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CONWAY - After dropping a pair of hard-fought 2-1 matches the previous week at Plymouth in overtime and at home against undefeated Derryfield, you knew it was a just a matter of time before the Kennett High field hockey team got back on track. Unfortunately, it came at Berlin's expense on Friday at

CONWAY - Along with local wage scales, affordable housing is one of the most pressing topics in Mount Washington Valley. In an effort to help communities address the lack of local affordable housing, the Mount Washington Valley Housing Coalition and the White Mountain Board of Realtors have schedule

CONCORD - The New Hampshire Hospital Association has appointed Kevin W. Donovan, president and CEO of LRGHealthcare, to its board of trustees for 2017-2018. Donovan, along with Michael Lee, president of Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster, was elected by the members at the association's annual meeting

CONWAY - Several hundred people turned out to the "Take a Walk in our Shoes" addiction rally on Sunday, and they were asked to send the message to President Donald Trump that New Hampshire needs help with the opioid crisis. The Mount Washington Valley Supports Recovery coalition created "Take a Walk

The month of September is National Library Card Sign-up Month, which the Weeks Memorial Library will recognize by inviting all first graders who are residents of Lancaster or any first grader who attends the Lancaster Elementary School to register for a library card. We are planning a celebration an

Jim Curran, internet sales manager/business manager for Profile Subaru, hands out more than 300 books to Kennett Middle School students on Tuesday. (LLOYD JONES PHOTO) William Broussard, outreach coordinator at Mount Washington Observatory, hands out more than 300 books to Kennett Middle School stud

Saturday's Bethel Harvestfest on the Common took place in summerlike weather. Here, pies from the pie-baking contest are served. Winners were Amateur Traditional - Fred Coseglia; Amateur Nontraditional - Sarah Southam; Professional - Jenn Himes, Camp at Sunday River. In the "Chowdah Cookoff" winners

NEWRY - Selectmen on Tuesday received a graphic design for a new Veterans Monument in front of the Town Office. The town Cemetery Committee has been working on the plan, and the design was done by residents Bob Lowell and Jim Sysko. It will eventually include names of individuals from Newry who serv

Jackson Historical Society will hold a reception on Oct. 13, from 5 to 9 p.m., for an exhibit and sale of White Mountain art. The exhibit runs from Oct. 13 through March 31 featuring the earliest White Mountain paintings, 1800-1850, by Thomas Cole and other Hudson River School artists. The exhibit t

BETHEL - In response to pressure from motel and inn owners in the area to extend lodging ordinance requirements to short-term rental properties, selectmen have scheduled a public informational meeting for Monday, Oct. 30. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. Town Manager Christi

To the editor: In 2011, I had the most amazing experience of my life, living and working at Story Land in Glen. It was the first time I had ever been to the USA, and it began a love affair with the USA that has since seen me return two more times in recent years. I still look back fondly over my tim

On Saturday, Sept. 23 at noon, Bethlehem Public Library will host New England author, Richard Rubin, for a reading and signing of his newest book, "Back Over There." In 2013, Rubin wrote "The Last of the Doughboys," where Rubin traveled around the country and Europe, locating and interviewing the re

LEWISTON - After a $12,000 wheelchair was stolen from a man recently, another Lewiston resident had her electric wheelchair stolen Sunday evening. Mary Ann Thompson, a double amputee, said her wheelchair was stolen from behind her apartment on Bartlett Street. Lewiston Police Sgt. Dave St. Pierre

Buy Now Jeb Wenrich, third from right, whoops it up with his teammates after the final buzzer Saturday in Profile's last-minute 1-0 win over Littleton. (Photo by Stephen Garfield) Buy Now Jeb Wenrich, third from right, whoops it up with his teammates after the final buzzer Saturday in Profile's last

BETHLEHEM, N.H. - After 59 minutes of hammering away at each other in front of a big homecoming-weekend crowd, Saturday's game between D-IV contenders Profile and Littleton got settled in the unlikeliest of ways - a penalty kick. What's more, it came in the last minute of play as the Patriots' Jeb W

CONWAY - Despite some bumps in the road, the Diana's Baths shuttle service seemed to work pretty well, according to the women who ran it. The shuttle began Aug. 18 in reaction to the popularity of Diana's Baths, a series of waterfalls and cascades managed by the U.S. Forest Service. In an effort to

FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire search and rescue team had to save a Labrador retriever from the trails of Mt. Lafayette over the weekend. The 110-pound chocolate lab was carried off the trail Sunday in Franconia by a group of volunteers with the Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue Team. WM

Burlington, Vt. based nonprofit Puppets in Education (PiE) has received a fourth year of funding from Littleton Chevrolet Buick to support a full day of Bully Prevention and Children's Mental Health at Monroe Consolidated School in Monroe, N.H. this Tuesday, Sept. 19. These empathy building presenta

This week's column will be a tribute to an outstanding man, my very good friend Dave Mason. Dave passed away on Friday, Sept. 15, at the age of 100 years and 6 months old. If you're lucky, very lucky, you might have a person like Dave in your life. I had to move to Lovell, Maine, to find my special

VINELAND - A 29-year-old city man was issued four summonses after a carjacking gone wrong Saturday at the Vineland Flea Market on South Delsea Drive. Just after 3 p.m., a vendor was packing up to leave when a man, later identified as suspect Angel A. Rodriguez Jr. of the 1000 block of Woodcrest Driv