Claire Potter
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Plant sales cancelled due to invasive worm
SHARON — A snake-like earthworm has forced the Baxter Memorial Library to ban perennials from its Plant, Book & Bake Sale on June 4. And in Canaan, the library trustees decided to cancel their plant sale altogether because of the Asian jumping... → Read More
Officials poke legal holes in New London’s plastic bag ban
NEW LONDON — The Kearsarge Regional High School Sustainability Club spent months campaigning for a plastic bag ban in New London, only to see a nuance in state law stymie their efforts.Earlier this year, the students gave themselves a crash course in... → Read More
Group hopes to get a grip on milfoil infestation with hand-pulling in Lyme pond
LYME — The Lyme Conservation Commission hopes that hand-pulling Eurasian milfoil will loosen the invasive plant species’ grip on Post Pond and make toxic herbicides unnecessary.“We don’t like using toxins in the environment. That’s been the only... → Read More
Far-flung commuters go the extra, costly mile for Upper Valley Jobs
WEST LEBANON — Jean Perron drives far for a West Lebanon salary.She used to live in Goffstown, N.H., and worked 30 minutes away at a Supercuts hair salon in Merrimack. But when she was up for a promotion, she made sure to put her name in for any... → Read More
Bear’s Grafton home invasion a symptom of climate change, human encroachment
GRAFTON — Melissa Champney awoke to the sound of her husband, Jon, hollering at 2:30 in the morning last weekend.At first, she couldn’t grasp what he was trying to say. Then she looked out the dining room window and saw a large black bear trapped on... → Read More
Lebanon City Council expected to vote on green burial regulations
LEBANON — The City Council will be receiving public input and likely voting on a proposed ordinance change that would allow for natural burials in the city’s cemeteries at its 7:00 p.m. meeting on Wednesday evening. The ordinance would allow natural... → Read More
Researchers rush to record data in Dartmouth forest before emerald ash borer changes everything
CORINTH — Three researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Vermont wound their way up a logging road at the Clement Woodlot in Corinth on Friday morning. They carried multicolored wire, laptops and tools; they’d come to the remote... → Read More