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Contents 34 First Things 4 Editor’s Note 6 Contributors Page 8 Feedback

Features 34 New Brews

This year’s Beer Guide is all about what’s new — 16 breweries, plus some notable expansions. story and photos by Jenn Bakos

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56 Tales From Fritz Fritz Wetherbee shared three creepy local stories guaranteed to inspire some Halloween chills. His spooky tales were then turned into short comics illustrated by students from the New Hampshire Institute of Art.

by Fritz Wetherbee illustrations by Zach Gagne, Kady Underwood and Clive Mongeau

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603 Living

10 BEER HISTORY

24 FALL DÉCOR INSPIRATION

by Alexa Estrada

by Matthew Mead

72 Home

12 Top Events

26 Artisan

by Amy Mitchell

by Emily Heidt

by Susan Laughlin

78 Local Dish

14 Our Town

27 Blips

recipe by Darlene Buerger

by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers

by Rick Broussard

82 Health

18 Outsider

28 First Person

by Karen A. Jamrog

by Michael Hauptly-Pierce

92 Seniority

30 Out and About

by Lynne Snierson

photos by Wendy Wood

95 Calendar of Events

BEER FESTIVALS

HART’S LOCATION

46 Prepared for Anything What does it take to plan for the collapse of society? Meet some Granite Staters who are taking survival into their own hands.

by Anders Morley photos by Bruce Luetters

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JORDANA KORSEN’S HOT GLASS

STUFFED POBLANOS

NH IN THE NEWS

COMBATING LONELINESS

LABOR OF LOVE

SOLO AGERS

TOP DENTISTS

CORN MAZES

THE ARTWORK OF WENDY BRIGGS POWELL

31 Politics

SHOULD YOU TRUST POLLS?

by Marty Basch

by James Pindell

20 Food & Drink

32 What Do You Know?

WHAT TO DO THIS MONTH

edited by Emily Heidt

99 Dine Out GOOD EATS

WELCOME TO KEENE

edited by Susan Laughlin

by Susan Laughlin

23 Sips

LOCAL DRINKS

A WWII BOMBER CRASH SITE

by Marshall Hudson

by Michael Hauptly-Pierce

ON THE COVER This year’s Beer Guide cover was illustrated by Alexandra Bye. See the new breweries you need to know about starting on page 34.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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oday, that may seem all too easy to imagine, but that’s a description of the world I remember from 1970 when my parents made the move to buy a 40-acre plot at the end of a dirt road in the northwest Florida countryside. Then, as now, it was a heady time, with revolution in the air, racial strife in the streets and a huge, growing resistance movement that seemed full of raw passion but had little clear vision.

Our move to the country was the result of a number of factors, but most often cited was the need to become more self-sufficient, less tied to the US economy and political structure. We kept our copies of Mother Earth News and the Whole Earth Catalog on the reading table and subscribed to newsletters that encouraged us to buy gold and learn how to can food for emergencies.

I remember my father repeatedly warning me not to count on Social Security for my retirement. I was 18 and had never even given it a second of thought, but he was adamant that the “fund” (whatever that was) would be “dried up” (whatever that meant) by the time I was ready to tap it.

“Whatever,” I thought.

As was so often the case, I should have listened to my dad. Though the Social Security fund seems to still be writing cashable checks, the concept of retirement has changed quite a bit, and it would be nice to have started planning for it back in 1970 (young readers, take note). But most of the threats to life as we knew it turned out to be over-hyped.

I tell young people this story as an antidote for a strain of pessimism that seems to be taking hold in the world. They usually seem as unimpressed as I was by my dad’s dire financial warnings. After all, that was then, this is now.

Today, there are still plenty of people recommending gold and precious metals (and the canning of food) as means of holding out should the US economy go to heck.

Our feature story in this issue, “Prepared for Anything” (page 46), offers some insights into the mindset and reasoning of those who think it’s time to get ready for the worst.

During the same tumultuous decade that my family moved to the Florida/Alabama line for refuge, thousands of people in the Northeast looked to New Hampshire to make their escapes from cataclysm or just to have more say in how they lived their lives in an uncertain world. Much has been written about how that retreat laid the groundwork for a lot of what the Granite State has become.

The League of NH Craftsmen’s ranks were swelled by people who moved to old farmsteads to return to nature but realized that farm drudgery was not what they bargained for. The local craftmakers, jewelers, writers, musicians and stone wall builders that resulted became a cultural harvest for the state.

Many of those who took to farming did so on their own terms, using organic and sustainable farming techniques and ultimately fueling the current farm-to-table movement.

