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We have been making a serious effort to heat with wood this year. It is a small cabin, and if we didn’t cut anything down, we could probably stay ahead of our requirements relying exclusively on what falls in passing storms – two trees so far this winter, already. The wood is not the best. Often, disease contributes to the collapse. But it burns and heats. And the price is right.

As part of our 175th anniversary celebration, the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript asked 175 trivia questions about the Monadnock region. Of those 175, we picked the following 30 for our trivia contest.If you think you know the answers, send an email to...

By DAVID ALLEN

Something that people do several times a year – get a haircut – could benefit others if they did it less frequently. “It’s rare that people will go  a year without getting their hair cut,” said Kelly Akerley of Hancock.Akerley, 23, donated hair again...

The Grand Monadnock Rotary Club of Peterborough purchased more than 400 gifts for an estimated value of $30,000 during this year’s Operation Santa initiative.Operation Santa, an annual tradition started in 1985, connects local families in need with...

I’m outside on a bitterly cold December night. It is the last call for my dogs before we settle in for the night.I’m crabby. Winter’s darkness has its hold on me. I’m not jolly, and I definitely don’t want to leave the comfort of my couch. But the...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

When his parent’s home in New Orleans was flooded during Hurricane Katrina, Ron Levy of Hancock had an unusual task – to help salvage, dry and organize the more than 2,500 sketches and paintings his father Byron had produced over a lifetime.“Their...

By DAVID ALLEN

Police Chief Thomas Horne said Monday that people are using social media to criticize what they call the Police Department’s lack of response to stray animals.Horne said at the Select Board meeting that his department is increasingly pressed into...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Artist Kim Cunningham of Hancock describes her newest project, “In the Garden,” as a “a life event that turned into a calendar.” “During COVID, in June 2020, I said to my friend Evelien, ‘Let’s go over and sketch at the Elliots’,” Cunningham recalled....

Francie Von Mertens, longtime former Monadnock Ledger-Transcript "Backyard Birder" columnist, will speak at the Harris Center for Conservation Education, 83 King’s Highway in Hancock, Thursday, Dec. 12, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Her presentation, "Nature...

It always amazes me how quickly a year passes; here we are in December already! As the year winds down, it’s never too late to try to incorporate more plant-centered meals into your diet, for both personal health and the health of the planet. Personal...

By DAVID ALLEN

For people seeking to harvest their own Christmas tree in southern New Hampshire, their options are fewer now, even in early December, than just a few years ago.“Overall, as a business, it is not sustainable as a for-profit industry,” said Jeff Brown...

Hancock Library serving ‘A Side of Gumbo’ Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St. in Hancock, will host the exhibit “A Side of Gumbo” from Dec. 6 to Jan. 7 in the Daniels Room. The exhibit features artwork by Byron Levy, a New Orleans artist with ties to...

This paper has recently published letters about what the Christians say about Donald Trump. But let's remember what Trump said about the Christians.In his remarks to Christians at the Turning Point Action Believer's Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla., on...

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The winter weather on Thanksgiving Day in the Monadnock region ranged from no snow in southern towns to upwards of 9 inches of snow reported in Antrim. Antrim Fire Chief Marshall Gale said vehicles slid off the road on the town’s three major routes:...

By DAVID ALLEN

Hancock’s Fire Department is hoping to ameliorate health and safety issues with upgrades at the station, but this month’s election results put that prospect in question, according to Select Board member Elizabeth Villaume.In March, the department...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After a sale and more than two years of renovations, The Inn at Hancock (formerly the Hancock Inn) is now open to the public for dining. The Hunt Bar and Scullery tavern and Pinks Lounge opened to the public on Friday night, with a full bar and...

For me, November is a month for contemplation, connection and gratitude. It is a time of endings and new beginnings. The last oak leaves fall, and the evergreens begin to enjoy their own long season in the sun that lasts until the budburst of...

Three Broadway performers will present “Not Your Typical Ingenue,” a musical exploration of women on Broadway, Sunday, Nov. 24, at 4 p.m. during the next Music on Norway Pond show at the Hancock Meetinghouse, 47 Main St., Hancock.The program features...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Recent dry, windy weather conditions have increased the fire danger to the point where Temple Fire Warden Mike Connolly said Monday that mowing a lawn could be hazardous.“If your mower’s blade hits a rock and makes a spark, there you go,” he said.The...

By DAVID ALLEN

The Hancock Inn is poised for the next step toward reopening this week. On Friday, town Building Inspector Bob Garside will visit the Main Street site for the purpose of a decision on a certificate of occupancy for the building. Contingent upon...

Decades after returning from Vietnam, Dennis Caldwell of Hancock is writing the story of a young man who never got to come home.Caldwell, who grew up in Michigan, enlisted in the Army in 1967, during the height of the Vietnam War. “I knew things were...