5+ day, 55+ min ago   (288+ words) As the rate of new cyclosporiasis cases slows in New Hampshire and nationally, consumers who avoided leafy greens for fear of explosive diarrhea may be asking: Is it OK to eat lettuce again? The answer is probably, a food safety…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (345+ words) This past Sunday, Aug. 30, Willard Bass Park in Sharon hosted its own version of the outdoor reunion Bazille depicted so masterfully – continuing a tradition that has endured there for 135 years. The announcement on the town’s website simply asked people to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (171+ words) Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Following a summer hiatus, the Peterborough International Affairs Forum will resume its programming at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St., Peterborough. Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s scheduled visit to Washington, D.C., later this month,…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (717+ words) Eight of nine families comprising the New Hampshire Families for Home Nursing report needing to ration or reuse supplies for their medically complex children due to reduced or incomplete shipments. The nine families across the state united this summer to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (636+ words) State Sen. Denise Ricciardi met with the Greenfield Select Board on Wednesday during her annual visit to discuss the mounting pressures facing New Hampshire’s smallest municipalities, including volunteer shortages, state mandates, and rising property taxes. Held at the Greenfield Community…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (346+ words) The New Hampshire political primary election is less than a month away, on Sept. 8, and political signs are sprouting all over the place. Let’s revisit our regular Q&A on this unavoidable product of local democracy. Q. Where can campaign…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (777+ words) Monadnock Ledger-Transcript A favorite paddle features a palette of green: watery, pickerelweed-lined channels chock-full of spatterdock. Its promising beginning – deep enough water from which to launch – quickly gives way to an impenetrable wall of aquatic vegetation, seemingly a dead end....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (754+ words) According to her friends and co-workers, Terri Nolte is one of the shining lights of the Rivermead LifeCare community in Peterborough. Mary Proulx, who worked with Nolte for many years before leaving the region to care for her own father,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (623+ words) Monadnock Ledger-Transcript The ConVal football team was on the practice pitch as I drove by the other day, players scrimmaging with helmets on, and coaches buzzing around them like worker bees around a hive. Suddenly, I felt the arrival of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1073+ words) Over 300 acres of land hug either side of High Street just north of Boscawen’s town center. Pockets of rolling, lush fields form gaps in thick woodlands, giving way to views of distant mountains. Joseph Colby rode his red Chevy Silverado…...