Ruth Speed News Today

In Penacook, Ruth Speed digs like an archeologist, and she’s been studying her village’s past for 70 years.At 78, she’s seen a lot, like the change-over from water power to electricity, eight different grocery stores, Barney’s Flowers, holiday parades...

When Santiago Rodriguez carefully replaced the weathervane on top of the 1881 Pioneer Engine House tower on Washington Street in Penacook, it capped off seven years of coordinated effort.Rodriguez, of Bill’s Roofing in Manchester, was one of several...