Pub Mania 2020 Reinvents Itself
PHOTO: Warren Bailey, founder of The Children’s Auction with Pub Mania Referees Jennifer & Allan Beetle and Pub Mania Team Captains as they presented funds to the 2019 Children’s Auction. After 10 years and over…
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Progressive Policies Wreck Everything
I laughed when I saw The Washington Post headline: “Minneapolis had progressive policies, but its economy still left black families behind.”The media are so clueless. Instead of “but,” the headline should have said, “therefore,” or…
Turkey’s Erdogan Sparks Controversy in Hagia Sophia Conversion
Its very name Hagia Sophia evokes the ancient mysteries of Byzantium. Its setting along the Golden Horn on the majestic Bosphorus joining Europe and Asia in itself serves as a beacon for uniting world religions.…
Time To Figure It Out
With all of this virus hubbub over the last several months, some other important things have escaped my attention.Between constantly washing the hands, trying hard not to touch my face, keeping six feet away from…
Narratives: A Woman’s Point Of View Art Exhibit in Meredith
PHOTO: “Peephole” artwork by Kimberly J.B. Smith Eighteen local artists of the Women’s Caucus for Art, New Hampshire chapter, each tell a story from their unique perspective. With a myriad of styles to include traditional…
Prelude To Prohibition – NH Changed Its Drinking Habits
During much of the first half of the 19th century (1800’s) the consumption of alcoholic beverages, particularly rum and hard cider, was almost universal in New Hampshire with both men and women consuming large amounts.At…
Changes In The North Country
PHOTO: A cow moose and a calf eat aquatic vegetation from a pond in northern New Hampshire, July 2020. Photo by Chris Bosak It’s going on 30 years that I have started making frequent trips…
Peter Ferber Gallery Show
On Saturday, August 8th, The Art Place in downtown Wolfeboro will hold its semi-annual Peter Ferber Gallery Show featuring new original paintings by local, well-known artist Peter Ferber. The unveiling will commence at 9:30 a.m.Here…
Another Preservation Success Story
PHOTO: A class photo taken at the Gale School in Belmont, NH. After a decades long effort, the 1894 stick-style building has been saved. It has been moved to a new location and will be…
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Stoneface Double Clip
When you discuss the business end of a gun, you probably are referring to the barrel. A rifle stock is the opposite end and is rested against your shoulder. To newbies in the weapons world,…
Helping Out
I have been called on again to help New Hampshire.Since the late 1990s, the decade of no social media or coronavirus -fondly remembered as the good old days – I have been occasionally called upon…
Mask Mandates Are a Public Health Menace
By Michelle MalkinSyndicated Columnist Jared Polis, the Democratic governor of Colorado, thinks those of us who oppose scientifically dubious, constitutionally suspect and dangerously overbroad face mask mandates are “selfish bastards.”I think Polis is a pandering…
Paddling & Hiking Fun At Turtletown Pond & Oak Hill
PHOTO: Turtletown Pond is a 159 acre pond in Concord and the NH Fish & Game provides access to its waters for boating and fishing. The New Hampshire Fish & Game owns and maintains 142…