New Hampshire Couple Shares Secret to Living a Job-Free Lifestyle With four children and work schedule no one should (but so many do) call their own, Jeffrey and Samantha Cleveland* decided it was time to take control of their lives back in 2005.  Decision is the first step to achieving anything.  Action is the second. In May of ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOROne by one they took their turn: three skiers from one school, all representing one town at one exclusive event. Though their ages and ethnicities varied, Goffstown High School’s Julie Clark, a junior; Milos Bohonek, a junior foreign-exchange student from the Czech Republic; and Thomas Joy, a freshman, were the only ...

  Winter is dying in the valley;The white dreams of Decemberare melting into gray,The ice bids farewell to the river and flows south to its last call,The magical dance of snowflakes in the air has become a tedious whispering echo of a season fading;Mittens once caked with frost are retired to the closet to sleep away summer;Poets scrape ...

BY IRENE CLOTHIER Tell the kids to grab their mittens and ice skates! The annual Bow Winterfest is on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Bow Recreation Department. Despite recent warmer temperatures, there is still enough snow on the ground to hold the event, regardless of weather. Co-sponsored by Bow Rotary and the Recreation Department, the ...

Cranmore Mountain Tubing Event at Settler's Green in North Conway - 12/01/07 Photo c 2008 Cranmore Mountain

 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 ...

I've always wanted to go to Strawbery Banke for their Candlelight Stroll.  Maybe I'll give it a try this year.  The event just reeks of a "Yankee" Christmas and I love the sound of it.  I couldn't think of a better location to wander around luminaria-lit lanes than Strawbery Banke, the location of ...

I used to work with a woman that had a unique Christmas tradition.  Every year, she would search for a special ornament (not the dollar store kind, these cost a few bucks, and came from places like Crate & Barrel, Macy's or Pier One).  They didn't have to be super-expensive.  I think ...

The New Hampshire Avalanche Mite "Mix" team captured the Granite State Tier III Hockey Championship this weekend in Lyndonville, Vermont.  The Avs lost a heartbreaker in the opening game of the tournament to a tough squad from White Mountain 4-3 with John Valvo accounting for all three of the Avalanche goals.   The ...

Coaches Scott Greer, Rick Beaudette and Dan Sullivan give their final instructions prior to the championship game.