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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Salisbury Selectman Brett Walker believes his town of 1,500 residents is being overcharged.Five years after Salisbury signed on to an unusual agreement to share emergency medical services with Boscawen and Canterbury, Salisbury is footing nearly...

Polling locations for the Sept. 10 primary elections in New Hampshire.Allenstown: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.. at Allenstown Elementary School, 30 Main St.Andover: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. a.m. at Andover Elementary Middle School, 20 School St.Barnstead: 7 a.m. to 7...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

In August 250 years ago, a woman named Ann Lee stepped off a boat in a New York City port after multiple months at sea.Four years prior, a revelation had propelled Lee to declare herself the second coming of Jesus Christ and to become the leader of a...

By DAVID EMERSON

David Emerson, of Old Ways Traditions in Canterbury, is a woodworker. The last years of our serious mountain hiking were on Lowe’s Path up Mount Adams. Lowe’s Path is one of the more strenuous climbs in the White Mountains and Adams is second only to...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

A science teacher and an English teacher might sound like an unlikely duo to embark on a pretty intense outdoor project. But for former Belmont Middle School teachers Tim Lamendola and Greg Wood, the pairing was a natural fit.The two have worked over...

By DAVE EMERSON

Dave Emerson of Old Ways Traditions lives in Canterbury. It’s no news that the road can get more bumpy as we get older. Life’s often a pretty bumpy road anyway these days. Ignoring the bumps has become more challenging.The beauty of the natural world...

The following list was created from entries from community members who submit content for our weekly Talk of the Towns. Please check your town website for updated information, or if your town is not listed.Allenstown; May 27; Memorial Day Mass; St....

By RAY DUCKLER

The Canterbrook Farm in Canterbury is quiet these days, but years ago it was a haven for all things equestrian in New Hampshire.Virginia LaPlante, 88, and her late husband, Mike Plisko, moved to the 200-year-old farm in 1969, and over the years, it...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Hopkinton High School junior Matthew Grillo spent his day off from classes ringing up a steady stream of customers at Colonial Village Supermarket.The independent grocery store in Contoocook reopened Monday following a 24-hour power outage that left...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

It takes David Emerson an extra second these days to climb his ladder and drill a bolt into the beam overhead. At 81, he’s built a number of structures, including his own 3-bedroom home on his 25-acre property in Canterbury.His newest new project is a...

By CATHERINE McLAUHLIN

Some things about Town Meeting never change.For one, Cheryl Gordon said, “the smallest amount of money takes the longest time.”Gordon would know — Canterbury’s town meeting Friday night was her 45th, and final, as a municipal official there. She...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Canterbury voters will weigh a 2.9% increase to the town operating budget at their meeting Friday.Wage increases and adding one new town position are largely behind the $94,224 increase, bringing the operating budget up to $3,323,453.In addition to...

By JUDITH ELLIOTT

Judith Elliott lives in Canterbury. Like many Granite Staters, my husband and I like to head south when winter comes. Since retirement, we’ve been lucky enough to spend winters in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca (pronounced “wa-HAH-ka”), mostly...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Canterbury residents will consider a 2.9% increase to the town’s operating budget this year, which, in addition to warrant articles for new equipment and a firetruck bond, would increase the tax rate by $1.04,  or about $312 a year for a home worth...

By HILLARY NELSON

Hillary Nelson lives in Canterbury. I am the mother of two, a 29-year-old and a 34-year-old. And both of them, when they were adults, came out as transgender.People like me and my family just want to quietly live our lives. And up until a few years...

By DAVID BROOKS

Canterbury won’t be deciding whether to withdraw from the two-town Shaker Regional School District this year, following the state Board of Education’s rejection of a request to put the issue before voters.The five-person state board rejected the...

By DAVID EMERSON

David Emerson of Old Ways Traditions in Canterbury is a woodworker. Beavers seem to have it figured out. The human race on the other hand, less so.Beavers, of course, had a head start on us. Estimates of the number of beavers living in North America...

By DAVID BROOKS

One of the supporters of the controversial Elizabeth Gurley Flynn historical marker says the state program that installed and then removed the sign is operating without the necessary legal rules, and he has proposed a solution: He can write...

By DAVID BROOKS

The long-simmering idea that Canterbury should withdraw from the Shaker Regional School District is back at the forefront following a study committee’s support of the idea.This is the third time Canterbury has considered withdrawing from the...

By DAVID EMERSON

David Emerson, of Old Ways Traditions in Canterbury, is a woodworker. Recently good friends of ours, a true outdoor couple, invited me and Anne to go on what has been our favorite hike here in Canterbury, Spender Meadow. We hadn’t been there for a...

After almost four years in the position, the executive director of the Canterbury Shaker Village will be stepping down next year.Leslie Nolan announced recently that she will be stepping away from her position in May 2024 because she’s moving away....