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The Antrim Community Board (ACB), formed in 2021, was the first community board in New Hampshire, and it is still the only one.“We’re just special,” joked Helene Newbold, who has been on the ACB since 2022. New Hampshire law allows cities and towns to...

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The Bennington Select Board presented a proposed operating budget of just over $2 million Monday night at the Town Hall.The proposal is $177, 278 higher than the current budget. Town Administrator Deb Davidson said that other than a 4% cost-of-living...

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When Kerry and  Scott Christophers sold Hancock’s Seven Maples campground in 2021, they weren’t totally sure what they were going to do with more free time in their schedules.But Kerry had one definite goal in mind – to devote more time to her...

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The traditional Piping In the Haggis was just one part of the Robert Burns Night celebration hosted by the Antrim Grange Saturday night in Antrim.More than 80 people attended the event, including musicians, volunteers and guests. Bagpiper Marc...

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Growing up in Henniker, Marek Bennett was always  aware of the name Freeman Colby, since a road in the town is named after the local farmboy, teacher and Civil War veteran. Years later, as a professional cartoonist and author, Bennett became curious...

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The availability of high-speed internet has become one of the driving factors in attracting new residents to  settle in the Monadnock region, giving some towns a competitive advantage for people who work or attend school remotely. “People expect it,”...

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One person was killed in a motor vehicle accident early Monday morning in Greenfield. The accident occurred at approximately 5:17 a.m. Greenfield emergency services assisted New Hampshire State Police Troop B in responding to the scene of the...

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Introducing Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson Sunday night at Peterborough Town Library, state Rep. Jonah Wheeler of Peterborough said he became a supporter after meeting her at an event in Peterborough last October and that he...

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A standing-room-only crowd was on hand to hear Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota speak Wednesday night at Post & Beam Brewing in Peterborough.Phillips, who is challenging President Joe Biden for the Republican...

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The ConVal School Board  and administration painted a bleak picture of educational equity and quality in the district if the proposed reconfiguration warrant article fails on March 12.Kimberly Rizzo Saunders, superintendent of the ConVal School...

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Not many people can say they live in a house built by their great-great-great grandfather, but Andy Morison of Peterborough and his sons, Nate and Aaron, are the sixth and seventh generation of Morisons to live at Terrace Hill Farm on Old Jaffrey...

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No members of the public attended the Greenfield Community Power Committee public hearing Tuesday night due to weather, but a second hearing is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 28, at 2:30 pm at the Greenfield Meetinghouse.Community power allows...

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Sunday’s sudden snow squall caused a two-car accident near on Concord Street (Route 202 ) in Antrim, but only minor injuries were reported.The incident happened around 4:20 p.m. Antrim Police report that two sedans were involved and slid off the road,...

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Hancock Community Conversations on Race (HCCR) hosted its sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Monday at Reynolds Hall at All Saints’ Episcopalian Church in Peterborough. Last year’s event was at Hancock Congregational Church.Jennifer L....

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For the past year or so, people driving through Antrim early on Saturday morning have been startled by an unusual sight -- a line of customers stretched down the block, waiting for Flag Leaf Bakery to open. “Everything is baked day of; we don’t hold...

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During a ConVal School Board public hearing Tuesday night, a warrant article proposing amendments to the district’s Articles of Agreement brought a question from residents.The proposed amendment to the ConVal’s 1967 Articles of Agreement would require...

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The first thing anyone notices walking into the Greenfield Forge, Vinnie Anfuso’s blacksmith shop in the center of Greenfield, is the massive, coal-fired forge.Anfuso has four forges at his Greenfield shop – two coal, two propane. “For our size shop,...

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Nearly 30 abutters and neighbors from the Burke Road and Contoocook Lane neighborhoods, as well as Peterborough Planning Board members, heard about design changes to the proposed Equestrian Village development Monday night.Plans for the existing...

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Select board and community members from Temple, Dublin and Francestown indicated at Thursday’s ConVal Strategic Organization Committee meeting that their towns may consider leaving the ConVal School District if the proposed warrant article...

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Antrim has been approved for a Complete Streets Implementation Grant to complete a proposed sidewalk between the T-Bird convenience store at routes 202 and 31 and access to the town’s McCabe Forest on Concord Street. At Antrim’s December Planning...