Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles that will be released monthly throughout 2017 as part of the celebration of the New Hampshire State Library’s 300th anniversary. The State Library was founded Jan. 25, 1717, and was the first state library in America. In addition, ...

AMHERST – A garden isn’t just for growing food, it’s also a place to renew your body, mind and spirit. That was the gist of Ellen Ecker Ogden’s recent talk to the Amherst Garden Club. Ogden is a garden artist, speaker and cookbook author based in Manchester, Vt. Her slide presentation ...

“Homeward – An Evening of Poetry and Harp” Join us in celebrating National Poetry Month! Poems by Patrice Pinette and guest poet Candace Bergstrom, with Celtic harp played by Sarah Merrigan. This event is free, but donations are welcome. Please call to reserve a seat. When: Friday, April ...

Many students, in particular the senior class at Hollis Brookline High School, have fond memories of their time in elementary school with former environmental education teacher Kathi Bond. Whether they were pretending to be animals on the Brookline playground to act out the food chain, or ...

BEDFORD – That’s right, 10,000 eggs will be ready for your little ones to gather up at this year’s Easter Egg Hunt Festival scheduled for 8:30 a.m.-noon on Saturday, April 15, at the N.H. Sportsplex in Bedford. This popular family fundraising event from the OPTN, now in its ninth year, ...

Government documents at the library are informative, fascinating – and even fun. What do federal tax form W-7, a transcript of a 1912 congressional hearing on women’s suffrage and a National Park Service coloring book have in common? They are all government documents that can be found at ...