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By BEN CONANT

The ConVal volleyball team didn't play to its full potential in Tuesday's three-set loss to visiting Milford, but even after last year's team raised the bar for program success, coach Amanda Hinton said this group could exceed expectations yet...

The Francestown Improvement & Historical Society (FIHS) hosted the town’s 105th Labor Day celebration Monday, featuring the Francestown Five Road Race, sales, arts and crafts and music before a parade capped off the day’s activities.Money raised over...

The Francestown Improvement & Historical Society (FIHS) will be hosting its annual 105th Labor Day celebration on Sept. 4 with activities and events. The day begins with the Francestown Five Road Race. Registration is by the Old Meeting House and...

By BILL FONDA

Francestown Community Market hosts inaugural Children’s Market

By AIDAN BEAROR

The Francestown Select Board has established Community Power Committee (CPC), a step toward giving the town the ability to negotiate electricity prices as a municipality with the goal of lowering the cost of utilities and increasing renewable...

By AIDAN BEAROR

Tom Kirlin, Francestown’s representative of the ConVal School Board, emphasized in a Select Board meeting Monday night that if residents want a say in the future of Francestown Elementary School, they will need to participate in the study being...

By AIDAN BEAROR

Before the next Zoning Board hearing on two applications for variances on a Davis Lane property Sept. 21, applicant Richard Lawrence, members of his family and neighbors, as well as members of the Francestown ZBA conducted a walk-through on the...

By AIDAN BEAROR

The Francestown Select Board approved a $200,000 emergency expenditure Monday to repair the recent hazardous materials leak at the transfer station, $46,000 higher than the initial figure proposed by Town Administrator Jamie Pike.A mercury spill in...

On Sunday Aug. 27, from 4 to 5 p.m., the Francestown Old Meeting House will host North River Music as the final installment of this year’s “Sundays at 4” event series.A New Hampshire-based group, North River Music is an Americana band that plays...

The Francestown Old Meeting House “Sunday at 4” event series will host The Ruta Beggars, a New England-based quintet, Sunday, Aug, 20th from 4 to 5 p.m.The Ruta Beggars combine bluegrass and early swing to create vocal harmonies and instrumentals. The...

The “Sundays at 4” event series at the Francestown Old Meeting House will present a free Monadnock Music classical concert Aug. 13 from 4 to 5 p.m.Founded by the late James Bolle, a resident of Francestown, Monadnock Music is a nonprofit organization...

The “Sundays at 4” program series kicks off August with the Bookmatch Band for a return performance on the lawn of the Francestown Old Meeting House on Aug. 6 at 4 p.m.Micah Nicol and G. Rockwell performed the acoustic music at the Meeting House last...

The next Francestown Academy Coffeehouse will be Saturday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Francestown Town Hall.On the docket this month are Phil Levesque, Tom Smith, Bob Pope and poet Rodger Martin. The feature is local musician Gary Schnakenburg, and the...

Decatur Creek will be playing a free concert at the Francestown Old Meeting House on Sunday, July 30, from 4 to 5 p.m., the fifth of the summer 2023 “Sundays at 4” seriesNew Hampshire-based musicians Doug Farrell, Jack Henry and Beth Eldridge make...

By ORIANA CAMARA

Live concerts provide an opportunity for audiences to converse, relax, listen and dance, but organizers need funding to make them work.Peterborough’s Friday Summertime Concerts began just over a decade ago when Pelagia Vincent and George Neal, the...

As part of the town’s first July 4 celebration, Francestown hosted competitions that included a pickleball tournament that drew 28 participants, an apple pie contest, a hot dog-eating contest and a patriotic pet show.

By JOSH LACAILLADE

Francestown Select Board members are hoping to secure a state grant that they say will help community members in winter emergencies.  On Monday, Select Board members presented a proposal for purchasing two, 28- by 60-inch electric message signs to be...

The Francestown Democratic Committee will hold a picnic featuring The Penniless Jacks Saturday, July 15, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at the 106 Udall Road property of Susan Kane and Timothy Gotsick. The Penniless Jacks perform modern takes on sea shanties,...

On Sunday, July 16 at 4 p.m. the Old Meeting House in Francestown will host Green Heron for a free concert on the lawn.The music of Green Heron covers the entire folk landscape, as old-time, Americana, bluegrass, country, Celtic and blues music are...

On Sunday, July 9, at 4 pm, Francestown Old Meeting House will again host Francestown native and cellist Jacob MacKay for the second free event of the 2023 Sunday at 4 series. MacKay will combine classical and more-contemporary compositions.MacKay...