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By JIM ZABLOCKI

The New Hampshire Legislature, in RSA 21:34a, defines agritourism as attracting visitors to a farm to attend events or activities that are accessory uses to the primary farm operation. Agritourism has been with us for many years. From hayrides to...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

A Concord High School teacher was arrested Thursday after police say he solicited sexual activity from a minor in exchange for money, and obtained images depicting child sexual abuse.Joshua Harwood, 36, of Manchester, who taught business at Concord...

By ASHLEY SAARI

Mason landmark Pickity Place is, quite literally, a storybook setting, as its cozy cottage and iconic gnarled white ash tree were once immortalized as illustrations in the Little Golden Book version of “Little Red Riding Hood.” That  made it all the...

By ETHAN DeWITT

For Alison Breault, the hormone treatment for her son wasn’t just a medical procedure. It was a new beginning.As a teenager, Breault’s son, who was assigned female at birth, had self mutilated and contemplated suicide, uncomfortable with his birth...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Every employee, volunteer or independent contractor who works with the Concord School District will be required to undergo a criminal background check and do training in child abuse prevention, according to a recently-updated policy.At the monthly...

By DAVID BROOKS

The irony is painful: On the year that it would have celebrated its 100th anniversary, Camp Spaulding is shut for good and up for sale.The financial strain of running the 57-acre summer camp at the intersection of Bog and River roads in Concord as a...

By ETHAN DeWITT

As a boy, Chris Sununu traveled down to down at Cape Canaveral with his father to watch the Challenger take off in person. But then the weather intervened.Sununu, a fifth-grader back in January 1986, went to Florida for the weekend with his father,...

Friends and former colleagues of Half and Susanne Zantop lit candles and lay flowers at a garden named for the couple to honor their memory on Wednesday, 20 years to the day since the two Dartmouth College professors were murdered in their Etna...

By MEL MYLER

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Challenger tragedy of Jan. 28, 1986. It is a day that we will not forget. On the 30th anniversary, I gave the following testimony to the N.H. House of Representatives. Let me share with you that accounting of...

By JAMES W. SPAIN

Many of our ancestors arrived from overseas with little more than the clothes on their backs and a dream under their hat. The immigrants arrived from across the ocean carrying their worldly possessions in a canvas sack and a scant few items in their...

By RICK GREEN

Many things are different at New Hampshire ski areas this year, but the feel and sound of carved turns, the breathtaking view and the fresh mountain air are as good as ever.This month, I skied at Gunstock, Ragged Mountain and Waterville Valley to get...

By RAY DUCKLER

She called herself a “fighter,” tattooing the scripted word, in black ink, onto her inner forearm while fighting for her life.Her family used the verb “pivot” again and again to describe her adaptability, explaining that Grace Orzechowski absorbed the...

By GEOFF FORESTER and JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Sweet Loretta already lived a long life and needed a soft couch to lay her head. She was old, about 11, and her owner had passed away. The black and white boxer mix required medical care for arthritis and allergies, and surgery to remove a lump under...

By MICHAEL J. CADUTO

Last June my wife Marie and I encountered a mature wood turtle while walking through a forest near our home. We admired the intricate topography of its shell, inspiration for this species’ scientific name: Glyptemys (“carved turtle”) insculpta...

Correctional officers are sworn law enforcement personnel. These men and women are eligible for the same retirement police and firefighters are entitled to. They receive emergency first responder training and must maintain that certification in order...

By CAROLYN JOHANSEN

Realtors across the state breathed a collective sigh of relief in March 2020 when Gov. Chris Sununu designated their business as essential. Other business owners did, too.“Could you imagine the repercussion if we were shut down?” said Susan Roemer, a...

By ABBE HAMILTON

Although there are ways for the seven cabins at the Walden Eco Village to get into compliance, former casita (or tiny house) resident Quinn Kelley acknowledged there was very little hope that he’d be able to return to his 140-square-foot...

By JOHN CUNNINGHAM

A subspecialization for many business lawyers, including me, is a field of law and tax called asset protection. This field involves the creating of entities and other arrangements for clients that will protect them from claims by their creditors.I...

By MEG McINTYRE

In the Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District, public education no longer starts with kindergarten.In 2018, district voters approved funds to begin developing a full-day tuition-free preschool program for three- and four-year-olds. It started with...

By TIM O’SULLIVAN

Growing up in Andover, Mass., Iain Hamilton dreamed of flying. That’s what happens when you hear tales about the wonders of aviation from a grandfather who flew Corsairs for the U.S. Navy in World War II, an uncle who flew Huey helicopters in the...