AUGUSTA Supervisors of state recovery centers say they’re worried about the timing and direction of Maine’s plan to establish peer-run recovery centers statewide. The idea is for people who have faced challenges like substance abuse or mental illness to receive training to provide peer support for others. Peer-run centers, seen as a cost-efficient part of […]

CONCORD, N.H. When it closed earlier this year, there was much mourning over The Brick Store, the New Hampshire landmark that claims to be one of the oldest continuously operating general stores in the country. No more fudge, penny candy, or smoked meats. No more ambiance of a time gone by. But, a few months […]

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. The Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in White River Junction is working with a private group to provide free lodging for the families of veterans from Vermont and New Hampshire. The hospital is pairing up with the Fisher House Foundation, which if a local fundraising campaign is successful, will build a […]

NEW YORK You might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com’s word of the year is “xenophobia.” While it’s difficult to get at exactly why people look words up in dictionaries, online or on paper, it’s clear that in contentious 2016, fear of “otherness” bruised the collective […]