the key...

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Saturday was Slovenian Bee House Day in the Monadnock region, with four Slovenian bee house owners opening their colorful “bee houses” to the public. “Slovenian bee houses have a lot of advantages,” said Katy Wardlaw of Dublin. “You just suit up and...

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The Dublin XC Club, a youth Nordic skiing club based in Dublin, has been awarded 2024 Club of the Year by the New England Nordic Skiing Association (NENSA).NENSA, the umbrella event for cross-country skiing events in New England, is based in Lyme. The...

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Riding her bike through the forests of Idaho at the summer solstice, the last thing Kathleen “KT” Thomas expected was snow.“It was heavy snow, bowing down the trees. I had not packed for winter,” Thomas said during her stop at Sue Chollet’s home in...

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After 30 years of teaching young actors how to perform the works of Shakespeare, Deborah Thurber says she is still learning things from her students, and from The Bard. This year, for the 30th anniversary of Project Shakespeare, Thurber chose two...

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The planned move of the Grapevine Family Resource Center’s Avenue A Teen Center took a step forward Thursday night, when the Planning Board approved the site plan for a 2,200-square foot expansion to the Aiken Barn building.The addition to the Aiken...

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As a child in war-torn Japan, Yoko Ono remembers looking at the sky and feeling it was her only connection to her former life.“There were days when Yoko and her brother were so weak from near-starvation, all they could do was lie on the ground and...

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Bob Holmes of Antrim, who has completed all of New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot peaks and 45 of the “52 with a View,” said he is still discovering trails in the Monadnock region.Holmes, who leads the Trails of Antrim hiking group, encourages anyone with...

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Next door to the busy emergency department at Monadnock Community Hospital is the Healing Arts Gallery, featuring exhibits of local and regional artists in media that include photography, painting, textiles, crafts, glass, ceramics and mixed-media...

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The lack of applicants for three vacant high school math positions at ConVal High School is a “critical shortage area,” according to Superintendent Kimberly Rizzo Saunders.At Rizzo Saunders’ request, the School Board made that designation at Tuesday...

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Sharon Westen realized soon after moving to New Hampshire that there are fewer services for horses than what she was used to in the densely populated suburbs outside Dallas. “In Dallas, there are equine vets and farriers  and horse stuff all over the...

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Thanks to $196,000 in ARPA funding, the Town of Greenfield was able to shift the town clerk’s office into a separate space in the basement of the town offices, and move the Police Department out of the basement and across the common to the building...

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According to author and environmental studies professor Leila Philip, who spoke at Sunday’s Monadnock Summer Lyceum at Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, beavers could hold a key to environmental resilience in the face of climate...

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Like nearly everyone who drives Route 31 from the center of Antrim to Route 9, George and Michelle Caughey had always admired Bass Farm.For decades, the property was meticulously maintained by former owner Herb Nilson, with people in Antrim joking...

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The Town of Greenfield has chosen Milestone Construction as a construction manager for the upcoming renovations to the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse. “Milestone is a great choice. They have a proven track record and deep experience in working on...

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According to William Davidson of Hoyle Tanner Engineering, a proposed solar farm would use about 5.6 acres pf a 12-acre parcel at 538 Greenfield Road  (Route 136) adjacent to Burke Road.Davidson, representing NH Solar, presented preliminary plans for...