Jackson News

Every fall, businesses throughout Jackson, NH put their creativity to work creating " Pumpkin People " for the annual display sponsored by the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce .

Coming from the south, the first taste you get of Mount Washington Valley is busy North Conway, dominated by the outlet stores, restaurants, hotels, motels, water slide parks, and miniature golf areas that crowd Route 16.

It's been about 20 years since the first Pumpkin People began appearing at businesses in and around Jackson each October for a month-long celebration of creativity, humor and the season.

Great places to work: Calef's Store, Moharimet Elementary win Psychologically Healthy Workplace awards By JEREMIAH TURNER jturner@fosters.com jturner@fosters.com Sunday, October 11, 2009 John Huff/Staff photographer Calef's Country Store was recently recognized for being a psychologically healthy place to work.

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.

Check it out! Return of the Pumpkin People When: Starting October 1, 2009 Where: Businesses, restaurants and attractions across Jackson, NH More information: Visit JacksonNH.com or call the chamber office 800-866-3334 or 603-383-9356. Starting on October 1 the town of Jackson will debut dozens of pumpkin people and pumpkin animals all dressed up ...

Ann Delude traveled from Dunbarton to take in a freshly cooked local lobster and said she had no problem waiting in a long line that snaked through Prescott Park.

N orthern New England's fall foliage is expected to be spectacular this year, unlike tourism revenues, which likely will remain muted as the economy slowly recovers.

Zeb's General Store in North Conway Village was one of many Valley businesses to report a very successful Labor Day Weekend.

Historic New England will celebrate the beginning of the harvest season on Saturday with Jackson Hill Cider Day.

A Greenland, N.H., wood pellet firm used counterfeit markings to indicate that its product was inspected for heat resistance, according to a lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Concord.

The annual Carroll County Kennel Club Dog Show and Obedience Trials will be held in Hussey Field in North Conway, Sept.

IF I MAY BE so bold as to speak on behalf of journalists everywhere, we love it when we can use "absolutes." By "absolutes," I mean words and phrases that require no equivocation; words and phrases such as "the finest," "the first," "the highest" and "the best." Today, I get to use "the biggest." The Gail Singer Memorial Blood Drive can now lay ...

IF I MAY BE so bold as to speak on behalf of journalists everywhere, we love it when we can use "absolutes." By "absolutes," I mean words and phrases that require no equivocation; words and phrases such as "the finest," "the first," "the highest" and "the best." Today, I get to use "the biggest." The Gail Singer Memorial Blood Drive can now lay ...

Bullfrog and Poor Howard Stith will open the weekend with their Tall Tales and the steady groove of the twelve string guitar.

Bullfrog and Poor Howard Stith will open the weekend with their Tall Tales and the steady groove of the twelve string guitar.

School Board member Ernie Brown is proud of the Governor Wentworth Regional School District.

The Wakefield Police Department, in collaboration with county, state and local police agencies, will conduct a driver sobriety checkpoint this weekend at an undisclosed location.

The Wakefield Heritage Commission restored Union Railroad Station has acquired a very large piece of history - an antique plow railcar built in Canada in 1902 that will become a permanent display at the Main Street site.

Bette L. Lloyd, 68, of Post Road, died Saturday, July 25, 2009, at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.