North Country

Super Secret Ice Cream in Bethlehem is a finalist for a James Beard Award for the second year in a row.

While some Granite Staters get a dose of the outdoors on nearby ski slopes, others line up to explore towers, tunnels, slides, and thrones – all made of ice.

North Country pantries will be able to pick up food from the warehouse weekly.

Many areas are still recovering from July’s heavy rains. Officials also share safety tips for residents and tourists alike.

People who experience disasters often turn to federal or local governments for help. Officials say increasingly intense and frequent events bring heavier demands on resources and time.

“We didn’t know how long 'temporary' was going to be,” said Janine McLauchlan, head of the Robert Frost Public Charter School in Conway, which lost its first-floor classrooms during the flood.

The federal declaration will allow communities to apply for funding to repair infrastructure and mitigate possible future hazards.

The select board has put the brakes on a longstanding theater contract and discussed a public art ban. Those issues will now go to voters in the spring.

The state’s largest utility gave over 4,000 acres to just two companies.

A decrease in timber harvesting in favor of carbon sequestration on the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters forest could have ripple effects on local industry and town economies, state officials say.