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After a shutout loss last week, the Blackbirds put their season back on track with a gut check 23-20 victory over Nashua North on Friday night.
Keene High head coach Linwood Patnode was not shy about calling out his captains after last week's shutout loss against Nashua South.
"A goal like that really helps a lot. In such a close game, one goal can switch the game up. So it really meant a lot, even if it’s not the most amazing goal, it’s just great to get one and go ahead on them. Those are some of the most fun games just because of the rivalry. We live close to each other, we’re always pretty close in the standings. So I think those games are always fun for both teams."
Fall Mountain girls soccer senior striker Selah Fredrick was voted Keene Sentinel Player of the Week for the week spanning Sept. 7 to Sept. 13.
“I am 25 at the time, so I’ve never run a nonprofit, and I said, ‘If you’re willing to take a chance on me, sure, like I’ll take over.'"
Pink dahlias, purple coneflowers and lavender are just some of the plants that trace the perimeter of Megan Fulton’s home in Keene.
“I think if you ask most of the parents in the state of New Hampshire, they’ll say it’s their responsibility to raise their children, not the school’s responsibility," N.H. House Speaker Sherman Packard said. "And it’s not the responsibility of the schools to hide from parents when they see something that’s unusual.”
N.H. House Speaker Sherman Packard is backing an effort to create “a parental bill of rights,” the third time over the past two years that this kind of legislation has
The council voted unanimously to send the measure back to the council's Planning, Licenses and Development Committee, which meets next on Oct. 9.
Keene city councilors voted Thursday to continue working on a proposed policy change for addressing national and international issues brought before them. The council voted unanimously to send the measure
The town will host a public hearing Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. at Whitcomb Hall to discuss the changes, which were enabled by two bills the N.H. Legislature passed this year.
SWANZEY — For years, the town's historic covered bridges have taken a beating from box trucks, U-Hauls and trailers they’re not designed to bear. In the future, drivers who strike
The committee's report found a need for town residents to have more control over educational and financial decisions, but recommended withdrawing only from the Fall Mountain district and not School Administrative Unit 60.
WALPOLE — After months of deliberation, members of the Walpole school withdrawal study committee Thursday presented their recommendation that the town withdraw from the Fall Mountain Regional School District. But
First responders were called to the single-vehicle crash on Perry Pasture Road in Dublin Friday at about 12:30 p.m.
DUBLIN — A 17-year-old has died and two other teenagers were taken to hospitals with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash Friday on Perry Pasture Road, authorities said.
The House and Senate will convene in early January, but lawmakers submit their ideas for legislation months in advance.
About 170 Legislative Service Requests, precursors to actual bills, have been filed in advance of next year’s session of the N.H. Legislature, covering everything from ma*****na to guns to school
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“You’ve got some retirements, some people moving on to different careers, or switching back to going into the trades,” said Richard Townes, director of the Cheshire Career Center, of the decision to pause the programs. “We just couldn’t find someone to fill the position[s] in time.”
The market for skilled trade jobs is booming.
A Keene High School student registers to vote on Tuesday at the school. The voter registration drive was held during the school’s lunch periods, Seventeen students registered during the drive, 15 from Keene and two from Wi******er.
Photo by Ethan Weston/Sentinel Staff
David Oman, of Iowa, and former N.H. Secretary of State Bill Gardner read the inscription on the monument in Keene’s Central Square on Thursday morning. Oman was reliving his trip through New Hampshire in 1975, during which he accompanied President Gerald Ford as a press relations specialist. President Ford’s first stop on his tour of New Hampshire was in Keene, where he gave a speech that drew thousands to Central Square. Oman said Ford made multiple stops across the state over the course of an 11-hour day. Oman and Gardner retraced Ford's journey through the Granite State this week to plan an event commemorating the 50-year anniversary of the of Ford's visit, slated for next year.
Photo by Ethan Weston/Sentinel Staff. Archive photo taken Sept. 11, 1975.
Considered a young program on the rise not too long ago, the Cougars have now solidified themselves as a Division II contender with each year bringing new accolades.
PETERBOROUGH — This year, the ConVal volleyball team means business.
Over a four-day period, artists from all over converged in the Elm City to paint the murals now featured in a monthly tour from the Historical Society of Cheshire County.
