Jaffrey

Jaffrey and Peterborough Explore Joint Purchase to Boost Water Supply

By • Jul 11, 2019
Courtesy of Flickr/Elke Mader

 

The towns of Peterborough and Jaffrey are considering a joint project to buy and manage a group of wells for their municipal water systems. 

 

A company based out of Chicago owns the parcel in question, named the Cold Stone Spring. It encompasses over 500 acres in Sharon and Jaffrey and includes three wells that have already received approval from the Department of Environmental Services to pump 577,000 gallons of water per day. Collectively, the towns expect to pump around 200,000 gallons per day.

 

Jaffrey Conference Celebrates Willa Cather's New Hampshire Connection

By & Leila Goldstein • Oct 19, 2018
Peter Biello/NHPR

The novelist Willa Cather was born in Nebraska, but composed much of her most celebrated work, including My Ántonia, in New Hampshire.

She is buried in Jaffrey, New Hampshire and that's where this weekend fans of her work will gather to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of My Ántonia.

To Do This Weekend: Foliage and Arts in the Monadnock Region

By • Oct 7, 2016
cowhampshireblog.com

A long weekend calls for a road trip, and rumor has it the foliage in the western part of the state is glowing. 

Jaffrey Fireworks Festival Cancelled Indefinitely

By • Apr 16, 2013
Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce

The Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce announced that it will no longer host fireworks festivals due to safety concerns in the wake of last year’s bomb threat.

The Jaffrey Festival of Fireworks was one of the largest fireworks events in New England for the past 22 years. Co-Chair Cyndy Burgess says the Jaffrey police performed a security assessment and filed a report to the chamber.


Police Cancel Jaffrey Fireworks Festival Because Of Bomb Threat

By Sarah Ashworth • Aug 17, 2012

Police have canceled this weekend’s fireworks festival in Jaffrey because of a bomb threat.