CLAREMONT — Matt Mooshian got the phone call a bit out of the blue. They told him that someone had nominated him for the Claremont Chamber of Commerce’s “Young Professional of the Year” award and he had been selected. Read more
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CLAREMONT — The Greater Claremont Chamber of Commerce held its 62nd annual President’s Awards ceremony on Friday at the Claremont Opera House. Tear-drop shaped statuettes were presented to Matt Mooshian, Young Professional of the Year; Madeline Ferland, Model Youth of the Year; Tom Liveston… Read more
BROWNSVILLE, Vt. — Getting on the internet from home or office usually involves a subscription to a commercial service, one that may also supply cable television or voice service. Hitting a working WiFi hotspot is often a different matter, however. Given the hilly terrain in parts of the riv… Read more
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, applauded the Northern Border Regional Commission’s (NBRC) announcement that grant applications for communities impacted by forest product plant closures are now being accepted for fiscal year (F… Read more
HARTFORD, Vt. — On Jan. 18 at 9 a.m., troopers from the Vermont State Police — Royalton Barracks responded to assist an off-duty Lebanon police officer who had reported erratic operation of a plow truck with sander being operated by Nathanael MacLean, 36, of Charlestown. Troopers responded a… Read more
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced that a court has blocked the federal government’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census questionnaire. In April 2018, the State of Vermont joined a coalition of 17 other states, the District of Columbia, 15 ci… Read more
CLAREMONT – The annual Chamber of Commerce Presidents' Award this year is honoring three individuals and two businesses. Tom Liveston has been named Citizen of the Year although, according to Liveston, “I said to my wife, 'You're probably the person who should have gotten it.” Both Livestons… Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Springfield Medical Care Systems, Inc.’s board of directors has approved three interim leadership appointments. Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Documentary filmmaker Bess O'Brien's focuses social problems, like the heroin epidemic or the foster care system. She and Jay Craven are behind Kingdom County Productions and their mission is to make films “rooted in Vermont.” Her most recent work, “Coming Home” addresses … Read more
UNITY –Sullivan County has renewable energy certificates to sell, thanks largely to the county's biomass burner at the county complex in Unity. Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) are tradable, non-tangible energy commodities in the United States that represent proof that 1 megawatt-hour (M… Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Kelly Arrison, will begin the Spring 2019 OLLI-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Series on Tuesday, Jan. 29 telling of his experiences as a professional automobile racer. It will be presented at 2 p.m. at the Nolin Murray Center next to St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Pleasa… Read more
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — Looking for a family fun night of comedy and music? Rusty DeWees - The Logger - will be coming to the Bellows Falls Union High School on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The show is rated as SC for some cussin'. Read more
HANOVER — Two Upper Valley employers, Fujifilm Dimatix and Hypertherm, are celebrating the graduation of high school students from its semester long high-tech manufacturing and engineering program. Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The 63rd Apple Blossom Cotillion is almost four months away, but the hard work for its participants began on Sunday, Jan. 6, at Riverside Gymnasium in Springfield and will continue every Sunday until the big night on May 4. Read more
CLAREMONT – The annual Chamber of Commerce Presidents' Award this year is honoring three individuals and two businesses. Tom Liveston has been named Citizen of the Year although, according to Liveston, “I said to my wife, 'You're probably the person who should have gotten it.” Both Livestons… Read more
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — The Rockingham Library is hosting a poetry open mic on Monday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. Read an original poetry or a favorite poem by another poet. All ages are welcome to participate. Or be a part of the audience to support these brave souls. Read more
MANCHESTER — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the fall 2018 President's List. Read more
NEW LONDON — Elliott Hale has joined Bar Harbor Bank & Trust as branch relationship manager II of the New London office located at 116 Newport Road. In this role, Elliott will lead the branch team in simplifying the financial lives of customers by recommending products and services that … Read more
POTSDAM, N.Y. — The following students have been named Presidential Scholars for the fall 2018 semester at Clarkson University. Read more
