North wins bragging rights of Nashua, icing South 7-1 in boys hockey season...
NASHUA – Dan Legro set a realistic minimum goal of six wins for the Nashua High School North hockey team going into his first season at the helm. After Saturday’s 7-1 rout of rival Nashua South before...
View ArticleSliding snowshoes are perfect for snow fun
Imagine you are playing the TV game show Jeopardy and this answer came up “pure, silly fun and great exercise in the snow.” Your question would be “What are sliding snowshoes?” Sliding snowshoes bridge...
View ArticleEven planet’s smallest corners offer relaxation
Appearing like an apparition from the middle of a snow shrouded mist, the small hawk keeled sharply in a tight banking turn as he saw my form beneath his path of flight. Just as suddenly as he had...
View ArticlePhysicals offer insight into positive, negative changes in body
I finally did it. This past week, I bit the bullet and went to see my doctor for the dreaded P-word. I got a physical ... and I am alive to tell you about it. Well, to tell you about some of it. It was...
View ArticleMovement starts slowly, but future encouraging
In the land of elephants and donkeys, a small group of porcupines is making its presence felt. Ten years after they first targeted New Hampshire, members of the Free State Project, symbolized by a...
View ArticleFree Staters find community of like-minded individualists at annual Liberty...
A year ago, Marcus Connor drove to New Hampshire from New Jersey as a prelude to his plan to move here as part of the Free State Project.“I want to live a happy life and help others live their happy...
View ArticleState of Nashua: How we stack up
NASHUA – To hear Mayor Donnalee Lozeau tell it, the Gate City is the country’s best place to live. Last week, Lozeau heaped praise on Nashua in her annual State of the City address, delivered Tuesday...
View ArticleSurvivalism, gun laws discussed at Free State forum
True modern survivalists aren’t worried about the end of the world, according to Jack Spirko, host of the Survival Podcast, broadcast daily across the Internet. Instead, they’re concerned with the next...
View ArticleThomas Benjamin
Thomas Benjamin, 60 of Merrimack, NH died deacefully at his home Thursday Feb. 21, 2013. He was born in Nashua, NH on Oct. 13, 1952 a son of the late Earl and Florence (Fissette) Benjamin. Tom worked...
View ArticleDiane F. Fox
MILFORD, NH – Diane F. Fox, 65, resident of Milford, NH died on February 21, 2013 at the Community Hospice House, Merrimack, NH. She was born in Boston, MA on March 17, 1947, the daughter of Francis K....
View ArticleNashua doctor helping bring water, seeds, better life to village in Congo
Exceptional people are hidden everywhere, and in Nashua, Dr. Margrit Mikulis’ desire to help others is rising to attention. She is the founder of the Blue Buddha Botanicals Project. It started in 2011,...
View ArticleLights go out on Power New England as customers switched back to PSNH
Roughly 7,000 electricity customers who switched from PSNH months ago are involuntarily back with that utility after the suspension of alternative provider Power New England, and there’s disagreement...
View ArticleNew Hampshire considers whether to strengthen RGGI cap-and-trade program
New Hampshire’s participation in the carbon cap-and-trade system called RGGI survived a near-death experience in the state Legislature last year, and now the state needs to decide whether it wants to...
View ArticleFed up with the Fed
Can I see a show of hands of those who believe the Federal Reserve is your friend? Anyone not at least modestly invested in the stock market put your hands down. That’s because investors are the only...
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Three items on the Board of Public Works’ agenda Thursday signal the next blocks coming up for Nashua’s Main Street sidewalk improvements. The board approved spending $40,455 on a change order to get...
View ArticleFree State project says future is encouraging
In the land of elephants and donkeys, a small group of porcupines is making its presence felt. Ten years after they first targeted New Hampshire, members of the Free State Project, symbolized by a...
View ArticleLights go out on Power New England as customers switched back to PSNH
Roughly 7,000 electricity customers who switched from PSNH months ago are involuntarily back with that utility after the suspension of alternative provider Power New England, and there’s disagreement...
View ArticleSeven locals reach MOC finals
DERRY – Seven area wrestlers had a shot at claiming a state title Saturday night at the Meet of Champions at Pinkerton Academy. That included three wrestlers from Nashua High School North – Cam Bennett...
View ArticleLockpicking class held at Nashua’s MakeIt Labs on Saturday
When you tell people you’re taking a class in how to pick locks, you get two reactions: 1. Cool! 2. Is that legal? The answer to the question, I’m happy to say after two hours fumbling through lessons...
View ArticleKept on trucking, had time for balloon rides
Through puffs of hot air and floating balloons, Dale Riley and Honi Glover drew a connection. The two are among a few hot air balloonists in the state, and they live in neighboring towns – Riley in...
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