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.
A new local company is helping to fill a gap in the humanitarian relief process, allowing relief
agencies, such as Save the Children, to get the supplies needed to help earthquake victims in Haiti.
An unexpected pregnancy isn’t a common source of inspiration for a business idea, but that’s exactly what led Michael and Paola Dias of Hancock to create Art Bellies.
WILTON — Self-defense classes are in demand lately in Wilton, where a martial arts class for women filled up within days.
The Select Board surprised the town’s longtime Zoning Board chairman by naming him Citizen of the Year at Saturday’s tree lighting ceremony.
TEMPLE — A Peterborough teen who was trapped in his car after crashing into a telephone pole is in stable condition following surgery.
Pauline “Polly” Kenick has seen both world wars, the discovery of Penicillin, the invention of the pop-up toaster and Sunday she saw her 100th birthday.
LYNDEBOROUGH — The town’s veterans memorials have a new temporary home, just in time for Wednesday’s Veteran’s Day celebration, but the hasty relocation has upset some residents who say they shouldn’t have been moved without an approving town vote.
WILTON — Every Halloween ghost hunters come looking for a thrill at Vale End Cemetery, having heard of eerie myths and terrifying hauntings at the town’s best-known burial place.
LYNDEBOROUGH — The Pinnacle Mountain Fish and Game Club celebrated national hunting and fishing day Saturday with an open house aimed to get more children involved in the declining tradition of shooting sports.