by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Foleys had a backyard that a lot of Keene homeowners would recognize. Fenced on three sides, a neighbor’s garage close on the left, another family’s garden just past the fence on the right, and a big dead maple standing in the back corner where nobody...
by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
The white pine behind the Ramirez family’s house had been there long before they bought the place. Year after year it kept growing toward the roof instead of away from it, and by the time they called us, the lowest branches were close enough to sweep the...
by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Chris and Dana Peterson spent the better part of a decade turning their Keene backyard into the kind of space you never want to leave in summer. Raised beds along the fence, a little stone path, a lawn they actually cared about. In the middle of all of it stood a big...
by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
The oak behind the Hollisters’ place had been part of the backyard longer than they had owned the house. It shaded the deck, held a rope swing for a couple of summers, and dropped acorns on the roof every fall. Then, over two or three seasons, it started to die....
by Harry Kennedy | Aug 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Ellen had lived in her Keene house for almost twenty years, and she thought she had seen every kind of summer storm the Monadnock region could throw at her. Then came that July night. The wind picked up fast, the lights flickered twice, and by the time the rain eased...
by Harry Kennedy | Aug 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Rick and Diane Callahan bought their place on the west side of Keene mostly because of the maple. It stood taller than the house, threw shade across the whole back lawn by July, and turned the kind of deep orange every October that made neighbors slow down as they...
