Birds exist in a fluid and unpredictable world. Survival depends on remaining constantly alert, adapting and responding to encounters with predators and environmental conditions that change with the seasons, weather and geography. But sleep is also essential, providing rest, rejuvenation and healing. Normally, day-active (diurnal) animals sleep at night, and[Read More…]
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Old to New: Newport’s Recreation Center
Ann St. Martin Stout Leaves Are Free The Newport Recreation Center, within the next few months, is about to be unrecognizable. A move of several hundred feet south, along Meadow Road, will bring the many activities and opportunities of nearly six decades into the modern age. The old building will[Read More…]
A big win for Claremont Taxpayers
Dale Girard Mayoral Notes This past week, the City Council approved a five-year lease-purchase plan for the Department of Public Works (DPW), marking a step toward reducing long-term interest costs for the city. By opting for a shorter lease term over a longer one, the council managed to create nearly[Read More…]
“Up to 20% Off!” Analysis
By Arthur Vidro The husky young man sat in a chair on the corner of Washington Avenue. He held a sign on a stick proclaiming something about 20% off at Big Lots. As I drove by, I couldn’t read the small print on the sign. So I pulled into the[Read More…]
True crime fanatics will love ‘Guilty Creatures’
“Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida” by Mikita Brottman c.2024 / One Signal Publishers / $28 / 280 pages It’s all in the past. Whether it was yesterday or two decades ago, what’s done is done. You can’t jump in a time machine and change it. It’s[Read More…]
NH beekeepers say climate change is stressing out their bees
By AMANDA PIRANI Granite State News Collaborative Lee Alexander has been keeping bees most of his life, and learned from his grandfather and great uncle. He’s quick to mention he’s no beekeeping expert, but in 50 years, he’s seen a thing or two. And this year has really thrown him[Read More…]
Dry Wells
By Becky Nelson I’m gazing out the window looking for some inspiration for my column. The crows are cawing and talking to each other, which is always something to write about, but maybe another day. The grass is green and some leaves are starting to turn already, some sort of[Read More…]
A courtroom memoir that’s so much more in ‘Drawn Testimony’
“Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist” by Jane Rosenberg c.2024 / Hanover Square Press / $30 / 256 pages How do you draw a man? Take the easy route: a circle and five lines, and you have a stick figure that’s recognizable to almost everyone. Scribble[Read More…]
Going to the Movies? How Many?
THE OLD DAYS by Arthur Vidro When my brother was nine and I was six, our mother dropped us off at the local cinema for a full afternoon so she could visit her own mother at the hospital. Grandma was receiving radiation treatments. I wanted to go to the hospital,[Read More…]
Sullivan County Real Estate Transfers
July 21-27, 2024 ACWORTH: CHARLESTOWN: CLAREMONT: GOSHEN: GRANTHAM: LEMPSTER: NEWPORT: SUNAPEE: WASHINGTON: —Mary Carter, Eagle Times Correspondent