
Whaleback seeks support to repair and replace ski lift
ENFIELD — Whaleback Mountain is seeking community support to help repair a mechanical failure that halted its chairlift service late last month and could threaten its ability to operate next season.

Procedural error leaves New London Town Meeting in question
NEW LONDON — A decision to have voters reconsider two items from Town Meeting means no votes taken during the session earlier this month are valid until the outstanding articles are reconsidered.
Sports

Girls hockey: Hanover dominates Oyster River-Portsmouth, repeats at state champ
MANCHESTER — Hanover High girls ice hockey coach John Dodds instructed his players to pack a snack for Saturday’s NHIAA title game against Oyster River-Portsmouth at SNHU Arena.




Opinion

Column: Federal funding for medical research puts America first
When my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the mid-1990s, there were few options for therapies and treatments. As her disease progressed over the next decade, there was little that could be done until she died in 2004. I was still in elementary school when she faced this disease, which has unfortunately left me with few memories of her where she was not ill or bed-ridden.





Your Daily Puzzles

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."

A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.

Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.

Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.

Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Photos

Heads-up work
Amos Daisey, of Orford, cleans a deer skull while making a European skull mount for a customer on March 7. Using deer, boar and bear heads, Daisey boils them for hours, cleans and dries the skulls before brushing their teeth and using a whitener. He said the whole process takes about three days. Daisey’s family farm, Cotton Stone Farm, was started by his grandfather. Today, the family runs a wholesale cut-flower business, a bait shop and a meat-cutting business. “We’re trying to make the farm work,” he said.




Arts & Life

A Life: Duff Cummings is ‘irreplaceable as a friend and mentor’
LEBANON — When Lebanon Opera House Executive Director Joe Clifford thinks of Lauren “Duff” Cummings Jr., he pictures him in the shadowy wings of the city’s downtown theater, headset on and Cherry Coke at hand.




Obituaries

Haverhill, NH - Roger Kenneth Brickner, 94, died peacefully on Friday, March 21, 2025, at his home due to complications from a stroke. Roger was born on August 27, 1930, the son of Charles Brickner and Gertrude Duerr Brickner in Jamaic... remainder of obit for Roger Brickner

New London, NH - Annie Ballin of New London began her next journey on the evening of Wednesday, March 19, 2025, surrounded by her family, friends and two beloved Black Labs, Birdie and Gracie. She was blessed to die at her home as the s... remainder of obit for Anne Ballin

Walter "Walt" Putnam Lebanon, NH - Walter A. Putnam, 71, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2025, at DHMC. He was born to the late Carroll and Cynthia (Chipman) Putnam in Lebanon. He graduated from Lebanon High School, class of 1971. Walter... remainder of obit for Walter Putnam

Austin Eaton, Jr. "Ace" Springfield, NH - Austin Choate Eaton, Jr of Springfield, NH, born in Boston, MA on October 9, 1940, died peacefully at home with family on March 21, 2025. He is survived by his wife of sixty years, Joan Mead Eat... remainder of obit for Austin Eaton Jr.