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Downtown Keene has a new restaurant. Slate & Sage Modern Bistro opened this past weekend at 11 Central Square, serving a menu of creative flatbreads, hearty sandwiches, fresh salads, pasta dishes and comfort-food favorites.

Keene Mayor Jay Kahn discussed the upcoming search for a new city manager during a Thursday morning appearance on WKBK Radio, saying the process could take four to five months following Elizabeth Ferland’s planned departure for Claremont.

Greyhound will launch a new intercity bus route Nov. 17, connecting Keene and Peterborough with Nashua, Lowell and Boston through two daily round trips.

New Hampshire will receive more than $204 million in federal rural health funding for a second consecutive year, bringing its two-year total through the Rural Health Transformation Program to more than $408 million.

Monadnock United Way’s Sophie Carney-Brenner and campaign co-chair Scott Brown joined Dan Mitchell on WKBK Radio Wednesday to discuss the organization’s $1.525 million fundraising goal, its upcoming Giving Tuesday campaign and the local families benefiting from community support.

After nine years as Keene’s city manager, Elizabeth Ferland will leave the position to lead Claremont’s municipal government. She is expected to begin her new role in February 2027.

The shopping center, home to Hannaford, Hobby Lobby and several other familiar businesses, has been acquired by DLC in a joint venture with Cohen & Steers. The deal brings DLC’s total retail holdings in Keene to more than 500,000 square feet.

A former operations manager concealed years of theft with falsified checks and records, spending $142,000 on online pornography chats.

,000 from his longtime employer.