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New owner has fresh ideas for centuries-old Cracker Barrel store in Hopkinton
By NICK STOICO
One of Hopkinton’s oldest stores is generating a fresh buzz around town.The Cracker Barrel, a general store built in 1790 on Main Street near town hall, was recently purchased by new owners and will get a significant makeover in the coming weeks, as...
Climber killed while going up icy Huntington Ravine on Mount Washington
A climber who apparently slid down an icy gully on Mount Washington was killed Sunday, and officials are investigating.On Sunday afternoon, U.S. Forest Service Snow Rangers from the Mount Washington Avalanche Center responded to a report of an overdue...
Bill to require home sellers to destroy old wood stoves goes up in smoke
By DAVID BROOKS
New Hampshire has been trying for years to make people get rid of old wood stoves that contribute a disproportionate amount to air pollution, but a bill that would have forced the issue, requiring pre-1986 stoves to be destroyed when the house is...
When longtime officers retire, their gun might retire with them
By NICK STOICO
At the end of 2018, Bow said farewell to one of its longtime officers as Sgt. Art Merrigan retired from the department after 17 years.His fellow officers threw him a sendoff celebration at the police department with some town officials also present....
Limits on hunting of coyotes in N.H. gets the thumbs down from committee
By DAVID BROOKS
A plan to make it illegal to hunt coyotes while their pups are still young has been rejected by a House committee that balked at the idea of legislators setting hunting seasons.Cathryn Harvey, D-Spofford, chair of the House Fish and Game Committee,...
Three years after the loss of her sister, the show must go on for CHS senior Gracie Banzhoff
By RAY DUCKLER
The videos on mom’s laptop are a good way to introduce her two daughters.In one, the sisters are in black cowboy hats and boots, two-stepping to a country tune at the Capitol Center for the Arts. The other shows them dancing in Portsmouth wearing...
Film exploring Challenger disaster released days before anniversary
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
An independent film that explores the night before the Challenger space shuttle explosion was released last week, three days before the 33rd anniversary of the tragedy.The Challenger Disaster, produced by Vertical Entertainment, follows the efforts of...
Former UNH Law student sues school for $5M
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
A former student of the University of New Hampshire’s law school is suing the institution for more than $5 million, arguing that school officials denied him due process and prevented him from attending other schools.Joel Mateo of Boston, Mass., was a...
New England College merger with N.H. Institute of Art is official
By DAVID BROOKS
New England College is officially starting to absorb the New Hampshire Institute of Art, which will give the Henniker college a campus extension in Manchester as well as more art-related courses, and expanded course options for art students.The...
Lawmaker has big plans for tiny home legislation in N.H.
A New Hampshire legislator wants to make regulations more clear for those who want to build or live in their very own tiny home.Republican state Rep. Dave Testerman plans to sponsor legislation to clarify municipal regulation of the structures. He...
Train depot brought hope
By James W. Spain II
There was a time in the early years when the Merrimack River offered our ancestors a good life. It provided fertile grounds along the flood plain for planting crops and provided food to the hungry.Along the banks our ancestors found American Elm...
Granite State Brotherhood Motorcycle Club supports food drive
The Granite State Brotherhood Motorcycle Club Holiday Food Drive held on Nov. 10 to support the Epsom Food Pantry was a great success. Nearly 800 pounds of food as well as $570 in cash was raised. As promised, everything collected was delivered...
James Parker asks for shorter sentence for Dartmouth murders
A man who pleaded guilty in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two Dartmouth College professors when he was 16 has asked a judge for a shorter sentence.James Parker and 17-year-old Robert Tulloch, both of Chelsea, Vermont, posed as students conducting a...
Old local ski slopes, now long-gone, recalled
By DAVID BROOKS
This year’s early snowfall has New Hampshire ski fans rubbing their hands with glee, but for a certain set of snow sports fans – the senior set, you might say – there’s something missing.“When it snowed, they’d make us all side-step up the hill to...
After succeeding in space, N.H. firm wants to bring carbon nanotubes down to Earth
By DAVID BROOKS
After a company has seen its flagship product launched to Jupiter, been purchased by a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate with plenty of plans for expansion, and had NASA double down on its main contract, choosing the next step might seem a bit...
Nothing says cows like full costumes
By CAROLE SOULE
The fair season is over, and the Highland Riders 4-H kids and their ribbon-winning animal associates can look back on it with satisfaction. I call the cattle “associates” because the kids don’t actually own them. None of the Highland Riders live on...
Missing for more than a century, Revolutionary War-era printing plate returns to N.H.
By NICK STOICO
Nearly a decade after the state unsuccessfully pursued a collector in Minnesota to retrieve a New Hampshire artifact, the item has returned to the Granite State.With the financial support of private donors, the New Hampshire Historical Society...
Kimball Castle, long in disrepair, finally sells
By RAY DUCKLER
The Kimball Castle in Gilford, a piece of history overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee that has stood vacant and crumbling for nearly 60 years, was sold to the owners of a local realty company, according to an internet post by the buyer.Patrick Starkey, who...
Conway teen held captive for nine months said she never lost her will to survive
By ALYSSA DANDREA
Handcuffed with a jacket over her head, Abigail “Abby” Hernandez could hear the squeezing and popping of her cellphone as her captor attempted to break it into pieces. The man who had taken her at gunpoint and threatened to slit her throat in Conway...
Plaintiff says $275K settlement sends a message to DCYF
By ETHAN DeWITT
To the plaintiff, the settlement is no small sum: $275,000 paid by New Hampshire taxpayers after Ashley Rossiter brought a wrongful termination lawsuit against the state’s Division for Children, Youth and Families. But Rossiter says the message is...