Today, a steady trickle of newcomers, many of them young, from big East Coast cities continue this trend, often with our population centers as the beneficiaries as they set up new companies, new cultural programs and new attractions (like our growing brewery scene, see page 38).

So there are advantages to being a good place to escape to. After all, every smart retreat is just an advance in a new direction.

REBECCA KWAIT, MD

Frequent New Hampshire Magazine contributor Jenn Bakos both photographed and wrote this month’s cover story “New Brews.” She is a Seacoast-based food, lifestyle and wedding photographer who travels all around New England for her work. She enjoys exploring the Granite State and beyond, and everything small-business and farm-to-table. In her free time she likes to hike and kayak. See more of her work at jennbakosphoto.com.

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Anders Morley, who wrote our the feature story “Prepared for Anything,” is a freelance writer and translator from New Hampshire.

New Hampshire photographer Bruce Luetters took the photos for “Prepared for Anything.”

You can see more of his work at 3sixty.com.

Fritz Wetherbee, who appears regularly on WMURTV’s “NH Chronicle,” loaned us three of his spooky stories to illustrate in “Tales from Fritz.”

Stylist Matthew Mead produced this month’s “Informer.”

His work has also appeared in This Old House and Better Homes and Gardens.

Michael Hauptly-Pierce, aka MHP, wrote this month’s “First Person” and our inaugural “Sips” page. He is a co-owner of Lithermans Limited in Concord.

Decorator and color consultant Amy Mitchell wrote this month’s “Home” department.

She is the owner of Home Glow Designs.

About | Behind the Scenes at New Hampshire Magazine Our Comic Book Connections

New Hampshire has a couple of strong connections to the world of comic books.

Not only were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles originally conceived by a couple of talented guys from Dover, the archetype of all red-haired, bow-tie-wearing high school kids, Archie Andrews, was created by artist Bob Montana who graduated from Manchester Central High School and whose parents had deep ties to the Lakes Region town of Meredith (where Bob died in 1975). In August, Meredith dedicated a monument (of a sort) to Montana — a park bench with a life-size statue of Archie, the work of Bethlehem sculptor Val Mahuchy. Another important New Hampshire comic book connection is comic collector and artist Matthew DiMasi, whom we featured with a 2017 Best of NH award for his fabulous work turning iconic comic book covers into broken-tile mosaics. DiMasi is seen at left enjoying the company of both the park bench Archie and its sculptor. For the unveiling of the statue, DiMasi brought along a couple of highly collectible comics from his personal collection: the first appearance of Archie in “Pep Comics” #36 (1941) and the first issue of “Archie Comics” (1942). By the way, it was DiMasi who generously loaned us his copy of a rare original EC “Tales from the Crypt” to use in our “Tales from Fritz” story (on page 56). You can see some of DiMasi’s artwork at shatteredcomics.com, including his official Variant cover of “The Amazing Spider-Man” #789, rendered in his unique “shattered” technique.

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Contributors

Send letters to Editor Rick Broussard, New Hampshire Magazine, 150 Dow St. Manchester, NH 03101 or email him at editor@nhmagazine.com.

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Extraordinary What a fabulous article on the amazing Gary Samson [“A Life of Moments,” September 2018]. I am a former member of the NH Council on the Arts and the Manchester Arts Commission. I recently retired from teaching high school art and have had the honor of meeting Gary on several occasions and having him come into my classroom to speak to my students. He is not only an amazing artist in every respect, he is a gentleman and undeniably an extraordinary teacher and human being. I live in Manchester, and I am so grateful for the legacy Gary has created. Future generations of New Hampshire owe Gary so much for his commitment and diligence in preserving the rich history of this city and state. His dedication to his craft, his city and his students is awe-inspiring. I am fortunate to own one of his photographs and it is a treasure. The title of Artist Laureate is most deserving. Thank you, Mr. Morley, for this well-researched and beautiful article.

Dr. Grace Freije Manchester

Albany Oversight I enjoyed the article about Albany in your July edition [“Our Town”]. Thank you for focusing on our town.

There was an oversight, however. In listing things to do in Albany, you neglected to mention the World Fellowship Center, a historic family camp and retreat center dedicated to education about issues of social justice and peace. We’ve been here on Drake Hill Road since 1941, and over time, our campus has grown to 455 acres. Every summer day from late June to Labor Day, we offer presentations and cultural performances addressing important issues of our time.

All of our events are open to the public, as well as the up to 150 guests and 30 staff that are here at any given time. Speakers over the years have included Noam Chomsky, Granny D, David Dellinger, Randall Forsberg, Tom Hayden, Paul Robeson Jr., Lynne Stewart and Bernie Sanders.

