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Fergus Cullen: A conversation with Erica Blizzard
You know Erica Blizzard. She's the Laconia party girl from Lifestyles of the Rich and the Reckless, the one with a need for speed who got drunk, smashed a $500,000 trophy boat into an island on Lake Winnipesaukee at 2:30 a.m., killed her best friend and got off easy. The real Erica Blizzard sitting across from me is no careless debutant, and her actual sentence is far more complicated and ...Names and Faces PORTSMOUTH — Community Child Care Center recently welcomed Nancy Andrews of Portsmouth and Tim Dempsey of Stratham to its board of directors. Both joined the board in July for three-year terms.
Drought reaching toward NH Low rainfall threatens wells as state officials keep tabs Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map): Drought Conditions in the Northeast Rainfall A string of dry weather has left Rick Mac Donald's well dry, forcing him to buy drinking water and use an old well filled with hard, smelly water for showers. Mac Donald, who relied on a spring well to feed his Oak Hill Road home, said he ...
Hunters and fishers wanted New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Commission is reaching out to sporting clubs across the state to increase support for hunting and fishing. Fewer hunters and anglers are buying licenses that support conservation and biology initiatives, so the commission has asked sporting clubs to a Sept. 18 gathering at the Belknap County Sportsman’s Association to discuss communications options. At its monthly ...
NH Fish and Game reaches out to sporting clubs New Hampshire's Fish and Game Commission is reaching out to sporting clubs across the state to increase support for hunting and fishing. New Hampshire - Fish - Hunting - United States - Outdoors
Fish And Game Reaches Out To Sporting Clubs New Hampshire's Fish and Game Commission is reaching out to sporting clubs across the state to increase support for hunting and fishing.
70-year-old wins fight on bus route cutbacks The Winnipesaukee Transit System is Pat Euefueno's only form of transportation, so when the 70-year-old heard route changes were afoot, she swung into action. The Tilton woman, who uses a walker, got 15 people to show up at a June 11 hearing in Laconia, and convinced officials to preserve the 16-seat micro-bus' Franklin-Tilton loop. Jim Sudak, transportation director for the WTS, acknowledges ...
Home sales suffer steep annual drop Statewide decline nearly 32 percent Statewide residential sales fell nearly 32 percent in July from a year earlier, the steepest annual decline in New Hampshire in more than two years, in what real estate brokers and agents described as the hangover from the end of generous federal tax credits for homebuyers. But while volume was down, the statewide median sale price was nearly steady last month ...
Girlfriend: Drinking, dynamite led to standoff Pinned behind a door by an angry boyfriend, a young woman was able to break free and text her friend for help, an action that launched a seven-hour police standoff yesterday. By the time it concluded at 8:45 a.m., police had rescued the woman's 13-month-old son from an upstairs bedroom, brought in a SWAT team and arrested Matthew Stewart.
John Harrigan's Woods, Water & Wildlife: Barry Camp needs help Last November, Fish and Game announced it was closing the Barry Conservation Camp at the Berlin Hatchery in the White Mountain National Forest.