Long Weekend Getaways: Why This New Hampshire Ski Town Is a Great Summer Destination

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The effects of a winter ‘bomb-cyclone’ could produce a minus-100-degree wind chill in one part of New Hampshire

Amir Levy/Getty Images An Arctic air mass enveloping parts of the Northeast US on Friday sent temperatures below zero in some areas. The frigid weather is the byproduct of a bomb cyclone and polar vortex that slammed the East Coast for much of the week. The storm left some vehicles encased in ice on roads […]

Hampshire district crowned best place to live in the UK for fifth time running

Even the weather in Hart, north-east Hampshire, is better according to the Halifax annual quality of life survey. The region, centred around the town of Fleet, is described as “a step back in time”. It has 84 square miles of woodland and the county’s largest freshwater lake. Residents of the area enjoy better health, longer […]

‘Underpinning UK prosperity:’ New facility opens in Hampshire to develop & test laser cannon

Published time: 26 Nov, 2017 09:21 UK arms giant QinetiQ has opened a new ‘center of excellence’ for the development and testing of cutting-edge laser cannon. The new facility, named Dragonworks, will be an operational playground for lasers designed for the military. Among other things, the facility in Farnborough, Hampshire boasts a dedicated clean room […]

Surrey & Hampshire: Awaken your senses around the haunts of Jane Austen

ALAMY/GETTY Walkers at the Devil’s Punch Bowl It is home to hills that rise and fall like a wave, as far as the eye can see. Covered in vibrant, pale purple heather and deep green ferns, opening up to a patchwork of colour, the hills have an equally vibrant past. Here, the broom sweeps made […]

Jane Austen anniversary: Follow in her footsteps along the Writers’ Way in Hampshire

JANE AUSTEN’S HOUSE MUSEUM Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton is where the author spent the last years of her life A Chinese woman exclaims to me: “Jane Austen changed my life,” as she snaps a photo of the author’s home. “In Shanghai, we studied Chairman Mao at school, then I read Pride And Prejudice. […]

New Hampshire teachers are testing out new ways to measure learning

Melanie Stetson Freeman/Christian Science Monitor JUNE 27, 2017 CONCORD AND ROCHESTER, N.H.—Just outside Concord High School, a delivery truck has spilled its chemical supplies. The students’ mission: Investigate the properties of the spill and develop a detailed plan to clean it up safely. Teenagers wearing safety goggles squat down, sucking up samples of the clear […]

New Hampshire eliminates concealed-carry gun licenses

Gun owners in New Hampshire can now carry concealed loaded weapons without a license. The state joins 10 others with unrestricted concealed-carry policies, but there are critics of the new ruling. “It is common-sense legislation,” Governor Chris Sununu (R) said at a ceremony marking the legislative change Wednesday. “This is about safety.” The Republican governor […]