Revamped and renovated, this Lake Sunapee Adirondack maintains its historical character while offering all the comforts of a modern home. Owners Peter and Jean Helwing had budgeted for a smaller lake home, perhaps one more like the house Jean’s family owned in Conway, or one along the lines of the lakeside home their three children grew up with. But they…
Summer has been a period of purging household belongings, things we never needed, things we never knew we had. The fact that it coincided with my hometown’s shift to “pay-as-you-throw” trash collection has added some dynamic tension. Suddenly every non-recyclable object we ever bought on sale has a tiny new price tag on it — the cost of disposal. Naturally,…
Need A Good Reason to Spot the Newt? This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a spicy gourmet condiment assortment from Spicey Mike’s Gourmet Ketchup & Condiments (pictured below). This company describes its products as “the healthy way to make your day.” Spicey Mike’s is a proud member of NH Made (www.nhmade.com), the state’s official non-profit booster of…
Joining the circus was the last thing Sara Greene ever thought she’d do. She didn’t even go to the circus as a child and had little idea what it was all about. Then she went to Europe to travel and work for five years, and found herself drawn to the ubiquitous street performers — many doing what you might see…
Find them on a spin around the lake on a summer day.Compared to Lake Winnipesaukee, Newfound Lake may be small, but the 20-odd-mile drive around it is packed with enough diversions to fill a day.Leave I-93 at Exit 23 in New Hampton and follow Route 104 west to Bristol, turning right (north) on Route 3A. At the southern end of…
Alabaster and ebony, together in perfect harmony.Ainsley Bodman always enjoyed the intrinsic beauty of rocks, but focused her artistic endeavors on sculpting wood – beautifully simple forms, both human and animal.While touring in Tennessee, she found renewed passion for minerals after discovering a bowl turned from stone. She soon bought a lathe and began the journey of discovery, using the…
August 6 – Rye Door opens at 5 p.m. Music from Bellevue Cadillac and Ben Baldwin and The Big Note from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, 570 Ocean Blvd. Tickets are $12 advance and $15 day of show. Children ages 4 – 12 $1 (paid at gate only). All proceeds from the 2008 Seacoast Concert…
One of a series of videos produced by Scott Katrycz as filler between scenes of the 2008 NH Theatre Awards at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, NH.
