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We're approaching a day that still lives in infamy 160 years later. This April 14 will be eight score years since the disgruntled younger brother of famed Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth decided to make an infamous name for himself by murdering Abraham Lincoln.  

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Students at Cornucopia Project’s after-school cooking club at South Meadow School ended the season with a special treat, making wood-fired pizza in Blackfire Farm’s mobile pizza oven in front of the school April 1.

By DAVID ALLEN

Businesses in downtown Peterborough are breathing easier with word that the Monadnock Food Co-op of Keene is not pursuing plans to expand into town.

By ASHLEY SAARI

Local library directors say federal or state cuts to library services could impact programs they rely on, including electronic lending, interlibrary loans, and services for visually-impaired readers.

The Contoocook Valley Chain Gang mountain biking team has begun its new season. The team, which is based in Greenfield, stated with preseason bike checks at local shop partner Alpine Bike Works in Keene, and has been participating in trail cleanup efforts after the winter season.

The American Red Cross is seeking blood and platelet donors this April to address seasonal shortages, especially from type O donors. Appointments can be scheduled at redcrossblood.org, by calling 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767), or via the Red Cross Blood Donor App.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

David Blair, co-founder of Peterborough’s Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center, will share the story of how the museum came to be at Friday’s “Stories to Share” event at the Jaffrey Civic Center.

Monadnock Art and the Monadnock Center for History and Culture will present the “Spring into Art” exhibition at Bass Hall, 19 Grove St., Peterborough.

By CASSANDRA YERKES

April’s edition of MacDowell Downtown welcomes composer Jeanine Tesori and playwright Lisa Kron, the creative duo behind the musical “Fun Home,” Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Monadnock Center for History and Culture.

Downtown Peterborough and Depot Square merchants will host First Friday on April 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. and later. Shops, galleries and restaurants will stay open late with specials, live music, artist talks, refreshments and more.

Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough is expanding its maternity services by reintroducing in-person tours, childbirth education classes and postpartum support groups at its Birthing Suite.

Artificial intelligence and its impact on national security will be the focus of the next Great Decisions program at the Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St., Peterborough, on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Will Butler, grandson of Leslie and Robyn Kenney of Peterborough, has been selected for the Australian national U20 men’s lacrosse team.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

After more than 50 years with the ConVal School District, Dick Dunning – former teacher, principal, School Board member and for the past two years, chair of the ConVal School Board – stepped down for good on March 11. 

By DAVID ALLEN

Policies from the new administration in Washington, D.C., are keeping businesses in the Monadnock region wondering – and worrying – about the impact of certain tariffs on their enterprises.

Peterborough native and Dublin resident Miriam Carter is the new executive director of the Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Students from the architecture program at Keene State College are creating potential designs for affordable housing at some of Peterborough’s most well-known properties as part of a collaboration between the Keene State architecture department, the Peterborough Affordable Housing Committee, the Peterborough Planning Department, and Peterborough property owners.

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture will host a community brainstorming session Saturday, March 29, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at 19 Grove St., Peterborough, to begin planning the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.

By BILL FONDA

Eighteen minutes into state League of Women Voters listening session at Peterborough Town Library Tuesday night, in which state Rep. Jonah Wheeler addressed his vote on House Bill 148, the stream was “Zoom-bombed,” in the words of League of Women Voters of New Hampshire President Liz Tentarelli.

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The Peterborough Planning Board has put three proposed zoning changes forward to the town’s ballot in May.