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By RAY DUCKLER

Roger Peltzman has a close, personal relationship with an uncle who was murdered by the Nazis nearly 80 years ago.Of course, at 61, Peltzman never met Norbert Stern, but he knows the story and the man’s worth to his own development as a master piano...

By RAY DUCKLER

Strange as it may sound, a debilitating stroke suffered by Marty Bender 25 years ago quickly evolved into one of the luckiest chapters in his life.How, you may ask? Bender said recently that his career as a criminal defense and family lawyer had taken...

By RAY DUCKLER

On the first day of his new job six months ago, Ryan O’Hora quickly discovered that he had landed in the perfect spot, right where he belonged.The new Pembroke library director was familiar with the area. He grew up in Allenstown and graduated from...

By RAY DUCKLER

Debbie Miller would have made a nice complement to Dr. Dolittle.While Dolittle carried on conversations with the animals, Miller would have done practically everything else: fundraisers to help homeless cats and dogs, opening the farms she’s lived on...

By RAY DUCKLER

When it comes to town meetings, Deerfield Select Board member Rich Pitman thinks his town does it right.Deerfield is one of many towns that adopted the SB2 format for its town meeting process, where residents attend a deliberative session to finalize...

By RAY DUCKLER

Bettey and Jack Tobey’s first date was a hayride more than 75 years ago, and they’re still going strong.They were sophomores at Concord High. They went their separate ways for a few years to serve their country, but they began as high school...

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...

By RAY DUCKLER

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...

By RAY DUCKLER

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 ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Rusty Wightman had poured nearly five years into the Hopkinton girls’ soccer program and wouldn’t let a grim cancer diagnosis keep him away. He was the girls’ JV coach from 2018 through 2021, then had to step away from coaching. But he still attended...

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...

By RAY DUCKLER

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...

By RAY DUCKLER

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 EILEEN O’GRADY

In Allenstown, steel framing rising two stories high reveals the steady progress on a new K-8 school on River Road.Construction of the school, which will replace the town’s current separate elementary and middle school buildings, has been underway...