Archives: May 2010

Good Guy – Bert Jacobs

Life is Good. Three short words on a T-shirt, but there’s a long and amazing story behind the success of the two brothers, Bert and John Jacobs, who put them there. Both stay busy now, managing their $100 million privately held company, but Bert still likes to take his show on the road as a public speaker, offering words of…

Between Times

A whodunit set on New Hampshire’s seacoast.It might look like the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel, but the setting for this work of fiction is called the Smythe Hotel. There unwinds a tale of mystery and murder that spans two worlds — worlds that exist decades apart.In the book “Sumner Island” author Michael Cormier takes the main character — Mitch…

Conspiring to Inquire

The Truthers are out there …In March 2010 people attended the annual meeting in the tiny Cheshire County town of Richmond. The town hall is idyllic: wood-paneled floors, wooden benches and a small stage. This year voters cut $63,000 from the town budget and rejected a motion to make the part-time town police chief position a full-time one. They also…