Dig in! Drink up! Hit the road! Rock on! Shop until you drop! And, while you are at it, don't settle for second best. Here are the results of our Best of NH 2008 Readers' Poll, plus Editor's Picks in five categories - Food & Drink, Fun & Adventure, Arts & Culture, Shops & Services and This & That.
In New Hampshire, you never have to go very far to “get away from it all.” Here are four ideas for spending this year’s Fourth of July in any one of four New Hampshire towns, each celebrating Independence Day in…
Who knew that the bronze statue on the Statehouse plaza was really a stand-up comedian? Granite State native Daniel Webster was asked to fill the vice-presidential spot on the Whig Party ticket in 1858 with nominee Zachary Taylor. He turned…
50 Sundays and 50 Churches Raised a Catholic, Suzanne Strempek Shea was taught that Protestants were doomed and that “if we kids ever so much as set foot inside one of their churches, so were we.” Who could have imagined…
"Well, Bones, do the new medical facilities meet with your approval?" - Admiral James T. Kirk "They do not. It's like working in a damn computer center." - Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy From "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" Modern surgery…
Whenever spring is a little early or late, or the autumn leaves are a little less than brilliant, or when it snows too much or too little, I join you in worrying. Is it the normal variation, or is it…
Two very different milieux - one loud and flashy, the other naturally quiet. It's amazing how much there is to say about sea birds - in Hugh Hennedy's "Variations on a Natural Theme" [Hobblebush Books, $15.95], there are 111 pages…
We've all heard the call to arms: Americans are getting plumper, driving up healthcare woes and expenses. We are all soldiers in the 21st century Battle of the Bulge, and one of our most formidable weapons is exercise. Statistics show…
The smoke has cleared on the tobacco wars and the truth is everyone wins. You can finally savor some of the great food that bars have been serving up all along. Every good bar is more than just a place…
An elegant way to celebrate Mother’s Day ...Struggling with what to get Mom for Mother’s Day? Maybe a little pampering over a spot of tea is in order. Taking tea in the afternoon does not have to be a pinky-in-the-air…
EDITOR'S NOTE: In 2007, Gov. John Lynch signed a law prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in the federal Department of Homeland Security standards for New Hampshire driver's licenses. In 2008, with a deadline for REAL ID participation looming, state officials…
Two books - one writ large, the other writ small - explore the texture and meaning of the female experience. Her home is in Concord, but writer Diane Les Becquets chose Maine's Moosehead Lake as the setting for her third…
Is there anyone over the age of 40 who hasn’t looked in the mirror and thought, “Wish I could get rid of these frown lines (or spots or furrowed brow or …). Aesthetic medicine practitioners say that your wish can…
Strange how this term has been applied to men over the years whenever they display a multitude of talents that, so often, have been the hallmarks of women. After all, the very concept of multi-tasking was invented by women who…
Frank Guinta, the Republican mayor of Manchester, has lately been threatening to run for governor. His Honor, who is still 30-something and has just begun his second term as mayor, might do better to wait a while. For one thing,…
Books from two local authors who treasure the world around them - one whose sights are set on faraway galaxies and another who has star status in the world of green business practices. "For more than 25 years, I've been…
Do you long for knees that do what you tell them to do, with no argument? Was a pain-free hip on your Christmas list? For your grandparents, such wishes were just that … wishes. Today these wishes can come true.…
We asked New Hampshire doctors who they would choose to provide for the medical needs of friends and loved ones and their choices are here in your hands. To broaden the reach of our poll, this year we list our…
You can find a bit of everything in the Newfound Lake Region. Take Exit 23 from I-93 and discover an Irish pub, Japanese teppanyaki tables, German cuisine and world-class homemade ice cream. And at the center is one of the…
As we plan how we will spend our stimulus checks, the Governor, the N.H. Business and Industry Association and the N.H. Auto Dealers Association have decided, once again, to sing out of the same dog-eared hymnal. These three bastions of…
Dennis Robinson’s latest book is a weighty tome — four pounds, to be exact. Aside from its sturdy clothbound cover and substantial pages, the reason “Strawbery Banke: A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making” is so heavy is contained…
If your eyes are functioning well, it’s easy to take good vision for granted. But that would be a mistake. As changes can occur in other systems of the body, so also can eyes sustain injury or develop problems at…
Scanning through the real estate listings can be a bit like browsing the personal ads. Those lonely, lovely properties sound attractive, but is there a match made in heaven just for you? After all, you wouldn't select your spouse based…
I hate town meeting. Town meeting is a laboratory sink for psychologists. Every dreadful facet of human nature reveals itself at these gatherings. One must have the emotions of a sociopath to escape town meeting with one's soul intact. I…
During the past year, you may have noticed some of your fellow New Hampshirites wearing a button that says "Ed '08." "Ed" is short for education and the button is part of a national campaign to press this year's candidates…
You have to wonder what Harriet Wilson would think - more than 100 years after her autobiographical novel, "Our Nig; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black," was published, it's receiving fresh acclaim from academics, activists and others.…
