TECH LAB PLUS

Satellite radio lets you text from the wilderness

Maine-based mapping company DeLorme offers the inReach, which keeps users connected via satellite.

Reliance on smartphones leaving hikers in a bind

Officials say more hikers are skipping basic gear and relying too heavily on phones with GPS and a slew of gear-like apps to bail them out of a jam.

(JOHN HANSEN/PEMIGEWASSET VALLEY)

8 beautiful campgrounds in New England

Authors of the “Unofficial Guide to the Best RV Tent Campgrounds in the Northeast” offer a few of their top campground picks.

(NEW HAMPSHIRE DIVISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION)

Girl Scouts redesign badges for new century

- Ruth Bramson, the chief executive of Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, wants to make one thing clear. “We’ll never give up the cookie badge.”