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By ROWAN WILSON

Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church will host a weekly meditation hour starting Wednesday. Jan. 18.Bryan Field has been meditating since he was 16. Years ago, he said there used to be a group of locals who would meet and meditate for an hour...

Peterborough Town Library will begin its winter storytime block Tuesday, Jan. 17.Weekly early literacy programs will be held for two different age groups for six weeks. Register at peterboroughtownlibrary.org so the library can prepare...

Peterborough Town Library is offering a new evening program for families. PJStorytime will be offered on the third Thursday of each month, starting Jan. 19 at 6 pm.Participants will wear pajamas read stories, sing a few songs and maybe offer a craft...

I went for a walk along Brush Brook recently. It was refreshing to my soul. I love the outdoors in any weather, any temperature, any season. There seems to be something essential to my wellbeing to live within the rhythms of four distinct seasons.I am...

Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., will offer a free monthly vinyasa flow yoga class, taught by Michelle Dunn, on the third Thursday of every month, beginning Thursday Jan. 19. at 6:00pm.The class will take place in the 1833 Room. Registration...

Umberto Giordano’s drama “Fedora” returns to the Met repertory for the first time in 25 years, and Peterborough Players, 55 Hadley Road, will offer a “Met: Live in HD” simulcast Saturday, Jan. 14, at 1 p.m.Soprano Sonya Yoncheva sings the title role...

Dr. Bradley White of Monadnock Community Hospital will present a seminar on carpal tunnel syndrome and conduct free diagnostic testing Jan. 12, at 6 p.m. at  Monadnock Orthopaedic Associates, 458 Old Street Road, No. 200, in Peterborough.White will...

The Peterborough Democratic Town Committee held an event on the steps of the Town House Friday in remembrance of the second anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021.

By JOSH LACAILLADE

After 23 years running Brady’s American Grill, former owner Barry York said, “It’s been a great run, Peterborough people are awesome and have supported me through this. I couldn’t have dreamed of a better transition.”On Jan. 1, York officially passed...

The Peterborough Town Library Spanish Club will meet Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 4 p.m. in the classroom.This is an informal group for basic or intermediate Spanish speakers to practice their language skills. It is not intended for those brand new to...

I got such a kick out of your opinion article of Dec. 29 titled “The emergence of bathing” that I thought I would pass along this memory.The year was 1955, when I was 12 and my brother was 8. My mother had just been diagnosed with polio and was in an...

By ROWAN WILSON

Tuesday morning’s weather hovered around freezing, creating black ice and slippery conditions on the region’s roadways.Between 7:25 a.m. and 8:39 a.m., Peterborough experienced a number of cars off the road, including two school bus accidents....

By ROWAN WILSON

After the holidays, when the gifts are unwrapped, the decorations are put away and the tree is thrown out of the house, life usually quiets down. But local recycling centers can’t just forget about Christmas trash.In fact, they prepare to be busy...

The Phoenix Mill House, directly behind the Monadnock Center for History and Culture’s main building at 19 Grove St. in downtown Peterborough, will hold a candlelight open house Friday, Jan. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m.The Phoenix Mill House is an overseer’s...

On Saturday, Jan. 14, at 9:45 a.m., Monadnock Writers’ Group (MWG) hosts science-fiction and fantasy writer James Patrick Kelly at its monthly speaker series at Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St. in Peterborough. Kelly is a New Hampshire resident, and his...

By ROWAN WILSON

At noon on Friday, the Peterborough Town Library hosted an early New Year’s Eve ball drop.Golden streamers hung from the doorway leading into the 1833 Room, named for the year the library was established. Inside, music was playing and lights were...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Hikers and walkers around the region are ringing in the 2023 with the tradition of getting out on the trails on New Year’s Day.For Jaquelyn O’Connor of New Ipswich, who runs the blog Getting Lost Together, discovering New England trails has become a...

By BILL FONDA

Bernie Hampsey of Jaffrey said his best friend Robert Taft could be described in one word – “beloved.”“I was very proud to be his friend,” said Hampsey, who served with Taft as both a lawyer and a judge. “His whole thing in life was friends and...

The following students were named to the first-term honor roll at South Meadow School in PeterboroughGrade eightHigh HonorsHarlan Bielagus, Christopher Bouyounes, Lydia Decker, Elliot Dumas, Emilija Hall, Felix Hannah, Vincent Hollenbeck, Marcus...

By ROWAN WILSON

Andrew Timmins, bear biologist at New Hampshire Fish and Game, said there are currently around 6,800 black bears living in the state.Bears exist in every part of New Hampshire except for the immediate Seacoast. The Lakes Region and White Mountains...