Marking moments in N.H. history with glass.It wasn’t easy making glass back in the late 1700s in New Hampshire. Wood for the fire – hundreds of cords of it – had to be cut. Stone and sand for the glass had to be quarried. All of it was done by hand in primitive conditions.And that was just the start. It…
N.H. Open Doors is a free statewide touring and shopping event for all ages. It’s a great opportunity to visit the studios of New Hampshire (as well as farms, orchards, breweries and vineyards) where you can see artists and craftspeople at work. Many of the state’s orchards, wineries and retail shops and galleries filled with N.H.-made products will also be…
Harnessing the regenerative power of stem cells. When you think of stem cells, do you think of embryos? Stem cell-related breakthroughs that make the news often focus on embryonic stem cells and prompt a maelstrom of ethical concerns about the morality of using human embryos as a stem cell source. Stem cells don’t just come from embryos, though. In fact,…
If you’ve seen a woman toting around a camera crew on the streets of New Hampshire lately, chances are you saw Leslie Taylor and her crew working on an episode of her new, self-titled show. “The Leslie Taylor Show” is part of new programming on MyTV New England (old WNDS) that airs Sundays at 2 p.m. Taylor, a recent import…
The following story is about Laconia surgeon Sam Aldridge, the doctor featured in Rick Broussard’s April Editor’s Note. In mid-January, LRGHealthcare vascular surgeon Dr. Sam Aldridge left for a four-month deployment to serve with a medical unit in Afghanistan. Before he left, Dr. Aldridge agreed to email home “Letters from Afghanistan,” to keep the many people in the LRGHealthcare family…
Nina Fox Herlihy of Rye works at bringing life to dead wood.Her creatures are derived from the twists of old limbs or the decay of weathered wood. As she says, “The form of the wood determines what I do with it. I can see the fish or the bird before I begin.”Her materials are collected on long walks with her…
A room makeover doesn’t always entail major renovations — or a big price tag. A simple color change, a piece or two of new furniture and fresh way of looking at things can all make big changes. There are many reasons to make over your home — a change of seasons, a change of mood — even when you are…
The annual Palace Theatre Kitchen Tour (June 6) is getting a brand-new look — this year sample food and wine at a historic inn and take a look inside the first-ever Building on Hope renovation project.The annual Palace Theatre Kitchen Tour, a benefit event for the theatre’s youth performing arts programs, has historically gained access to some of the most…
The dreaded time of year is here — N.H. experts offer some adviceGood riddance, 2009. The year saw the real estate market implode, financial markets melt down, returns on investments nearly disappear, and entire industries dangling by the lifeline of government largess. But now that the year is nearly out, things must get better because they can’t get much worse,…
Or “How I swallowed my bohemian pride and begged for donations.”When I was 18 I was a Hospital Day Queen candidate.Most of the businesses in New London offered up some hapless damsel to run for queen and I was it for the Sugar & Spice Restaurant. Sugar & Spice was a diner of sorts. You could get anything you wanted…
