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The next Music on Norway Pond concert in its collaboration with the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is Sunday, Jan. 28, at 4 p.m. at Hancock Meetinghouse featuring concert pianists Pualina Lim and Cynthia Tseng.As piano soloist, Lim has...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Hancock is seeking funds for repairs to the Middle Road bridge, improvements to the Highway Department building and to purchase a new truck in the coming year.The Select Board held the town’s budget hearing on Monday. The proposed budget is...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The cold, cloudy weather wasn’t enough to keep 11 hikers from convening at the Hiroshi Loop trailhead in Peterborough Friday for a morning of exploration and discovery.Led by teacher-naturalists Nikko Gagnon and Kara Reynolds of the Harris Center for...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

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,”...

The rhododendrons have been having a time of it. This morning, their leaves are open and flat in moderate temperatures. A few days ago, they were curled tight in the cold. I wonder if the process is a burden – furling and unfurling, like sailors at...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

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....

Plymouth State University named the following local students to its president’s list for the fall 2023 semester: Haley Serafine of Francestown, Owen Hannah of Peterborough, Asia Porter of Bennington, Jamison Coty of Hancock, Timothy Eaton of Wilton,...

Here we go, another presidential election year, and you may be around the kitchen table at night discussing what needs fixing. How about we start with breakfast?My wife and I are just off the road from a drive to Louisville to visit our son, who works...

REGIONLeague schedules meet-and-greet with officialsThe Peterborough Plus unit of the League of Women Voters will hold a meet-and-greet with elected officials representing Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock,...

Kim Bergeron of Dublin and Jean-Pierre Bernier of Hancock will compete in the Pro Class of the Iron Dog Race in Alaska, starting on Feb. 17.Bergeron, owner of K.E. Bergeron Mechanical Systems in Keene, and Bernier, owner of Red Barn Logistics in...

I attended almost every Hancock Historic District Commission meeting since September, watching as the HHDC thoughtfully reviewed the extensive, complicated and ever-changing application from the Hancock Inn submitted by 33 Main Street...

By ROWAN WILSON

Andrew Timmins, bear biologist at New Hampshire Fish and Game, said there are currently around 6,800 black bears living in the state.Bears exist in every part of New Hampshire except for the immediate Seacoast. The Lakes Region and White Mountains...

By SCOTT MERRILL

The Hancock ZBA denied an appeal request Nov. 9 by the owners of The Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow at 53 Middle Road for relief from an administrative decision.The administrative decision from the Select Board, according to farm owners Ariane and Tom Ice,...

By SCOTT MERRILL

The Hancock Historic District Commission held their fifth public hearing Oct. 27 with representatives from 33 Main Street LLC and the tone of the evening was a mixture of resolve and contentiousness.Kerri Landry, 33 Main Street LLC spokesperson, said...

The following is a list of trick-or-treat times for Halloween.Antrim – 5 to 8 p.m., Oct. 31.Bennington – 5 to 7 p.m., Oct. 31. Stop by Town Hall, the fire station or the library for a special treat.Dublin – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Oct. 31.Francestown – 6...

By SCOTT MERRILL

Philip Mathewson, a Hancock business owner indicted on two felony charges of criminal restraint and aggravated felonious sexual assault, was arraigned on July 1. He has pleaded not guilty.Hillsborough Assistant County Attorney Ariana Baldasaro said...

The following events will be taking place to commemorate Independence Day.Antrim – Festivities will be at the bandstand July 4, starting with coffee, tea and baked goods at 8:30 a.m. Yankee Doodle and the Dandies will perform at 9 a.m. The raising of...

Margaret Nelson, executive director of The River Center in Peterborough, received the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits’ New Hampshire Impact Award during the organization’s Nonprofit Impact Celebration.The award honors nonprofit employees for...

By JULIA STINNEFORD

Making money by farming can be tough these days, and according to some local farmers, the best way to get around it is to branch out.“To be able to make it as a small farm, you need to have some other kind of income,” said Christie Reed, who owns The...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Multiple area law enforcement agencies will be participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30.Police departments in Rindge, Jaffrey, Peterborough, Mason, Dublin, Hancock, Wilton and Antrim will host take part from...