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On her routine walk in the woods near her Cornish home, Luella Demars counts her laps around a ring of pines with sticks on last week. After finishing her house work most mornings, Demars likes to get out of the house for a change of scene

By PATRICK O’GRADY

BROWNSVILLE — Glenn Seward was a West Windsor Selectboard member when Ascutney Mountain Resort closed in 2010 due to financial problems and unsuccessful efforts by the owners, MFW Associates, to find a buyer.

BROWNSVILLE — Ascutney Outdoors, which operates an outdoor recreation area at the site of the former Ascutney Mountain Resort, has appointed a new executive director.Shelley Seward will replace Jonathan Nichols, who resigned after two years in the...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — One of the simple pleasures of summer can be enjoying an afternoon cocktail after a game of golf, bike ride, or other warm-weather adventure.It’s the season, in other words, for outdoor day drinking.If the Upper Valley isn’t exactly a hotbed...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

BROWNSVILLE — As Ascutney Outdoors wraps up its fourth winter season at the small-community owned skiing and tubing area, two new proposals aimed at attracting more outdoor enthusiasts to the areas for both winter and summer activities are under...

By GREG FENNELL

ORANGE, N.H. — I am on a sacred quest, propelled by an ancient memory embedded inside my cranium.No one from the Food Network will be ringing my phone to praise my skills, but I possess a primordial need to bake, a yearning only slightly exacerbated...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WOODSTOCK — The sun shone and blue sky peeked through fluffy white clouds as volunteers hacked through tree limbs, grapevines and Japanese knotweed along a new trail next to the Ottauquechee River in downtown Woodstock on Saturday morning.“I get very...

By COLEMAN STOKES

I have to blame Rob Woodward for my current carp addiction.The Lebanon High School graduate, former Boston Red Sox pitcher and current Saturday morning radio co-host is the carp king. He loves to go after the bottom-feeding giants that can be found in...

By KAITIE EDDINGTON

In the last decade, there has been a decline in outdoor engagement in younger generations, making nature an underrated and often underutilized resource with today’s families.This is attributed to an increase of use in technology in everyday life, and...

By COLEMAN STOKES

When it comes to conservation and wildlife management, New Hampshire has a pretty good track record. Wild turkeys have come back strong, deer and bear populations are healthy and bobcats are appearing once again on trail cameras. Now more than ever,...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

BROWNSVILLE — Well-groomed trails, sunshine and mild temperatures have kept the T-bar at Ascutney Outdoors busy with skiers and snowboarders the last two weekends.Before the 1,800-foot T-bar, installed last fall, opened up 12 trails and 30 acres of...

Nonprofit to hold ceremony for T-bar on Mount Ascutney ski trailsBROWNSVILLE — Thursday’s snowfall likely was not enough to open the trails at Ascutney Outdoors this weekend, but it did help create the right atmosphere for the dedication of the...

By SARAH EARLE

The force that keeps many adventurers moving forward is what’s waiting for them at home. But what is home? The answer varies according to the person undertaking the journey. For Sam Brakeley, defining his idea of home was essential to his adventure....