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, ...

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 ...

John and Ashley Winstead, of Merrimack, announced the birth of their daughter, Waverly Zealon Winstead. Waverly was born at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua on Nov. 7, 2016. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 22 inches. Grandparents are Alicia Goodroe and Arnold Smith and ...

DERRY – The Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Program announced that 28 local title holders will compete to become Miss New Hampshire 2017. The 71st annual competition will take place at Pinkerton Academy’s Stockbridge Theatre in Derry from April 27-29. Each of the contestants qualified at a ...

BSA Troop 15 from St John Neumann Parish in Merrimack recently celebrated our second Eagle Court of Honor this year. We celebrated David Brideau receiving his Eagle Scout rank, BSA’s highest award in Scouting. David is now 17 years old, and organized a garden beautification project for the ...