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torney General Louis Wyman subpoenaed director Willard Uphaus to turn over lists of guests and presenters in order that he might ferret out suspected Communists.

Uphaus refused, the case went all the way to the US Supreme Court, and he ended up going to jail for a year. Uphaus is featured in Mike Pride and Felice Belman’s book “The New Hampshire Century: Concord Monitor Profiles of One Hundred People Who Shaped It.” Next time you or any of your staff are passing through Albany on Route 16 bound for Conway, I invite you to stop in for a meal and/or a program as our guest.

Andy Davis, Co-director World Fellowship Center Conway

Manchester Metamorphosis I was very intrigued to read the story about the “new” Manchester in the August issue [“On the Cusp of Cool”]. It is indeed true that Manchester is in the midst of a metamorphosis. Young people who are tired of the boring status quo are reinventing the wheel and opening clever new takes in the business sector.

I am proud to call myself one of those youngsters. During the scouting phase of opening Cheddar and Rye, it was overwhelmingly apparent that Manchester was the place to be. Downtown is at the precipice of diving in full force toward innovation and creativity.

Cheddar and Rye is a new concept on the corner of Hanover and Elm, the beginning of a street that has come to be known as the place to be. Our concept is a dual-tiered restaurant, a custom grilled cheese joint in the front half (Cheddar) and an extensive whiskey bar in the back (Rye).

The grilled cheese sandwiches at Cheddar will rival any sandwich in town, and we spend countless hours crafting all the ingre-

dients, from house-made fig jam and slowcooked pulled pork, to getting freshly baked bread delivered daily. We have been told on many occasions that we’re hiding a hidden gem in here, our sandwiches live on the higher side of online ratings, and have we have won the judges choice at this past taco tour. All in a ’90s-themed space with comic book countertops, a chalkboard menu, and reasonable pricing.

Rye is almost like entering a different space entirely. Rye is covered head to toe with 200-year-old, hand-hewn barn wood, has a burlap bar top, and shelving made from old whiskey barrels. The lighting casts a faint orange glow over the 200+ bottles of whiskey on the wall. There will also be wine, beer and other spirits for all our friends to enjoy.

Rye is nearing completion, and may be open by the time this publishes.

At first I thought there was a glaring omission from the article in not mentioning Cheddar and Rye, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that, in order to include every rad business in Manchester, it would take five issues of the magazine and months of research. For that, I am thankful.

Thankful to be surrounded by so many great business and a giant support net. The restaurants in Manchester act more like friends than competitors, a welcome change from other places I’ve seen.

If we can all stay vigilant and innovative, it is only a matter of time before we surpass places like Portsmouth and Portland as the place to be.

Andrew Thistle Owner, Cheddar and Rye Manchester Editor’s note: You’re 100-percent right — there was just no way to include all of the wonderful places, people and things to do in this single story on Manchester. We considered that a good problem to have. It was a long struggle to figure out what to feature and what to leave for another day. In the meantime, we’ve been adding to the online version at nhmagazine.com.

The web story features an ever-growing list of restaurants, cultural spots and events. We hope it serves as an even more comprehensive guide to the Queen City.

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Drink and Learn Local beer with a side of history

BY ALEXA ESTRADA Early one morning in 1789, President George Washington stopped by the Folsom Tavern in Exeter, New Hampshire, to enjoy a light meal served by the Folsom family themselves. Many notable events have happened in the tavern’s 240-year history and it has been repurposed many times. Today the space — refurbished to its original tavern motif — serves as a historic space for events at Exeter’s American Independence Museum.

One of those events is the popular “Beer for History” series. The third annual series kicked off in September serving Neighborhood Beer Co. brews and it continues into October with Portsmouth’s Earth Eagle Brewings, North Hampton’s Throwback Brewery and von Trapp Brewing of Stowe, Vermont. Each event will include games, music, food, history and, of course, beer.

“This event is perfect for folks who simply love a good beer,” says Emma Bray, museum executive director.

“It’s also fun for history lovers, as we’ve worked unique history programming into the event in creative and fun ways.” Visit independencemuseum.org/beer-for-history for tickets ($20) and more information.

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Celebrate Oktoberfest

It’s officially Oktoberfest season here in the Granite State, and New Hampshire’s many breweries, ski towns and even nonprofits are celebrating in style. Raise a stein at one of these five. Want more fun things to do?

See the statewide calendar on page 95.

