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Tanja Short of Jaffrey, a certified astrologer, has created a gift for new parents – customized baby books created around an astrology chart from a baby’s time and day of birth.“Astrology is not what people think. It’s not ‘today is going to be a good...

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Director and producer Brendon Fox will be coming on board as the new artistic director of Peterborough Players.“I’m very excited for the future at the Players, to build on the past, and grow the future. It is a huge gift for an incoming leader to have...

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Graffiti, including a swastika intermixed with other symbols and artwork, was found at the town skate park.The Francestown Police Department investigated a report of the graffiti Aug. 17. Police Chief Fred Douglas reported at Monday’s Select Board...

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Young artists, crafters, bakers and entrepreneurs will be displaying their talents at the second Children’s Market at the Francestown Community Market Friday, Aug. 23, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Francestown Town Hall. The event takes place outside in the...

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The Raylynmor Opera, which has been the Monadnock region’s opera company for nearly 30 years, will present “Star Spangled Opera,” a concert of American-themed classical opera, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, at Bass Hall in the Monadnock Center for...

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The Francestown Recreation Department has closed public access to Scoby Pond (also know as Haunted Lake), including the beach and the boat ramp, due to dangerously high levels of E coli bacteria in the water.  Recreation Commission Chair Bob Bitterli...

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Allison Aldrich Smith, founder of  Keene’s Animaterra Women’s Chorus, which ran from 1997 to 2020, told  Sunday’s audience at the Monadnock Summer Lyceum that “there will be more singing than talking.”“I have been asked to sing a lot, talk a little,”...

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More than 20 Francestown residents gathered Saturday to explore the “Turnpike Trails”  near Route 47  and Campbell Road as part of the Francestown Land Trust’s “Exploring Our Trails” summer hiking series.The hikes are designed to introduce town and...

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Anyone arriving at the Trowbridge home on the western edge of Peterborough will notice the gardens before anything else -- the varied colors, shapes, sizes, and textures of the plants and flowers in the gardens.“I love color,” Laura Trowbridge said...

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Linda Smith Davis of Greenfield,  creator of the New England Fine Living lifestyle brand, is used to hearing from her fans – whom she calls her “kindred spirits” – but just before Thanksgiving 2023, she was surprised to get a package in the mail...

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Antrim and Greenfield used grant funds from New Hampshire the Beautiful for new equipment at their transfer stations. New Hampshire the Beautiful is a nonprofit organization that provides funds to improve municipal recycling programs and facilities. ...

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As a severe storms expert, meteorologist Cyrena Arnold of Francestown has been busy providing real-life expertise on the movie “Twisters” – the 2024 sequel to the 1996 movie “Twister” – as the film has been released around the world.“I’ve been on...

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A little piece of New Orleans will be coming to the Monadnock region Sunday, Aug. 18, at Fred Simmons’ and Leslie Vogel’s 16th annual Folksoul Music Festival in Greenfield. “Folk and soul combine the two richest traditions of American music, the folk...

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Ainsley King of Peterborough has joined the coaching staff of Keene State’s first women’s varsity hockey program. As of fall 2024, the Owls women’s hockey team, formerly a club team, is now NCAA Division III.“I’m really excited about it. I love...

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The Dublin Education Advisory Committee and Francestown School Committee presented their proposals for withdrawal from the ConVal School District to the ConVal Feasibility Study Committee at Thursday night’s committee meeting.Francestown and Dublin...

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Greenfield’s recent changes to the town’s zoning bylaws regarding accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, will provide increased opportunity for affordable housing as well as financial opportunity to residents, according to members of the town’s Zoning...

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A single photograph of Albie, a rescue dog from Louisiana, changed the course of journalist Peter Zheutlin’s life, not only converting him to a devoted dog-lover, but taking him into the front lines of animal rescue in the United States.Zheutlin...

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Composer Katie Semro of Sharon will debut an original piece of acoustic music, “Let It Sound,” on the main stage at the  2024 MAXT Makerspace Night Market Friday night in Peterborough.The piece, which Semro describes as “new classical acoustic,” will...

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The Town of Peterborough has announced it must reschedule a planned all-town property value reassessment due to a unforeseen delays with an upgrade to the town’s database software.The reassessment, which had been scheduled to take place in the summer...

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According to American Sign Language/English interpreter Laurie Shaffer, years ago, when she was teaching at a school for the deaf, a young deaf person asked her “What does the sun sound like?"“I was so stunned by the question. I told her it was so far...