Protecting Newfound Lake

Newfound Lake has the reputation of being the cleanest lake east of the Mississippi River, due in part to the steady exchange...

Cultural Rebirth

Those interested in music, plays, and comedy now have a chance to experience those things and more in what the former Laconia...
Team with Karzai

People Come First 
For Retired Brigadier General

STRATHAM — Reflecting on a career that took him from serving as a special police officer in Laconia to the commander of special operations...

Eastern Wisdom

Those who enjoy the Lakes Region for its leisure and recreational opportunities are aware of the potential need for the care of...

Lessons From An Old Adversary

As I sit down to write this column I have just finished a long walk along the banks of the Ammonoosuc River...
A Carnival of Losses

Donald Hall Offers Candid Thoughts While Facing Death

A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 September 20 would have been Donald Hall’s 90th birthday, but he died three...

Out On December 1

Expanded from a short $500 film to a sci-fi feature that will be hitting theaters on December 1, writer-director Brock Heasley’s “The...

Encounters With Grace

There is an intersecting writers’ story in my encounters with the legend of Grace Metalious, the author of Peyton Place. I never...

Immersing In Nature At Prescott Farm

Anyone interested in the natural world, whether it is how bees produce honey, how the sap of maple trees can become syrup,...

Historic Whipple House Is ‘Absolute Gem’

New Hampshire boasts many noteworthy homes, known either for their architecture or for their historical significance. Some of them have both qualities...