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MEREDITH — The Kennett High boys placed eighth and the girls were 18th out of 20 schools in the annual Wilderness League Championships hosted …
CONWAY — Sunday’s rain carried over into Monday morning, but skies cleared in time for Bartlett, Conway and Fryeburg’s ceremonies while making…
CONWAY — Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Kennett High baseball team has plenty to play for. With three games left, the …
CONWAY — The case of a Massachusetts couple who own a short-term rental in the Kearsarge Lighting Precinct went before the New Hampshire Supre…
OSSIPEE — State Rep. Bobbi Boudman (D-Wolfeboro)recently spoke during public comment to ask selectmen to write a letter to the county legisla…
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CONWAY — Sunday’s rain carried over into Monday morning, but skies cleared in time for Bartlett, Conway and Fryeburg’s ceremonies while making it a wet morning for Jackson and Madison’s earlier proceedings. The sun came out about 11 a.m.
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A few weeks ago my fellow columnist George Epstein wrote about Barry Maguire’s 1965 ballad “Eve of Destruction.” As a 9-year-old in the summer that song was a huge hit, it has stayed with me ever since as something of a warning of what might be.
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Tourism thrives on misery. The concept of profiting from pleasure-seeking travelers only emerged a couple of centuries ago, just as the Industrial Revolution began seducing Western populations from bucolic agricultural communities to crowded, dirty cities and monotonous labor. OSHA may have …
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The American Red Cross has scheduled the following blood drives in Carroll County:
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EATON — Charles W. “Rick” Hurll died May 16, 2026, after a brief illness, surrounded by his family and a dear friend. Rick was born Aug. 31, 1937, in New Bedford, Mass.
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FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Academy softball team went 1-1 last week, playing a pair of six inning road games.
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OSSIPEE — The Ossipee Public Library recently received the Sustainable & Resilient New England Libraries Grant from the Association for Small and Rural Libraries and Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant from the American Library Association.
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GORHAM — Increasing economic opportunities by strengthening trade and cultural ties between New Hampshire and Canada served as the focus of a May 13-14 visit to local businesses in Coos County by Canada’s Consular General to New England, Bernadette Jordan.
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Following a right-to-know request to Conway Town Hall by the Sun having to do with the resignations of two selectmen, Town Manager John Eastman would not confirm if the resignations were related but did say that complaints surrounding personnel issues resulted in an investigation. The reques…
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JACKSON — Well, they always say it ain’t over till the fat lady sings — and whoever she is, she’ll no doubt be singing disco with Motor Booty Affair when they take to the stage at Black Mountain this evening for the final weekend of the long 2025-26 ski season, the longest in the independent…
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Baman Stone came to Fryeburg, Maine, in 1873 to be minister of Fryeburg’s Congregational Church, but just four years later, he was “uninstalled” — or fired, in common parlance. Too liberal, would be my guess, especially since he went straight from that posting to found a congregation of Swed…
