Polka-Dot House May Be Changing Color

When Jason Reynolds gives directions to his family’s apartment, he just tells them to look for the polka-dot house.
“It’s easy to let people know where we live,” joked the 33-year-old father of five whose family moved into the funky apartment house at 242 Main St. six months ago.
Time has taken its toll on Paul Gatchell’s [...]

Epping Family Grateful for Asthma Support of State Organization

The Council for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions changed the lives of the St. Clair family forever.
Shelley and Phil St. Clair’s son Coby, now 8, was diagnosed with severe asthma when he was 2½ years old. When a respiratory specialist requested Coby be put on a nebulizer, a device used to administer medication [...]

Eppology

Epping often gets a bad rap. With its mega Wal-Mart blotting out the skyline and its resident killer Sheila LaBarre stealing the headlines, it’s easy to overlook the town’s more positive qualities. Among the positives Epping has produced are the indie pop rockers of Murkádee. This quirky quintet has serious Epping pride, and they’ve anthologized [...]

Could The Epping Murders Have Been Prevented?

Carolyn Lodge said she had concerns about her son’s relationship with Sheila LaBarre from the very beginning. Reached by phone last week, days after LaBarre was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering Lodge’s son, Kenneth Countie, Lodge said she had worried for her son’s safety while he was with LaBarre.
Although she was [...]