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As Work Continues, River House Prepares For Sat., June 28 Gala

June 26, 2025

What is happening in Barnet?

June 26, 2025

NES and BMU After School Programs learn about starting up a business

July 03, 2025

Happening at the Bradford Public Library!

July 03, 2025

First River House event sees good weather, live music and great food

July 10, 2025

Mount Prospect Academy Student Project Results In A Little Free Library in Pike

July 17, 2025

WARREN OLD HOME DAY PARADE

July 17, 2025

PROUTY SAG STOP IN BRADFORD

July 17, 2025

The second annual Pond Hill Ranch Rodeo

July 17, 2025

10th Mountain Division Memorial held in Landaff

July 24, 2025

Jill Nichols Honored as Specialist of the Year by Jobs for America’s Graduates of New Hampshire

July 24, 2025

What’s Happening at the Fairlee Public Library

July 24, 2025

Columns

Explore unique perspectives and in-depth commentary from local voices in our Columns section—where opinion meets insight on the stories shaping our communities.

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THE “NO KINGS” DEMONSTRATION IN NEWBURY WAS A PEACEFUL, SPIRITED EXERCISE OF MANY FREEDOMS, INCLUDING ASSEMBLY, EXPRESSION, AND THE RIGHT TO CREATE SOME HAND-DRAWN POLITICAL SIGNS WITH INTERESTING MESSAGES

New Hampshire Fish And Game Turns 160

Pike

The Trading of Rafael Devers and The Controversy That Surrounds it

Sen. Scott Beck (R) represents...

Devers

A friend of mine recently asked me...

Connecticut River Paddlers Enjoy Primitive Canoe Campsites

JUST 12 YEARS AGO

July Snow, a President in Hanover, and Vermont’s First Fourth of July Toast

WHEN BATH POLICE CHIEF TODD ECK NEEDED RENOVATIONS TO HIS DEPARTMENT, HE TURNED TO PEOPLE WHO GOT THE JOB DONE IN LITTLE OVER A MONTH.

Rome Wasn't Built Alone

The first six months of this year have been stressful...

Paddle The Beautiful Moore Reservoir

How to get out of a rut and get on down the road of life

A Political Brawl, a Lightning Strike in Bradford, and the Town That Refused to Burn

The Paper Plate is Great

BENEATH A HIGH-FLYING AMERICAN FLAG ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF AN EXTENDED MANLIFT DURING THE JULY 4 WEEKEND, LISTENERS ASSEMBLED ON THE HAVERHILL COMMON AND HEARD TWO HOURS OF OUTSTANDING MUSIC BY A GROUP OF TALENTED MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL YOUNGSTERS

AI

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

When we speak of someone's ego, most people immediately think of it in terms of egotistical.

Jason Batchelder Is New Vermont Fish and Wildlife Commissioner

Are The Red Sox Better Than The Yankees This Year?

Vermont Alert

Consider focusing on your own energy, how you feel, and how you approach others

You'll Never Get There if You Don't Get Started

Stay Cool

WHEN I SAW THE ADVERTISEMENT, I KNEW I HAD TO ATTEND THE STEENBURGH AUCTION THAT FEATURED ITEMS FROM THE JOHN AND ABBY METCALF ESTATE IN PIERMONT.

Four Months In — And Just Getting Started

Strawberry Shortcake Made With Local Berries

LAST WEEKEND, THE FANELLI FAMILY WAS BACK IN TOWN AS PART OF THE NORTH HAVERHILL FAIR. I MET FEW OF THEM IN BACK IN THE EARLY 1980S WHEN THEY WERE HERE TO PROVIDE RIDES AND AMUSEMENTS FOR THE FAIR.

Trades

Monsters Under the Bed and Other Bullies

To all in the government

Most People

The Green River Reservoir Is A Special Place

WOUNDED KOREAN WAR VETERAN, FARMER, BANKER, AND FRIEND, DEAN ROWDEN, HAS PASSED AWAY

The topic of “traditional” medicine

Meet Conservation Officer Nick Masucci

Fires, Freight, and Freedom: How Lightning, Locomotives, and Local Reformers Shaped this Week in Local History

The Lowdown from Groton Library

Boulders, Rocks, and Stones

Sleep

Time Passing

IT STARTED WITH TWO SHORT WORDS, Ï IT,ND WITH THEM FIRMLY DOWN ON PAPER, MY FIRST-EVER EDITORIAL WAS LAUNCHED. AFTER NEARLY A LIFETIME OF WRITING, I AM STILL SEARCHING FOR SIMILAR SHORT WORDS THAT CAN MEAN SO MUCH WHEN WRITING A STORY

The Lowdown from Barnet Library

A New England Sports Fan’s Guide to European Football

Summer Fairs, Sudden Storms, and a Circus Train at Daybreak

Pittsburg Woods Roads Mostly Open

Complementary Therapies

AS FALL APPROACHES, I AM STILL DRAWN TO THE FUN DAYS OF OUR “WHOLE HOG BBQ AND MUSIC FESTIVAL” HELD IN BRADFORD AND NORTH HAVERHILL

Brass Bands, Train Whistles, and Harvest Hints

Connecting

Gardens, Garlic and Groundhogs

The More We Understand Each Other

Connecticut River Paddlers Trail

WITH HUGE PROFIT SCHEMES DANCING IN THEIR HEADS, SPECULATORS AND LAND DEVELOPERS WERE ABOUT TO INVADE THE LAKE TARLETON AREA IN THE LATE 1960s. BUT TODAY, NOTHING REMAINS OF THEIR PLANS TO DESTROY THE AREA AND FABRICATE A DEVELOPMENT OF NOISE, AND YEAR-ROUND CHAOS.

