Sunacom is the Lake Sunapee New Hampshire region's free resource for local news, information and on-line discussion forum. Our neighborhood is anchored by Mt. Sunapee, overlooking  Lake Sunapee, the state's sixth largest lake. Towns in our area include Croydon, Grantham, Bradford, Newbury, New London, Sunapee, Springfield, Andover, Georges Mills, Sutton, Newport, Goshen, Unity, Wilmot and Warner.

 

Columnists

Bradford

Tracey
Quigley

July 30 - Welcome!

Croydon

Gayle
Hedrington

July 30 - Truth Behind the Bartons and Coopers; Mystery of the Cemetery Shoes; The Joy of Sex with Watermelon

Grantham

Lorie
McClory

August 8 -  Cross lightings, Craft in the park, Adult book discussion, PYO blueberries, Dixieland jazz, Wailin' Australian, Art classes, Broadway and light opera

Newbury

Ken
Schuster

August 19 - Our State Primary is Sept. 9. Click here to see Newbury's ballot. (Requires the free Adobe PDF reader.) Newbury Update June, July Aug - browser viewable.

NH Senate
District 8

Bob
Odell

August 18 - Senate District 8 towns: Acworth, Alstead, Charlestown, Claremont, Gilsum, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Marlow, New London, Newbury, Newport, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Sunapee, Sutton, Unity, Walpole, Washington and Westmoreland.

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  Absentee State Primary (Sept. 9) ballots are available now at your town office.

 

Aug 19 - Pre-buy oil law should keep N.H. consumers warmer

As the winter home heating season approaches, many New Hampshire residents have turned to obtaining pre-buy oil contracts from fuel dealers, hoping to hedge the prices on their heating bills. But there have been incidents of oil companies suddenly going out of business or not honoring commitments to fill tanks, the Granite State does have a law to protect consumers from being out in the cold.

House Bill 903, which went into effect in September 2007, establishes the requirements for guaranteed price plans and prepaid contracts for home heating oil, kerosene or liquid petroleum gas. (Continued at NHBR.com)

 

   Great New Hampshire links with on-line presence -  

Eagle Times  - Weekly newspaper covers eastern central VT and western central NH

Concord Monitor - State-wide daily newspaper based in Concord

Union Leader - State-wide daily newspaper based in Manchester

Kearsarge Magazine - Regional quarterly magazine

New Hampshire Magazine - State-wide monthly magazine

NHPTV (New Hampshire Public Television) - Streaming video

WMUR - State-wide commercial television streaming video 

National Public Radio

NHPR (New Hampshire Public Radio) -  Streaming talk

VPR (Vermont Public Radio) - Streaming talk, music and variety

WNTK - New London, NH - Commercial streaming talk radio

Official State of New Hampshire Web site

    


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    NHBR newsletter. Jeff Feingold is doing a terrific job of selecting business-related headlines from news organizations around the state, and sending his compilation to subscribers once a day. The articles are easy reading,  always interesting, and FREE! Sign up here

  Search  Yahoo! contributes a significant portion of its advertising revenue to the American Cancer Society when you click on any paid advertising link on the search results page.

SearchToFight.org exclusively benefits the American Cancer Society's efforts to fight cancer by funding cancer research, providing prevention and early detection information, advocating for all people to have access to screening and treatment, and offering free programs and services that improve the quality of life for patients and their families.

   Lake Sunapee area weather updates every few seconds

This site might try to install cookies. (The only cookies I like are chocolate chip pecan.) With Firefox, my security software alerts me, and I almost always deny cookies. It works just fine without them. With Internet Explorer, I allow the ActiveX, and then afterward delete any cookies.

 

   Lake Sunapee Living.com -  Outstanding resource for a variety of  current four-season attractions in our neighborhood, including art, cultural involvement, entertainment, recreation, shopping and dining. This is a feature-rich site that will keep you occupied for a long time.

 

  Today's New Hampshire air quality, and forecasts 

Air quality and climate change issues are of particular concern for New Englanders due to our unique geographic location and setting, directly downwind of major US urban and industrial centers.

Current and forecast from AIRNow

                          Map and real-time monitor from NHDES

                A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health

                What the ozone index means


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  Town Websites

 

   Other things of interest

  Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington uses high-impact legal actions to target government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests.

   Open Secrets - The Capital Eye is nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit. "Celebrating our 25th anniversary in 2008, the Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy."

   This is a wonderful blog by author Janice Brown. It's full of little-known facts about New Hampshire. Her site is easy and fun to read. Highly recommended! CowHampshire.com 
Janice has another fascinating site, especially if you're a New Hampshire native or enjoy discovering genealogy and history. Take a look at nh.searchroots.com.

 

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