Last month the country shuddered with fear at yet another salmonella outbreak, this time in a half billion eggs distributed across the nation and infecting more than a thousand people.  The news media buzzed with worry and dismay at how this could happen, and wrung its hands over the safety of our food supply. When even a humble egg is a threat, what’s a poor consumer to do?

UNH historian honored for his article chronicling the history of the newspaper industry and growth of democracy in New Hampshire

From January 1765 through September 1766, Portsmouth had two newspapers. Patrick Daley wondered why a small community with a population of only 4,500 people needed two newspapers. It turns out, he says, “This competition was an important historical movement in which competing ideas gave people the opportunity to weigh in and see their views represented. Once this happened, there was no turning back."

Durham considers policies to improve relations between UNH students and town residents

It’s a conflict that exists in virtually every college town. Students party, yell, litter, fight and carouse the streets late into the night, irritating families who live nearby. There’s no easy solution to the problem, but as the University of New Hampshire’s fall semester gets underway, Durham police, town officials and school administrators are brainstorming ways to ease the tension between students and residents. 

A new breed of submarine will soon arrive at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for an extended stay. The USS Virginia nuclear submarine and its 134-person crew will undergo maintenance work at the shipyard for up to 18 months.

15 area concerts to appease your sonic demands this fall

Positioned just an hour north of Boston, the Seacoast is ideally situated to attract nationally touring bands as they swing through the Northeast. While some acts reserve their biggest road trips for the summer, others are traveling extensively this fall. Mid-size venues from Portland, Maine, to Salisbury, Mass., are hosting regional and national acts that should generate plenty of excitement for area fans. Here’s a roundup of 15 highlights coming up over the next few months.

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Daniel Stamm, director of “The Last Exorcism,” cultivates a thoroughly compelling mystery about whether a comely young southern blossom was overcome by the Prince of Lies, or was simply rendered stark-barking schizo by seclusion and abuse on her family’s broken down old farm. It should therefore come as little surprise to Stamm that audiences almost universally groan out loud when he deliberately reveals all the secrets in the final two minutes of the film.

World Northal, 1980: What should be an easy assignment—covering a German heritage festival in a remote California town—turns into a nightmare for television reporter Jennifer Fast.

young farmers confront the future of farming

“Where is the next generation of farmers?” asks 27-year-old Annalisa Miller, who has farms at Wild Miller Gardens in Lee.

Unable to sleep one night, Miller wrote an essay calling on fellow young people to take action in the farming industry. She posted her essay on the Great Bay Agricultural Resources Network’s Web site.

“I just had these thoughts in my head and I had to get (them) out of my head before I could rest,” Miller said. 

Chuck Galle and Wayne W. Whicher will read from their books on Local Authors Night at RiverRun Bookstore on Monday, Sept. 6, starting at 7 p.m. 

The New Hampshire Writers’ Project is offering fall workshops for writers of all levels, with several focused on the challenge of completing and publishing a manuscript.

The characters in John Walters' “Roads Less Traveled” are full of passion and purpose. They have devoted themselves to a career, an art form, an idea or a cause, and taken their own road. And they're all your friends and neighbors.

Fall season features local playwrights

Local playwrights turn out everything from comedies to fables to performance memoirs. Several original plays written by area playwrights are scheduled to hit Seacoast stages this fall, and audience members devoted to local theater will fill the seats.

For Seacoast surfers, hurricane season is the most wonderful time of the year

Eight-foot waves crashed across the Seacoast early last week, kicking up a foamy spray of seawater, and dozens of surfers braved the rains to harness the ocean’s energy. As summer comes to a close, New England’s surf season is just getting underway.

artist Lauren Luloff returns for a week to redecorate Buoy

Lauren Luloff sailed back to the Seacoast with billowing bed sheets on thin masts of scrap wood. She spent a week as artist-in-residence completing an installation at Buoy Gallery in Kittery, Maine, the first time she’s returned to the area since leaving her hometown of Dover at age 10.