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78 Years Ago: New Hampshire 8-Year-Old Takes Train to Boston by Himself
It's not every day that a small boy gets to visit the big city by himself, but that's just what happened 78 years ago to young Ernest R. Hoytt Jr. of Dover, New Hampshire. This writer stumbled across this amusing story thanks to New Hampshire Heritage, History, and Memories, a Facebook group dedicated to sharing memories of the Granite State. An admin member of the group posted this tidbit in 2023 from a 1946 Boston Globe article, telling of a young boy's solo adventure to Boston.
Why Are New Hampshire’s Roads So Much Better Than Maine’s?
If you've driven anywhere in Maine and New Hampshire, you've probably noticed that as soon as you cross the state line, there is a huge difference in the quality of the road. Look at this Google Maps picture of the state line between Gilead, Maine, and Shelburne, New Hampshire. And...
Amid fraught landscape, school districts react differently to transgender sports ban law
In August, the Kearsarge Regional School Board took up a thorny question: How should it comply with a new law barring transgender girls from middle and high school sports? Earlier that summer, Gov. Chris Sununu had signed the law, House Bill 1205, which required that schools separate their sports teams into male, female, and coed […]
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