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Every five years, for over a century, several towns in the Monadnock region have celebrated Old Home Days. This year, Wilton again is planning its nine-day event in mid-August, while Nelson has a week-long celebration in early August and Swanzey and...

By GAIL HOAR

Whatever the theme may be of an Andy’s Summer Playhouse production, those in the audience can be guaranteed to be drawn into its message. “Dispatches from the Hilltop” not only draws the audience in, but they become part of the play.This was...

Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St. in Wilton, will present “Tramp Tramp Tramp,” a 1926 comedy starring Harry Langdon and written by a young Frank Capra, who would later direct “It's A Wonderful Life.”Joan Crawford, at the very beginning of her career,...

The following local students made the Rivier University spring 2024 dean’s list: Catherine Martin of Francestown, Ashley Gibson of Greenfield, Samantha Massood of Greenville, Katelyn Garneau of Jaffrey, Joshua Lazzaro of Jaffrey, Renee Alton of Mason,...

Wilton Public & Gregg Free Library will be closed July 22 to Aug. 5 while repairs to the ramp are finished.The book drop will not be available, and there will be no curbside service. People should hang on to any library items they have and return them...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The Milford Area Communications Center is in the beginning stages of upgrading the equipment and infrastructure in their dispatch center. This would require the three towns served by MACC – Milford, Mont Vernon and Wilton – to contribute funds to the...

Small towns like Wilton appear to work seamlessly. Barring power outages, downed telephone lines or satellite malfunctions, most of the services making daily life as easy as possible flow to our homes without many glitches.Some of those services have...

The problem – How to enrich the body as well as the mind in K-to-12 schools.The solution – Add circus arts to the curriculum.I first met Jackie Davis in the mid-1990s during one of Wilton’s Arts and Film Festival Main Street events. She was performing...

By TOM RONNING

As we conclude our 2023-2024 academic year, we are delighted to share some of the numerous accomplishments and milestones our students and staff have achieved.This year has been marked by remarkable academic progress, enhanced extracurricular...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

Wilton has received a high-end portable audio system as a gift from the Milford Rotary Club in celebration of the club’s 75th anniversary.The system consists of several microphones, speakers and related accessories that can be packed up and...

Like many, during the four years between early 2020 and today, my husband and I rarely left our home for anything other than the mere essentials. One treat we allowed ourselves was to order takeout meals to avoid dining near crowds of unmasked...

I sincerely hope the public is aware of the many beneficial bills President Joe Biden has pushed through a hostile Congress. But right now I see public opinion, fanned by that hostile Congress, forcing him to hop from one leg to the other to satisfy...

Harold Lloyd’s 1927 silent film “The Kid Brother” will be screened Sunday, June 16, at 2 p.m. at Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St. in Wilton.Admission is free, but donations are accepted, with $10 per person suggested to defray expenses. The screening,...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

Wilton-Lyndeborough’s graduation ceremony Friday was special for this year’s graduating class, who ended their middle school journey at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantined at home, and therefore missed out on a formal eighth-grade...

The annual meeting of the Wilton Historical Society will be Thursday, June 13, at 7 p.m. in the Historical Rooms upstairs in the Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library, 7 Forest Road.Annual dues of $15 are due at that time. Checks should be made out to...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

The Wilton Select Board approved the purchase of a new police cruiser for the Wilton Police Department on Monday.Wilton Police Chief Eric Olesen said that the new cruiser is a Ford Interceptor SUV, which will be outfitted by and purchased from...

UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDSTabone graduatesMichael Tabone of Wilton graduated from the University of the Cumberlands.

Benjamin Gebhardt of Wilton was named an outstanding undergraduate scholar at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2023-2024 academic year. Gebhardt is in the computer science program.

Stories about the Wilton Town Hall Theatre reached me in Durham long before I became a resident of Wilton. One of my Durham neighbors had grown up in Wilton. She took great pride in comparing what she was able to see at the Town Hall Theatre with what...

By GAIL HOAR

While regional theaters throughout the United States are struggling to win back audiences lost to the pandemic, the seats at Andy’s Summer Playhouse at 582 Isaac Frye Highway in Wilton are filled for shows featuring actors are too young to vote and...