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White Mountain Oktoberfest October 6-7, Lincoln

With festivities including pumpkin-painting, water-balloon-launching and a stein-carry and keg-roll relay — plus, of course, an oompah band and plenty of beer and brats — this Granite State German fest may be the granddaddy of them all. Plus, the festival coincides with foliage season, lending a perfect fall backdrop for this celebration of food and beer. loonmtn.com

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and cideries, and eat to your heart’s content from the fest’s dozen-plus chili competitors. Don’t forget to cast your vote — the winner at this contest is selected via people’s choice. powderkegbeerfest.com. New Hampshire Magazine is a proud sponsor of this event.

21st Annual Attitash Oktoberfest October 6-7, Bartlett

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This ski resort festival turns 21 this year, and it’s celebrating with a 20-brewery-strong biergarten, oompah turns from King Ludwig’s Bavarian Band, and the Samuel Adams stein hoist competition, where the winner earns an overnight stay in Boston and a tour of the Sam Adams brewery. attitash.com

New Hampshire Brewfest Lift a stein to beer, fall and fun at the White Mountain Oktoberfest.

Brew Ha Ha Festival October 6, Madison

This is a celebration of craft beer, delicious food, live music and fun for the whole family. Head to Purity Spring Resort to enjoy classic rock cover songs from local favorites, The Lifter’s, and take part in games like corn toss decks, giant board game madness and disc golf baskets. New this year, there will be festival-style food and sweets that will pair well with your favorite brew. purityspring.com/brew-ha-ha-festival

October 13, Portsmouth

Held at the Cisco Brewers Portsmouth, this festival includes 5 oz. souvenir sampler cups, beer samples, live music and entertainment. It is also a special fundraiser for the Prescott Park Arts Festival in partnership with Master Brewers Association of America and WHEB’s “The Morning Buzz.” prescottpark.org

1. White Mountain Oktoberfest, Lincoln 2. Brew Ha Ha Festival, Madison

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3. Powder Keg Beer & Chili Fest, Exeter

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The historic Notchland Inn, Hart’s Location

True Small Town

Hart’s Location is tiny, but fascinating

BY BARBARA RADCLIFFE ROGERS

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or the smallest town in New Hampshire, with a population of 43, Hart’s Location packs in a lot of appeal — and some powerful history. Events there were instrumental in establishing White Mountains tourism, and the town has a place in literature and political history as well. That’s before you even begin counting the reasons for going there today: spectacular scenery, hiking trails to waterfalls (including the state’s highest) and the road to a real ghost town. The frosting on the Hart’s Location cake is a lovely country inn with a memorable dining room — and a history of its own.

Native Americans had used a trail through the notch, but the first news of a viable passage across the mountains came from Timothy Nash. While hunting on Cherry Mountain, he noticed a gap in the line of

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mountains to the south. In 1771, he told Governor John Wentworth of his discovery.

Wentworth said that, if Nash could get a horse through the notch, he would grant him the land at its top, where Nash must build a road. With friend Benjamin Sawyer, Nash got the horse through — sometimes lowered on ropes — and was granted the land. The road, although hardly a road by today’s standards, opened in 1775.

The first settlement came in 1793 when Abel Crawford built a home at the southern end of notch, followed by his father-in-law; both offered lodging to travelers. With the opening of the Tenth New Hampshire Turnpike through the notch in 1806, this became a busy route, with farmers hauling goods to Portland and returning to northern New Hampshire and Vermont with provisions. By 1830, it was an important stagecoach route;

tourism had begun to play a role in 1819 when Abel’s son, Ethan Allen Crawford, built the first trail up Mt. Washington (still in use today) and started guiding climbers to the summit. In 1828, Ethan and Abel built the notch’s third hotel.

Tourism, although now assumed, was still in its infancy and consisted mainly of climbers and adventurers until a disaster thrust Crawford Notch and the White Mountains into the national news. In the unusually dry summer of 1826, the drought ended suddenly on the morning of August 28 with a torrential downpour. The parched ground of the mountainside above the cabin where the Willey family lived could not absorb the water fast enough, so it came rushing down, uprooting trees and dislodging rocks in a landslide.

The entire Willey family perished when they left their cabin to seek more secure shelter.

One daughter escaped only to be carried away by the flooding river. Ironically, a boulder behind the cabin diverted the landslide and

the house was unharmed.

The story was a national sensation. Newspapers sent reporters and artists, whose accounts and images (often somewhat exaggerated) of the White Mountains brought their rugged beauty to nationwide attention.

Curiosity seekers wanted to visit the site of the tragedy; Nathaniel Hawthorne used it as the inspiration for his story “The Ambitious Guest,” and Crawford Notch became a household name across the nation. Almost overnight the White Mountains became a tourist destination. In the golden era of the White Mountains grand hotels, a ride to the Willey House site was de rigueur for hotel guests, and it’s still a popular tourist stop.

