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By DAVID ALLEN

A local firm has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Manufacturer of the Year for New Hampshire.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Recent proposed cuts to federal health care spending, including to Medicaid and Medicare, could potentially impact the services provided by Monadnock Community Hospital, according to hospital leadership. 

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough residents who would like to learn more about the proposed zoning changes on the this year’s ballot are invited to attend an open house on Monday, April 28, at 6 p.m. in the Select Board Meeting Room in the Town House.

By BILL FONDA

Kristen Seitz of Peterborough started running during COVID.

Peterborough Folk Music presents Laurie MacAllister of Red Molly on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at Bass Hall at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St.

The Kiwanis Club of Peterborough will hold a yard sale at Union Congregational Church, 33 Concord St., Peterborough.

By CIARAN NAGLE

Choosing to move to the United States from Ireland in 2012 was the most-difficult and painful decision of my life.

By DAVID BLAIR

My mother was an immigrant.

By STATE REP. PETER LEISHMAN

Immigration was not an issue for the New Hampshire Legislature for either legislation or debate until recently. 

By BILL FRANTZ

On Wednesday, April 23, at 7 p.m., the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript and Monadnock Center for History and Culture will host “Immigration and the Monadnock Region,” a Community Conversation about the current immigration situation.

Steven Roberge of the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will present “Future Proofing Your Landscape and Woodlot” on Thursday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m. at the Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St.

More than 300 gathered at the Peterborough stoplights on Saturday as part of a nationwide rally titled “No Kings Day." Saturday was the 250th anniversary of the April 19, 1775, “shot heard 'round the world” that sparked the American Revolution.

Over 90 children took part in the 35th annual Loran B. Hanson Memorial Fishing Derby at Otter Brook in Peterborough on Saturday. The tournament is organized by the Peterborough Recreation Department and the Peterborough Fire Department.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Peterborough Elementary School hosted its first Celebration of Learning Thursday night, including an ice cream social in the cafeteria.

By DAVID ALLEN

An event devoted to reducing the “Now Hiring” signs in front of area businesses and helping individuals find jobs drew job-seekers and employers to ConVal High School on Thursday.

The Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St. in Peterborough, will host a free program Wednesday, April 23, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. featuring the Gaia Shabad, a prayer for corn, grain and rain, rooted in Sikh tradition. The event will be led by Gwir and Abhai Raj Llewellyn, who have shared a meditative music practice since 2012.

Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., will host a free “Monthly Meditation” class series on Wednesdays, April 23, May 21 and June 18, all at 11 a.m.

By DAVID ALLEN

Cornucopia Project in Peterborough is moving to a new location that reflects its growth and desire to be more accessible to students who have been tending to the organization’s gardens for 20 years. It is also ramping up the vocational training dimension of the program. 

Rising energy costs are driving New Hampshire residents to take action. Requests for home energy audits are increasing, as are installations of energy-saving technology such as heat pumps and solar panels.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Thirty years ago, a few Peterborough moms decided they wanted to bring more arts education to their children. 

By DAVID ALLEN

Carl Mabbs-Zeno of Peterborough is a veteran of governmental diplomacy and aid abroad, and on Monday, he shared his thoughts into the likely impact of the Trump administration’s scaling back of American assistance overseas.