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By DAYMOND STEER

A budding social media star who was charged with arson connected with a dumpster fire that police say he set for the sake of a video had his case bound over to Carroll County Superior Court last week.Kevin Emmerling, 30, of North Conway was arrested...

By TOM EASTMAN

CONWAY — “The torch is being passed.”That was the statement of Ron Frizzell in assessing the transfer of Mt. Washington Radio Group — local radio stations WMWV 93.5-FM, Magic 104 and Easy Listening 95.3 FM — to Keith Murray, 58, of Tilton.The pending...

By TOM EASTMAN

The Conway Scenic Railroad announced this week it will be running regular excursion trains through Crawford Notch to the Crawford Notch Station this winter.On Facebook, the North Conway-based heritage railroad posted, “Starting Nov. 30, 2024, visit...

By DAYMOND STEER

Ossipee selectmen on Monday announced that there will be no trespassing on Loon Island, which the town purchased at the end of October. The news of the purchase and the decision to reserve the island for wildlife was met with enthusiasm from...

By TOM EASTMAN

Greg Frizzell, 54, of Bartlett, owner and general manager of the Mt. Washington Radio Group and a past president of the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce died Saturday evening, according to his family, who issued a statement that was read...

By TOM EASTMAN

CONWAY — In an effort to bring Concord to the mountains, state Business and Economic Affairs Commissioner Taylor Caswell and his staff presented and state resources forum for local businesses at the Fairbank Lodge at Cranmore Mountain Resort on...

By DAYMOND STEER

CONWAY — Late one night in September of 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were allegedly abducted by aliens in the White Mountains during a journey from Canada to their Portsmouth home. The incident became widely publicized and their story is now recounted...

By TOM EASTMAN

The Conway Planning board is looking at a proposal that would create a new “commercial core” zone, which would limit hotels and big box stores to the southern end of the North Conway Strip. As currently envisioned, the one would house large commercial...

By DAYMOND STEER

A Maine man who was stopped by Bartlett police in an allegedly stolen truck on Monday told the officer he was just trying to find a nice place to write poetry, authorities said.Samik Roy, 40, of Kittery, Maine, was before Judge Charles Greenhalgh on...

By DAYMOND STEER

In January, 100 or so frustrated taxpayers took to town hall to take issue when a recent reval of their properties caused a sudden spike in their taxes. Now, a group of Conway taxpayers has petitioned the N.H. Board of Land and Tax Appeals to order a...

By DAYMOND STEER

Stumps instead of trees and open spaces instead of forest-lined trails. This is what greeted a local resident following the recent salvage cut in Whitaker Woods, which he calls “shocking.”But the town forester defended the cutting in the town-owned...

By TOM EASTMAN

On Monday, Conway Village Congregational Church trustees’ chair Anne Getchell gave a tour along with an update on what needs to be done to get the local landmark open.“So many people have been asking, ‘When are you going to reopen?’ I thought it would...

By DAYMOND STEER

A Bartlett man’s attempt to take some garbage to the Bartlett/Jackson Transfer Station on Sunday led to an unnerving encounter with a hungry mother bear and her two cubs, along with a major response from authorities.Bob Kebler of 9 Jennie Lane said he...

By TOM EASTMAN

The story of Story Land is one of vision, community caring and wonderment, as founded by the late Bob and Ruth Morrell and carried on by their son Stoney during Morrell Family Attractions’ years of running the amusement park from 1954-2007 and now...

By DAYMOND STEER

Plastics in the environment break down and become absorbed by the human body, said speakers from the Green Mountain Conservation Group during a May 22 presentation at Cook Memorial Library.Education Coordinator Tara Schroeder and Water Quality...

By TOM EASTMAN

When is enough, enough?That question — asked about commercial growth in town — was raised at a recent Conway Planning Board work session.A direct result of that session is a public hearing scheduled for May 23 on increasing the required green space of...

By DAYMOND STEER

The Mount Washington Valley community is rallying to help the family of a young woman who was shot and killed last Friday at River Turn Apartments in Conway.Alexis Leach, 23. leaves behind the 2-year-old son she shared with the 24-year-old man charged...

By DAYMOND STEER

Owners of a parcel at Conway Lake are facing possible fines for allegedly cutting down trees within the 50-foot shoreline buffer zone.One owner said they were just trying to clear out dead trees from their property and have agreed to replant some...

By TOM EASTMAN

Thanks to Thursday’s nor’easter, Cranmore Mountain Resort announced during the height of the storm that they plan to reopen for one last bonus weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7.“We heard you and so did Mother Nature — with 2-plus feet of snow on...

By DAYMOND STEER

The Main Street Program’s president says she was blindsided by the Ossipee selectmen’s plan to tear down the Main Street building, which the board discussed in public last week.The Main Street Program, according to its Facebook page, is a non-profit...

By NICK GOSLING

DURHAM — Tick-borne diseases have risen at an alarming rate in the past decade in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont, posing threats to human, animal and environmental health, and resulting in the need to improve surveillance of tick populations and the...