A footnote to the story came 185 years later, on the exact same day — August 28 — when Hurricane Irene dropped 10 inches of rain in the mountains in a few hours. Swollen rivers again raged through the notch, washing out Sawyer River Bridge and sections of Route 302 near the Notchland Inn. That landmark mansion, built of granite quarried on the property, was once the home of Dr. Samuel Bemis, who also owned much of Hart’s Location. Bemis had vacationed in the Crawfords’ hotels before completing his home here in 1870. He was a generous and public-spirited man; when the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad wanted to build through Crawford Notch, he sold them the land for $1 an acre. It was Bemis who named the famous cliffs for his friend, artist Godfrey Frankenstein.

Building the railroad was no easy task.

The terrain was formidable, with steep mountainside, deep gorges, the sheer 2,555foot Frankenstein Cliff and a climb of more than 1,600 feet in 30 miles. Bridging the cliff was the greatest challenge, but a 520-foot steel trestle was devised to carry the tracks 85 feet above the ravine. The first train crossed it on June 29, 1875, and on August 9, regular passenger and freight service began between Portland and Bretton Woods.

A new trestle replaced it in 1892, and is now an exciting highlight of the Conway Scenic Railroad’s Notch Train excursions.

The railroad opened up the White Mountains to tourism, making possible the grand hotels, guests at Fabyan House, Mount Pleasant House and the later Mount Washington Hotel arrived by trainloads for the summer.

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was a major industry all over the North Country, with its own railroads and company-owned towns. One of these was on the Sawyer River just over the town line in the now uninhabited town of Livermore.

Follow Sawyer River Road on foot from Route 302 to see its remains: foundations, a brick chimney, an abandoned bank safe in the cellar hole of the store. The town, which once has a population of 200, died in the 1930s after its sawmill burned.

It was logging that led to half of Hart’s Location becoming Crawford Notch State Park. In 1912, the Legislature authorized the purchase of nearly 6,000 acres to prevent its being stripped for timber. Almost everything you can see driving through the notch — except for the view of Mt. Washington — is in the park.

The walk to Livermore is almost flat as it follows Sawyer Brook to the abandoned town; not so the other trails on which hikers can explore the notch. The easiest one climbs about 900 feet in its half-mile length to Arethusa Falls, a bit steeper if

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For New Hampshire’s smallest town, Hart’s Location packs in a lot of appeal — and some powerful history. you take the Bemis Brook side trail to two smaller waterfalls. Arethusa is especially beautiful after a rain or in the spring, but even without a lot of water, the 175-foot height is impressive and the highest in the state. At the foot of the falls, another trail leads more steeply to Ripley Falls and the Frankenstein Cliff.

Dr. Bemis’ mansion, now Notchland Inn, preserves the original fine architectural and decorative details. These include a front parlor designed by Gustav Stickley, one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts style that influenced design in the late 19th and early

20th century. Individually decorated rooms show off the fine woodwork and unique features. The dining room is open to nonguests with reservations, serving dishes such as ravioli filled with spinach and pine nuts, and lamb kabobs skewered on grapevines.

The inn was the focus of press attention every four years as the scene of the nation’s first presidential election returns; New Hampshire law allows towns of fewer than 100 to open the polls at midnight and close them when all have voted. Thus, Hart’s Location and the similarly tiny Dixville Notch are able to report presidential vote tallies before any place else, giving newscasters something to talk about all day before there is anything else to report. The inn hosted its last election in 2008 — Hart’s Location still votes at midnight, but in the former Appalachian Mountain Club building, which is now the Town Hall. NH Follow Barbara Rogers’ travels at worldbite.wordpress.com.

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Corn mazes can have all kinds of themes, like the 2017 Super Bowl champion New England Patriots at Sherman Farm in East Conway.

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Find your way in elaborate corn creations

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utumn abounds with seasonal outdoor activities in New Hampshire.

Leaf peepers drive along scenic byways, apple and pumpkin pickers seek tasty offerings, and haunted houses test nerves.

Then there are corn mazes.

Across the state, portions of farms and orchards are turned into intricate labyrinths of fun where the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye. The amazingly designed mazes are created in acres of cornfields that are cut into winding dirt pathways, which can resemble everything from native wildlife to sports heroes. It takes weeks for them to take shape before opening to the public. They are agricultural accouterments to the traditional farmstand, along with sideshows such as farm animal petting, cider donuts, games, corn cannons, night mazes, hayrides and more.

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family farms making them, often opening in summer or around Labor Day and going until the end of October.

“Agritainment is an industry all its own now, bringing people to the farm for an experience and to make memories,” says Michele Dutton, a self-described farm girl, of Sherman Farm in East Conway in the Mount Washington Valley, where a corn maze has been part of the operation since 2007.

