BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXELMark Duval of Goffstown made his first 4,000-foot mountain climb in 1994, when a friend invited him along on a hike up Mount Moosilauke. Already an avid climber, Duval and his wife, Nina, had climbed Mount Washington several times, and after climbing “Moose Hillock” he began to make two or three serious climbs a ...

       Winter in New Hampshire’s Woods Winter like a selfish child throws itself against the walls, the ancient walls of country church, and whistles through the wooden halls where humble hearts of broken souls seek to find revivement there and lay before the altar steps a world of ...

 Dear Joseph, I may be the underdog in this campaign, running against two candidates with more than $200 million between them – but the real underdogs are the middle class and those without a voice in America today. They are losing ground while the CEOs of huge corporations pocket million dollar bonuses and corporate lobbyists get ...

January 05, 2008 - 01:01 PMQuick Report From NH Campaignby Dale FitzpatrickSend to a friend I'll only have a minute to just a quick report from New Hampshire this afternoon - we're headed out in a few minutes to St Anselm College for the debate. I'm posting this from the Huckabee for President Campaign headquarters in Concord. The ...

A couple of weeks ago, more than forty volunteers came out on a hot summer day with record breaking temperatures to begin the initial clearing on the "First Mile" project of the Goffstown Rail Trail.  The group included the Friends of the Goffstown Rail Trail, St. Anselm college freshmen, and Troop 354 Junior Girl Scouts.  The ...

On Saturday, August 25, the Friends of the Goffstown Rail Trail (formerly Friends of the Greenway) held a trail work day on the Goffstown Rail Trail.  (See photos here.)  The purpose of this work day was to begin the initial clearing for the "First Mile" project.  More than forty volunteers came out on a hot summer day ...

The Friends of the Greenway has changed its name to Friends of the Goffstown Rail Trail for better recognition of the group's affiliation with the Goffstown Rail Trail. The purpose and goals of the group remain unchanged.

The first edition of the Goffstown Rail Trail Newsletter has been published.  You can read it here.

Sunday morning, I'm sitting quietly on the beach, reading a book, drinking coffee, and smoking a cigarette. All of a sudden this woman walks down to the beach with her 4 kids and settles down about 20 feet away from me on the beach. And then it starts. The crying, the yelling and screaming, running around kicking sand all over the place, the ...

BY ROD HANSENDeclan Rourke, who will turn 2 on Saturday, Feb. 24, is one of only 200 people in the world diagnosed with an atypical teritoid/rhabdoid tumor. “On Father’s Day of this past year, my son had a seizure and we brought him to the emergency room. And they found a very rare form of cancer,” said Tym Rourke, ...