Elodie Reed
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Facing high costs and a weak market, Northeast organic dairy farmers ask for help
Organic dairy farmers are sounding the alarm: They need help. They're also trying to build a new, regional organic dairy cooperative. → Read More
Return to the River Part 4: Guiding Franklin’s future with science
He’s a junior environmental science major, a Franklin native who grew up playing outdoors and – on the nights he spends counting water bugs – a bit of a nerd.Max Maynard is the ideal constituent in a city looking to appeal to newcomers by keeping its... → Read More
Return to the River Part 3: Recreation – and rebirth?
On a given day, drivers passing Sanel Auto Parts and crossing over the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin may notice some brightly clad paddlers crashing through the current, mouths opened wide as cold water hits their faces.Floating past old mill ruins,... → Read More
Franklin schools strive to make up for another $1M budget gap
Franklin is looking at a $1.1 million budget gap for its school district and a potential layoff of 15 to 20 teachers.This is the second year in a row Franklin School District has faced drastic cuts, and the struggle isn’t lost on students, either. On... → Read More
Franklin mayor to step down in May to become labor commissioner
Ken Merrifield will step down as Franklin’s mayor sooner rather than later.Merrifield was confirmed as the new state labor commissioner during Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting. He said he expects to take on the new role by the mid-May, at which... → Read More
Goat to the mat: Yoga with Goats class kids around on N.H. farm
Janine Bibeau’s yoga class at Jenness Farm is generally like any other: soothing music in the background, a neat arrangement of long mats on the floor, lots of spandex. Then the gobble! gobble! of Cricket the turkey comes floating through the window.... → Read More
N.H. food stamp bill retained until next year
Senate Bill 7, often referred to as the “food stamp bill,” may eventually lose the food stamp component altogether.But it will have to wait until next year after a House committee voted to retain the bill Tuesday. Some members that did so called the... → Read More
Longtime MVSD admin Chris Barry to retire
Upon entering Chris Barry’s office in the SAU 46 building, visitors are faced with a winged, comfy blue chair adjacent to her desk.It resides near a handwritten poster reading “If relationships improve, things get better.” It’s where Barry invites... → Read More
UNH discussion assesses Trump administration, 82 days in
Eighty-two days into the Donald Trump administration, New Hampshire attorney and former Republican presidential campaign senior adviser Tom Rath told University of New Hampshire students that he’s still waiting for a unifying moment, one where the... → Read More
Trump budget puts legal assistance on the chopping block for low-income Granite Staters
Served an eviction notice on Jan. 26, Mae Bilodeau had all but resigned herself to getting kicked out of her Franklin apartment.Following a domestic violence incident a year earlier, the 61-year-old said she was abandoned by her partner and left to... → Read More
Can America’s documented, foreign guest worker program keep up with demand?
It’s a hot job. They sweat beneath an early autumn sun, lugging a ladder from tree to tree, gathering as many apples as can fit into a bucket. Container full, they unclip the bucket’s cloth bottom to empty the fruit into a large, wooden crate on the... → Read More
Offices ask Gov. Sununu to investigate voter fraud claims, preserve state reputation
Several New Hampshire towns are asking Gov. Chris Sununu to investigate claims of voter fraud made by President Donald Trump.Webster’s select board signed its letter at a meeting Monday evening.“All municipalities, including Webster, take great pride... → Read More
Canterbury, Loudon readying for NHMS music festival application
Canterbury is getting its “ducks in a row,” readying for when New Hampshire Motor Speedway submits a site plan application for a three-day country music festival.Planning board officials met Tuesday night to decide how the town would handle the... → Read More
N.H. dairy farms deal with threat of labor deportations
Their long hours of milking, cleaning the parlor, breeding cows and herding the animals are an essential part of how milk makes it into New Hampshire’s grocery stores.But those farm laborers – often immigrants with forged or expired documents – are... → Read More
Elementary school nurse saves rabbit from Boscawen barn fire
In the end, it was all for the love of a rabbit.Salisbury Elementary School nurse Denise Bailey was driving to work last Friday when she saw the flames streaming from Mike Paine’s barn in Boscawen.After turning around, parking along Route 4 and... → Read More
Amended dairy farmers relief bill heads back to Senate
Dairy farmer relief funding is one step away from Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk. Despite some legislators’ opposition to the idea of a “bailout” for one industry and not others, the House approved funding for drought-affected dairy farmers, 257-96. Since... → Read More
Meet one of the originators of New Hampshire Maple Weekend
On Thursday morning, I drove into Barbara and Don Lassonde’s driveway to see Barbara tacking a poster to the side of the sugar house.It was only appropriate that the man depicted in the poster, wearing a green full-body jumpsuit and pouring sap into... → Read More
After meeting, Hill speeding ahead to become SAU 103 in July
With just one elementary school holding 63 students, Hill School District will officially become SAU 103 on July 1.The topic came up only briefly at the town’s annual school district meeting Wednesday, which was held at the SAU’s new headquarters:... → Read More
Despite executive order blocks, Ascentria forced to cut positions as refugee arrivals slow
Ascentria Care Alliance’s Concord office has trimmed its staff by one-third as a result of President Donald Trump’s two executive orders halting refugee admissions to the United States for 120 days.While supporters of Trump see this as part of the... → Read More
Nor’easter delays town meetings, elections
For what appears to the first time in well over a century, many New Hampshire communities decided to postpone today’s town ballot voting due to bad weather – but not before a day full of confusion about whether town or state officials have the... → Read More