Editor's note: This story originally appeared in The Sentinel on June 24, 2019. The Historical Society of Cheshire County still offers monthly tours of Keene's Walldogs murals. For more information
Cheshire County Deputy Sheriff Matt Sands and his K9 Crush found the man shortly before 10 p.m. after searching the rail trail south of his home with Swanzey Police Sgt. Nick Paquim.
SWANZEY — A town resident who'd been missing for hours Wednesday was found uninjured that night in a trail washout, according to N.H. Fish and Game.
“The urgency of this matter can not be understated,” a Cheshire County official said.
Southwestern N.H. District Fire Mutual Aid may receive more than $900,000 in federal funding to replace outdated communications equipment from a congressionally directed spending request by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey is a national survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every two years and the results are drawn from a sample of the 9th- through 12-graders who take the survey.
Drug and alcohol use is less common among New Hampshire high school students than a decade ago, but today’s students report worse mental health than in the past, the 2023
Barb Weisman, the organization's director of development and communications, will be the interim director, according to a news release.
After serving as executive director of The Community Kitchen for two years, Sarah Harpster has stepped down, according to a Wednesday news release from the Keene nonprofit.
N.H. Youth Movement filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Concord on Tuesday, naming N.H. Secretary of State David Scanlan as the defendant.
A nonprofit organization representing young people has filed a federal lawsuit against New Hampshire’s new voter identification law, alleging it is unconstitutional, unjustified, burdensome and would prevent certain qualified voters
Both the Keene High girls and boys teams romped to decisive victories over Nashua North and Spaulding in their only home meet this season.
It was a race day unlike any other this season for the Keene High cross country teams — it was at home.
The new law, which has stricter requirements, will not be in effect for the Nov. 5 election.
A bill Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law last week that would give New Hampshire some of the strictest voter identification requirements in the nation has similarities to a Kansas
Nearly every Wednesday, a group of regulars gathers at the Cheshire County Shooting Sports Education Foundation's Ferry Brook Range in Keene to chat, have lunch and shoot some clay targets.
Father and son duo Mitch and Josh Greenwald purchased two buildings, 38 and 48 Emerald St., through a limited liability corporation at the end of August.
Brewbakers Cafe in Keene is planning to create more opportunities for artists by using the second floor of its space on Emerald Street through a collaboration with the building's new
For all but 27 years of its existence, The Sentinel has been owned wholly or in part by two families – the Prentisses and the Ewings.
The Keene Sentinel has certainly innovated over its 225 years, but the pace of innovation went into high gear with the digital revolution of the last few decades, publisher Tom
The average age of a Granite Stater has increased, and fewer children are being born, according to the new report.
From 1995 to 2023 in New Hampshire, school enrollment declined even though the state’s population has grown, according to a study N.H. Housing released Monday.
Previously, the fish was thought to live only as far north in the Connecticut River as Turners Falls, Mass.
Scientists recently found evidence that a federally endangered fish is living in the part of the Connecticut River that runs along local communities. Their findings included DNA drawn from a
"It seems a tragedy brought us together, which is sad, but it's amazing that we've been able to come together as a community and learn each other's stories and have some empathy" Daniel Rodriguez, a park resident of 14 years said.
The Tanglewood Park Cooperative's social club upgraded its biannual yard sale to a storm recovery fundraiser, which will chip away at the cost of removing dangerous trees from the park,
N.H. Fish and Game Lt. William Boudreau said the woman, Francine Ojala, was reported missing around 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
JAFFREY — A town resident who went missing Sunday morning was found safe on Monday.
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Coming Wednesday: In the final episode of season 2 of Invisible Illness, a video podcast, a Swanzey resident talks about living with dysautonomia, a nervous system disorder that disrupts her autonomic body processes such as her heart rate and blood pressure. Invisible Illness is a series featuring area residents with a mental or physical diagnosis that’s not outwardly visible. The podcast aims to shed light on their daily experiences and debunk misconceptions about their illnesses. Video by Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
Coming Wednesday! The Monadnock Region Health Reporting Lab presents season 2 of its podcast, Invisible Illness. The series features area residents with a mental or physical diagnosis that’s not outwardly visible. The first episode features Sabrina Leaf, a Keene resident living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, or C-PTSD. (Video by Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff)
Join Sentinel Statehouse reporter Rick Green for a Q&A on voting in Tuesday's presidential primary.
This moose was spotted in Keene near Chili’s restaurant at the Monadnock Marketplace today. Video by Linda Flagg / Sentinel Staff
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