Madison News

Another huge value-destroying hurricane is about to slam America, destroying billions of dollars of value.

Up for adoption: a 5,000-ton boulder the size of a small house - the largest known boulder of its type in New England - listed as a National Natural Landmark and in one of New Hampshire's money-losing parks.

A New Hampshire lawmaker wants to create an adopt-a-park program to help the state's cash-strapped park system care for up to half of New Hampshire's 71 parks because the agency can't afford their upkeep.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., announced Monday her office is participating in the Veterans History Project in conjunction with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, encouraging veterans to tell their stories for future generations.

This is a great time to prepare for the holidays with foods grown, raised and prepared by local farmers, bakers and fishermen.

The Carroll County Transit Project is on schedule to start shuttling tourists and residents on July 1 of next year.

Needy children will likely receive less assistance from the Ossipee Children's Fund and other organizations for the next two years due to a reduction in state grant funding.

Bill travels along with the Ossipee Water Ski Club. A Note from Bill: We start our show tonight just over the boundary in East Madison, New Hampshire, because at the base of King Pine Ski Area is the perfect body of water for water skiing.

"You take the trust you have for a child to learn organically and you branch it out into other areas of parenting," said radical unschooler Dayna Martin of Madison, N.H., whose new book, "Radical Unschooling - A Revolution Has Begun," is in its second printing after being released in July.

Jack Montgomery, 11, of Madison, NH fishes while he waits for his father Jeff to drive their boat out onto Oneida Lake to observe the action on the second day of the Ramada Champion's Choice, the regular season finale of the Bassmaster Elite Series on Aug.

A man with a history of sexually assaulting children faces up to 17 years in prison in New Hampshire, and perhaps decades more in Massachusetts, where he has prior convictions.

Who are they? What is their job? Why should you call them? Why, because, their job description is to know everything about everything! That might be a slight exaggeration of their duties, but our tax dollars do pay them to provide answers to just about any question a Carroll County resident can ask.

With the first sunshine in six days combined with warm temperatures, locals and visitors couldn't seem to get outside and to the water fast enough during the fourth of July weekend.

Officials from the NH Fire Marshal's Office were scheduled to be on scene Wednesday to survey the damage after a fire ripped through a business complex in West Ossipee Tuesday afternoon.

Colleague Jeff Nelson shares this report from Linganore Coach Rick Conner: Wide receiver Ryan Dixon has scholarship offers from James Madison, New Hampshire, Fordham and Monmouth.

The investigation into the murder of a mother of five has not led to any arrests, but authorities have been looking into her past for clues, including her divorce, according to Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin.

An inmate awaiting trial on four felony charges for allegedly robbing the North Conway Rite Aid last November escaped from the Carroll County House of Corrections on May 8 only to be apprehended less than an hour later near Route 16 in Ossipee.

No arrests have been made in connection with the stabbing death of 41-year-old Stacey Burns, who was found dead Sunday morning in her home at 146 N. Main St.

An environmental camp in Madison, N.H., has reopened with a clean bill of health after salmonella in a kitchen mixer sickened students last month.

State officials have given a clean bill of health to an environmental camp that voluntarily closed last week, after salmonella cases were reported among some students who had attended the camp.