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Marlborough’s America 250th Celebration events this weekend include a 5K Road Race, Town-wide Yard Sale and more.

Princess Kikou and Shokazoba bring Afrobeat, funk and world music to Nova Arts at Brewbakers in Keene on Friday night.

Chesterfield will receive a $1.5 million EPA Brownfields grant to clean up the former Electro-Sonics site in Spofford Village, paving the way for future redevelopment.

Keene committee advanced expanded tax relief proposals while reviewing a projected Fire Department budget deficit driven by overtime costs.

Keene’s MSFI Committee advanced a public project signage initiative, discussed plastic reduction efforts and received a major downtown construction update.

A Keene State College student is being held without bail after police allege he broke into a Brattleboro home and threatened the resident with a knife.

Free meal kits providing a week’s worth of breakfasts and lunches for children will be distributed Fridays in Keene from July 10 through Aug. 7.

Nova Arts has received a $20,000 Music in Action grant to expand outreach efforts and promote accessibility programs across the Monadnock Region.

Local historian Alan Rumrill joined WKBK’s Good Morning with Dan Mitchell to discuss the Monadnock Region’s role in the American Revolution.

A fast-moving basement fire at 21 Roxbury St. in downtown Keene early Wednesday morning was contained before it could spread through the building, though smoke damage pushed losses above $40,000.