3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (128+ words) This summer, did you stand on top of Mt. Chocorua, the Presidential Range, Mt. Moosilauke or Franconia Ridge? Did you take a scenic drive through one of New Hampshire or Maine’s spectacular notches, or along the Kancamagus Highway? Did you…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (775+ words) Once a journalist, always a journalist. Though it’s been 36 years since I had a fulltime job in a newsroom, 33 years since I graduated from law school and more than 10 years since I became our state’s ratepayer advocate, I still know…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1208+ words) Ronald Jobel has spent years watching billowing vapor rise from the Merrimack Station power plant against the skyline visible from his home on Golden View Drive in Bow. Now, with the coal-fired plant shut down and talk swirling that a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (275+ words) Thirty-six years later, we can check their homework. The results are, in a word, sobering — not because the scientists got the science wrong, but because they got it largely right, and we didn’t act on it. In 1990, atmospheric CO2 stood at…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (484+ words) In our three-plus decades living just 100 yards from Concord’s White Park we’ve seen deer — far too many deer — squirrels, raccoons, possums, skunks, hawks, wild turkeys and bears. One winter, a moose walked through the yard. But in all those years…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (264+ words) In a bit of bad news that has long been anticipated, the spotted lanternfly has arrived in New Hampshire, although it may not have settled in for the duration. The New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food has confirmed…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (551+ words) One of the many actions of this administration that saddened me was the demolition of the East Wing of the White House, a piece of our nation’s history that can never be replaced. Now the Trump administration is moving ahead…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (574+ words) Jeff Swayze has always believed being out in nature does wonders for the body and mind. That belief, along with his outdoor experience and adventure therapy education, has culminated in his role as a mental health counselor at White Mountains…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1073+ words) Over 300 acres of land hug either side of High Street just north of Boscawen’s town center. Pockets of rolling, lush fields form gaps in thick woodlands, giving way to views of distant mountains. Joseph Colby rode his red Chevy Silverado…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (488+ words) If you’ve paid any attention to the news lately, you’re aware of massive forest fires raging in Western North America and Europe this summer. It appears as if the world is on fire. This summer, Europe experienced two unprecedented wildfires…...