Our Hometown Colebrook
No one knows your hometown like you.
OUR HOMETOWN: COLEBROOK presents an in-depth and personal look at the residents of Colebrook, NH and what it’s like to live north of the Notches. In the show, meet town historian Arnold Goodrum, find out how Québécois transplant Benoit Lamontagne brought business to town, hear John Harrigan recount the darkest day in the town’s history; learn why Jonathon Dodge opened his business in Colebrook, and find out how Julie Moran helped found a food coop for the North Country.
Established: 1762 or 1796 (disputed)
Location: Coos County, North Country
Population: 2,300
Name: Originally named Dryden, after the English poet; renamed for chair of East India Company
Notable: Great North Woods, The Tillotson Center for Visual & Performing Arts
Try it: Starting from Colebrook, you can visit Maine, Vermont and Canada all in the same day
Major funding for OUR HOMETOWN: COLEBROOK provided by Tillotson North Country Foundation, Inc. & Samuel P. Hunt Foundation Challenge Grant
Additional Support Provided by: AutoNorth, Granite Bank, Daniel Hebert, Inc., Colebrook Country Club, LaPerle's IGA, L.L. Cote, Kheops International, Inc., North Country Chamber of Commerce, Bear Rock Suites, Cité Écologique Learning Center, Lancaster Eye Care, North Country Health Consortium, Sunny Valley Creations, White Mountain Distributors, Tuckerman Brewing Company, and Waystack Frizzell Trial Lawyers
Colebrook Community Partners: Elizabeth Ball, Nancy Biron, Stephen Brooks, Richard Adams Carey, Julie Colby, Lorna Colquhoun, Bonnie Gifford Stevenson, Sylvia Goodrum, Dan Gorham, Bud Hulse, Sean Hurley, Aline "Ginger" Jannenga, Charlie Jordan, Rob Maxwell, Becky Merrow, Lori Morann, Jimmy & Vicki Salonia, Anne Sullivan, Edith Tucker, Susan Zizza, Colebrook Area Historical Society, Tillotson Center for the Arts, The Colebrook Chronicle, Coos County Democrat, The News & Sentinel
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Colebrook | Recovering from the Tornado
A newcomer is aided by folks after a devastating storm.
Colebrook | Showtime!
Colebrook has your ticket to the performing arts scene.
Colebrook | Making a Difference
A food coop fills an important niche.
Colebrook | French-Canadian Heritage
A man's heritage and language skills bring business to town.
Colebrook | Bicycle Repair & Advice
A business that goes beyond bicycles.
Colebrook | Tillotson Legacy
A family demonstrates its devotion to its community.
Colebrook | Colebrook Pharmacy
Being a pharmacist is in a man's genes.
Colebrook | Model Citizen
A coach reminisces about a former athlete who serves the community.
Colebrook | The Hotel That Never Was
The Metallak Hotel is built, but never opens.
Colebrook | The Bear Went Over the Mountain
What is on the other side of Monadnock Mountain?
Colebrook | Haynes Family Farm
A family farm reinvents itself.
Colebrook | Fighting Fires
The town historian talks about firefighting.
Colebrook | Saving Le Rendez-Vous
The town rallies to save its French bakery.
Colebrook | The Mohawk Grange
The Grange is still a place for folks to socialize and dance.
Colebrook | Key Club Service
A high school group raises awareness of drug abuse.
Colebrook | Colebrook's Darkest Day
A murderer marks the town and its newspaper.
Colebrook | Team Balsams
High school students help to preserve the Balsams.
Colebrook | Tillotson Center for the Arts
The center is a cultural gem in Colebrook.
Colebrook | Extradition of Harry K. Thaw
An infamous murderer escapes to Colebrook.
Colebrook | Logging Over Time
Two loggers reminisce about how their profession has changed.
Colebrook | 3 Generations of News
Keeping the oldest business in town running.
Colebrook | The Woman Power Lifter
After a serious accident, Falconer took on a special physical challenge.
Colebrook | Rooted in Colebrook
A 25-year-old finds his calling at a newspaper.
Colebrook | Revitalizing Downtown
A group of citizens spruces up their town.
Colebrook | Sending Christmas
A family farm creates a sought-after Christmas tree.
Colebrook | Talking Spuds with Bud
Potato farming was once important to the North Country economy.
Colebrook | Doc Gifford
Recalling a man of magic, medicine, and miracles.
Colebrook | CRAG Create!
A group of artists expresses its creative sides.
Colebrook | The Band Plays On
The Confederation of Sound is still rocking!
Colebrook | Life in the Ecovillage
What is it like to live in an Ecovillage community?
Colebrook | North Country Rec Center
It took more than 60 years to build this vital part of the North Country.
Colebrook | A Business with Spirit
A Colebrook business with a "new age" focus.
Colebrook | Moose Festival
A festival celebrates the iconic mammal of the North Country.
Colebrook | Immigrant Shopkeepers
An immigrant family makes its living selling produce.
Colebrook (Preview)
Stories from Colebrook, NH.
