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• Young musicians compete to make a difference!

  Teens Raise Funds for Drug and Alcohol Prevention through the 2009 Monadnock Battle of the Bands Over the next two months, teen musicians from around the region will be taking to the stage to show off their skill, compete for bragging rights and prizes, Read More... Posted Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:44 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Music, Monadnock Region, New Ipswich, Battle of the Bands

• Manchester Central Key Club hosts Ski-A-Thon at Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride

  The Manchester Central High School Key Club will host a Ski-A-Thon at Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride on February 14th, Valentine’s Day, to raise money for Crotched Mountain Adaptive Ride and Ski (CMARS), a non-profit organization that helps physically Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:34 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Skiing, Monadnock Region, Crotched Mountain, Manchester

• February Fun at Crotched Mountain

  As we all look at the second half of the 08-09 season, we start to think of spring conditions and warmer temps. Well, we are not there yet and there is still a lot of skiing and riding to do at Crotched. The Mountain was hit with some thawing temps this Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:29 AM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Skiing, Monadnock Region, Crotched Mountain, Francestown

• A children's book both funny and smart has National Release Party at Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough

  Writer, Becky Ances, and Illustrator, Ryan Wilson, will debut the new Moo-Cow Fan Club book, Sword of the Ramurai, at the Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough on Dec. 13th at 2pm. They’ll be doing a reading from the book, talking about how Moo-Cow Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:32 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Monadnock Region, Peterborough, Moo-Cow Fan Club, Sword of the Ramurai

• Crotched Mountain Ski and Ride begins 3AM skiing December 26

  Crotched Mountain began skiing & riding until 3am on Friday and Saturday nights back in 2003. Since then, the mountain has made a huge impact with the late-night tradition called Midnight Madness, being featured by media outlets around the globe. Read More... Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 7:46 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Skiing, Monadnock Region, Crotched Mountain

• Bentley Commons Opens Doors to Residents

  After more than a year of construction, Bentley Commons at Keene has opened their doors and a number of residents are now calling the community home. The John P. Rust pail factory turned senior living community for active seniors on Water Street is now Read More... Posted Friday, December 05, 2008 9:48 AM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Monadnock Region, senior living, Keene, Bentley Commons, seniors

• Crotched Mountain Cruizers enrolling now

  Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride is now enrolling for the Crotched Mountain Cruizers program. Each week the Crotched Cruizers, designed for children ages 9 to 14, explore new terrain and fresh ways to ski and ride Crotched’s mountain playground. Read More... Posted Friday, December 05, 2008 9:44 AM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Monadnock Region, Crotched Mountain Ski Area, Bennington

• Monadnock pianist Bob Pettegrew releases first piano CD

  Bob Pettegrew, well known to music lovers regionally, has released "Very Mellow Piano," his first studio-recorded CD, a collection of musical standards from the '30s and '40s performed on a concert grand piano The CD includes such standards Read More... Posted Friday, November 28, 2008 5:34 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Monadnock Region, Peterborough, Bob Pettegrew, piano

• Earn free tickets at Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride

  Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride is launching a skier/snowboarder rewards program which gives everyone the opportunity to earn free lift tickets. Ski or ride 4 times at Crotched during the rest of this season and the 5th visit is free. Crotched introduced Read More... Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 9:00 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Skiing, Monadnock Region, Crotched Mountain Ski Area