Making an impression: Salem State students move audiences (jpg)
published in The Salem (MA) News, © 2003
SALEM - It's not every day, or every play, in which drama provides ressurection of your religious beliefs, but such was the case for 23-year-old Kevin Crowley of Salem, an actor in "Jesus Christ Superstar" performed by the Student Theatre ensemble of Salem State College...

Mass. dad finds divine promise in blizzard
SALEM, Mass. - To many Boston area residents, the blizzard of January 2005 was a white curse in a winter that had already clogged their narrow streets with enough snow. But in Salem, mail carrier Scott O'Malley looked at the snow and saw a divine promise that his deceased 12-year-old daughter was in good hands.

Ice fisherman shares passion for living, inventing
MEREDITH, N.H. - As shadows grow longer over frozen Lake Winnipesaukee, the daytime high of 15 degrees plummets back to near zero, and the arctic northerly wind only makes it feel colder. But out in the middle of Meredith Bay, one ice fisherman creates a warm oasis where he shows it's possible to shun trophies and live for the love of living, even after the one that got away.

From Mt. Washington to Boston: Home for the Holidays (jpg)
Wednesday was a busy day of packing and traveling. It didn't feel as though I'd spent an entire week on Mount Washington. As I look at the news and see the chaotic holiday travels of millions of other people, I feel thankful for the way I came home.

Walpole: NH Town Spotlight (jpg)
Forget Waldo. The question, if you're looking at a New Hampshire map, is "Where's Walpole?" For reasons you'll discover in this article, I'm not going to tell you. Sure, it's the internet age, and you could Google it or Mapquest it. If that's your pace, you won't like Walpole.

Mount Washington Observatory Volunteering
The mountaintop landscape looks more like the moon than anything else. Snow flies furiously in 85 mph winds. The temperature is just above zero and visibility is about the same. From the safety of the Mount Washington Observatory, you can be witness to a climate that P.T. Barnum called "The Second Greatest Show On Earth."

Science

Worst Weather, Great Spirit
New Hampshire's Mount Washington is one of those rare places where scientists become artists and vice-versa, and where emotionless data can mingle with spiritual thoughts in the same mind. (BCI Exclusive)

Discover Wild N.H. Day - Sustaining a wild way of life (jpg)
Today's wildlife-related laws, and the state agency that enforces them, are part of an environmental conservation effort that includes a multitude of helping hands from a government and private organizations. Getting that message out is why, in 1989, Dr. Judy Silverberg of NH Fish & Game started "Discover Wild New Hampshire Day," an annual fair at the department's headquarters.

Advances and limits of New England weather forecasting
New technology in the weather forecasting field has made predictions dramatically better than they were just 15 years ago, but frustrated forecasters still caution that meteorology, like medicine, is still very much an inexact science with a long way to go.