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By PAUL STEINHAUSER

After 50 years serving in New Hampshire’s government as a state representative, executive councilor, and state senator, Thursday was Sen. Lou D’Allesandro’s final day on the Senate floor in an active capacity, as senators voted on a series of vetoes...

By CAROLE SOULE

After 22 years raising cattle, you’d think I’d be unaffected by June, the friendly cow who walks over looking for scratches, or Tazzy, the grumpy mini-pig, grunting for dinner. But despite the years, the critters still pull on my heartstrings. I melt...

By JIM SPAIN

“Every day or two, I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there, circulating either from mouth to mouth, or from newspaper to newspaper, and which, taken in homeopathic doses, was really as refreshing in its...

By ANN DAVIS

When he was four, when Eric Orff and his family lived in Oklahoma he spent as much time as he could outdoors – catching horned toads and tarantulas. “I knew that someday I would work with animals and become a biologist.”Later the Orffs moved to...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

One month out from Election Day on Nov. 5, the state of play in the 2024 race in New Hampshire remains – relatively stable.Public opinion polls suggest that Vice President Kamala Harris retains an upper single-digit lead over former President Donald...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

In the most competitive gubernatorial race in the country this year, New Hampshire Democratic nominee and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig is getting plenty of help from her party.That helping hand from fellow Democrats could be crucial in Craig’s...

By JIM SPAIN

It was just 66 years ago in 1958 when a storm visited the coast of New Hampshire, a storm that rekindled memories of a Concord romance from well over a century before. It was on Jenness Beach in Rye, that this intense storm exposed the old...

By CAROLE SOULE

Yes, we’re selling our farm, Miles Smith Farm. In 1972, I married my first husband, who lived on this magical spot atop a hill. My second husband, Bruce Dawson, helped me transform the 1850s farmhouse, barn, and 27 acres into a working cattle farm...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Two new polls this week in New Hampshire, home to the only competitive gubernatorial election this year, indicate a close race in the battle to succeed popular Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.And the surveys suggest that former President Donald Trump’s...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

A new public opinion survey conducted after last week’s state primary in New Hampshire indicates former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte holding a small advantage over former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig in the race to succeed four-term Republican Gov. Chris...

By JIM SPAIN

Sometimes there is beauty that transcends many generations. It is created and enjoyed by many and continues to collect admirers as another generation follows. It is today that I write about just such an occurrence over in the Hillsboro and Hopkinton...

By CAROLE SOULE

With retirement approaching, husband Bruce and I decided to scout a strange new land. We’d love to visit New Zealand, but Nova Scotia is closer, so we went there.We loaded up our dogs, Flora and Joy, and embarked on our adventure. Because the dogs...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to New Hampshire this week may be the one and only time the Democratic presidential nominee stops in the Granite State during the closing stretch of her 2024 election showdown against former President Donald Trump.On...

By ROB AZEVEDO

There’s a framed picture of Abraham Lincoln that sits atop the mantle behind the bar at Pembroke City Limits, our new venue down in the historic Suncook village.Abe is there for reasons only those familiar with a particular old saloon in South Dakota...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker heads to New Hampshire this holiday weekend, to campaign on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris, her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as well as down-ballot Democrats running in this year’s elections.Pritzker on...

By JIM SPAIN

I have always been fortunate with supply and demand. My family has supplied me with many stories relating to the old days of Concord while my demand for interesting stories seems to be quite bottomless. I attribute the fact that I am the fifth...

By RUTH SMITH

As August wanes, many people lament that the summer is coming to an end. In fact, it is. Numerous natural events that we associate with fall, such as bird migration, begin in August. Some songbirds, shorebirds and insect eaters like the Common...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

CHICAGO – Democrats came into their national nominating convention riding a wave of energy and enthusiasm.And the four-day convention – that culminated with Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech accepting the nomination – did nothing to blunt the...

By ELLEN RAFFIO

While most graduation parties fit neatly in the family backyard, Eli Lemire, a 2024 graduate of John Stark Regional High School in Weare, took his to the highest peak in New England. Lemire had run in previous Mount Washington Road Races and planned...

By JIM SPAIN

Travel back with me 208 years to Barrington, New Hampshire. It is the Hayes family I greet, some of the earliest settlers of Barrington and known locally as hard-working farmers. The Hayes family resided over on Green Hill and grew their crops like...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

With New Hampshire’s primaries less than a month away, a new public opinion survey indicates that former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte is the clear front-runner in the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.Ayotte, who served as state attorney...