Polar bears, icebergs as large as the Empire State Building or Central Park and a yawning puffin are some of the images.

Last week featured several notable individual and team performances across the Alaska sports landscape at the high school and ...

The banks of the Lagoon were once home to a glamorous musical hub. A chance encounter helped bring it back to life.

Land of vegetation The first in our list of state name origins, Alabama is named after the river that European explorers named for a local Native American tribe, according to the Alabama Department of ...

Welcome to Peterborough, New Hampshire – the small town with big retirement potential. Nestled in the Monadnock Region of southwestern New Hampshire, Peterborough offers that rare combination of ...

Actor Dick Terhune will bring Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” to life in a one-man performance at the Palace Theater.

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November 27, 2025 - In his first presidential proclamation, George Washington designated November 26, 1789 as a Day of National Thanksgiving. The next president to issue a Thanksgiving Proclamation ...

The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all animals. He said clashes between ant colonies could make great military clashes seem almost small by comparison. Sometimes, ...

Our people’s story is one of enormous suffering and sacrifice, but also of survival; occasionally we achieve sublimity. Because of our diaspora, we are now all over the world, and are both changing ...

Author James Geary loves aphorisms, those short, witty statements that often contain profound truths. In 2005, he published “The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism,” which is now out ...

On Dec. 13, Dick Van Dyke, legendary actor of stage and screen, will turn 100 years old. But despite his centenarian status, Van Dyke has no intention of hanging up his hat just yet. In fact, he may ...