“Each year we are learning and growing, changing and adding,” she continues, “but it’s really about bringing people back year after year and changing just enough so there’s something new, but also keeping it familiar and fun.”

As big New England sports fans, the folks at Sherman Farm have chosen scenes of the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup, the University of New Hampshire vs. University of Maine hockey rivalry, and the 2017 Super

Bowl champion Patriots.

“It’s a family decision,” says Dutton.

“Sometimes we know what we will do a season in advance; sometimes we are scrambling to come up with something. But we always decide together and welcome input from family, friends and customers.”

Themes have also included pop culture topics, charities and causes.

“Our maze is more than just a maze,” says Dutton. “There are games to play while you navigate, things to do in our courtyard area, great food to eat, and memories to be made.”

They plant the corn, but Sherman Farm partners with a Utah-based company called The Maize, which provides services from planning to cutting to advertising to moral support.

“It’s a trade secret as to how it is done,” says Dutton. “We aren’t even really sure what happens. It just grows and we have a maze.”

Crazy mazes like these can be found all over the state.

At Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton, the Kimball family opens three mazes annually. At Coppal House Farm in Lee, which is doing a maze for the 14th time, it’s even possible to rent the maze for corporate events such as team building and birthday parties. The corn maze at Scamman Farm in Stratham is also available for rent, each year with a changing theme and game inside.

The stalks can reach up to 15 feet high at the corn maze at Moulton Farm in Meredith, where they tend to start planting in mid-June, a six-hour process. The Riverview Farm corn maze in Plainfield is known for its puns and illustrations, proving that many of these mazes are also grid works of art — especially when seen from the air.

They are hand- and tractor-crafted, and often have incredible roots.

At Beans & Greens Farm in Gilford, the

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maze started as a math homework assignment for the owners’ youngest son. Owner Andy Howe says his son created a massive grid outline for a maze after hearing that numerous farms were getting in on the trend.

That was many years ago, and now the family-run farm is opening its 17th maze this fall.

Over the years, it’s grown in size and experience, says Howe. There have been specific design elements to increase difficulty and haunted adventures on certain nights.

“Our maze has always been designed with difficulty in mind, in keeping with a classic labyrinth,” says Howe. “We don’t design our maze to look pretty from an airplane as our customers experience the maze on the ground, so it is designed specifically for the experience of the customer in the maze. An example — our bridge elements increase both difficulty and our customer’s maze experience.”

It’s also a labor of love to make it.

“Without revealing too much about our process, it takes significant effort in three stages — planting, trail design and final maze details,” says Howe. “The planting is fairly easy and done on a tractor. However, the trail design and finishing stages take a

and patrons are just steps from fresh produce, baked goods, deli meats and more.

When the mazes have run their course, the corn can be cut and used as feed for the farm animals.

Of course, getting through those mazes can be a bit confusing.

Dutton suggests you simply enjoy the experience and pay attention to the little ones.

“Don’t overthink it and just have fun,” she says. “Play the games, listen to your kids.”

At Beans & Greens, it’s also about staying in motion.

“We always tell guests the best hint we can provide is simple — keep moving,” says Howe. “Don’t step to decide which way to go, to figure out which way is north, where the sun is or anything else. Just keep moving!”

That way you won’t get cornered. NH Corn mazes, like the one at Beans & Greens in Gilford, are family-friendly.

small army about a week each to complete.”

The mazes are also part of the farm-to-table movement. Exploring the mazes, which also double as locations for field trips, can work up an appetite. Location is everything,

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Welcome to Keene The city with the widest Main Street is filling up with great flavors

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omething wonderful is happening in Keene. It’s always been a very pleasant city, with a small-town, friendly vibe.

With two great springboards — a vital state college and a vibrant Main Street lined with successful retail spots — seeds are starting to bloom downtown. And the gardeners are the young people coming back to the town where they went school or grew up. They are putting their hearts and souls into making Keene the kind of city in which they want to

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live, work and dine.

I certainly don’t consider longtime chef and Keene restaurant owner Luca Paris an oldster, not with that sparkle in his eyes, but he says, “These new chefs in town are the same age I was when I came to town.” He settled in Keene about 18 years ago when “it was a town of home-style cooking restaurants, pizza shops and the Thai Garden,” he says. He had an open field to till. Soon, Luca’s Mediterranean Café became a popular

spot, offering a broad spectrum of European cuisine. A few years ago, he found he had to change the game. Last year, he closed Luca’s Market to refocus on the restaurant. The dining public’s tastes have evolved, and the traditional appetizer/salad/entrée dining formula is being supplanted by a grazing mentality. And, of course, the new young chefs down Main Street had upped the ante.

