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By JESSECA TIMMONS

Once dinner was served at the second Women of Francestown dinner at the Francestown Meetinghouse Saturday, volunteer Judy Bitterli led the group in a toast.

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Will Butler, grandson of Leslie and Robyn Kenney of Peterborough, has been selected for the Australian national U20 men’s lacrosse team.

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After more than 50 years with the ConVal School District, Dick Dunning – former teacher, principal, School Board member and for the past two years, chair of the ConVal School Board – stepped down for good on March 11. 

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Students from the architecture program at Keene State College are creating potential designs for affordable housing at some of Peterborough’s most well-known properties as part of a collaboration between the Keene State architecture department, the Peterborough Affordable Housing Committee, the Peterborough Planning Department, and Peterborough property owners.

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Hancock’s Music on Norway Pond may be the only concert series in the country offering a free ticket for any adult bringing a child to a performance.

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The Peterborough Planning Board has put three proposed zoning changes forward to the town’s ballot in May. 

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Greenfield Select Board member Mason Parker, who has served on the board since 2021, resigned at a special Select Board meeting immediately after Town Meeting on March 15. 

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The Monadnock Valley Patriots Battle of the Badges fundraiser returned to ConVal on Friday night, with hundreds of community members turning out to watch members of the Peterborough Police Department and five local fire departments take on each other in basketball, along with members of the Monadnock Valley Patriots Special Olympics team.

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Peterborough-based Team Inconceivable is headed to UNH on Saturday for the New England FIRST Robotics Competition district event.

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Dozens of parents and players representing the ConVal football program attended Tuesday night’s School Board meeting to speak on behalf of assistant coach Brad Davis, who they believe should be a candidate for head coach.

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The ConVal School Board met Tuesday for the first time following district elections on March 11.

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Peterborough will break ground on the new fire and rescue station on Elm Street in early May, according to Assistant Town Administrator Seth MacLean.

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The Peterborough Folk Music Society will present singer/songwriter Tom Rush at The Park Theatre in Jaffrey on Saturday night, March 22.

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After the Select Board cut funding to all nonprofits regularly supported by Antrim by 50% due to a high increase in the tax rate this year, articles regarding funding for The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center, the Home and Harvest Festival and the Antrim Community Board sparked most of the debate at Town Meeting Thursday night.

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A raise for the town administrator, capital reserve funds and the possibility of looking into studying SB2 were the most hotly debated issues at Greenfield’s town meeting on Saturday.

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After looking at more than 100 houses in New England, Frank and Sharon Riley knew they had found their retirement home when they discovered Francestown’s historic Bixby Tavern property.

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Bennington residents approved 28 of 29 warrant articles at this year’s town election, including a town budget of $1.92 million.

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The Peterborough Planning Board accepted an initial application for a six-lot subdivision at 477 East Mountain Road during Monday night’s meeting.

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Spring Hill Studio in Sharon will host a clarinet trio concert on Sunday, March 16, at 3 p.m., with Dorothy Braker on cello, Julie Meneghini on clarinet and Mary Towse-Beck on piano.

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Construction on the Greenfield Meetinghouse community center project will start as soon as the town has finalized the contract with Milestone Construction, the Select Board reported Thursday night.