MEREDITH — The Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Music Festival has named Paul Polivnick the Conductor Laureate of the New Hampshire Music Festival. More...

LACONIA — The Laconia Area Community Land Trust was recently awarded a $100,000 affordable housing grant through the TD Charitable Foundation’s Housing for Everyone grant competition. More...

BELMONT — After months of negotiations, the teachers’ union and the Shaker Regional School Board have approved a multi-year pact. More...

We hear a lot of complaints about the commercialization of Christmas. One perennial favorite is that it’s just impossible to buy American anymore. People who say that must not be looking very hard. More...

On advice for Congress: More...

’Tis the season for Christmas trees … big, beautiful, real Christmas trees. Woe be to those who traffic in fake plastic trees. More...

Thomas Edison said: “If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.” More...

A picturesque gift Dear Heloise: I am a mother of four sons and a grandmother of four. I put PHOTOS of the grandkids on their holiday presents. I either make copies or print them out, different photos of various sizes. More...

DEAR ABBY: I am 35 and my husband is 45. When we met, he weighed 375 pounds. He has now hit the 600- pound mark. I have five kids, a full-time job and go to school two nights a week. More...