Ready to roll in Hartford

By JENNIFER HAUCK

Carol DeCoff, of Hartford, rolls her dog Sammy back to her house after a recent walk. The 4-year-old maltese poodle mix prefers getting a ride in his pet carriage, especially on hot days. DeCoff takes a 2-mile walk with the dog most days.

Parking lot play time

By JENNIFER HAUCK

While waiting for her husband, Shyanne Luce, of Randolph, plays with her four-month old son Leo Luce in West Lebanon recently.

Taking their dog for a swim in Mascoma Lake

By JENNIFER HAUCK

After a warm afternoon swim in Mascoma Lake, Stephen Johnson, of Canaan, dries Maizy while his wife Michelle gives the dog treats last month in Enfield. Maizy is 12 years old, so the couple tries to find easier activities for her to do, including swimming.

Bicyclist back on track in Claremont

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

Jackson Staples, 8, puts the chain back on his bike in Claremont recently. He said he went out looking for a place to put air in a flat tire, and his chain slipped off during the ride.

Bridgewater woman unwinds with feathered friends

By JENNIFER HAUCK

BRIDGEWATER — Jennifer Beliveau enjoys unwinding after work with her flock of chickens late last month.

A wet weekend is in the forecast

By ALEX DRIEHAUS

A pedestrian attempts to keep dry in the rain while carrying her lunch across the green in Hanover earlier this month. More cool temps and rain are in the forecast for this weekend.

Rain doesn’t delay Thetford yard work

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

THETFORD — Linda Ford disregarded the rain while raking and tidying her daughter’s yard in Thetford on Friday, May 9.

Middle Branch Grange to be rebuilt

Judy Powell, left, helps her brother Joe Williams salvage windows to use for a chicken coop out of the Middle Branch Grange building in East Bethel last month before demolition of the fire-damaged building began the next day. The building was severely damaged in a January 2024 fire, and the organization plans to rebuild on the site.

To the books in Norwich

Mary Ryan, left, walks from her Norwich home with her grandson Leevy Appleby, 4, of Strafford, to the Norwich Public Library recently.

Brush fire in Cornish

As Cornish Fire Department trucks arrive, a bicyclist pedals past a brush fire on Town House Road in Cornish on Wednesday. Cornish Fire Chief Mike Boutilier said the fire was caused by a downed powerline. Firefighters extinguished the fire by early evening.

Growing together

A growing fundraiser

Ledyard Charter School botany students, from left, Kiley Harvey, 18, Sabrina Lopez, 17, and RyaPospychala, 16, right, search for an information sheet on Morning Glories to give Timber Holmes, of Grantham, left, who bought starts of the flowers at their Mother's Day plant sale in Lebanon. The sale includes annual starts planted by the students and house plants they propagated. Proceeds from the sale, which continues through Friday, benefits the school as it prepares to install a lift between the first and second floors of its building.

A welcome home

Charlotte Lyman sweeps her steps and walkway last month in Hartford, her home where Lyman has lived for 49 years while raising her family. The farm originally belonged to her husband's grandparents.

Playdate

AshlieWeyhrauch, center, of Dayton, Ohio, untangles her dog Whitley, right, from her sister’s dog, Pogo, center, during an impromptu playdate with great daneRonin, left, who lives across the street, as neighbor Karen Corrigan, second from left, visits with the family, including Weyhrauch’s nephew Oskar Watson, 6, on April 18 in Lebanon. Weyhrauch jokingly said she was visiting her nephews and her sister, Tanya Watson, who happens to live there as well.

Full of energy

Anne Quirion, of Enfield, left, and her sister-in-law Heidi Knowles react as the engine of Quirion’s 2002 Ford Explorer turns over after they replaced the battery in West Lebanon on Thursday. When Quirion discovered the dead battery after work, she contacted Knowles, who drove her to purchase a replacement and a wrench and helped install it.

Front yard activism

Toy Storey clears leaves away from a patch of squills in her front yard while wearing a hand-drawn “Go Harvard” sweatshirt, which she made in support of the school’s response to demands from the Trump administration, at her home in Norwich on Tuesday. Storey, who is in her 90s, has traveled around the world and stays active through gardening, biking and volunteering. “I don’t even have a bucket list,” she said, noting that she lives a very full life without one.

Blowing out the competition

Meg Hopkins, of Tunbridge, right, reacts as a bubble gum bubble blown by BriellaBlondin, 7, of Chelsea, continues to grow during the first bubble blowing contest at the Tunbridge General Store last Friday. Each of four competitors were given one piece of Bubble Yum and three chances to blow the biggest bublle in the first round with the two top competitors facing off in a final round. Blondin won, earning a prize of a candy sushi kit and a pack of gum.

A little off the top

Joel Luis and Danny Sanchez of Olsen Roofing remove shingles on a large barn last week in Orford. Built in the 1800s, the barn is getting a new roof to help preserve the building.

Winding up a project

GalileaAtencio, 9, and her brother Kingston Atencio, 12, wind twine around what will be roosting bars in the chicken coop they are helping to put together with their father on Tuesday in White River Junction. The family recently got nine chicks, which are living in Galilea’s bedroom under a heat lamp. This is the first time they have raised chickens, and the family is excited to be getting their own eggs.