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By RAY DUCKLER

Sam Mostue has lived a colorful life.He competed in equestrian events in college, ski-raced in the northeast and rose before dawn at a ranch in Colorado.These days, as the manager of Eastman Screen Printing on Pleasant Street, the color remains for...

By RAY DUCKLER

Mary Aranosian of Concord says she doesn’t always follow the rules.Once, while volunteering at the local winter homeless shelter, Aranosian saw a mother drop off her 18-year-old daughter on a cold night, later discovering that the young woman hadn’t...

By RAY DUCKLER

In a scenic area near the north boundary of Bear Brook State Park, beavers will continue to build their dams, and this time it’s guaranteed.Bobcat kittens will still leave their small paw prints in the snow. Moose, bears and deer will never be pushed...

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Faith Muello has been worried that her hometown, Salisbury, with no police force of its own doesn’t have enough cops on patrol.The small town 20 miles outside of Concord contracts with the New Hampshire State Police for eight hours of police patrols...

By RAY DUCKLER

Tom Walton was a picture of health.He was handsome, slender yet muscular, with shorts that showed strong, tan legs and a smile that rarely left his face. He was the type of guy who passed runners half his age, setting senior records and shouting from...

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Within the next month or so, Epsom officials will no longer be forced to meet at a strip mall to conduct the town’s business.They’ll no longer need to worry about finding parking spaces in a parking lot filled with cars driven by laser-focused parents...

By RAY DUCKLER

The doctor’s old friend and colleague, Dr. Jim Potter, retired and moved to Maine years ago, but he and Dr. Oge Young share a bond that will live forever.They don’t speak as often as they once did, of course, but their affection and respect for one...

By RAY DUCKLER

Sheri Dow of Gilford had every reason to believe that the investment she made 14 years ago was a sound choiceShe trusted the central players involved. Two of her brothers were experienced in the investment game, always searching and searching and...

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Apparently, it’s going to take more than legal blindness to force John Golembiowski of Hooksett to pull over and stop reaching out.Even with macular degeneration limiting his field of view to the outer edges of what he’s looking at, Golembiowski sees...

By RAY DUCKLER

Mark Sisti senses that the public and state officials roll their eyes each time the Chichester attorney seeks a hearing before the Executive Council to show why Pam Smart’s life-without-parole sentence should be reduced.Sisti went to bat for Smart...

By RAY DUCKLER

In another life, Dan Gagnon, a truck driver from Center Barnstead, smoked a pack of cigarettes a day.Just like his dad, Leon Gagnon, once did. Leon died from lung cancer when Dan was 9. Dan later had a 20-year struggle, forever trying to quit smoking...

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To officials in Allenstown, their departure from an agreement to share emergency medical services with Pembroke was a breakthrough for the town, a time to celebrate the independence and growth of this life-saving program.“The Allenstown Fire...

By RAY DUCKLER

The days of taking the egg for granted, sometimes reducing its worth to a series of puns, are over.An eggs-amination (oops) shows clearly that eggs are the backbone of many dishes, to be treated with respect and purchased no matter how high the price...

By RAY DUCKLER

Jeff Bart, owner of one of the sweetest establishments in Concord, has heard some of his customers are worried his Granite State Candy Shoppe is leaving Warren Street.He says they wonder if the shop is searching for greener pastures, or a more...

By RAY DUCKLER

Someday this year, Mark Ciborowski will hire someone to move a pair of long, heavy oak bars from Pennsylvania to his proposed masterpiece in downtown Concord.One bar, 36 feet long, will line the back area of Ciborowski’s proposed entertainment center...

By RAY DUCKLER

Spend a half-hour with Nazzy and you’re guaranteed to run out of steam before he does.That’s what DJ Nazzy, whose real name is Marc Nazzaro, does for a living. He founded and owns Nazzy Entertainment DJs and plays music – at weddings, bar mitzvahs and...

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Chris Brown, the face of the annual Black Ice Pond Hockey Tournament, received a scouting report recently from a city employee at White Park.The worker had gone onto the pond’s surface to retrieve a “No Skating Sign” and test the ice’s safety for the...

By RAY DUCKLER

Al Cilley Sr. looked tired this week behind the old Department of Transportation building off Storrs Street.He made a special appearance Wednesday at the DOT site, his first visit in about three months, shuffling slowly, hunched over a bit, wearing...

By RAY DUCKLER

Nina Gardner’s fingerprints are all over Sanbornton.Few residents in town have spread themselves this thin. Gardner contributed to Sanbornton’s school system, its historical society and its overall look. She’s 76, and her arms still extend in various...

By RAY DUCKLER

Chris Brown is usually nervous this time of year, when the Black Ice Pond Hockey tournament at White Park is on the horizon.This time, though, the president and CEO of New Hampshire Distributors insists that he’s calm as his self-imposed deadline of...