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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 TODD BOOKMAN
The founding pastor of a church that serves its parishioners ayahuasca, a potent plant-based substance that can cause intense hallucinations, said he intends to re-open in a new location after shutting the doors at his Canterbury property.During a...
By DAVID BROOKS
Long before “River Dave” there was The Taylor Pond Hermit.Like David Lidstone, who lived alone in a cabin in the Canterbury woods for 27 years but was known to many people in the area, Perley Swett lived alone in a cabin in the town of Stoddard but...
CanterburyMay drowningvictim identifiedAuthorities identified Tuesday the 27-year-old man who drowned in the Merrimack River off Pebble Beach more than two months ago.New Hampshire Marine Patrol said Albert Ntangri, a Manchester resident, was one of...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
The dirt road leading to the Merrimack River cuts through a spacious field before narrowing along the tree line. The drive appears easy at first, but the wide road quickly shrinks to the width of a walking path with tree branches and shrubbery on...
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