A mated pair of common loons on Contoocook Lake have welcomed a new baby chick. The family has been spotted with the chick, only a few weeks old, traveling together as they fish for minnows. Currently ...

The Park Theatre placed a cultural time capsule into the ground Saturday to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, concluding a three-day community fair. The hermetically sealed container ...

View of the crime scene from Grove Street with a police car and crime lab truck outside the house. Credit: KIERA MCLAUGHLIN / Ledger-Transcript Sign up for the Transcript's daily newsletter and get ...

Local band Eyes of Age will perform a free concert on the Hancock common on July 16 as part of the Hancock Summer Concert series. The performance will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. In the event of rain ...

A new weekly community market is launching in downtown Peterborough, bringing local farms, artisans and small businesses together for an eight-week summer pilot season. The Our Town Downtown Market ...

The Friends of the Jaffrey Library will host their monthly book donation day on Saturday, July 11, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Bean Room on the library’s main level. Volunteers will be accepting ...

After much debate, Victoria Rei, Van Stahlin and Aiden McCloat decided the next play at Andy’s Summer Playhouse can be described as 85% mime and 15% talking. Rei clarified that a show does not have to ...

In honor of Flag Day, the local Mary Varnum Platts-Peterborough Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution distributed flags to kindergarten and first-grade students at four area schools. The ...

The Jaffrey Civic Center will host “It’s for the Birds!,” a multi-week pastel class instructed by Maryann Mullett. Sessions are held from noon to 3 p.m. Participants can register for either the ...

Nearly 80 people took part in Greenfield’s inaugural Fourth of July Sparkler Sprint 5K Run/Walk, which started and finished at the track at Oak Park. Matthew Seitz was the first-place male finisher, ...

Andy Sanborn, a former New Hampshire state senator and owner of the now-shuttered Concord Casino, faces time in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of misusing pandemic relief ...