Above: Photo by Lucas Allen That Martha Stewart has impeccable taste everybody knows, but it was confirmed when she (or, at least, her editors) selected The Rocks Estate in New Hampshire to feature (eight pages worth) in the December issue of Martha Stewart Living. “We wanted to introduce our readers to all the Christmas trees available to them from all…
The lights are low. Holiday music is in the air and you are ready to welcome your guests. As you put a drink in their hand they coo over the bountiful display of hors d’oeuvres on the countertop — always a welcoming sight on a cold winter night. The consummate host has food and drink ready when the first guest…
Above: Photo by John Hession She’s been the Enrichment Education Coordinator for the Henniker Community School for a decade, and has managed to make science and physics into hot topics of discussion for kids of all ages. Now she’s got the chance to make those topics lively and relevant for the U.S. government. Her selection to the Albert Einstein Distinguished…
Above: Photo Courtesy of Centennial Inn The independent spirit of New Hampshire finds expression in lots of local attractions, but sometimes in a population center visitors can’t find a place to stay that isn’t the hotel equivalent of a Burger King. Norman MacLeod and Charles Scott, two self-defined “hotel guys,” are trying to rectify that situation. They’ve already refurbished the…
Above: Photo by Charlie Burke Olympic skier Bode Miller and his family have been the recipients of some less-than-upbeat press in recent years, but behind the scenes the extended Miller Clan has been doing a lot of good that hasn’t gotten so much exposure. Case in point, the Turtle Ridge Farm and Foundation, which has been producing certified organic produce…
Above: Photo by PT Sullivan A native of Hampton, Chris Millette went on to Boston College and Tufts University, and then went into coaching college basketball. When he was hired as head coach of the Endicott College team in 2005 he was 28 and one of the youngest head coaches in the country. This didn’t stop him from leading the…
Above: Photo Courtesy of Red River Theater Talk about pressure. Movie lovers in Concord have been trying to get a downtown, Main Street cinema open for more than a decade, pinning hopes and dreams of finally extending the downtown’s hot strip one more block to the south. Different folks had different ideas about the final product. All they knew for…
Above: Photo by Susan Laughlin She and her partner Deb Weeks had created one of the hottest scenes in Portsmouth with the Green Monkey restaurant when a space opened up across the street. They took a bold leap and bought it, starting a new restaurant named Brazo with a South American ambiance and dishes that suggest ports of call from…
These are not the glory days for Granite State Republicans. After the national elections were swept by the Democrats, the state soon followed suit and turned from red to blue. But the man in the hot seat as the chairman of the Republican State Party seems to be enjoying the challenge, heading up the conservative insurgency and taking pot shots…
Above: illustration by Bic Parker Moose-watching, bird-watching — they’re popular pastimes in New Hampshire. And every four years, you can even try spotting a future president. Grab your binoculars — the candidates are coming. Actually they’ve been here since shortly after the balloons for the 2004 primary deflated, but the time for spotting the crop of candidates for 2008 is…
