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Eastern Propane & Patrick’s Pub Supports The “Got Lunch” Program

Features May 28, 2020May 26, 2020

PHOTO: Eastern Propane & Oil at Patrick’s Curbside Pickup. GILFORD – Patrick’s Pub and Eatery and Eastern Propane & Oil partnered together to raise funds for the local Boys & Girls Club and the Got…

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Night Shift’s Fluffinity IPA

Wicked Brew Review May 28, 2020May 26, 2020

I remember flying (many flights…) for a past employer and imagining, as we would descend through the clouds, how they looked like you could walk on them. Some even looked like ski trails in the…

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What To Do About Cowbird Eggs?

For The Birds May 28, 2020May 26, 2020

PHOTO: Brown-headed cowbirds lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. Chris Bosak Photo During the first spring at my house four years ago, I noticed a bird going back and forth under my…

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China’s Virtual Victory at WHO, Real Crackdown in Hong Kong

Op/Ed by Metzler May 28, 2020May 26, 2020

PHOTO: Hong Kong’s Goddess of Democracy at sunset .. A 6.4-metre faux bronze statue sculpted by Chen Weiming, inspired by the original 10-metre tall papier-mâché statue erected by the Chinese pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square at the end of May 1989, and destroyed…

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Memories To Ponder – Lest We Forget Sacrifices Of The Civil War

Not So Long Ago May 27, 2020June 2, 2020

PHOTO: Corporal Elbridge J. Copp of Nashua, NH., the youngest commissioned officer of the Civil War to be promoted from the ranks. Though politicians hoped to find a solution to the divide between the Northern…

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Wilmot’s Bog Mountain – A Great Little Hike

On The Trails & Summits May 27, 2020May 26, 2020

PHOTO: Yours truly and Bria on Bog Mountain; Bria is sitting on the memorial granite bench dedicated to Bill Best and there is a Wilmot Tiny Library nearby. Bog Mountain in Wilmot is a great…

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Summer Is Here! Lakes Region Attractions Like The NH Boat Museum Will Be Open Soon For The Season

Features May 26, 2020

A Sailboat sits at the dock at Ames Farm in Gilford. This amazing scene was photographed by Robert Clifford. You can see more of Rob’s wonderful work at RobertAllanClifford.com or at cliffordphotographynh.com WOLFEBORO – Different…

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Fiddlehead’s Second Fiddle Double IPA

Wicked Brew Review May 22, 2020May 20, 2020

Now that we are slooooowly getting our freedom back to get out of our homes in New Hampshire, we may feel the need to race to our old hangouts (standing 6’ apart), and begin to…

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Spring Salmon Fishing

A Guides Life May 21, 2020May 20, 2020

PHOTO: The author hopes to get back to guiding salmon anglers by mid-summer. Most salmon anglers come to Lake Winnipesaukee looking forward to two very distinct times of year for salmon fishing, early spring and…

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Global Economy Facing Dangerous Shocks

Op/Ed by Metzler May 21, 2020May 20, 2020

After years of consistent economic expansion and growth throughout much of the world, the global economy is facing tectonic shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic.For developed states such as the United States and Western Europe, the…

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The National Crisis Of 1861 And New Hampshire’s Response

Not So Long Ago May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

PHOTO: The 2nd New Hampshire Regiment Fights in the 1st Battle of Bull Run. In May 1868, General John A. Logan, issued a decree that May 30 should become a nationwide day of commemoration for…

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Out Of Ideas

A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire May 20, 2020May 19, 2020

This Coronavirus thing has been going on a lot longer than I expectedI thought, what, maybe a month, two if things were really stretched out?But now we are into the third month and I am…

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Unique Opportunities With The Snow

For The Birds May 20, 2020May 19, 2020

PHOTO: An ovenbird perches on a snowy branch in New England last week. -Chris Bosak Photo It feels as if it were months ago and the weather has certainly taken a turn for the better,…

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Brook Trout, School, Fast Day & The Month Of May In 1952

Not So Long Ago May 14, 2020May 12, 2020

It was the month of May in the year 1952 and I was finishing my last year at the New Hampton Community School, the last of two because the “consolidated school” for the town’s school…

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Birds And Snow

For The Birds May 14, 2020May 12, 2020

PHOTO: Ducks, such as this wood duck, are well equipped for cold temperatures. Photo by Tom Thomson of Thomson Tree Farm in Orford, NH Hummingbirds, warblers and other migratory songbirds face a slew of dangers…

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Eastern Propane & Patrick’s Pub Supports The “Got Lunch” Program

Night Shift’s Fluffinity IPA

What To Do About Cowbird Eggs?

China’s Virtual Victory at WHO, Real Crackdown in Hong Kong

Memories To Ponder – Lest We Forget Sacrifices Of The Civil War

Wilmot’s Bog Mountain – A Great Little Hike

Summer Is Here! Lakes Region Attractions Like The NH Boat Museum Will Be Open Soon For The Season

Fiddlehead’s Second Fiddle Double IPA

Spring Salmon Fishing

Global Economy Facing Dangerous Shocks

The National Crisis Of 1861 And New Hampshire’s Response

Out Of Ideas

Unique Opportunities With The Snow

Brook Trout, School, Fast Day & The Month Of May In 1952

Birds And Snow