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By HENRY HOMEYER

I love to cook, and I love to eat. I got started gardening in the vegetable garden more than 70 years ago, in part, because everyone I knew loved to eat homegrown vegetables – raw in the garden, fresh in the kitchen, or cooked for dinner. I’d pull a...

By ASHLEY MILLER

In the New Hampshire State Archives, two copper plates tell the story of a struggle for dominance between two European superpowers. Seldom discussed, King George’s War involved much of New England. The war primarily took place in the British provinces...

By GAIL PAGE

This series of articles is about reducing our impact on the environment by reducing or avoiding single use products that, once used, are thrown away. Away where? Mostly to landfills or roadsides. So this week let's tackle some “disposable” household...

By CAROLE SOULE

Not too long ago, we were weaning 12 calves at once. Seven had been born here on Miles Smith Farm, and five more were purchased so we’d have plenty for our summer campers to train. So, twice a day, farm helper Diane and I took the temperature of each...

By HENRY HOMEYER

Unlike the games of chance at our local fair, you always win when you buy a hydrangea. They generally bloom their fool heads off every year, even if you have poor soil and a poor track record in the garden. When I was a boy I noticed that every...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

New Hampshire is once again in the 2024 spotlight, but this time it has nothing to do with the frequent campaign stops in the longtime first-in-the-nation presidential primary state by the numerous White House contenders.Instead, New Hampshire’s...

By JOHN CUNNINGHAM

On August 16, 2023, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”). The IRA passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 220 to 207 and in the U.S Senate by a vote of 51-50. The fact that despite the fervent opposition of...

By CAROLE SOULE

On the first day of summer camp here at Miles Smith Farm, the kids hardly knew a hoof from a square knot. They didn’t want to get their boots dirty, and some swatted non-stop at the horse flies and no-see-ums. Then they met their calves: Peaches,...

By JIM SPAIN

There was once a gentleman walking the cobbled streets of Concord during the year 1785, he was simply out for a stroll, very in love and looking for a location to build a home for himself and his bride to be. He searched and searched and finally...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Longtime progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders returns to the New Hampshire on Saturday, a trip that’s sure to generate plenty of political buzz ahead of next year’s presidential primaries.Sanders will deliver a speech entitled “The Agenda America...

By GAIL PAGE

Does going back to school have to cost an arm and a leg? And does it have to be a fashion competition? No and No. I read recently that the cost of school clothes and supplies has gone up 25% since last year. I suspect parents’ incomes have not had...

By CAROLE SOULE

Twenty years ago, I was a vegetarian. Now I eat meat, but not just any meat; knowing how the animal was raised is essential to me.For those still-vegetarians, there is a huge commercial push to create “fake meat.” Recently United States regulators...

By HENRY HOMEYER

You may not have the time and energy to weed and maintain lovely perennial flower beds – or even to grow a few tomatoes, carrots and beans. But if you love flowers, you can have a window box or a big pot of flowers on your deck. They can add a punch...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

New Hampshire is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ final campaign stop ahead of next Tuesday’s first Republican presidential nomination debate.And DeSantis is spotlighting that his attention to Granite State-style retail politics is the key to catching up to...

By JOHN CUNNINGHAM

Joe Blow lives in Concord and owns a Concord-based company. He needs a marketing executive, and he wants to hire Mary Jones. He can pay her generously, but she lives in Darien, Connecticut, and he needs her to move to Concord so she can come to his...

By CAROLE SOULE

Who doesn’t love to time travel? How is that possible? It’s easy; just read a book about the Civil War or watch a Star Trek movie. Of course, the future is fiction, but the past welcomes us via well-researched nonfiction books. Time travel just got...

By JIM SPAIN

Sometimes a road leads to a location. To a place there is a need to visit, or perhaps it brings you back to where you started your journey. To this very day there are roads across our beloved Rattlesnake Hill that simply lead us to the past.Growing up...

By ASHLEY MILLER

Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.Upon a visit to the capital, passersby are greeted by the prominent figure of Rochester, New Hampshire, native John Parker Hale.His statue stands a towering eight...

By HENRY HOMEYER

Editor’s note: Paul and Nancy Franklin own Riverview Farm in Plainfield, where they grow apples, blueberries and pumpkins. The farm’s name was incorrect and the list of crops grown included a crop they do not grow in Henry Homeyer’s column in...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Gov. Chris Sununu is likely a long way away from making an endorsement in next year’s Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire.But this week he had plenty of praise for North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who’s one of the contenders in the field of...