Snowmaking demonstration this month at Beaver Meadow for cross country ski loop

12-12-2024 2:46 PM

Two hundred gallons of water per minute mixed with freezing cold air shot a plume of snow 225 feet into the air at Beaver Meadow Golf Course creating a thick white base over the dormant green grass.Throughout the next month, a machine known as a HKD...


Historic library and former fire station sold to locals in Boscawen

12-12-2024 1:58 PM

Two historic buildings in Boscawen – the 1913 library and the 1892 Torrent Building – have been sold and Select Board member Lorrie Carey couldn’t be happier.“We’re enthusiastic that we have changed the stewardship of two historic buildings to...


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Basketball: Pittsfield falls to Portsmouth Christian in doubleheader home opener
12-11-2024 4:15 PM

PITTSFIELD – After difficult losses on the court opening night in Farmington, the Pittsfield Panthers looked to bounce back at home with a doubleheader against Portsmouth Christian Academy.The girls’ team is entering its third year since returning to...

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Opinion: How the fight for our rights continues
12-11-2024 6:00 AM

Devon Chaffee is the executive director of the ACLU of New Hampshire. Alongside a new year, 2025 will usher in a new Trump administration, a time that will represent a clear and present danger to our country’s democratic processes and institutions...

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‘Absolutely needed’: Overwhelmed by onslaught of education bills, House will split them by policy and funding
12-08-2024 12:00 PM

In Rick Ladd’s 16 years in the State House, he’d never seen so many education bills.That is, until 2022, when they skyrocketed – so much so that Ladd, a Haverhill Republican and chair of the House Education Committee, said lawmakers can no longer...

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Remembering Ed Mottau: Peterborough musician who played with John Lennon and nurtured local talent
12-09-2024 10:29 AM

Longtime Monadnock region resident Ed Mottau, who died at his home in Peterborough Nov. 3 at age 80, is being remembered as a musician, a craftsman, a mentor, friend, father and devoted member of the community.Mottau was a guitarist and songwriter who...

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Obit photo for Natalie Lauren Serrano Natalie Lauren Serrano

Natalie Lauren Andosca Serrano Weymouth, MA - Natalie Lauren Andosca Serrano of Weymouth, MA left an unfillable hole in the world November 30 when she passed away unexpectedly. She was born Natalie Lauren Andosca June 8, 1981 in Concord,... remainder of obit for Natalie Lauren Serrano

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Franklin, NH - Wayne Neil Mclaughlin was born to the late Ernest Mclaughlin and Leona Mclaughlin in Franklin, NH, on August 2, 1952. Wayne spent most of his life in Sanbornton, NH, with some travel to Florida. Wayne enjoyed the outd... remainder of obit for Wayne Mclaughlin

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East Hampstead, NH - Lois L. (Dow) Hutchinson, 87, a resident of East Hampstead since 1963, died Sunday, December 8, 2024, at Parkland Medical Center in Derry, with her family by her side, following a period of declining health. Bor... remainder of obit for Lois L. Hutchinson

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Welton "Skip" McKean Henniker, NH - Skip McKean (Welton) passed away on December 6 after suffering a medical emergency at home. Skip was born in Goffstown NH on April 15, 1943 to Welton D. McKean and Ruth Williams McKean. He lived in Go... remainder of obit for Welton McKean

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