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Winchendon Eagle Scout's project honors military families: What he did
A Toy Town Scout has chosen to honor the community’s military families for his Eagle Scout project. Daniel Maine Jr., a member of Scouts BSA Troop 193 in Winchendon, will unveil two monuments honoring the town’s Gold Star and Blue Star families in Grout Park just in time for Memorial Day. A Gold Star family is one that has lost a loved one during war, while Blue Star families are those with a loved one currently serving during...
New Hampshire’s first open community solar project moves forward despite state policy barriers
The first publicly available community solar project in New Hampshire hopes to pave the way for more such developments in a state where energy policies have made them challenging to complete. The small southern New Hampshire town of Jaffrey is working with ReVision Energy to develop the array atop a...
Where to Find Gold in New England
Did you know that New England is home to gold-panning hop spots?. Gold-panning is the act of finding gold among other rocks. Gold is about seven times heavier than other rocks of a similar size. Using a screen and a bucket, you can shuffle around a pile of small rocks in the river bed, and be left with little gold pieces to keep or turn into real cash.
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