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Environment

The Frye family has reached a purchase agreement with the High Mowing School to sell and permanently preserve 105 acres of farm and woodland.

(Staff photo by Ashley Saari)

WILTON: Preserving history

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

WILTON — Across the street from High Mowing’s greenhouses and chicken enclosure is a rolling field, stretching for 35 acres and offering an unobstructed view of the local mountains. The land belongs to Gary and Gail Frye. Seven generations of the family have worked the land as farmers, and despite long-held interest from both High Mowing School and the Temple-Wilton … 0

NEW IPSWICH: Town clean-up day  is Saturday

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

In New Ipswich, there is an annual effort to eradicate the litter in a town-wide clean-up day. This Saturday, from 8 a.m. until noon, volunteers can head to the town offices to receive a road assignment and pick up blue trash bags to begin the task of cleaning up roadside litter. Bags are available at the town offices for those who would like … 0

Hancock: Event was a hoot!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Naturalist Marcia Wilson with one of seven live owls she and her husband, photographer Mark Wilson, brought to the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock on April 28. The Eyes on Owls event was a members-only program that included an ice cream sundae buffet afterwards. More than 150 members attended the event. … 0

PETERBOROUGH: Greenerborough  set for May 4

Monday, February 25, 2013

In partnership with the Peterborough Grange and event sponsor Nature’s Green Grocer, the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce will hold its sixth annual Greenerborough “Green Living” Expo & Festival throughout downtown Peterborough from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. Exhibitors inside the Town House will … 0

Growing energy nonprofit  has full schedule of events

Monday, February 25, 2013

In its first year as a non-profit, grassroots organization, the Monadnock Energy Resources Initiative has been quietly working to help communities in the region gain more energy security and independence through increasing the use of sustainable resources and … 0

Fitting into their own future

Monday, February 25, 2013

Give a kid a taste of the future and pretty soon they’ll be hungry for the whole meal. That’s the thinking behind a new program that the Harris Center for Conservation Education has kicked off at Great Brook … 0

Design, construction and the continuing definition of ‘green’

Monday, February 25, 2013

Consider, please, the following news ‘snippets’: ∎  In his most recent State of the Union address, President Obama issued “a new goal for America: Let’s cut in half the energy wasted by our homes and businesses over the … 0

Column: Marsupial alert

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

A small animal, gray with a skinny, bald tail, made its way over the snow, disappearing now and again on the backside of a drift. I stopped the car, snapped a photo that didn’t capture much, and waded … 0

Column: An ode to fellow farmers Rick and Duffy

Monday, February 18, 2013

I have heard many wonderful things about both Rick and Duffy, since their deaths in a tragic accident in late January. What I have heard does not feel complete to me and, knowing how full their lives were, … 0

Column: Cabbage adds some crunch to winter

Monday, February 18, 2013

One of my favorite winter vegetables is the cabbage. I know that typically the cabbage does not get a whole lot of love. My father’s first job was picking cabbage in the field, and he still talks about how the air smelled when all of those cabbages had … 0

Antrim Grange hosts political science speaker

Monday, February 18, 2013

Wednesday’s program meeting of the Antrim Grange #98 is entitled “The Grange and Gridlock in Washington.” It will be presented by guest speaker and Antrim resident Stephen Ullman. His talk will center around the following themes: Events during Antrim summers, which led him to choose a career in … 0

Column: Living the dream (on the farm)

Monday, February 18, 2013

Farmer Jim and his good friend, “Redneck” Matt, always comment that they are “Living the Dream.” Usually this is said with some sarcasm at how crazy their lives and careers are and, although we are very thankful they … 0

SEC rejects Antrim Wind project

Friday, February 8, 2013

The N.H. Site Evaluation Committee has rejected a proposed 10-turbine wind project that would have spanned the ridgeline of Tuttle Hill and Willard Mountain in Antrim but the company behind Antrim Wind Energy said it is still considering its options following the highly anticipated ruling. Antrim Wind Energy, … 0