Arts & Shopping

This “virtual CD” can be yours with nothing more than a blank disc and a few clicks of the mouse. You are welcome to pick and choose and select individual tracks from those below but we recommend you download the…

We found four picnic accessories available for under $50 and asked staff members which one they'd be the happiest to receive.And the winner is...1. Classic Picnic BasketThis traditional picnic basket is made by New Hampshire's own Peterboro Basket Company and…

Making simple rocks into precious memories.Jeweler Blair LaBella's job description includes trips to the beach. Through her travels up and down the seacoast, from the Bay of Fundy to Kitttery Point she has amassed a collection of beach tumbled stones…

A corkscrew worthy of a très cher bottle of wine.Thank you for sending me an image of one of the most spectacular corkscrews that I have ever seen! The earliest corkscrews that we know of are from 17th-century England and…

A dramatic convergence 30,000 feet up.Ella, Dezi, Ahmed, Mel - the characters in Jennnifer Vaughn's debut novel, "Last Flight Out" [SciArt Media, $19.95], come together to weave a suspenseful story of revenge and regret told from four unique points of…

One woman's tale of sweetness and life.Most books about business are a bit of a snooze - informative, sure, but certainly not page-turners. "The Pig & Me" by Wolfebobo resident Lindsay Frucci is a rare exception to that.Frucci shows she…

Don't fall victim to the bypass through Hillsborough. The town and its historic Hillsborough Center deserve a place on your fall foliage tour and quest for shopping. Featured Shop: Central Square EmporiumBegin your day with a Schnecken from German John's…

A cut above for style and comfort.Ryan and Emerson Fry travel the world for comfortable fabrics and style trends. They bring it all home to their farm in Lee to put it all together for "women who love clothes," as…

Antique mechanical banks are still popular today.Thank you for bringing in your Jonah and the Whale mechanical bank. It tells a fantastic story of ingenuity and economics.The manufacture of mechanical banks made of iron emerged in the 19th century. Iron…

The at-first scary store that the little town of Marlborough grew to like - and even shop at.At 17, Malaise Lindenfeld moved from her native Venezuela to New York City and entered into a rising fashion culture. "I was considered…