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By BEN CONANT

The final tally on the scoreboard may have been ConVal 73, Wilton-Lyndeborough 54 at ConVal’s Robert Maguire Gymnasium Thursday afternoon for the Unified Basketball season-opener, but anyone who passed through those gym doors left with a smile on their face.

I’ve mentioned our dog, Maxwell, in several of my columns this past year. He turned 10 in July. I thought we would have many more years to wander the trails and swim in the ponds that have been part of our everyday Wilton experience.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Anthony Foote has challenged the Bow School District twice in the past two years – once over a book he believed was inappropriate for schools, and now in a lawsuit over his pink armband protest at a girls’ soccer game.

By DAVID ALLEN

Wilton-Lyndeborough Co-operative Middle High School has gathered and donated 168 new pillows to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization that provides beds and bedding to children in need of them.

As part of our 175th anniversary celebration, the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript asked 175 trivia questions about the Monadnock region. Of those 175, we picked the following 30 for our trivia contest.If you think you know the answers, send an email to...

The Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library will host “Animal Tracking with Jon Sargent” on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. at 7 Forest Rd., Wilton.Sargent, a Wilton native with more than 30 years of tracking experience, will share his knowledge of...

By BEN CONANT

No holiday tournament, no problem for the Wilton-Lyndeborough girls' basketball team, who didn't let a two-game skid and a two-week layoff slow them down in their return to action against Pittsfield Friday night. "We needed it coming off of the...

By DAVID ALLEN

A local team recently scored big in Boston, but not on a soccer field or cross-country course. The Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle High School dance team traveled to the Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center to compete in the New England Cheer &...

Families are invited to join the Flying Gravity Circus for its annual “Starburst Spectacle,” an event featuring performances by professional circus artists, special guests and students.The show will take place on Saturday, Dec. 28, at the Pine Hill at...

By DAVID ALLEN

The chair of the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School Board has pushed back against criticism of the new teaching contract for the district. Dennis Golding said at Tuesday’s meeting that people are expressing disapproval of the contract in light of...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Earlier this year, New Hampshire lawmakers banned transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams and prohibited some gender reassignment surgeries for minors.Those efforts will continue next year, as several Republicans have...

“Caretaking” is the word Margie and Paul Lemay use to describe their new role as owners of Nelson’s Candy on Wilton’s Main Street. And they didn’t step lightly into this role, wanting to respect and maintain the tradition of quality candy making that...

By DAVID ALLEN

Two developers made proposals at pre-construction meetings in front of the Wilton Planning Board Tuesday, but only one left with a start date on the calendar.San-Ken Homes of New Ipswich presented its timeline for developing a seven-lot subdivision...

By DAVID ALLEN

The steps to operating child care in Wilton became a bit clearer last week, and the Planning Board voted to bring the town in line with state regulations. At Wednesday’s meeting, the board voted to be in compliance with NH HB 1567, which states that...

Wilton Public & Gregg Free Library, 7 Forest Road, will host "Campfire Holiday Stories" with storyteller, singer and games leader Todd Goodwin on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m.Goodwin’s background includes camping, education and theater.  

By DAVID ALLEN

For people seeking to harvest their own Christmas tree in southern New Hampshire, their options are fewer now, even in early December, than just a few years ago.“Overall, as a business, it is not sustainable as a for-profit industry,” said Jeff Brown...

By DAVID ALLEN

The spirit of giving was on display at the Wilton Festival of Trees over the weekend.The three-day event to benefit SHARE –  which provides food, clothing and emergency financial assistance to area families in need who do not qualify for government...

I’ve been writing “Words About Wilton” for almost a year, and in that time I’ve learned a few things.The first is that although you have a plan for each future article, never expect things to go smoothly. That’s one reason I begin writing each column...

Wilton Theater presents W.C. Fields film Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St., Wilton, will present the silent film “So’s Your Old Man” (1926), starring W.C. Fields, on Sunday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. The screening will feature live musical accompaniment by...

By DAVID ALLEN

‘Principal” is a title that conjures up images of an office in school that students do not want to find themselves in.However, Jared Brown, a former teaching principal in the Monadnock region, has parlayed some tunes that former students may recognize...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Recent dry, windy weather conditions have increased the fire danger to the point where Temple Fire Warden Mike Connolly said Monday that mowing a lawn could be hazardous.“If your mower’s blade hits a rock and makes a spark, there you go,” he said.The...