Canterbury News

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and RACHEL ZOLL, Associated Press Writers 12 mins ago LOS ANGELES The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected a lesbian as assistant bishop Saturday, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first.

More than 50,000 customers across the state, some of them in Concord, lost power yesterday as gusting winds knocked trees into power lines, sending utility companies scrambling to make repairs.

If you've been trying to get a seasonal flu shot, your time is now. The Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association, which ran out of its flu shot doses a month ago, has been resupplied, and it's scheduled a series of public flu shot clinics for the coming weeks.

Within days of starting work at the Monitor in May 1971, my phone rang just before dinner.

Dudley Laufman said he never really thought he'd make a living out of making music.

What's the longest-running television cooking show? Here's a hint: It stars a New Hampshire resident and will soon mark its 20th anniversary on the air.

Commenting on the declaration of bankruptcy by FairPoint, the Monitor notes that "utilities are classically required to provide universal service." Telephone service, now known as "landlines," reached our home some time in the 20th century.

Check it out! For more information about the 2009 NH Open Doors event, please visit nhopendoors.com I love watching talented artisans at work and, equally, touring state for fine New Hampshire-made products.

Patricia "Pat" Inman, 81, of Pearson Hill Road, died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at home surrounded by family.

Alternative energies explained - with cartoons! Imagine that your home could run on solar.

From the front walkway, the expansive contemporary cape at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac is charming, but take one step inside and that impression changes to "Wow!" The soaring ceilings, walls of windows, glass doors with arched transoms and amazing views of nature are arrestingly beautiful.

More than 150 people came to the Courtyard by Marriott on Monday night to feast on locally grown and produced foods - a turnout that City Councilor Rob Werner said warrants making the local growers dinner an annual event.

What's better than an autumn drive through New Hampshire with a stop for raspberry souffle at The Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods or the crab cakes at the Eagle Mountain House in Jackson? A dining tour of all New England.

With the Friendship Grange in danger of closing, its members are urging local residents to join the community-service oriented club so it can keep its charter.

To the management of New Hampshire Motor Speedway: I am a resident of Canterbury who needed to be on the Seacoast this past weekend.

Students have fun and enjoy a performance at this year's student activities fair.

Land that once was the proposed site for a landfill on the banks of the Merrimack River in Canterbury is now slated for conservation.

Not enough communities in New Hampshire have committed to a plan to build a $15 million recycling facility in Concord in order to make it viable.

In a move to address a chronic vacancy rate in the judicial branch, Gov. John Lynch recommended four people to become Superior Court judges Tuesday, including Hillsborough County Attorney Marguerite Wageling.

Gov. John Lynch has nominated four people to serve as Superior Court judges. They are Hillsborough County Attorney Marguerite Wageling of Manchester, Richard McNamara of Bedford, David Garfunkel of Canterbury and Jacalyn Colburn of Concord.