Tag Archives: National

September’s National Honey Month–A Time for New Hampshire to Buzz

Posted on 24 September, 2013 by Janice Brown

Can you imagine New Hampshire without its apple orchards, (or Massachusetts without its cranberries)?  According to the National Honey Board, both apples and cranberries are 90% dependent on honeybee pollination (along with a variety of other plants). Without the humble … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Fishing, Fisheries and Firsts

Posted on 25 April, 2013 by Janice Brown

“Where, in many straggling group,  Gnarled and crooked willows By a chaffing streamlet stoop, And their yellow branches droop,  Tow’rd its tiny billows; Near the banks are little whirls,–  Whirles of fretted water,– And beneath those rings of pearls  Trout … Continue reading →

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Madison, New Hampshire: Home to New England’s Largest "Lost Rock"

Posted on 23 August, 2008 by Janice Brown

Well, the Madison Boulder is not exactly lost. 

Hundreds if not thousands of people take a gander at this 5,000 … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Missing Holiday: Fast Day

Posted on 6 April, 2008 by Janice Brown

Back in 1991 the New Hampshire Legislature abolished a New Hampshire holiday that had been celebrated for 310 years

In … Continue reading →

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