The good news is that one may live a good life for 20 or even 30 years beyond retirement. The bad news is … your retirement funds may not last that long. “You have to take this into account,” says David Freeman-Woolpert. “You must plan for long life and the expense of late-life care.” Freeman-Woolpert is a registered principal and…
My friend Jacquie eats breakfast in her bathtub every morning. Now to some people that may seem a bit weird, but different strokes for different folks, I say. Anyway, she told me that one day she had just gotten all settled in her sudsy water when she accidentally knocked her cereal bowl and its contents right into the tub with…
Paulette Werger of Lebanon uses age-old techniques to create modern manifestations in silver and gold. The organic shapes of spoons and surface patterns of jewelry and vessels are her stylizations, inspired by nature. Werger, a League of N.H. Craftsmen member since 1998, currently works from her studio in the AVA Gallery in Lebanon. Her jewelry has won “Best in Show”…
Arthur Martel and his partner Erin Tripp have opened a new restaurant and gathering spot on the Oval in Milford. His first restaurant there, Verve, will serve as a location for his business, Metropolitan Catering. He has called the new restaurant Toro, a reference to high-grade sushi tuna. Indeed, he has taken the diner area and turned it into a…
I’m not going to tell you anything you don’t know,” says Amy Dumont, director of Cardiovascular Services at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua. The department brings together laboratory services, diabetes care, cardiovascular treatment, wound care and cardiac rehabilitation into one unified program. “We are committed to a prevention model,” Dumont continues. “We know what to do but the message isn’t…
By John Walters Photography by Mark Corliss (www.markcorliss.com) Frugality is central to New Hampshire’s image. Maybe it’s our steadfastly anti-tax politics, or our tendency to rank near the bottom in most measures of philanthropy. Or maybe it’s the stereotype of the flinty Granite Stater who throws nickels around like they were manhole covers. In this age of consumption, we set…
My daughter Elizabeth is a budding young writer and a bit of an idealist. Her English teacher asked her to come up with a creative writing project where two holidays get mixed up, à la “Nightmare Before Christmas.” Elizabeth agonized over this for awhile, but finally settled on a merger of Valentine’s Day and the 4th of July. In her…
Last words (?) on the Bishop It was amusing to read all six letters regarding Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson , five females, all negative opinions, and one male. Then there was the crusty conservative silly comment that New Hampshire has come to expect. Obviously the writer was clueless that the Granite State was the sole red state during the last…
A Short History of Creation, from the Big Bang to the Merrimack School Board. By Chris Dornin I know a satellite engineer, I can’t use his name, but he thinks his right hand is too deep to have popped from the deck by chance. That view puts him with the losers in the trial that made creationism a joke 80…
It’s the second-biggest annual event in downtown Laconia — admittedly, a distant second. Both events feature a transportation medium that’s arguably more recreational than practical. Each brings big crowds to Laconia, gets loud and boisterous at times, and produces a fair share of exhaust — some of it, shall we say, more tangible than others. Number one, of course, is…
