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BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A 79-year-old man has died while hunting in New Hampshire after apparently suffering some sort of medical emergency, authorities said. The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office received a call on Saturday from a resident concerned about a person in a kayak in the middle of the Exeter River in Brentwood, according to a statement from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

Exeter Library plans to host an open house Thursday for residents to explore the renovated and expanded library from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

EXETER —  Beatrice Cooper held up a cup of water to show off the tiny brook trout she was preparing to release into the Exeter River.  “I’m going to miss him,” the fourth-grader from Lincoln Street School said. “But I’m happy he’s going to be in the wild.”  Beatrice was among a group of students from teachers Keith Schmitt and Hallie Estle’s classes who helped raise brook trout this year. They started with about 200 eggs in December, which were then hatched, and carefully raised by the students, before the 40 strong who survived were ready to leave the tank for the river....

The author with a beautiful bronzeback pulled through the ice. Our bait shop friends across the state are having a hard time keeping shiners in stock. Interest in all things fishing remains exceptionally high and hardwater is hardly immune. Come spring most anglers thoughts in these parts turn toward the salt and who can blame them? Ice fishing however represents more than just a way to while away the winter, it gives anglers an opportunity to catch some pretty special freshwater species. White and yellow perch, smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie, pickerel and trout are just not in the o...