CLAREMONT — Kayleigh Ferland, a fourth-grade student at Disnard Elementary School, won the school-level competition of the National GeoBee on Jan. 15, with Joannie McCusker, a fifth-grade student, winning second place and CJ Gogan, a fifth-grade student, finishing third place. Other finalist… Read more
In a meeting of familiar opponents on Monday night, the Springfield girls did what they had to do to get the best of Green Mountain this time around, beating the Chieftains 33-24 to improve to 7-3 on the season. Read more
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The Yellow Jackets let one slip away on Friday night hosting the D-I Brattleboro Union Colonels, as they fall back to .500 with the 49-44 loss at home. Read more
Outscoring Springfield 32-7 in the middle two periods, the Fair Haven boys basketball team rolled to a 69-31 win Friday night in a Marble Valley League game at Dressel Gym. Read more
GOFFSTOWN — Raoul Robert Cote, 87, of Goffstown, went to heave… Read more
MARLOW — Loisanne Foster of Marlow, age 75, passed away on Jan… Read more
CLAREMONT — Kathleen Anne Smith, 75, of Claremont passed away … Read more
CLAREMONT — Catherine Marie “Cat” Westhaver, age 52, passed aw… Read more
CHARLESTOWN — Joyce Stearns, 84, of Charlestown passed away Ja… Read more
NEWPORT — Sofia, our little “Pedie Pie,” was a bright and happ… Read more
CLAREMONT — Geraldine Mary Sanborn, 94, died Thursday morning … Read more
GOSHEN — Grace Jesse Ellis, age 80, passed peacefully away on … Read more
CHARLESTOWN — Donald W. Stanton, 77, of Charlestown passed awa… Read more
WASHINGTON — John Hendrickson, 86, passed away at the Sullivan… Read more
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Happy March for Life!” More than a few people said that to me as I arrived here for the annual pro-life rally in our nation’s capital. The march actually consists of a few days of events. Initially a protest of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, the march has evolved into mo… Read more
The government shutdown has lasted for almost a month as I write this. My first question would be: How can you tell? Read more
On Jan. 17, the Claremont City Council and School Board met to discuss a number of topics that impact the community as a whole. Though the governing bodies normally meet on a quarterly basis, the last joint meeting occurred in August 2018. November’s meeting was postponed due to the school b… Read more
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The Cambridge English Dictionary defines blackmail as “the act of getting money from people or forcing them to do something by threatening to tell a secret of theirs or to harm them.” Read more
Decades later, I can still recall exactly where I was sitting when I first realized that the prevailing psychological dogma of the day was bunk. As a graduate student taking a course in literary criticism, I’d been assigned Sigmund Freud’s 1928 essay “Dostoyevsky and Parricide.” Read more
President Trump’s political strategy is completely clear: use his persistent promotion of a border wall to energize his core supporters. His campaign manager, Brad Parscale, told Fox News that “border security” is the “No. 1 reason” those ardent advocates will vote to re-elect him. Trump him… Read more
CLAREMONT — The Racial Healing Working Group invites all to recognize the prophetic and radical work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Trinity Episcopal/Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 120 Broad Street, Claremont on Jan. 21, beginning at 11:30 a.m. with a potluck lunch. The program will be … Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would be “immoral.” Instead, she favors something she calls a “technological wall.” Another top House Democrat, Rep. James Clyburn, calls it a “smart wall.” Read more
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According to the headline at CNN, “Trump bears most blame for shutdown.” Read more
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The Eagle Times has been returning to its coverage area to visit select boards, businesses, and attractive natural places. When one of our reporters shows up in one of these town halls for a meeting, some select boards are a bit baffled. “We haven’t seen a reporter for years,” they say. Read more
When, 120 years ago, the New Hampshire poet Edna Dean Proctor saluted this state’s “cliffs, her meads, her brooks afoam” and spoke elegiacally of the “white-robed heights” of its mountains, she identified perhaps the mostly enduring characteristic of New Hampshire — its worship of the outside. Read more
Regardless of a partial shutdown in the Federal Government, time marches on and April 16 is getting close (Patriots Day delays the inevitable tax date by one day). Over the next several weeks, taxpayers will receive forms and documents related to taxes and income. As you scramble to prepare,… Read more
When I was an undergraduate I tried maintaining a double major in English and biology. This began to fall apart almost immediately, but went out the window entirely in my junior year when I went abroad for a semester. In those days abroad programs were strictly for humanities majors, so I we… Read more
Come mid-January, when I’m acclimatized to Vermont’s winter, I enjoy an occasional stroll on the icy surface of Lake Champlain. I favor bays sheltered from the brunt of winter winds where the ice has had ample time to thicken. I pull microspikes on over my boots and off I go. Read more
