Beth Simon News Today

SUGAR HILL — A North Country support group for people who are or have experienced breast cancer is beginning at the Sugar Hill Library this month.

With the major holiday shipping deadlines come and gone, places like Downtown Crossing and Newbury Street saw plenty of activity.

FRANKLIN -- What do Franklin and Boston have in common? Besides being in the same state, they both have a connection to Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Until now, that was it. But the list is about to get a bit longer. Franklin will soon have its own version of the Freedom Trail. But instead of a red line linking various sites of cultural and historical interest, Franklin will have ladybugs. Not the tiny kind that come out on warm days -- the ones that are two feet tall and made of fiberglas...