Keyword search: francestown
By LAURA MAFERA
In recent weeks, it has been brought to the attention of members of the ConVal community that Francestown is seriously considering alternatives for their elementary school in light of the proposed closure of FES as part of the School Board’s plan if...
By STEVE CHAMBERLIN
Casting a vote that will change the long-term trajectory of our region requires a foundation of objective, complete data, and a plan subsequently built from that data.Unfortunately, the Prismatic ConVal reconfiguration study does not provide the...
The warrant article to close four of our elementary schools is ill-reasoned and rushed. The argument that it be passed in order to do a real analysis is spurious.I understand the burden the ConVal budget puts on our towns, and in turn on taxpayers,...
By JESSECA TIMMONS
The Francestown Select Board voted Monday night to include a warrant article requesting the ConVal School Board initiate a feasibility study evaluating the possibility of Francestown withdrawing from the ConVal School District. The Francestown School...
By JESSECA TIMMONS
The Francestown Select Board will meet Monday night to discuss whether a recent addition to the town warrant, which was submitted one day past the deadline, will go on the ballot in March.The petition warrant article, submitted by Laura Mafera and...
The Francestown Elementary School basketball program, sponsored by the Francestown Recreation Commission, had 18 participants and recently concluded.Students in kindergarten through second grade learned basic skills such as passing, dribbling and...
By JESSECA TIMMONS
The Francestown Select Board has endorsed a proposed warrant article created by the town’s Community Power Committee to authorize the town to move forward with establishing community power. Community power is a model that allows municipalities to pool...
By MAGGIE BARIBAULT
“If a storm makes you scared or you want the sun to shine, remember it won’t last long. Weather changes all the time,” wrote New Hampshire meteorologist Cyrena Arnold in her 2020 children’s book, “The Weather Story with Frances Fox.”Currently, Arnold...
Francestown Elementary School has partnered with the PTO to bring an after-school enrichment program to students, the Crazy 8's Math Club.Every Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., students gather to participate in various math activities. Students are...
By JESSECA TIMMONS
When Kerry and Scott Christophers sold Hancock’s Seven Maples campground in 2021, they weren’t totally sure what they were going to do with more free time in their schedules.But Kerry had one definite goal in mind – to devote more time to her...
The issue of the ConVal school reconfiguration/consolidation has quickly become a hot topic. There have been a lot of words written and spoken, but few questions have been answered.There have been statements thrown around about tax savings and big...
By JESSECA TIMMONS
The availability of high-speed internet has become one of the driving factors in attracting new residents to settle in the Monadnock region, giving some towns a competitive advantage for people who work or attend school remotely. “People expect it,”...
The Francestown Elementary School community gathers monthly to celebrate growth and learning through its PRIDE meetings.PRIDE meetings were established as a way for the FES school community to come together to celebrate students’ learning successes....
REGIONLeague schedules meet-and-greet with officialsThe Peterborough Plus unit of the League of Women Voters will hold a meet-and-greet with elected officials representing Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock,...
The ConVal girls and boys track and field teams participated in a meet at Plymouth State Saturday afternoon. Junior Maxx Telofski finished third in the shot put with a throw of 38-feet, 9-inches. The boys’ 4x400 relay team of Josh Decker, Brody...
By AIDAN BEAROR
After having previously been denied in April, the Francestown 4-H Club received permission to sell lemonade at the Francestown Community Market in May. The group had applied to sell lemonade at the market, but the Francestown Community Market...
By JESSECA TIMMONS
Francestown has joined the growing number of New Hampshire cities and towns launching a community power program.Community power allows towns to pool residents’ buying power to purchase electricity from a supplier at a discounted rate, potentially...
By JESSECA TIMMONS
Richard Lawrence of Manchester and Francestown has filed an appeal with the state Housing Board after the Francestown ZBA denied an appeal for a rehearing on the request for a variance at Lawrence’s 13-acre property on Davis Lane.In June 2023, Richard...
By BILL FONDA
As the Crotched Mountain ski area gets ready to celebrate its 60th anniversary, it opened for the 2023-2024 winter season Dec. 1, its earliest in five years, according to Abigail Allen, New Hampshire spokeswoman for owner Vail Resorts.Crotched will...
Francestown Old Meeting House, 1 New Boston Road, will host a free holiday concert Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m.The concert features steel-string guitar player Harvey Reid and New Hampshire-born fiddler, singer and songwriter Joyce Andersen in a joint...
By using this site, you agree with our use of cookies to personalize your experience, measure ads and monitor how our site works to improve it for our users
Copyright © 2016 to 2025 by Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. All rights reserved.