Whether you’re looking the best ribs, fine dining at one of the state’s oldest grand hotels or the freshest seafood, these American and seafood restaurants are a great place to start. Editor’s Picks are noted with an asterisk and red text, while your Readers’ Poll Winners are blue.HamburgerThe Rusty Hammer in Portsmouth has been serving up their “Wimpy” burgers for…
Best of NH has plenty of winners to satisfy your sweet tooth. 2011 Readers’ Poll Winners and Editor’s Picks range from homemade marshmallows to decadent cakes and pastries. Editor’s Picks are noted with an asterisk and red text, while your Readers’ Poll Winners are blue.Readers Regional Ice Cream PicksDartmouth/Lake Sunapee Arctic Dreams in New London pleases students, shoppers and choosy…
Just a year ago hardly anyone in Major League Baseball had heard of Sam Fuld. Now the 29-year-old Durham native and graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy is roaming left field for the Tampa Bay Rays and is the hottest player in the game. Tagged “Super Sam,” the son of Ken Fuld, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts at…
Dean Smart offers a unique perspective on a murder that rocked the world.The police officer blocked his entrance and tried to block his view but Dean Smart, standing on the doorstep, saw the body through the screen door. His brother, Gregg, was lying dead in the hallway of the home he shared with his wife Pam.Dean and his parents lived…
The Granite State isn’t eager to serve as a national lab rat.States, in theory, are supposed to be the “laboratories of democracy.” The challenge of how to solve some of the nation’s biggest problems is supposed to be undertaken by different legislatures or even cities. Some work, some don’t and that’s the point. None of the hypotheses must be perfect,…
New eateries pop up in Portsmouth.Seems like just yesterday when restaurants were empty on Thursday nights and the less creative of the bunch were closing down. Well, the wind has certainly changed and I am smelling fresh-baked bread, spicy chicken and imported sausages in the air. On a recent May outing I found four new enterprises in Portsmouth, each exuding…
So I flew to Iowa to pick my daughter Elizabeth up from school, help her pack up and clean out her dorm room. Then we began the long drive home in her car. Before we left we stopped at my favorite coffee shop (outside of New Hampshire, of course), a place called Fuel on Mt. Vernon’s charming main street, to…
Need a good reason to spot the newt?This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a Lake Winnipesaukee day cruise for two on the The M/S Mount Washington (www.cruisenh.com). The ship visits five ports on the big lake and offers dinner and dance cruises throughout the summer.The M/S Mount Washington is a proud member of NH Made (www.nhmade.com), the…
You don’t have to have salt water for great snorkeling.When people think of snorkeling, the images that may first spring to mind are of people sporting wet suits and tumbling off the sides of yachts into blue tropical waters, but you don’t have to travel as far as the Caribbean to try your hand at this sport, nor do you…
In 1942 Congress passed the Flag Code, which outlines what can and can’t be done to the American flag. There were no penalties prescribed, though, so enforcement has been sketchy. Too sketchy for Steve Fowle, editor of The New Hampshire Gazette, trademarked as “The Nation’s Oldest Newspaper.”He’s used his newspaper, which is published in Portsmouth and distributed in the Seacoast…
