Lempster News

In his 30 years on Mount Washington, Jim Reichert thought he had seen it all from the summit -- the moose, the unicyclist, the Segway -- until yesterday morning.

A camel celebrated "hump" day in grand style Wednesday. Josh, a dromedary camel from Lempster, N.H., became the first camel ever to make the trek to the summit of Mount Washington.

Hikers and bikers have scaled Mount Washington, the Northeast's highest mountain.

Ever since Darby Field made the first ascent of Mount Washington, others seeking to be first have followed.

A former, 10-year Democratic state legislator is President Barack Obama's choice to be executive director for the New Hampshire Farm Service Agency with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Board of Selectmen accepted a proposal from Aquatech Irrigation to perform the turn-off and winterization of the town's four irrigation systems for a total cost of $1,037. Originally, the Board of Selectmen rejected a proposal for Aquatech to both turn the systems off and turn them on in the spring.

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New Hampshire's first commercial wind farm was officially dedicated Friday. Because of heavy fog, the twelve turbines that sit on a ridgeline in Lempster were barely visible from Route 10.

Kawasaki ATV rider Joe Haavisto rode to his second sweep of the New England ATV series, earning overall victories in both the Open Pro and Pro Am classes at Jolly Rogers Motorsports Park in Lempster, N.H. Other than a few rain drops on Sunday, the motos were held under great conditions.

Today, Senate Republicans praised Governor Lynch for promising to veto the state budget if it contains a gas tax increase.

The town might see its future if it looks to Lempster, N.H. The man who wants to build a wind farm in and around Ira appeared before the Select Board for the first time Monday.

A New Hampshire House committee will begin hearings on a bill that would make tougher standards than a federal law covering notification for plant closings or mass layoffs.

New Hampshire's April business tax revenues are not showing any rebound from the recession as lawmakers had hoped to see as they contend with a projected budget shortfall of at least $550 million.

Fire crews quickly knocked down a single-alarm fire this morning caused by a wood stove in a home on Queen Road in a remote area of the town.

Sunday, April 19, 2009 Courtesy photo The Iberdrola 24-megawatt Lempster wind farm is the only modern, commercial-scale wind power project in New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire Senate narrowly passed a bill Wednesday that would expand the federal WARN Act, which gives workers 60 days notice before a plant is shut down or a layoff is instituted, by reducing the size of the firms affected from those with 100 employees or more to 75 and by enabling the state to go after a parent corporation to make the ...

A house fire Tuesday night that officials initially thought was suspicious turned out to have been caused by a fork.

New Hampshire is chewing over a lot of meaty alternative-energy questions right now, such as whether spending tons of money to partially clean up a coal-fired power plant is sensible and whether building a wind farm on pristine ridgelines un-does the facility's "green power" benefit.

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New Hampshire employers would have to pay workers the day they are laid off, as opposed to the next regular payday, if House Bill 103 becomes law.