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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 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...

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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...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Hancock Woman’s Club holiday craft fair returns on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hancock Meetinghouse and vestry at 47 Main St. in Hancock. The fair will feature more than 30 local vendors, artists, artisans and craftspeople, as...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Election results show Republicans are expanding their lead in the New Hampshire state Senate, partly by way of an upset over Democratic Sen. Shannon Chandley.Republican Rep. Tim McGough declared victory with a 1,000-vote, 3-point lead over Chandley in...

Why would anyone in the world want to be an American, faced with the task every four years of choosing a president, these days the most-powerful person in the world?People on the outside have no idea. They cannot fathom the stress. The emails, the...

Henry Walters of Monadnock Falconry will present Mahood the hawk on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. at Moose Brook Park, located behind the Fire Department on Bennington Road in Hancock.Walters, a master falconer, will discuss the behavior of birds of prey...

Growing up, I was fascinated by everyday history – not the accounts of wars or presidents or politics that could be found in textbooks, but the everyday history of everyday lives. How did people live? What did they long for? What did they fear?When I...