Riding Out the Storm: Weather System Leads to Power Outages, Road Closings in Valley

Plainfield — A series of powerful thunderstorms crackled across the Upper Valley yesterday, bringing downed power lines and forcing road closings in what amounted to some of the storm system’s worst damage in northern New England. Plainfield Fire Chief Frank Currier said his department had seen “all kinds of mayhem” in the aftermath …

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Building a Beehive

Hannah Falcone, 12, was a second grader when her beekeeping teacher told the class about the pollinators’ dismal situation. Across the world, entire colonies of honey bees are dying off. Stung, Hannah brought the bad news home. “We need to keep bees,” she told her mother Meg Falcone, a veterinarian. That spring, the …