Hersey Farm Cows Produce Unusual Number of Twin Calves This Year
By Bob & Rita Norander
ATV’s Are Causing Damage to Popular Hiking Trails
More signage need to mark trails
By Alan McIntyre
One of the best local hikes can be found at the northern end of Elbow Pond. The Mountain Brook Trail (accessed from Elbow Pond road) is an easy and beautiful hike through privately owned conservation easements. Thanks to those property owners’ generosity and foresight, you and I are allowed to intimately enjoy a beautiful section […]
New Hampshire’s Dry Summer Has Elevated Fire Risk
The average citizen can prevent forest fires
Press release
With all of New Hampshire experiencing abnormally dry or moderate drought conditions, the New Hampshire Forest Protection Bureau and the New Hampshire Fire Marshall’s Office are asking all residents and visitors to New Hampshire to pay extra attention to how their summertime activities might unintentionally start a wildfire. Ninety percent of wildfires in New Hampshire […]
Highland Lake Inn Now Offers E-bike Charging Station
Press Release
Friends of the Northern Rail Trail in Merrimack County (FNRT-MC) announces the addition of e-bike charging stations at three locations along the rail trail. Outdoor 120-volt outlets are now well signed and available to rail trail users to top off e-bike batteries at the Homestead Inn’s garage (188 King St. Boscawen), which faces Depot Street […]
Contractors Engage in Ongoing Transmission Line Work for Eversource
By Charlie Darling
Andover Beaver Deceivers Still in Good Working Order
A humane way to prevent beavers from building dams
By Vicky Mishcon
Skip Lisle, President of Beaver Deceivers International, was recently in town to check on two Beaver Deceiver installations, one on Elbow Pond Road and one on Valley Road. There was concern about debris and beaver damming against the fencing as well as whether the pipes were blocked by debris. The structures at Elbow Pond Road […]
“Bike The Northern Rail Trail” Helps Visitors Enjoy the Trail
Highland Lake Inn is a participating Country Inn
By Pecco Beaufays
“Bike The Northern Rail Trail” is a partnership of inns, B&Bs, and other tourism businesses that makes it easy for visitors to enjoy theNorthern Rail Trail just like the locals do. The Northern Rail Trail currently spans 58 miles from the northern border of Concord to Lebanon. Gail and Pecco Beaufays, owners of the […]
Highland Lake Loon Observer Spots A Failed Nest
Fourth of July lake activity increases during nesting period
By Donna Baker-Hartwell
As of June 15, we are still waiting to see if our loons on Highland Lake will nest again after having their two eggs which were laid the week of June 1st washed out of the nest on June 5. I expect that they will attempt to. Usually, this second nest occurs within a few […]
A Final Spring Snow Coats the Blossoming Trees in May
By Jeffrey Dickinson
Tick Season Has Arrived; Learn How To Stay Safe
UNH Extension website offers helpful information
By Lee Wells
One of the great joys of warmer weather in New Hampshire is getting outside to enjoy that better weather and the natural beauty of our state. Some of the dampers on that enjoyment are the annoying small critters that we find and that find us when we are outside. If you and your family spend […]