LACONIA — Thanks to Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning movie, the story of Oskar Schindler may be better known than that of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, but the Sharps’ actions in World War II-era Europe preceded Schindler, and their story, too, was made into a film.
An informal memorial sponsored by the Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund was held Friday to mark 21 years since the “Old Man of the Mountain” crumbled.
KUMASI, Ghana -- Gold neck discs, a sword, a royal chair and dozens of other treasures looted during British colonial rule went on show in Ghana this week for the first time since their historic return.
In the early 20th century, iodine deficiency was ravaging much of the northern United States. The region was widely known as the “goiter belt,” for the goiters - heavily swollen thyroid glands - that bulged from many residents’ necks.
May is National Bike Month, and the Bike Walk Alliance of New Hampshire, in collaboration with the Granite State Wheelers and the New Hampshire Rail Trail Coalition, is hosting a series of guided bicycle tours along the rail trails of the Granite State.
Albert Einstein did it. So did Charles Darwin. All sorts of British royalty, including Queen Elizabeth.
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