My first thought when I pull into the parking lot at Andres Institute of Art’s sculpture park in Brookline is that this feels like a scavenger hunt.
Visitors to Hampton Beach on Thursday got a taste of what this popular vacation spot will look like this summer as a section of Ocean Boulevard was closed to traffic and transformed into a so-called “walking mall.”
GILFORD — A U.S. Department of Labor inspector has questioned Gunstock Mountain Resort’s practice of allowing teen ski instructors to assist students onto ski lifts, maintaining that by lowering the safety bar, the instructors are effectively “operating” the lift.
KEENE — Mackenzie Yelin was out for her morning jog a few weeks ago when she noticed something in the woods by the road.
NEWBURY — Concerns over real estate development were raised during a public information session on the proposed transfer of a state lease to a portion of Mount Sunapee State Park to Vail Resorts.
CONCORD - Bruce Beaurivage has been a hunting guide in New Hampshire for 20 years and has taken folks moose hunting many times.
Gordon Falls is the first of a series of falls along Snyder Brook in Randolph that can be viewed on a pleasant and moderate hour-long hike through the woods at the base of Mount Adams and Mount Madison. The trail head for the Maple Walk and Fallsway trails is at the clearly marked Appalachi…
Despite being forced to cancel or postpone nine road races, John Mortimer of Millennium Running has found a new way to keep the running world engaged — one step at a time.
It’s deer season, when nearly two thirds of all animal collisions with vehicles happen in Midwestern states such as Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Montana have equally high rates of animal collisions from September through November, according to a study by Farm…
MANCHESTER -- Charlie Moore travels to lakes and rivers all over the world to film his nationally syndicated fishing and outdoors shows. But a few times a month, the Chester resident drops a line a little closer to home, at Lake Massabesic. It's quiet on weekdays, and while Moore has made a …
BRIDGEWATER — The state’s snowmobile clubs are preparing for the possibility that the New Hampshire Bureau of Trails may impose up to a two-year hold on helping the clubs acquire new grooming equipment.
FRANCONIA — While the memory of the Old Man of the Mountain will live on, the private, non-profit group that has helped keep his memory alive since the May 3, 2003, collapse is slowly fading away.
On one of our recent hot, humid nights, I couldn't sleep, so I got up and stumbled through the darkness to the kitchen for a drink of water. On my way back to bed, a long, plaintive, screechy sound floated in through the open living room window. It sounded like an old screen door with rusty …
MOULTONBOROUGH – The first lead-poisoned loon of the summer in New Hampshire was found dead last Wednesday on a Lake Winnipesaukee beach less than a year from the time when lead fishing tackle will be banned on state lakes.
A New Hampshire couple's close encounter with a charging moose in Maine, captured on video and posted online, could have quickly turned deadly, a Fish and Game conservation officer said Saturday.
Discover WILD New Hampshire Day happens Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, 11 Hazen Drive.
THE RACE IS ON! As ice slowly disappears from our lakes and ponds, I will follow its geographic retreat with the enthusiasm of someone watching a major sporting event.
When I describe someone as “hardworking,” I take two factors into consideration. The first is obviously their effort toward a specific task and the second is the level of disdain they experience while working. In my opinion, a truly hard worker both sticks to the task and does so even when t…
LINCOLN — A Rhode Island man died after striking a tree while snowboarding at Loon Mountain Ski Resort, police said Monday.
W inter arrived early — and decisively — in the mountains this year, with persistent snow showers turning the North Country into a snow globe and laying down a blanket of white that has ski season off to a fabulous start.
Micah Nelson, a 29-year-old plumber from Melrose, Mass., is one of the 38 hunters who got a moose in this year’s New Hampshire hunt.
A 57-year-old man from Putney, Vt., suffered a serious ankle injury after a fall he took while ice climbing on the Frankenstein Cliffs trail Friday, according to Fish and Game officials.
Several New Hampshire ski areas opened this week, taking advantage of cold temperatures, recent snowfalls and skier desire for a reversal of last winter’s season of rain and high temperatures.
MEREDITH — An ice fisherman from Campton got some bad news Sunday. His bob house, one of a handful on the relatively thin ice of Meredith Bay, had fallen through and was partially submerged.
HAMPTON — An abandoned house boat was removed from a salt marsh on Monday after more than a year of resident complaints to local and state officials.
MANCHESTER -- A new footbridge is in place, replacing the old wooden railroad trestle over the Piscataquog River in Manchester.
Stacey Cole — the farmer/politician who rose to be one of the most recognized naturalists in the state — died Sunday at the age of 92.
JACKSON -- A local man is headed off to Nepal on Friday to film what is expected to be the successful ascent of the world's tallest mountain by the first great-grandfather and oldest American to complete the climb.
Liz Hunt took off her skis and tromped across the base of Pat's Peak on Wednesday morning with a message to deliver: She'd figured out how to describe the conditions. It was warm, misty and foggy at ski areas across New England.
WHENEVER I watch the parade of big trucks leaving Fenway Park, my mind races to summer. Obviously, the baseball players are riding to spring training in other vehicles but my fascination is in the cargo trucks. I love the players and hope for a successful season but my true obsession is with…
GILFORD -- The Gunstock Area Commission voted unanimously Monday to send a letter to the Northern Border Regional Commission notifying them of the commission’s intent to apply for a grant to help fund the reconstruction of the main parking lot at Gunstock Mountain Resort.
GILFORD — A popular new water sport is making waves on the state’s lakes over environmental and safety concerns.
Maybe my love of February break is left over from my youth, when a week of snow and skiing — and no school — stretched out before me.
GILFORD — For the past 21 years, Greg Goddard’s life has revolved around the weather. As the general manager at Belknap County-owned Gunstock Mountain Resort, he checks the daily forecast up to six times a day, hoping for sun during the summer and cold weather or snow during the winter.
In springtime, porcupines cause me headaches.
THOMPSON & MESERVE’S PURCHASE — A skier from Vermont who became stranded on the west side of Mount Washington Wednesday night was rescued by Fish & Game officers and volunteers.
MEREDITH — The good news at the 37th annual Great Meredith Rotary Ice Fishing Derby this weekend was that a lot of fish were caught, and thin-ice conditions did not lead to any reported injuries, according to derby officials.
CONCORD — A reality television series starring NH Fish and Game could result from a contract with a New York City entertainment company that was approved on Wednesday.
