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On Sunday July 14, at 11 a.m., the Monadnock Summer Lyceum welcomes author and professor and speaker Leila Philip to Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, 25 Main St.The topic will be her 2022 book “Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made...

As we celebrate the 248th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the upcoming 235th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution, I have come to reflect on the recent actions of the Supreme Court.I believe that James Madison had no intention of...

Tammy O’Connor has been appointed as the new principal of Peterborough Elementary School.She replaces Larry Pimental, who was named as the new director of athletics and co-curriculars in May.O’Connor was assistant principal at Great Brook School,...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

According to William Davidson of Hoyle Tanner Engineering, a proposed solar farm would use about 5.6 acres pf a 12-acre parcel at 538 Greenfield Road  (Route 136) adjacent to Burke Road.Davidson, representing NH Solar, presented preliminary plans for...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

Catholic Charities NH will begin construction on an a 96-unit affordable and workforce housing complex on Vose Farm Road this summer, and the organization recently received $625,000 in tax credits from New Hampshire Community Development Finance...

Lost in the glow of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Normandy, the 83rd commemoration on June 22 of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, went virtually unnoticed in the United States.While much credit for...

Monadnock Music will hold its annual Progressive Garden Party Saturday, July 13, from noon to 4 p.m., with a rain date of July 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Sites are Rosaly’s Farmstand in Peterborough, Cornucopia Project Educational Farm in...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Chris DiLoreto and ZoëWroten-Heintzmann had a simple goal when they founded Monadnock Underground (M/U)  in 2019 -- to create a platform for local writers, particularly new and emerging writers.Now in its fifth year, M/U has become a hub for area...

Firelight Theatre Workshop founders Nora Fiffer and Jason Lambert will perform two episodes of their 12-part odyssey, "We Were Friends," in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s hometown of Concord, Mass., Thursday, July 18, at 6 p.m. at the Concord Museum.Written...

The opening night for Music in the Park in Depot Park in Peterborough is Friday, July 12, with the return of the Sugar Kings – a Boston-based quartet known for traditional Afro-Cuban tunes, rumba flamenca and salsa.All concerts are free, and are from...

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Emmy Award-winning director Susan Strickler never intended to become a documentarian, but the experience of seeing Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow speak changed the course of both their lives. “Setsuko has dedicated her entire life to advocating...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The Monadnock region recently welcomed a new interior design studio, Nidu, into the Tribals storefront in Depot Square in Peterborough.Through Nidu, proprietors and sisters Nane and Carmen Blohm are sharing their experience in designing living spaces,...

In a June 25 letter to the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Cole Mills of Keene wrote that L. Phillips Runyon’s “Personal freedom and the common good” from May 16 is the “opposite of common good.” Mills' comments on Social Security say the program will be...

—COURTESY PHOTOSusan Strickler

By JESSECA TIMMONS

When Tod Silegy speaks, children listen.During the second week of this summer’s Silegy Soccer Camp, children ages 5 to 14 sat at rapt attention as “Coach Sil” reviewed the morning’s drills. “What should you do when the pressure is on and you need to...

Karla Hostetler, executive director of The Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center, is stepping down to pursue other personal and professional opportunities. “It’s never easy to close an important chapter, especially one as full of meaning and...

Peterborough’s First Friday in downtown Peterborough will be July 5 from 5 to 7 p.m.Activities include a musical performance from McGettigan & Gilbert on the patio of Baker’s Station. Suzanne McGettigan is a singer/songwriter whose CD is “A Place in...

Peterborough’s eighth annual downtown Art Walk will be Saturday, July 6, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain date is July 7.Art will include jewelry, pottery, watercolor, fabric, wood carving and oil painting. A walking map will show the location of all the...

Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., is hosting an artist talk by Robert Hauser, one of the artists currently on display in its Community Art Gallery.This “Outer Space Presentation: Art Meets Science Tour Guide of the Universe,” will take place...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The first thing the audience notices when the curtains open for the Peterborough Players production of “Deathtrap” is weapons: battle axes, maces, handcuffs and knives dangling from a chandelier – all artfully arranged in what appears to a writer’s...