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By SARAH DONOVAN

Almost 10 years ago, Eric Adams became the prevention enforcement treatment officer for the Laconia Police Department. His novel approach to helping members of the community deal with addiction was featured in the New York Times. He has seen the...

By ARIANNA MACNEILL

Madie Saltsburg, the 20-year-old skier who died after a 600-foot fall at Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington Saturday, was a student at University of Vermont and “a star” of the university’s Army ROTC.Saltsburg, a junior, was an agroecology and...

By RAY DUCKLER

Boaters in Allenstown began to notice last summer that parking spots at the Pelissier Boat Launch had been filled with out-of-state license plates.Parking at the boat launch is meant for locals only, and that unwritten rule seemed to deter outsiders...

 By SARAH DONOVAN

Some people use physical exercise to cope with life’s challenges. Some seek professional help. Nathan Graziano writes poetry that he hopes others will find therapeutic in dealing with guilt and anxiety, particularly those who grew up as members of the...

 By JACQUELINE COLE

The Rainbow Family of Living Light gathering in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest resulted in 121 violations issued by the U.S Forest Service, officials announced Wednesday.Of these violations, thirty-seven were resolved by the defendants...

 By SARAH DONOVAN

Colorful pieces of art have been popping up in yards around Concord this month, inspiring neighbors and friends to participate in a new community-building activity. Friends Liza Poinier, Sarah Robinson, Jessica Livingston and Melissa Hinebauch, along...

 By JACQUELINE COLE

Federal officials are warning Granite Staters to be prepared for the upcoming gathering of the Rainbow Family in White Mountain National Forest — an event they are calling an “unauthorized group use incident.” The Rainbow Family is a loose-knit group...

 By JACQUELINE COLE

Baruch Chaim calls himself a “weekend hippie.” He leads a typical life working as a physician's assistant in Boston, but he’s also a Rainbow who prays for peace and connects with nature alongside thousands of chosen family members in forests around...

 By JACQUELINE COLE

More than a dozen masked men clad in black chanted Nazi salutes as they stood outside Teatotaller cafe Sunday on Main Street. Meanwhile, drag Queen Juicy Garland read story books to a small group of children and parents upstairs, seemingly...

 By JACQUELINE COLE

Bonnie Vaillancourt spends her days at her pediatric private practice in Keene helping children communicate with the world around them. Vaillancourt is a speech-language pathologist— someone who diagnoses and treats “speech, language, voice and...

 By SARAH DONOVAN

Olivia Tobin knew exactly who to thank as she stepped to the podium. It was the person right by her side.“My first thank you goes to my best friend,” said Tobin to her best friend Marissa Ware. Matching in colored cords and embellished caps, the...

 By JACQUELINE COLE

John Broderick is accustomed to talking to children about youth mental health, but on Wednesday, it was the parents who listened. Broderick relayed the words of a high school hockey player who confided in him: “I don’t think I ever had a childhood.”“I...