New Hampshire is partly geography, sure, but so much of the character of our state is actually defined by the people who live here, work here or pass through and leave their mark. Our It List is an annual check on that biological infrastructure, the ever-changing human geography of the Granite State. Here are 16 people who have become, at least for now, New Hampshire’s face, heart, mind and imagination.
Need a good reason for spotting the newt? This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive two beautiful collection sets of artist photo greeting cards from Artemis Natural Resource Designs: New Hampshire’s State Symbols Collection (two cards each of the lilac, pumpkin, pink lady’s slipper and the Karner blue butterfly) and New Hampshire’s Woodlands Set, a $55 value. Printed…
Jericho Lake is the perfect place to do it.Located just 45 minutes up from North Conway in the Great North Woods in Berlin, Jericho Mountain State Park (aka Jericho Lake) is the region’s newest and largest all-terrain vehicle (ATV) park featuring an extensive trail system for off-road riding. Jericho Lake, also known as “man-made lake,” was built in the 1970s…
When Jane Kaufmann took a pottery class at UNH in the mid-’60s, she had no idea where it would lead her. “It looked like a good way to keep busy at home while I raised my children,” Kaufmann says. Today the Durham resident is a ceramic sculptor of note, exhibiting and selling her work through the League of N.H. Craftsmen,…
Food on the run.In my ongoing search for passable airport food I have found few menus live up to the promises made. New Hampshirites are fortunate in that their own Manchester-Boston Regional Airport houses one that does deliver in the Milltowne Grille. Located across from Southwest Airlines’ gates, its popularity is evidenced by a growing customer count despite a drop…
