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By KATE DARIO

As young athletes gear up for another fall sports season, some local school districts are still trying to figure out how to enforce a new state law barring trans girls from playing on girls sports teams.The law, which took effect on Aug. 19, requires...

By KATE DARIO

By the end of August, New Hampshire plans to collect and destroy 10,000 gallons of PFAS-laden foam from local fire departments.Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (or AFFF)has long been used by fire departments, airports and the military to combat flammable...

By KATE DARIO

The last mountain lion in New Hampshire was killed in Lee in 1853 — at least, that’s if you believe the state’s Fish and Game department. And plenty of people don’t.Despite a lack of any conclusive evidence for the past 150 years, people across the...

By KATE DARIO

When the League of NH Craftsmen kicks off its annual fair in Newbury, N.H., this weekend, it’ll be doing so without its board chair and four other board members.Those five people — representing half of the organization’s 10-member board — resigned in...

By KATE DARIO

When you buy a plane ticket online, have you ever paid a few extra dollars to make up for your flight’s carbon footprint? That’s a carbon offset: a program that aims to counteract the environmental impact of a purchase.This is often done by protecting...

By KATE DARIO

Last year, extreme temperature swings wiped out entire apple and peach crops across New Hampshire. This spring and early summer things are looking different.“There are enough apples that growers are currently having to thin their apples so more fruit...

By KATE DARIO

At the start of every growing season for the past 14 years, James Steever, who co-owns Generation Farm in Concord, works his fields, plants his seeds — and hand-delivers his organic certification application to the New Hampshire Department of...

By KATE DARIO

Douglas Smith lives in Sharon, Vt., just across the border from New Hampshire. He’s legally blind, asthmatic, epileptic and undergoing treatment for cancer.And since October, the 83-year-old has also carved out time for weekly vigils around the Upper...