Cunningham Pond News Today

When Taylor and Cathie Sage acquired a pair of 20-acre lots on the west side of Pack Monadnock in Peterborough just before the turn of the millennium, they knew they wanted to build a custom home on their new property. “I grew up in upstate New York,”...

On a cold morning Sunday, members of the Peterborough and Jaffrey fire departments gathered on the shore of Cunningham Pond in Peterborough and took turns rescuing each other from the freezing water.The rescues were part of Peterborough Fire and...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 6/9/2021 2:03:43 PM With temperatures up in the 90s all week long, heat-weary locals are eying their town pools, which are set to reopen this month. Peterborough, Greenville and New Ipswich each canceled summer pool seasons last year, as many communities were still under tight COVID-19 protocols. This year, with transmission numbers in the state still dropping and an increasing amount of people completing vaccination protocols, all three pools are sched...

Published: 4/16/2021 1:53:51 PM Peterborough Recreation Director Lisa Betz is concerned about the summer and she has every reason to be. “We are hurting for staff and I’ve talked to many recreation departments that are in the same boat,” Betz said. “We have at least one positions in every area that needs to be filled.” That includes summer playground staff, lifeguards and maintenance, and in many cases that number is more than just one. “I need to hire a lot of people this year,”...