Lake Placid and Keene's recently reorganized food pantries address a growing need; increased living expenses make it difficult for many families to put nourishing meals on the table. While the approaches to addressing food insecurities in the two towns are slightly different, the goals are ...

The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven— All's right with the world! —Robert Browning, Romantic poet, “Pippa Passes,” 1841 I read on Facebook recently that “some people will not be comforted by the mention of God.” The mention of God, in fact, ...

Launched 18 years ago by Scott Renderer, the January Jams are off to a great start at the Upper Jay Art Center's Recovery Lounge. While the weather was cold outside and initially a bit chilly inside, the old Ford assembly plant quickly heated up as the people poured in, the stack of blankets ...

What time is it? Time to make New Year’s resolutions! And what could be better than to resolve to be punctual? Getting up on time is very important for those who want to start the day out right. But for so many of us, even an alarm clock is not enough to do the trick. I was thinking ...

I was watching a documentary show on television where this freight train in California went out of control and it just kept going faster and faster and the engineer was signalling “Mayday! Mayday!” which is French for “Help me,” but what could anybody do to stop a runaway train? ...

At Northwood School's annual holiday party on Dec. 19, Gino Riffle was announced as its 11th Head of School. Riffle, who also serves as Northwood's Director of Admissions, was selected following an intensive search that included applications from over fifty qualified candidates ...