Welcome to a special winter edition of the New Hampshire Fishing Report. Early season frigid weather, reinforced by a recent cold snap, has led to favorable ice conditions across most of the Granite State. Even so, never trust secondhand ice thickness information; always check ice thickness … Read more
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — Looking for a family fun night of comedy and music? Rusty DeWees - The Logger - will be coming to the Bellows Falls Union High School on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The show is rated as SC for some cussin'. Read more
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — The Rockingham Library is hosting a poetry open mic on Monday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. Read an original poetry or a favorite poem by another poet. All ages are welcome to participate. Or be a part of the audience to support these brave souls. Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Experience the fun and beauty of creating a winter landscape of snow-clad fields and trees inspired by earlier New England Impressionism with Robert Carsten, PSA-M, IAPS-MC, CPS at Gallery at the VAULT on Saturday, Feb. 9 from 9:30 to 4 p.m. Read more
CLAREMONT — Claremont Opera House, WCNL Country 1010, and the Common Man Inn and Restaurant welcome “The Spirit of Johnny Cash” back to the Claremont Opera House by popular demand Saturday, March 9 at 8 p.m. This is what country music is all about — the music of Johnny Cash. The Nashville mu… Read more
CLAREMONT — ‘Dining with Disaster,’ a dinner theater show by Mike Cirre, directed by Julie Richardson, will be performed by the Off Broad Street Players on Friday and Saturday, January 25 and 26 at the Claremont Elks Lodge, 54 Summer Street. Because of adult humor and themes, admission is fo… Read more
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — Oliver Wendel Holmes declared, “Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.” B, a 17-year-old songwriter, singer, multi-Instrumentalist with consummate skill and a powerful social conscience, will be performing the first Stone Chur… Read more
CLAREMONT — One thing leads to another at the Claremont Makerspace — that’s the big idea. Although there are dozens of makerspaces in cities and towns in New England, the Claremont one was designed to bring creative people of all different persuasions together to inspire and help each other. Read more
MANCHESTER — The NH Writers’ Project is now accepting submissions for the New Hampshire Literary Awards for the 13th year. These awards recognize the vast literary talent in the Granite State. Read more
Hundreds of years ago, haunting bugle-like calls echoed through these hills and valleys. The sounds were made by bull elk to attract mates and fend off rivals. Elk in the Northeast? Yes, elk were once the most widely distributed of North American hoofed mammals. Millions roamed over much of … Read more
CONCORD — NH Audubon’s “Twitchers in the Rye” will be taking part in the Superbowl of Birding on Jan. 19. The Superbowl is a competition that takes place in January — but this Superbowl has nothing to do with football. It involves looking for as many bird species as possible in 12 hours and … Read more
I feel like I’m always surprised to see a brown creeper. I don’t think they are uncommon, but they are such low-profile birds that they go unnoticed much of the time. They do sing, but I have never heard the song. Their tawny brown and white coloration is wonderful camouflage against the tre… Read more
Back in the early 1960s I decided that I wanted to learn to ski. My father, being a frugal man, told me that I was welcome to use his use his skis. No, the skis were not barrel staves and canning jar rubbers, but close to it. I was grateful and proud to be able to use my dad’s equipment, tho… Read more
I thought we might have a porcupine around the house. I saw some tracks in the snow between our house and the next up the hill that looked like a porcupine … or some critter that dragged its tail once in a while between steps. Then, my sister, who lives next door, said she saw “Prickly” head… Read more
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Ten people, one room. All 10 people scrambling to find the clues hidden in the locked room and working together to use those clues to accomplish our mission and free ourselves. This was my escape room experience at the Escape Factory owned by Nicholas Koloski in Claremont. Read more
CLAREMONT — Off Broad Street Players are continuing their long-held tradition of producing entertaining dinner theater shows during the dreary months of winter. The group’s first show of 2019 will be “Dining with Disaster,” an original comedy by OBSP member Mike Cirre. He has penned wild and… Read more
NEW LONDON — The Center for The Arts Lake Sunapee Region presents First Friday Gallery Night and Opening Receptions for their MicroGalleries, Friday Feb. 1, from 5:30-7 p.m. Stroll the four CFA MicroGalleries, meet the artists and enjoy some refreshments, The New London Inn features the bre… Read more
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