July 29, 1980 was a dark day for Salem, NH. Early that morning a devastating fire tore through the Rockingham Park grandstands. It would be four years before “The Track” would open again, and some would say it was never the same. From age 10 on, I lived very close to Rockingham Park and have

Let it Snow! February 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of the Blizzard Of ‘78. Arguably New England’s “Storm of the Century,” the Blizzard of ’78 dumped 30-plus inches of snow on the area, paralyzing Boston and surrounding suburbs for a week. Snow fell for a full 33 hours and, at times, at a rate of