We are supposed to hunch, shrug and bear it — but I like winter, watching the days lengthen and the light return. I like the ...

Piping plovers are here, American woodcocks arrived earlier than ever, and groundhogs have started to show themselves.

This paper explains that a University of New Hampshire poll weighs heavily in favor of Graham Platner. But more space should have been devoted to the small sample size (462 voters), a fifth of whom ...

In addition to the aforementioned killing of hundreds of little girls (which at least could be an accident due to faulty intelligence), a U.S. submarine also torpedoed an Iranian ship, the Dena, which ...

Quality affordable child care is on the minds of young parents, but it should be a concern for all of us. Child care is not just a family issue. It’s an economic issue that affects communities across ...

We just need to grow our way out of it.” More housing. More valuation. More development. More revenue. That thinking is exactly what got many towns into the position they’re in now. Lisbon is feeling ...

The group of locals opposing the construction of Belfort Landing, a 50-unit housing project, have taken a narrow view of community in a neighborhood where it used to flourish.

Alfred Leighton plans to step down from his select board position, and two school board positions will be voted on.

Stanley, a longtime thorn in Greene's side, is living elsewhere now, but the town said it will still proceed carefully with ...

I’m responding to letter writer Susan Lara, of Perry, whose recent letter (March 2) attempted to slam the Democrats for their “shameful” actions during the State of the Union address.  I suggest that ...

When a community is forced to argue over the last few thousand dollars in a multimillion-dollar school budget, the problem isn’t the people around the table. The problem is the system itself.

Team USA won gold in women’s and men’s hockey for the first time ever. What a wonderful achievement to celebrate. What a golden opportunity for the sitting president to unite our country behind our ...