Jul. 5—HOOKSETT — The Merrimack River stretches like slow-moving liquid glass at 6:30 a.m. on a recent summer morning. If you arrive at 5:30, you might catch the mist, dangling like a featherweight ...
Before the birds begin to sing, Declan Mayo-Shanahan is up at 4:30 a.m. to prepare for rowing practice. By 5:30 a.m., he and the rest of the rowing team are in the water doing the workout their coach ...