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By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Peterborough Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to postpone work on a proposed inclusionary housing ordinance after a two-hour joint workshop between both boards Monday night. “The meeting with the ZBA was to get their input...

Peterborough Folk Music will host singer-songwriter Seth Glier on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. at Bass Hall in the Monadnock Center, 19 Grove St., Peterborough. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.Glier, a Grammy-nominated artist and five-time Independent Music...

By BILL FONDA

Justin Dole’s SWNH Alerts & Info Facebook page is a go-to site to learn about fires, car accidents or similar events in the Monadnock region, as he is frequently on the scene of incidents taking pictures or publishing scanner alerts.“He just spends...

The Peterborough Lions Club is donating funds this month to the Peterborough Food Pantry, Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter, The Dogsight Project, Monadnock Worksource, The Sunshine Fund and David’s House. Proceeds from fundraisers, including...

An informal Thanksgiving Day 5K fun run will take place Thursday, Nov. 28, starting at 10 a.m. at the ConVal High School parking lot. The course follows Southfield Road, the bike trail and the Hunt Road loop.Participants can run, jog or walk the...

PeterboroughWelcome Team schedules meet-and-greetThe Peterborough Welcome Team invites all Peterborough residents to a fall meet-and-greet on Friday, Nov. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bass Hall in the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St.,...

I was disappointed in the article by David Allen about the Nov. 13 Peterborough Planning Board meeting. Definitions of workforce housing have been established law for years.What the board was discussing is much more interesting. This was a discussion...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After 14 years running other recreation departments, Craig Fraley is very happy to be back at the Peterborough Recreation Department, where he started his career in 2004. “I always kind of kept my eye on Peterborough,” Fraley said. “I was very happy...

By DAVID ALLEN

Music returning to the Peterborough Town House came a bit closer to becoming a reality this week, as funds were received to begin restoring a piano that has been parked upstairs on the Town House stage. On Tuesday, the Select Board voted to accept a...

By DAVID ALLEN

The razing of the IDG building in Peterborough began Wednesday morning with the sound of a chainsaw. Crews from Mathewson Companies of Hancock removed cedar trees on the Elm Street side of the site, then began work on the ground-level motel portion of...

Seven Peterborough faith communities will host the 30th annual holiday stroll with concurrent Christmas fairs on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Downtown locations will display red, white and green balloons, marking participating venues. Each...

JaffreyQuebec folk music at Park TheatrePeterborough Folk Music will present the band Le Vent du Nord on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 7 p.m. at The Park Theatre, 19 Main St., Jaffrey.The Quebec-based group performs progressive francophone folk music,...

Peterborough author and illustrator Lita Judge will sign copies of her new picture book, "Wake Up Moon," at the Toadstool Bookshop at 12 Depot St. in Peterborough on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 11 a.m.Judge’s latest work is dedicated to her grandmother, who...

The Art Source Fine Arts Gallery at 8 Grove St., Peterborough, is calling for submissions of black-and-white photographs of ancestors who immigrated to America. The exhibit, "I Am an Immigrant: For the Children Who Built America," highlights the...

A few Saturdays ago, I asked a Black woman why she as a woman and a Black woman would support Donald Trump. She told me she would not vote for someone not qualified and her whole family was voting for Trump.I nicely asked the question, as I wanted to...

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

On Saturday, a project from the monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery in Karnataka, India, was completed, as they deposited sand from the mandala they had built to the Contoocook River during a ceremony.The monks spent the previous week creating a mandala...

By DAVID ALLEN

Exactly what the term “workforce housing” means was at issue as the Peterborough Planning Board worked to clarify the term Wednesday.Board members wrestled with a draft ordinance that is seeking to explain the term. Delineations between what should be...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Southwestern Regional Planning Committee is making progress in developing a model for improved regional public transit  in the Monadnock region which could include expanded bus routes, extended hours and microtransit for regions not served by bus...

I have been thinking about thankfulness – ‘tis the season. But it’s more than just because we celebrate Thanksgiving this month. I have been thinking about thankfulness as a healthy and helpful way to approach life.For instance, I had a routine health...