In response, Paris now offers a healthy selection of tapas, perfect for sharing in his cozy bistro café with a glass of wine. To keep the drink list fresh, there are always a few jugs of liquor infusing on the back of the bar. “I don’t want to become irrelevant,” says Paris.

“If I’m not excited about the menu, why would anyone else be?”

Paris has earned the title of benevolent godfather of Keene cuisine. His enthusiasm for the town is infectious. He loves to help, coach and mentor any new talent, and he travels nationwide to promote the area. In 2013 appeared on — and won — the Food Network show “Guy’s Grocery Games.” On WKBK radio, he often talks about other chefs and new dining ventures, and he also helps run Top Chef events to fundraise for local culinary education and promote Keene’s talent. He’s “The Man” in Keene, according to all those enterprising young chefs.

One young chef with new ideas is Jordan Scott, owner/chef at Odelay, an Asian/Mexican fusion fast-serve eatery down the block from Luca’s. At age 19, Scott found himself commanding the menu for a small chain of restaurants, pretty much right out of culinary school in San Francisco. A few years ago, he came back to town to help make it a great place to live. “Once people came into

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Keene as a waypoint or wrong turn, now they come back on purpose,” says Scott. A street full of great dining options and entertainment diversions can do that.

Scott’s Odelay, formerly Taqueria Odelay, moved into new quarters across the street about two years ago. The space is bright and clean, and the concept seems ripe for expansion. The menu, offered for lunch and dinner, is a contemporary ode to Mexican street food, including burritos, tacos and rice bowls, similar to You Know Who. Except here the options skew Asian, with Korean BBQ or Kogi, crispy pork belly and Ahi tuna. The flavors are juiced up with tang from house-pickled vegetables, Asian slaw and spicy aioli. Bright tasting and healthy salad options fill out the bill.

Scott is part of the new Keene scene that includes arts promoters Machina Arts, which was founded in 2013 by Danya Landis and Rebecca Hamilton. Scott is working with the organization to provide food at the brand new Machina Arts center, MoCo, at 40 Roxbury St., a short block from Central Square. He also ran a series of farmto-table events with their support this past summer, events that quickly sold out.

Another young chef ready to rumble is Chef Ryan Nyland, who was the former sous chef and then chef at 21 Bar & Grill on Roxbury Street. The space is what a neighborhood bar should be — comfortable with great comfort food. When he took over, he amped up the flavor of the usual suspects to 11, and offered creative takes on comfort food, such as his Parmesan portobello fries with a Peruvian aji sauce. A few weeks after my Keene visit, Nyland left 21 Bar & Grill to work as sous chef at Luca’s Mediterranean Café (Brendan Dolan, formerly of Tillie’s, replaced Nyland). There, Nyland will be able to spread his wings tinkering with a more diverse menu under the oversight of Keene’s godfather of food. Based on his former work at 21 Bar & Grill, I look forward to seeing what he’ll accomplish with Paris.

Paris gets excited when a new restaurant opens downtown, believing that change is always good. The latest is Tillie’s, just off the top of the square. Owners Tabatha Eisner and Chef Steve Bentley named the place after Bentley’s great aunt, who ran whiskey from Canada to New Hampshire during Prohibition. To further the speakeasy theme, they completely transformed the former Tony Clamato’s with tasteful lighting, paint, a grand piano and ever-expanding

Selection of tacos and bowls at Odelay

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Events of Note

In the Company of Flowers Gifts, artwork, books and Asian inspiration in the midst of a flower shop 106 Main St. Facebook

Cheshire Craftsmen Fair, October 6 & 7 Facebook

Miranda’s On Main Fashions and accessories 1 Main St. mirandasonmain.com

The Simple Nest Antiques and furniture for the home 12 Main St. Facebook

First Friday Art Hop, October 5 Showcase for art and artists and performers Local restaurants are challenged to make a dish using a specified seasonal produce. machinaarts.org/firstfridayarthop.html

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Chef Luca Paris (left) with his daughter Bella and Head Chef Dan Russell

whiskey list. More space in the adjoining room allows patrons to dine (or say grace) while seated in antique church pews.

