Super El Niño could bring more heat this summer, warm winter

Hiking injury doesn't derail plans for marriage proposal

Alexis Hardy and Tim Dupere were rescued from Mount Kearsarge after Hardy suffered a lower-leg injury. During the rescue, Dupere proposed to Hardy, who said yes!

Granite Geek: Searching a lake bottom for a bit of a WWII bomber is harder than it sounds

If you’ve ever spent hours walking around your yard staring at the ground — going back and forth, back and forth — to find an earpod that you think fell off while weeding the lawn last week, you can sympathize with the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. Except the goal […]

MainStreet Warner Lodge set to open in late summer

The MainStreet Warner Lodge, formerly the First Baptist Church, has been renovated into a community hub with a ribbon cutting to take place on Aug. 22, and a concert hall still needing $250,000 for completion.

Rooftop solar saved New England around $130 million during latest heat wave

Solar panels mounted on rooftops across New England significantly eased overall demand for electricity from the regional grid during an intense heat wave in early July, according to a new analysis. Jamie Dickerson, senior of climate and clean energy programs at the Acadia Center, said distributed solar generation helped New England electric customers save at least $130 million in wholesale energy costs during the heat event between June 28 and July 4. “Basically, we saw between 28% and 43% of daily costs were avoided by the distributed solar in the region,” Dickerson said. The Acadia Center analysis found that the region’s […]

'Illegal junkyard': Franklin increases fines on properties that violate city codes

The City of Franklin will consider increasing fines for violating properties in order to encourage compliance with city ordinances and prevent court escalation, as the city has spent thousands of dollars on cleanups of illegal junkyards.