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Historic covers – Monadnock Ledger-Transcript: Dec. 16, 2008
12-10-2024 1:01 PM

Ahuge ice storm on Dec. 11, 2008, crippled the Monadnock region – closing roads and leaving most residents of the region without power days later. Public Service of New Hampshire spokesman Martin Murray said in the Dec. 16, 2008, Monadnock...

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Historic covers – Monadnock Ledger-Transcript: Oct. 24, 2006
12-05-2024 1:00 PM

Although the Planning Board had heard a conceptual design in early October of 2006 for a grocery store and a pharmacy on Route 101, TF Moran president and The Village at Peterborough member Robert Cruess refused to reveal their names.However, Shaw’s...


Historic covers – Monadnock Ledger-Transcript: Sept. 28, 2006
12-03-2024 1:00 PM

The cover of the newly merged Monadnock Ledger-Transcript’s first issue on Sept. 28, 2006, brought news from Greenfield, Jaffrey, Dublin, Peterborough, Mason and Sharon.In Greenfield, 93-year-old Anna Chute was awarded the Boston Post Cane as the...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Sept. 21, 2006
11-29-2024 1:01 PM

“The last couple of weeks have not been exactly the easiest in my business career. Change brings with it its own set of insecurities. To all those who have taken time to speak with me over the last few days, or write pieces for our edition, thank you....


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Sept. 13, 2001
11-26-2024 1:01 PM

“The country remains shocked today after an apparent organized terrorist attack on the United States resulted in two hijacked commercial passenger jets crashing into the World Trade Center in New York City and a third demolishing part of the Pentagon...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Jan. 6, 2000
11-21-2024 1:00 PM

The first Peterborough Transcript of 2000 included information on the year’s first baby in the region, Jaffrey-Rindge School Board members voting to conduct a study on the consequences if Rindge left the district and the lack of snow in the area.One...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Nov. 4, 1999
11-19-2024 1:01 PM

New Hampshire’s status as the nation’s first presidential primary means the Monadnock region is a frequent stop for candidates such as U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who “strolled into the Peterborough Town House amidst thunderous applause,”...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: March 14, 1985
11-14-2024 1:00 PM

By the time the 1984-85 high school basketball season rolled around, no Conant High School team had won a state championship in any sport since the baseball team in 1956.But by the time the boys’ basketball team celebrated its 58-44 win over Hillsboro...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Aug. 16, 1979
11-12-2024 1:04 PM

It was a daring stunt.Bronson Potter of Mason flew a small plane under the Greenville railroad trestle on July 22, 1979, and then offered a prize for the best pictures of the event. However, while the Aug. 16, 1979, issue of the Monadnock Transcript...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: July 1, 1976
11-07-2024 1:01 PM

The July 1, 1976 Peterborough Transcript described it as follows: “An event that had long been feared, and one that had worried the Hopkins family for more than a generation, occurred in Greenfield early Sunday morning.The grain mill burned flat.”The...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Feb. 2, 1967
11-05-2024 1:00 PM

The Feb. 2, 1967, Peterborough Transcript called it “thumping” – the 1,278-450 vote in favor of merging the towns of Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock, Peterborough, Sharon, and Temple into a Contoocook Valley school...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Nov. 22, 1962
10-31-2024 1:01 PM

Vandalism that included ransacking the school cafeteria, spreading ketchup over the kitchen stove and counters and strewing fresh fruits and vegetables from the refrigerator all over the floor landed 14- and 16-year-old students at Conant High School...


Historic covers – Monadnock Ledger: Nov. 21, 1956
10-29-2024 1:00 PM

A new player in the local media landscape appeared Nov. 21, 1956, as the Monadnock Ledger presented its first issue.An editor’s note pointed out that it was a good week to launch a newspaper in Jaffrey because of all the news, including the founding...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Nov. 4, 1954
10-24-2024 1:02 PM

The 1954 election brought an easy victory for Republican Perkins Bass of Peterborough, as he won a seat in Congress by a 50,721-33,406 margin over George Brown of Winchester.Bass served in Congress until 1963, after losing to Thomas J. McIntyre for...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: June 18, 1953
10-22-2024 1:00 PM

It’s not as if the front page of the June 18, 1953, Peterborough Transcript lacked news. It was the 20th anniversary of the Peterborough Players, and New Hampshire Gov. Hugh Gregg lost a milking contest to his Maine counterpart, Burton Cross, due to...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Aug. 3, 1950
10-17-2024 1:00 PM

As Peterborough ’’First Citizen’' Mrs. Edward MacDowell – Marian MacDowell, as the modern Ledger-Transcript would refer to her today – celebrated the opening of the dam named for her late husband, the Aug. 3, 1950, Peterborough Transcript also...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: July 27, 1950
10-15-2024 1:01 PM

If hoarders would stop what local businesss called “war-scare buying” – the Korean War had started the month before – the July 27, 1950 Peterborough Transcript reported that there would be enough for everybody.The most-popular item for people to stock...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Jan. 18, 1945
10-08-2024 1:02 PM

After supporters of a proposed FM radio station on Mount Monadnock had been heard a a previous meeting, it was time for opponents to have their say during a meeting of the board of control of the Monadnock Region Association.The Jan. 18, 1945,...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Dec. 11, 1941
10-03-2024 1:01 PM

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of World War II in the United States led to several news items in the Dec. 11, 1941, issue of The Peterborough Transcript.Of immediate concern was “the safety of a local boy, John P. Armstrong son of...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Nov. 7, 1940
10-01-2024 1:01 PM

Despite Franklin Delano Roosevelt winning another term as president, Peterborough and the state stayed solidly Republican in the 1940 election, but as the Nov. 7 Peterborough Transcript reports, Sharon made its own news during the election.For the...


Historic covers – Peterborough Transcript: Sept. 29, 1938
09-26-2024 1:00 PM

“September 21, 1938, was a day of flood, fire, and hurricane that left the town of Peterborough completely altered in appearance, and dazed by a property loss of at least $500,000, exclusive of heavy forestry destruction throughout the township that...

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