August’s End, September’s Beginning

Alligator River

Repairs

Amy Baker Hiker Extraordinaire

Garlic the Superfood

Puzzle

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Local Features

As Work Continues, River House Prepares For Sat., June 28 Gala

What is happening in Barnet?

NES and BMU After School Programs learn about starting up a business

Happening at the Bradford Public Library!

First River House event sees good weather, live music and great food

Mount Prospect Academy Student Project Results In A Little Free Library in Pike

WARREN OLD HOME DAY PARADE

PROUTY SAG STOP IN BRADFORD

The second annual Pond Hill Ranch Rodeo

10th Mountain Division Memorial held in Landaff

Jill Nichols Honored as Specialist of the Year by Jobs for America’s Graduates of New Hampshire

What’s Happening at the Fairlee Public Library

Connecticut Valley Little League Boys

Private First Class Mark Puffer

THIRTY 4-H’ERS COMPETE IN LAMOILLE COUNTY DAIRY SHOW

Bradford takes aim at ESPN

Woodsville Water is Being Hauled to Wells River

One Grandmother’s Birthday Wish for a Cure

Eastern States Cup Enduro #5 at Mountain Lakes was Very Special

Gateway Sports Donates to Support Food Shelf

Tim Boyle is the New Middle School Principal at Oxbow High School

Cohase Lions Club Announce North Haverhill Fair Raffle Winners

2025 West Newbury Summer Festival

The Rocking Chairs’ Last Street Dance Curtain Call

A solo Atlantic Ocean rowing trip will take a woman 3 to 6 months to complete

Columns

THE “NO KINGS” DEMONSTRATION IN NEWBURY WAS A PEACEFUL, SPIRITED EXERCISE OF MANY FREEDOMS, INCLUDING ASSEMBLY, EXPRESSION, AND THE RIGHT TO CREATE SOME HAND-DRAWN POLITICAL SIGNS WITH INTERESTING MESSAGES

New Hampshire Fish And Game Turns 160

Pike

The Trading of Rafael Devers and The Controversy That Surrounds it

Sen. Scott Beck (R) represents...

Devers

A friend of mine recently asked me...

Connecticut River Paddlers Enjoy Primitive Canoe Campsites

JUST 12 YEARS AGO

July Snow, a President in Hanover, and Vermont’s First Fourth of July Toast

WHEN BATH POLICE CHIEF TODD ECK NEEDED RENOVATIONS TO HIS DEPARTMENT, HE TURNED TO PEOPLE WHO GOT THE JOB DONE IN LITTLE OVER A MONTH.

Rome Wasn't Built Alone

The first six months of this year have been stressful...

Paddle The Beautiful Moore Reservoir

How to get out of a rut and get on down the road of life

A Political Brawl, a Lightning Strike in Bradford, and the Town That Refused to Burn

The Paper Plate is Great

BENEATH A HIGH-FLYING AMERICAN FLAG ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF AN EXTENDED MANLIFT DURING THE JULY 4 WEEKEND, LISTENERS ASSEMBLED ON THE HAVERHILL COMMON AND HEARD TWO HOURS OF OUTSTANDING MUSIC BY A GROUP OF TALENTED MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL YOUNGSTERS

AI

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

When we speak of someone's ego, most people immediately think of it in terms of egotistical.

Jason Batchelder Is New Vermont Fish and Wildlife Commissioner

Are The Red Sox Better Than The Yankees This Year?

Vermont Alert

Consider focusing on your own energy, how you feel, and how you approach others

You'll Never Get There if You Don't Get Started

Stay Cool

WHEN I SAW THE ADVERTISEMENT, I KNEW I HAD TO ATTEND THE STEENBURGH AUCTION THAT FEATURED ITEMS FROM THE JOHN AND ABBY METCALF ESTATE IN PIERMONT.

Four Months In — And Just Getting Started

Strawberry Shortcake Made With Local Berries

Lawless Logging, a Presidential Visit, and the Day Waterbury Froze in August

LAST WEEKEND, THE FANELLI FAMILY WAS BACK IN TOWN AS PART OF THE NORTH HAVERHILL FAIR. I MET FEW OF THEM IN BACK IN THE EARLY 1980S WHEN THEY WERE HERE TO PROVIDE RIDES AND AMUSEMENTS FOR THE FAIR.

Trades

Monsters Under the Bed and Other Bullies

To all in the government

Most People

The Green River Reservoir Is A Special Place

WOUNDED KOREAN WAR VETERAN, FARMER, BANKER, AND FRIEND, DEAN ROWDEN, HAS PASSED AWAY

The topic of “traditional” medicine

Meet Conservation Officer Nick Masucci

Fires, Freight, and Freedom: How Lightning, Locomotives, and Local Reformers Shaped this Week in Local History

The Lowdown from Groton Library

Boulders, Rocks, and Stones

Sleep

Time Passing

IT STARTED WITH TWO SHORT WORDS, Ï IT,ND WITH THEM FIRMLY DOWN ON PAPER, MY FIRST-EVER EDITORIAL WAS LAUNCHED. AFTER NEARLY A LIFETIME OF WRITING, I AM STILL SEARCHING FOR SIMILAR SHORT WORDS THAT CAN MEAN SO MUCH WHEN WRITING A STORY

The Lowdown from Barnet Library

A New England Sports Fan’s Guide to European Football

Summer Fairs, Sudden Storms, and a Circus Train at Daybreak

Pittsburg Woods Roads Mostly Open

Complementary Therapies

AS FALL APPROACHES, I AM STILL DRAWN TO THE FUN DAYS OF OUR “WHOLE HOG BBQ AND MUSIC FESTIVAL” HELD IN BRADFORD AND NORTH HAVERHILL

Solutions