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EATON — Conway Public Library Henney History Room curator Bob Cottrell doesn’t wear an Indiana Jones hat or leather jacket when he’s out in the field digging into local history, but trust me, he’s every bit as dogged and resourceful as the fictional archaeologist of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” fame.
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My grandfather’s birth coincided with the Panic of 1873, when a few people were still alive who had seen, and perhaps known, George Washington. One week before Abraham Lincoln’s 100th birthday, my father was born in a little Cape Cod town where the inhabitants did not then realize how fortun…
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TAMWORTH — Natural burial and home funeral options are the subject of two free programs to be offered in August by the Tamworth Community Nurse Association, in partnership with Natural Burial New Hampshire, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes and the Remick Country Do…
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Carlos R. Bartels passed away peacefully under the care of Wentworth Hospice in his home on June 25, 2026.
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I’ll admit it, I was wrong. Leading up to this year’s World Cup, I was kind of down on the beautiful game. It was never about the play on the pitch; it was FIFA and the price gouging that was happening for World Cup tickets. The real fans were being priced out of once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
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CONWAY — Last Thursday, the planning board reviewed the first complete draft of an update to the town's zoning ordinance, presented by consultant Judi Barrett of Barrett Planning Group, LLC in Hingham, Mass.
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SANDWICH — Located on a thoroughfare named for its majestic stand of maples, and near a former stage road linking North Sandwich to West Ossipee, this remarkable Colonial stands as a rare and substantial piece of New Hampshire history being offered to buyers and investors at roughly half its…
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The Conway School Board brought up a subject that has been bandied about since 2004, when former principal Jack Loynd lobbied for it: starting school at Kennett High School 45 minutes later at 8:15 a.m. The big upside is students perform better with more sleep. The downside is a later schedu…
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CONWAY — Hey, how do you know if a Deadhead has been to your house? Answer: They’re still here.
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CONWAY — The Arts Jubilee Summer Concert Series presents Americana singer/songwriter Caitlin Canty and her band on Thursday, Aug. 6, at Cranmore Mountain Resort. The Heather Pierson Trio will be the featured local opening act at 6 p.m/, followed by Canty at 7 p.m.
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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…
