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🌱 Ready to explore Peterborough Town Library after dark this Halloween?
Peterborough, New Hampshire Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Peterborough! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Ready to explore Peterborough Town Library after dark this Halloween?
- How a Peterborough auction find became the perfect 10-foot farmhouse table
- Peterborough remembers Benjamin Taylor, who began life on a local farm
Also on today's calendar: The Craftworkers' Guild Harvest Shop and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 40 degrees.
- Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 61, low: 37.
- Sunday: Increasing clouds, with a high of 63 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Peterborough library plans Halloween celebration for teens and adults (keenesentinel.com) — Peterborough teens and adults can explore the Town Library after dark during the “Between the Stacks” Halloween celebration on Friday, Oct. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. Expect a haunted scavenger hunt through the stacks, a costume contest, and Tarot readings from Hearth Magick, with free admission and optional registration for anyone 16 and older. 
• Once in a blue moon pieces (keenesentinel.com) — A local antiques lover describes scoring a special mirror at a Cobb’s auction in Peterborough and working with Sonder, the town’s new garden shop, while hunting for the perfect rustic table. The story walks readers through the find, restoration, and everyday use of a massive 10-foot farmhouse table that now anchors her home’s great room for gatherings.
• Benjamin Russell Taylor (ledgertranscript.com) — An obituary honors Benjamin Russell Taylor, who spent part of his childhood on a family farm in Peterborough before a long career in banking and a retirement devoted to fly fishing and river conservation in California. Local readers may recognize his New Hampshire roots and surviving relatives still living in the state and nearby Maine.
📸 Around Peterborough
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Upcoming Events in
Peterborough
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★ Featured events ★
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The Craftworkers' Guild Harvest Shop →
3A Meetinghouse Rd, Bedford, NH, 03110,
10:00 am -
Columbus Day Weekend at Spooky World! Open 10/9 - 10/12 →
Spooky World Presents Nightmare New England, 454 Charles Bancroft Hwy, Litchfield
7:00 pm -
Wooden Horse – A Tribute to America & Crosby, Stills , Nash and Young at the Shea Theater →
Shea Theater Arts Center, 71 Avenue A, Montague
8:00 pm
Saturday October 10
Monday October 12
Saturday November 7
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Other local events
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Monadnock Quilters' Guild Fall Festival of Quilts - Peterborough, NH →
South Meadow School, 108 Hancock Rd, Peterborough
10:00 am -
Monadnock Handcrafters
Peterborough Town Library - Eben Jones Classroom
10:00 am -
Monadnock Quilters' Guild Fall Festival of Quilts →
South Meadow School, 108 Hancock Rd, Peterborough
10:00 am -
WORKSHOP: Food for Healthy Heart Workshop with Dr. Nora E. Hanke →
11:00 am -
Richard Shindell →
Unitarian Universalist Church, 25 Main St, Peterborough
7:00 pm -
Monadnock Quilters' Guild Fall Festival of Quilts →
South Meadow School, 108 Hancock Rd, Peterborough
10:00 am -
Rise and Shine Yoga →
Studio - Strand, 174 Concord Street, Peterborough
7:00 am -
Preschool Storytime
Peterborough Town Library - 1833 Room
10:30 am -
Wet-Felt Workshop: Scarf Making with Susan Garry →
40 Main St, Jaffrey
10:30 am
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Tuesday October 13
Saturday October 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- VONS posted a job opening for In-Store Shopper in Peterborough. Apply here.
- EMD Group posted a job opening for Material Handler 1- 1st Shift in Jaffrey. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Peterborough here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hancock
- Industrial Tower and Wireless sues Hancock over cell tower denial (ledgertranscript.com)
- Andrew Waycotte faces hearing after 10-hour standoff (ledgertranscript.com)
- Farms to fests: 10 things to do in Southern New Hampshire this month (granitepostnews.com)
Francestown
- Stephen Bryant Griffin (ledgertranscript.com)
Antrim
- Five N.H. farms host 43rd annual Wool Arts Tour weekend (ledgertranscript.com)
- Winchester driver rams Hillsborough police cruiser head-on (ledgertranscript.com)
Ok Peterborough! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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