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Shaheen applauded PermaCityLife’s efforts and stressed her commitment to maintaining funding for federal programs facing cuts.

My notion of success used to be based solely on money. Over time that has totally changed. Money does not bring you happiness. Having the flexibility to bring my kids to work whenever I choose, sharing all aspects of my life with them, and maximizing my time with them is what I define as success now while doing what I love in an environment that is a reflection of myself is what I love.

He’s a junior environmental science major, a Franklin native who grew up playing outdoors and – on the nights he spends counting water bugs – a bit of a nerd.

As effluent was gradually removed from the Winnipesaukee River, people began to appear, riding down the rapids.

Eighty-five-year-old Franklin native Andy Nadeau calls himself an “original river rat.”

Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki People Chief Paul Pouliot stands on a fishing and observation deck along the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin

A cofounder of a local business working to provide advancements in the medical field earned the designation of Small Business Person of the Year at this year’s Small Business Week award ceremony.

First Day Franklin went on as usual on New Year's Day despite ice which had formed in the lower part of the Winnipesaukee River, limiting the number of kayaks which took part in the event.

Concord Monitor | June 23, 2017 NORTHFIELD -- Like a ferryman methodically pulling a barge across a river, Sonny Hunt reels...

For the first time in 36 years, the Merrimack Valley Paddlers have been forced to change their traditional New Year’s Day kayaking event on the Winnipesaukee River, due to ice conditions on the lower part of the river.

First Day Franklin will go on as usual on New Year's Day