It's been a berry good year

  Cindy Duchin has been growing strawberries in North Sandwich for 20 years and said this year's crop was "incredible." (Courtesy photo) Rebecca Green has been working on her blueberry bushes since there was still snow on the ground, and has been rewarded with marble-sized berries. At right. (Courtesy) It's been a good year for all kinds of berries, said Kelley McAdam of the UNH Cooperative Extension Service. She said that a rainy spring and summer have produced a... Read more

Education is feared by the more fortunate, hence their attac…

To The Daily Sun, CNN provided an article which offers the following quote: “A little knowledge poses a real danger to authoritarianism and the mindless following of orders.” This point of view does make it clear, that the reason some political groups want education stymied as it would provide a more informed labor force. N.H. unions provide much of this needed education which runs against certain trends of political thought. People who are more educated, are... Read more

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John M. Bacon, 82

  John M. Bacon, 82 OSSIPEE — John Milo Bacon, 82, of Ossipee, died Friday, May 5, 2017, after a period of declining health. John was born in Laconia on June 4, 1934, the youngest of three children of Milo and Minnie (Page) Bacon. He grew up in Gilford where he attended local schools, graduating from Laconia Highs School in 1952. While in high school, he was active in sports, most particularly as a member of the varsity football... Read more

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7-24-17 Calendar

Library Events Events at Gilford Public Library: Fiber Friends, 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Mahjong, 12:30 to 3 p.m. For details call 603-524-6042. Events at Hall Memorial Library, Northfield: Create a Build a Better World T-Shirt, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Chess Club, 3 to 6 p.m.; Medium Carolyn Richardson, (Recommended for adults), 6 to 7:30 p.m. For details call 603 286-8971. Lego Drop-In, Minot-Sleeper Library, Bristol, 10 a.m. to noon. For details call 603-744-3352.   Theater "The Hound of the Baskervilles... Read more

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Michael Barone - The Detroit riot, 50 years later

Fifty years ago this weekend, a deadly urban riot began in Detroit. It started around 3:30 a.m., when police arrested 85 patrons of a blind pig — an illegal after-hours bar — in the midst of an all-black neighborhood that had been all-white 15 or 20 years before. The statistics are horrifying. Rioting went on for six nights, with some 2,500 stores looted and burnt, some 400 families displaced and property damage was estimated around $300... Read more

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