Terry Date

EXETER, N.H. — The American Independence Festival on Saturday will salute America’s 250th anniversary a week after everyplace else has had their say and hurrahs.

WINDHAM, N.H. — One day some seven years ago, Windham artist John Kessler was walking with his wife, Susan, in Griffin Park.

NORTH ANDOVER — Bus drivers have gone on strike twice in the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority’s 50 years.

LAWRENCE — Power plant operator Patriot Hydro LLC in July proposed removing the historic North and South Canals from the boundary of its Lawrence hydroelectric project in its draft application

ANDOVER — Michael Konjoian has land hands, roughened and earth-dusted.

LAWRENCE — Sept. 1 will mark exactly 40 years since then-Gov. Michael Dukakis cut a red ribbon and dedicated the new Lawrence Heritage State Park Visitors’ Center.

LAWRENCE — On Friday nights during the Feast of the Three Saints, some of the St. Alfio Society volunteers have over the years slipped away from the Italian festival on

LAWRENCE — Former Gov. Michael Dukakis, 92, sat in the front row – a seat of honor – at Lawrence Heritage State Park’s birthday party on Tuesday.

LAWRENCE — The changes are sometimes small, other times bigger, but they are always in line with tradition at the Feast of the Three Saints.

LAWRENCE — Raghida Ramey is working in the spice-scented kitchen at St. Anthony Maronite Church on Amesbury Street.