Archives: November 2008

UpFront: The Forgotten Thanksgiving

David Thomson might have been repairing his fishing nets when Miles Standish arrived at his home in 1623. Thomson, the state’s first non-Native American resident, lived on what is now called Odiorne Point in Rye and fished for cod in the nearby waters. It was the cod Standish was interested in. He was on a mission from Plymouth Plantation to…

The It List 2008 – 28 Stars From the N.H. Firmament

Stars shine. They rise and fall. Occasionally they align. Sometimes they go streaking across the sky. People are a lot like stars — each is unique and brilliant though some get lost in the crowd. Our It List is a constellation of the state’s stars who have, for one reason or another, burst into view this year. Some light up…