Peterborough News

Buried in a plot in the southeast section of the Valley Cemetery is Eliza Eaton, one of Manchester's early mill girls.

"It's an all-Hancock production," author Sy Montgomery, right, says of her new book, "Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo." Montgomery is seen before a Thursday reading at the Hancock Library with the book's publisher, Sarah Bauhan, left, and its illustrator Judith Oksner.

Sunday, May 19, 2013 There are all sorts of outdoor activities going on this weekend - from a puppet parade in Peterborough to a "Be Kind" Festival in the White Mountains.

Councilor Chris Sununu, R-District 3, accused the three-member majority of "trying to play favorites," in a reference to State Rep.

A special House committee charged with researching gambling voted by the narrowest margin Wednesday against legalizing a casino in New Hampshire.

Route 202 near New Hampshire Ball Bearings was closed briefly Monday night, after a car went off the road and knocked down a utility pole.

Working in a smaller school district sounds attractive to two educators with close ties to the Monadnock region who are the finalists for the school superintendent post in the Wilton-Lyndeborough School District.

Jackie Stetser, a board member of Rabbit Ear Films, left, and Donna Kluk, right, at the summit of Mount Monadnock on January 1, 2013.

Local Cub Scouts gather for their annual Chuck Wagon, where they learn a bevy of new skills during a themed gathering.

On Wed., May 1, we were the fortunate recipients of support from eight local volunteer fire departments.

A 79-square-foot sign for the Brookstone Business Center will soon be going up at the corner of Route 202 and Vose Farm Roads, following Zoning Board of Adjustment approval of a variance on May 6. The sign, which will replace two smaller signs on the property, will identify tenants in the former Brookstone building and the former NEBS building.

Recently we've had conversations about hidden gems in the community, and perhaps I should explain my vision of what one is.

Tickets go on sale at the end of this coming week for the 2013 Summer Festival run by Monadnock Music In Peterborough, New Hampshire.

In one of just two contested races on Tuesday's ballot, two residents with experience in zoning issues are seeking a seat on the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

July 14 male soprano Michael Maniaci opens Monadnock Music Festival's 2013 season with an all-Mozart orchestra concert at the Peterborough Town House.

N'Camara Abou Sylla came to Lyndeborough Central School on Wednesday to see a good friend, third-grader Jack Snow, and to show his appreciation.

A selection committee will meet in Concord on May 15 to select a bid that determines who will lease an 18-mile stretch of railroad tracks that runs from Bennington to Milford, which has been used minimally for decades.

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the second session of the annual Town Meeting, where they'll elect town officials, decide whether to support an $11.9 million town budget and cast ballots on requests for $205,000 for two capital reserve funds.

If a blind person boards a bus and asks if someone is sitting in your seat, you'd better answer - or else you might end up with him sitting in your lap.

A 2006 Kia Spectra was heavily damaged in a single-car crash on Michigan Road in Jaffrey on April 30.