by ALLIE GINWALA | Oct 17, 2023 | Community, History, In Print
As a longtime Concord resident, Joan Woodhead knows firsthand the benefits of living in the Capital Region. In 1966, her family, then with four young children, bought a farm just outside the center of the city. They became self-sufficient — raising their own food and...
by SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN | Oct 17, 2023 | Community, Food & Drink, In Print
From the moment Chuck and Diane Souther met in high school and worked together at a local farm, their shared dream became crystal clear: to spend their lives together and cultivate apples. That’s exactly what they’ve been doing for nearly five decades at Apple Hill...
by MICHAELA TOWFIGHI | Oct 17, 2023 | In Print, Life & Leisure, Sports & Rec, Travel
On Nicole Zussman’s backpack, a mosaic of patches present a passport of past hikes. From hut to huts in the White Mountains to day trips on Connecticut trails, many of the trails and experiences illustrated in the iron-on emblems are thanks to the Appalachian Mountain...
by JAMIE COSTA | Oct 17, 2023 | In Print, Life & Leisure, Travel
Raindrops landed on the top of the tin roof with a kerplunk, so loud it started to drown out the soft music I had playing from the vintage radio in the corner of the cabin. I shut it off and opened the windows as a slow mist unfurled along the brook. It crept in...
by DAVID BROOKS | Oct 17, 2023 | Family, In Print, Life & Leisure
As escape rooms mature from novelty status and approach a sort of middle age – they have been around New Hampshire for almost a decade – this hands-on form of group entertainment is looking to get a wider variety of hands involved. “At the end of the day, it’s a...
by SARAH DONOVAN | Oct 17, 2023 | Home & Garden, In Print
The deafening whirring sound of the shaper drowned the entirety of the wood shop as Myrl Phelps carefully guided a thin piece of pine through the machine, giving a quick demonstration of how the blade is used to carve out a decorative molding. Phelps is an expert...