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By John Lippman

Cornish — There’s a story about Michael Smith his younger brother tells that illustrates the late craftsman’s well-known caustic humor.Ten years ago at their father’s wake, a firetruck from the Cambridge, Mass., fire department pulled up to the...

By Patrick O’Grady

Plainfield — The two Democratic incumbents in the four-town New Hampshire House Sullivan 1 district are facing Republican challenges from a retired retail manager and a semi-retired plumber.State Reps. Andrew Schmidt, D-Grantham, and Lee Walker...

By Patrick O’Grady

Cornish   — The School Board has decided to ask its attorney for help in sorting out confusion over the district’s obligations for paying high school tuition.At a meeting Monday night, the board continued an earlier discussion about tuition agreements...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Cornish — Police say the Dingleton Covered Bridge has been damaged by a motorist for the third time this year.The incident comes after workers twice completed repairs totaling more than $2,000. The Cornish Police Department is asking for the public’s...

By Tim Camerato

Cornish — Police say an Alaska man who drowned in the Connecticut River on Tuesday was not a strong swimmer, and a preliminary investigation indicates his death was accidental.“It appears that he was in an area that out-surpassed his abilities,”...

Cornish, N.H. — Kathryn M. Stevens, age 88, known by family and friends as “Marie”, died under the full moon in the early hours of Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Hospital, after suffering a tragic fall and severe stroke.Marie...

Meeting Planned for Thursday On Saint-Gaudens Road Trees Cornish — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has scheduled a public informational meeting next week on the proposed reconstruction of Saint-Gaudens Road.Some Cornish residents have...

Cornish, N.H. — Charles John Sullivan, 52, of Cornish died on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016.He was born in Claremont, N.H. on Sept. 12, 1963, the son of Frederick and Shirley (Buinicky) Sullivan.Chuck had been a member of the Cornish Volunteer Fire...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Cornish — Ask John Dryfhout, a retired former superintendent of Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, about the state’s plans to improve a short section of Saint-Gaudens Road, and he’ll express his anger in all sorts of colorful and indelicate...

By David Corriveau

Inside the Windsor Diner, Samantha Davidson Green was arranging her camera crew, two members of her cast and a dozen extras into position to shoot a key scene for her first feature film, Thrasher Road.Outside on Main Street that late-August afternoon,...

By Jared Pendak

The Twin Valley Flyers youth hockey program isn’t totally disbanding after all.Citing a healthy enough infrastructure and the desires of athletes, parents and coaches, the Meriden-based Flyers will continue with U13 and U10 girls teams as well as...

Cornish, N.H. — Harold A. Morse, 81, of Clark Camp Road in Cornish, N.H. died on August 17, 2016 at the Elm Wood Center in Claremont.He was born in Cabot, Vt. on June 2, 1935 the son of Harold George Morse and Irene M. (Conner) Carroll.Harold served...

By Rob Wolfe

Cornish — Shelves are bare at the Cornish General Store, and the smell of plywood hangs in the air.In the three years since the old store closed down, its appliances, countertops and handmade signs have sat there, collecting dust.All that will change...

Claremont, N.H. — Esther A. Muhlbauer died Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, at Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, surrounded by her daughters. She was the daughter of Edward and Alice Andersen. She was born Sept. 5, 1939, in Yonkers, N.Y. She graduated from...

By Jared Pendak

Woodstock — Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park’s Mountains and Rivers Forever program is meant in part to instill in participants an appreciation for a sense of place. As part of the park’s Boots to Boats initiative to celebrate the...

Prescott, Ariz. — Mavis (Robinson) Nelson, age 86, originally of Windsor, Vt., passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. A burial service will be held at the Child Cemetery on Route 120 in Cornish, N.H. on July 14, 2016 at 11 a.m. with a...

By David Corriveau

Along with his recording, teaching and performing obligations, in recent months pianist Will Ogmundson found himself wading through amber waves of popular tunes from Theodore Roosevelt’s lifetime in preparation for this Sunday’s season-opening concert...

By Tim Camerato

Cornish — To many people, Abraham Lincoln finally came home on Sunday.He didn’t return to the Kentucky homestead where he was born or the house he kept in Illinois. Instead, Lincoln returned to Cornish.More than 700 people watched with anticipation as...

Zephyrhills, Fla. — Elizabeth E. Mayhew, 76, of Zephyrhills passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in her home surrounded by friends and family. She was born Jan. 16, 1939, in South Royalton, Vt. to Waylon and Virginia (Annis) Record. She lived and...