Jaffrey Grade News Today

The Jaffrey-Rindge School District’s proposed budget of $30.4 million, and all other articles, passed through deliberative session on Thursday untouched by residents.A total of 49 residents from Rindge and 39 from Jaffrey attended the session, but...

Demolition on buildings to make way for the anticipated construction of two connecting roundabouts in downtown Jaffrey is expected to start this spring, with the start of construction in 2024, according to state Department of Transportation...

Conant High School junior exchange student Leyre Molinero Lopez’s has been focusing on giving back to the community by sharing a presentation about Spain, Spanish culture and language, as well as about her experience as an exchange student, for...

Keeping pets in classrooms can be a tradition, but students in a third-grade class at Pierce Elementary School in Bennington have been taking it to another level throughout the school year, and were scheduled to be featured on the New Hampshire PBS...

Behold, our latest crop of scary Halloween stories written by local students!Shrieks from the parlorBy Evelyn Townsend, Jaffrey Grade School, Fifth GradeThe year is 1850. It was October 16th when a girl named Josie awoke from a terrifying dream. Josie...

GREENFIELDGreenfield Festival of Trees: Set up a tree at the Meetinghouse Friday, Dec. 3, from noon to 7 p.m. or Saturday, Dec. 4,  from 8 a.m. to noon. Display runs from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Trees displayed inside must be artificial; real...

GREENFIELDGreenfield Festival of Trees: Set up your tree at the Meetinghouse Friday, Dec. 3 from 12 to 7 p.m. or Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Display runs from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Trees displayed inside must be artificial, per fire codes;...

There have been five new cases of COVID-19 identified in the Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School system this week, including four at Jaffrey Grade School.The four cases at the grade school are not clustered, according to Superintendent Reuben Duncan....

The plight of perfect strangers has always pulled on the heartstrings of Hope Pettegrew.As a 20-year volunteer for the Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter, Pettegrew has seen her fair share of stories about people down on their luck. But there’s one...

Last modified: 7/1/2015 7:26:20 PM Malcolm Cooper of Peterborough finished shearing the last alpaca of the year late Sunday afternoon. This spring, like the last 12, he started shearing in early April and finished in late June. Ten weeks. Ten-thousand miles. One hundred twenty-five farms. More than 2,000 alpacas. It’s over. Until next year. Except it’s not exactly over. Every year, he gets a desperate call or two late in the season, with the plea “Can you please come shear, it’s...