Jason Schreiber

2 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Jason Schreiber

Kathy Hanlon didn’t mess around when she heard that the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was planning a slumber party with the shelter’s animals and needed volunteers for the sleepover. The Candia woman has been volunteering in the barn for three years and knew exactly who she wanted to room with for the night. She thought slumbering with Dwayne, the 300-pound pot-bellied pig, sounded perfect. “He’s just a happy, friendly pig.

2 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Jason Schreiber

As this year’s maple sugaring season comes to a close, the owner of Sugarmomma’s Maple Farm in Northwood has found herself in a sticky situation. Seasoned syrup producer Debra Locke is still on the hunt for a suspected sap theif who swiped 1,200 gallons of the sweet liquid gold that was collected from the trees she taps each season.

3 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Jason Schreiber

Frustrated parents and other concerned residents who packed a Sanborn Regional School Board meeting Wednesday night expressed outrage over abuse allegations against a former elementary school special education teacher and demanded the removal of Superintendent Thomas Ambrose.

3 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Jason Schreiber

Sea Dog Brewing Company owner Fred Forsley would like to set the record straight after rumors began swirling that the Exeter pub restaurant was shutting its doors. “We’re definitely not closing,” he said. Forsley, who has owned the Sea Dog chain since 2002, isn’t sure where rumors about its future in Exeter originated, but he insisted that the restaurant on Water Street with views of the picturesque Squamscott River isn’t going anywhere.

4 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Jason Schreiber

IT MAY NOT have been an episode of “Top Chef,” but it was close enough for the budding chefs from Timberlane Regional Middle School in Plaistow who sharpened their culinary skills this year and took home the top prize in the inaugural New Hampshire Middle School Cooking Competition.