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Remembering Ed Mottau: Peterborough musician who played with John Lennon and nurtured local talent
12-09-2024 10:29 AM

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Longtime Monadnock region resident Ed Mottau, who died at his home in Peterborough Nov. 3 at age 80, is being remembered as a musician, a craftsman, a mentor, friend, father and devoted member of the community.Mottau was a guitarist and songwriter who...

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Under the Horizon opens for big names, releases EP within a year of founding
01-13-2025 10:34 AM

By JESSECA TIMMONS

In fall 2023, Matt Palmer, Jordan Sweet and Izzy McIntrye, the three high school students who are members of Under the Horizon, played together for the first time. 


Little Free Libraries in Peterborough provide books to young readers
01-07-2025 11:23 AM

By DAVID ALLEN

In recent years, many public libraries have dispensed with fines for overdue books, but they would still like them back. However, some much smaller local libraries geared toward young people actually don’t expect books to be returned at all. “There’s...


Four dead, three injured in three crashes across the region Friday and Saturday
09-24-2024 4:25 PM

By ASHLEY SAARI

Within 16 hours on Friday and Saturday, the Monadnock region was rocked by the loss of four young people in three separate motor vehicle crashes, with an additional three people injured.Damien Cronan, 17, of Antrim; Devin Lundgren, 21, of New Ipswich;...


Who is the Florida-based landlord and philanthropist of a charter school under scrutiny in Peterborough?
09-20-2024 5:07 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Ophir Sternberg, a Miami-based real estate mogul who immigrated to the United States from Israel in 1993, proudly touts in his corporate biography that he founded and generously contributes to a charter school in Peterborough, New Hampshire.Sternberg...


N.H.’s youngest legislators hope to empower others to join them
09-18-2024 3:47 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The first time 18-year-old Valerie McDonnell voted, she voted for herself.She ran for the N.H. House of Representatives in 2022 during her senior year of high school, which gave her a front-row seat to witness many of her classmates’ apathy for...


HOUSE & HOME: Nubanusit’s first resident still loves the neighborhood
09-17-2024 3:03 PM

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Sue Chollet of Peterborough can remember being all alone in the Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm in West Peterborough.“It was a little odd the first year or so,” she said with a laugh. “It was just me and the builders.”Chollet, who moved into her  home...


House and Home – Trowbridge residence in Peterborough features gardens galore
08-20-2024 2:14 PM

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Anyone arriving at the Trowbridge home on the western edge of Peterborough will notice the gardens before anything else -- the varied colors, shapes, sizes, and textures of the plants and flowers in the gardens.“I love color,” Laura Trowbridge said...


Opinion: Tackling burnout in our healthcare workforce
07-17-2024 6:00 AM

By AHMED KUTTY

Ahmed Kutty, MD lives in Peterborough. A recent paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association dated June 25 (page 2,067) reporting on a study in 2020 said one in five physicians in the U.S. intended to quit practice in the next two years,...


Leila Philip speaks at Monadnock Summer Lyceum on beavers’ environmental role
07-16-2024 11:32 AM

By JESSECA TIMMONS

According to author and environmental studies professor Leila Philip, who spoke at Sunday’s Monadnock Summer Lyceum at Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, beavers could hold a key to environmental resilience in the face of climate...


Monadnock Underground offers a place for writers
07-11-2024 10:49 AM

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Chris DiLoreto and ZoëWroten-Heintzmann had a simple goal when they founded Monadnock Underground (M/U)  in 2019 -- to create a platform for local writers, particularly new and emerging writers.Now in its fifth year, M/U has become a hub for area...


SEEKING SOLUTIONS: New Hampshire increased the dropout age to 18 in 2009. What has been the impact?
07-02-2024 10:20 AM

By ASHLEY SAARI

When John Lynch first became governor in 2007, he made increasing the mandatory education age part of his platform, stating in his inaugural address that “a high school diploma is the minimum price of admission for most jobs.”At the time, New...


Active Aging: ​​​​​​Be careful choosing an executor or trustee
04-22-2024 9:29 AM

By L. PHILLIPS RUNYON III

If you’ve made a will or created a revocable trust to organize your affairs, I applaud you. You’re ahead of about 50% of your fellow citizens. Still, keep in mind that some of the most important but often poorly considered estate planning decisions...


Active Aging: John Burke of Peterborough celebrated his 81st birthday with 81 hikes up Pack Monadnock
04-22-2024 9:07 AM

By ASHLEY SAARI

On March 29, John Burke of Peterborough marked his 82nd birthday.Now, he will have to come up with a way to top last year, when he challenged himself to celebrate his 81st birthday by hiking up Pack Monadnock in Peterborough every day for 81 days...


Opinion: Increase base adequacy to lower property taxes, create new opportunities for students
01-10-2024 6:00 AM

By JONAH ORION WHEELER

State representative Jonah Orion Wheeler lives in Peterborough. Even before the November decision in ConVal School District v. State of New Hampshire, I filed House Bill 1583 seeking to codify the base adequacy increase that the ConVal plaintiffs...


Blood donation an ‘urgent need’
11-10-2023 6:31 PM

By AIDAN BEAROR

A busy travel season and a series of natural disasters left the Red Cross with a blood shortage in September. With the holidays and even more travel on the horizon, the organization is looking to combat another potential lack of donations. According...


Celebration of arts
07-18-2023 5:19 PM

By IAN ERIK JACKSON

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin will be at Peterborough’s MacDowell artist residency on Sunday, July 23, to accept this year’s Edward MacDowell Medal during a free public celebration.Obomsawin will be the 63rd person to win the award,...


Perfect for a pair
05-31-2023 8:26 AM

By ASHLEY SAARI

There is no need to travel far to find an unique experience for a couple seeking ways to spend time together in New Hampshire this summer.While the region has plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation, there are also destinations to explore and...


Local wedding videographers capture special memories
02-20-2023 9:12 AM

By ASHLEY SAARI

When it comes to remembering their big day, an increasing number of couples are investing not only in a photographer, but a videographer to capture the key moments of their wedding both at the ceremony and beyond.In 2022, there more weddings in the...


How local towns deal with trash after the holidays
01-06-2023 6:38 PM

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...


Ringing in 2023 with First Hikes
01-03-2023 7:10 PM

By ASHLEY SAARI

Hikers and walkers around the state were ringing in 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 big...

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