BY SUSAN WARE Rainy weekends last summer meant fewer beach days, and this year, beach-goers are paying the price. A reduction in revenue last year at the already strapped state-run beaches means no lifeguards at some of the local watering holes. This summer, lifeguards at the two Bear Brook State Park beaches have been ...

BY SUSAN WARE A handful of Brookside Terrace residents met on Sunday, June 24, to weigh their options. The issue is that a quarter of their mobile home park sits dangerously close to the Suncook River and has been flooded twice in the past two years. Today, almost three months after the last flood, there are six condemned mobile homes in the ...

BY SUSAN WARE Getting children off the couch and spending time outdoors is a challenge for most parents today. Backyards, playgrounds and state parks have to compete with cable television, the Internet, gaming systems and other gadgets for attention. Spurred on by the success of a Connecticut program aimed at getting children outdoors, the ...