

The 1979 Ear of the Year Award
Kindly indulge in a brief time passage, back to Sunday, August 5, 1979. A capacity crowd sits under clear blue skies and a hot sun,...
Dec 28, 1979


The House the Havers Built
Log cabins are more than just physical structures. They conjure romantic notions of the pioneering days of American history, when men and...
Dec 21, 1979


The New Sound in Town
If you've flipped the radio dial lately, in between the disco, punk rock and "musak" beamed into the Mt. Washington Valley from across...
Sep 21, 1979


The Willey Slide of August 1826
Recalling an Infamous White Mountain Tragedy “Alas! They had quitted their security, and fled right into the path of destruction. Down...
Aug 17, 1979


Jesse Lyman: Man in the Middle
Jesse Lyman, it can be said, tells it like it is, according to the way he sees it. He is known for his outspokenness. He can rise at a...
Jul 20, 1979


The Timeless Art of Dowsing
Dowsing -- certain people's uncanny ability to locate springs of water or other objects beneath the surface of the earth -- has always...
Jun 22, 1979


The Inimitable Art of Rick Phillips
Rick and Eileen Phillips' house on the West Side Road is a busy place. Busy in the sense that there are very few feet of unoccupied...
Feb 23, 1979


The Hub of Eaton Center
When Kay Rickert first began selling stamps behind the Post Office window of her country store in Eaton Center, a first-class letter...
Feb 16, 1979


Henry's Free Ascents
A year ago last January, Henry Barber and his climbing partner, Rob Taylor, were negotiating a wall of ice 18,000 feet up the steep slope...
Feb 16, 1979


1978 Ear of the Year - The Blend
Instant success is a mythological beast in the world of professional entertainers. Sure, there are the tales about the groups that hit it...
Dec 29, 1978