There are four hummingbird feeders in our yard, all always stocked with sugar syrup that I make, yet the other day I watched two hummingbirds argue over the feeder on the deck. I yelled at them to play nice. They ignored me and continued to buzz one another in the kind of scene you’d see ...

It’s Not Your Fault! All the excuses you need to know so you can feel better about yourself while paying outrageous prices to fix your car. Viable Excuse No. 3, the salesman sold you the wrong car. In our last Article we discussed idiot engineers who should have been flunked turning ...

In 1991, five communities-Claremont, Franklin, Lisbon, Pittsfield and Allenstown-sued the state, arguing that the education funding system was unconstitutional. The plaintiffs won the first round in 1993, when the Supreme Court ruled that education is a fundamental right under New ...

75 years ago, 1943 Under a special agreement between cigarette companies and American Legion posts across the nation, folks could buy cigarettes for a nickle a pack to have sent to men and women in uniform. Officials were considering a proposal for the federal government to establish a ...

In July, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall will come to Amherst and be set up in a large field at Souhegan High School. It is called the Moving Wall, because it travels around the country from place to place, but it is moving emotionally, too, especially for those who served in ...

75 years ago, 1943 Christine H. Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Moore of Milford, and a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps, reported for duty in North Africa. Amherst youngsters ranging in age from fifth graders to high school formed a drum and bugle corps under the ...