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Nick Martin joined the Ledger-Transcript staff in September 2008. He writes and photographs news and feature stories covering the towns of Lyndeborough, Temple and Wilton. Nick graduated from St. Michael's College in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication. In college he worked for the school's newspaper for
three years and interned at The Burlington Free Press. He has lived in southern New Hampshire since 1995.
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Recent articles
Volunteers monitor river’s health
WILTON — Every other Tuesday at precisely 7:30 a.m. during the summer months Curt Schnare walks down to the Horseshoe, a popular swimming hole on the Souhegan River in Wilton, with a cooler — but he isn’t planning a picnic. He fills a small bottle with river water, places it in the cooler, and then brings the sample to the Milford Wastewater Treatment Facility, where it is tested for E.
Farmers continue to feel squeeze on dairy
Dairy farmers throughout the country have witnessed a dramatic roller coaster ride of milk prices over the last few years through the federal dairy price support program, and recently some local farmers are finding the only way to make a living is to set their own prices.
Rebuilding history, a stone at a time
LYNDEBOROUGH — Volunteers worked through the heat to repair a stone retaining wall at the South Lyndeborough Common as part of a long-term project to improve the area where the town’s veterans’ monuments have been placed.
Three decades in a mission for fair trade
Joseph’s Coat has seen many changes and three different locations over the last 30 years, but what hasn’t changed — and continues to grow — is the store’s focus on fair trade.
Old material, modern style
When Margaret Kasper finds an old, ripped T-shirt at a thrift shop or yard sale, she doesn’t see it as trash; she sees her next sewing project.
Going Hollywood
As a boy growing up in a small town, Haven Lamoureux had a romanticized image of a larger-than-life California that promised excitement and glamorous success.
Their hook is fishing
When Matt Patterson was born, his mother joked that he was doomed to a life of fishing with his father. After 29 years of sharing countless hours on the water, Matt and his father, David Patterson, are both happy she was right.
Next stop, London?
Rindge native Shaun O’Loughlin and his band, Kingston 530, have already advanced farther than they ever expected in a national-level battle of the bands competition, and now need your vote to contend for a spot on stage in London to play on the same bill as Stevie Wonder, Pearl Jam and Paul McCartney.
Lions have a vision
WILTON — Pam Bealo has high hopes that a set of goggles could one day save someone’s life. They aren’t just any goggles, they’re called Fatal Vision Goggles, and police departments often use them to simulate intoxication.
Voters: Count ballots by hand
LYNDEBOROUGH — By approving a petition warrant article at Saturday’s Town Meeting, Lyndeborough voters made their town perhaps the first in the nation to formally prohibit computerized vote counting and ensure the tradition of hand counting paper ballots.
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