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Henry Ward Beecher sermon site latest NH historical marker

Cabinet News

CARROLL, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s latest historical marker commemorates clergyman Henry Ward Beecher’s open-air sermon site from the 1870s near a glacial boulder in the White Mountains area. Beecher, an abolitionist, proponent of women’s suffrage, and brother to author Harriet ...

Local completes 45-day walking pilgrimage

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The old “one-stitch-at-a-time” adage is well embraced by Christine Clement, a Nashuan and member of a Merrimack crochet group founded a decade ago by Pat Heinrich of Merrimack High School Adult Ed. But it was “one-step-at-a-time “ that recently took Clement and family friend Mireille ...

Rule-breakers put Still Good Shed in jeopardy

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WILTON – The Still Good Shed at the Recycling Center opened in April in a converted shipping container. Staffed twice a week, Tuesday and Saturday, by volunteers, it has proved to be immensely popular, both by those donating unwanted items and those finding treasures. The rules and ...

Barrett Hill Road now ‘scenic’

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WILTON – Barrett Hill Road is now designated “scenic,” following a special, petitioned, town meeting on Monday, July 18. Deputy Town Moderator Deb Degan presided. The petition, signed by over 70 residents, asked that the entire length of Barrett Hill Road, from its junction with Burton ...

Arch bridges visible again

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LYNDEBOROUGH – At the request of the Heritage Commission, the road that crosses the two stone arch bridges beside Old Temple Road was cleared of many years of brush by the Highway Department so that people can again walk across them. The arches can be viewed from the new bridge just upstream, ...

Antique telephone switchboard acquired

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WILTON – Fiber optic cables are the current state-of-the-art means of providing home communications, including telephone service and high-speed internet. TDS Telecom has spread that service across most of Wilton and parts of Lyndeborough over the last few years. But before TDS, there was ...