The Monadnock Ledger was a weekly newspaper

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 based in Peterborough

Peterborough, New Hampshire

Peterborough is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,284 at the 2010 census. Home to the MacDowell Art Colony, the town is a popular tourist destination....

, New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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. In September 2006 it purchased the rival Peterborough Transcript

Peterborough Transcript

The Peterborough Transcript was a weekly newspaper published in Peterborough, New Hampshire for 157 years. It was founded in 1849, and remained the only local weekly newspaper for more than a century...

 and created the twice-weekly Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript is a twice-weekly newspaper based in Peterborough, New Hampshire and covering the Monadnock Region. It was formed in September 2006, when the 50-year-old Monadnock Ledger bought the 150-year-old Peterborough Transcript...

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The Ledger started in the mid-1950s as a company newsletter for New Hampshire Ball Bearings. Richard Noyes converted the newsletter into a tabloid weekly based in Jaffrey

Jaffrey, New Hampshire

Jaffrey is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,457 at the 2010 census.The primary settlement in town, where 2,757 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Jaffrey census-designated place and is located along the Contoocook River at the...

and then into a full size newspaper coming out twice a week, as the Jaffrey Ledger one day and the Peterborough Ledger some days later. It later changed to a weekly.