While Bentley contributes in the kitchen, Tillie’s chef is John Rossey, the former head chef at 21 Bar & Grill and a real find for the setting. Here, he can do comfort food and

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9 Court St. (603) 354-3214 Facebook Closed Monday, serving lunch Tuesday through Sunday, dinner Tuesday through Saturday and Sunday brunch Whiskey bar offering upscale dishes and burgers in a smart, comfortable setting

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more upscale entrées, turning it up to 12 with bacon-wrapped chicken wings coated with a bourbon Moxie glaze or deviled eggs with the options of caviar, sashimi tuna or pittance. For lunch, he offers an array of sandwiches, from duck confit sliders to blackened salmon tacos to a house-cured

Luca’s Mediterranean Café

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21 Bar & Grill 21 Roxbury St. (603) 352-202

Brunch on Saturday and Sunday Open 3 p.m. to 1 a.m., Monday through Thursday, and Friday from 11 to 1 a.m.

Fireworks Restaurant

Nicola’s Trattoria

51 Railroad St. (503) 355-5242 Facebook Italian cuisine, open kitchen, tasteful dining areas and bar Dinner at 5 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday 82 Main St. (603) 355-3993 localkeene.com Charbroiled burgers and hand-cut fries in family-friendly fast-serve setting Lunch and dinner daily

Lindy’s Diner

The Spice Chambers

10 Central Sq. (603) 358-3335 lucascafe.com Lunch and dinner Monday through Friday Dinner only on weekends

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44 Main St. (603) 354-3583 tacoodelay.com Lunch and dinner daily Creative fusion cuisine in a fast-serve setting

corned beef Reuben piled high with sauerkraut. The dinner menu adds house-made gnocchi in a brown butter sage sauce, pork tenderloin with mashed celery root and chicken Marengo with a quail egg, steamed crawfish and a very citrusy cilantro-lime sauce. The menu is tricked out nicely, but still approachable.

There are many other popular places to dine in Keene. Try The Spice Chambers for authentic Indian cuisine, vegetarian and more, Local for a fast but succulent burger, Fireworks with its inviting interior and Nicola’s with its Old World charm in the nicely developed Railroad Square. All continue to broaden the spectrum of restaurant options while Keene blossoms as a destination for art, entertainment and good food.

The Colonial Theatre, the new MoCo Arts Center and the First Friday Art Hop are all downtown magnets. In June of next year, a mural festival will bring a team of professional muralists, the Walldogs, to paint the town with beautiful images.

In Keene, all is good and it’s getting even better — and that’s what keeps Paris smiling. Oh, look, there is a new pho restaurant going in right next to Luca’s! Is he still smiling? Yup! NH

The Stage Restaurant & Café

30 Central Sq. (603) 357-8389 thestagerestaurant.com This American bistro, owned by the Benik family for more than 30 years, has recently expanded.

Open for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Closed Mondays.

8 Winter St. (603) 352-9007 spicechambers.com Lunch buffet 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thursday and Friday, expanded buffet on Saturday and Sunday Dinner 5 to 9:30 p.m., closed Tuesday

Mi Jalisco

463 West St. (603) 354-3123 Facebook Authentic home style Mexican Lunch and dinner daily Other locations in Peterborough and Milford

22 Main St. (603) 903-1410 fireworksrestaurant.net Hip atmosphere with wood-fired pizza, modern take on Italian food and creative drink list Bar opens at 4 p.m. with dinner at 5 p.m. daily

Keene’s Old Main Street Standbys Fritz Belgian Fries

45 Main St. fritzkeene.com New ownership and now a bit less funky

Timoleon’s Restaurant 25 Main St. Facebook American homemade food

Thai Garden

118 Main St. thethaigardengroup.com

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Sips Local beverage news and reviews by Michael Hauptly-Pierce

Live Juice Because folks cannot live on ethanol alone, or so I am told, I consumed a smoothie.

Truth be told, I love smoothies. So I stopped into Live Juice in Concord for a heat reliever.

The Lover is a soft red color, and leads with strawberries and goji. Blueberry gives it a slight tannic kick, and pineapple comes through in the finish. Neither too sweet nor too acidic, it paired perfectly with fish tacos from Dos Amigos just down the street.

5 South Main St., Concord; livejuicenh.com

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Event of the Month The Distiller’s Showcase November 1 Taste spirits both locally made and from around the world to benefit the Animal Rescue League of NH. See the calendar on page 94 for more information about the showcase and the new Distiller’s Week starting on October 29. distillersshowcase.com

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Things are brewing next to Cask and Vine in Derry. Things are also fermenting, distilling and cohabitating with wood in many ways. For this, we should be grateful. In several years, there will be a bounty of brown spirits available under the Doire banner. But as this missive nears print, we have three spirits to guide us. Just like Mr. Scrooge.

Suncook Lager from Oddball Brewing

This beer is a reminder from the collective subconscious that times were once simpler. It whispers of the past.

Brewed in the style of a pre-Prohibition American lager (neither light nor lite), it is nonetheless easy like a Sunday morning.

A generous helping of corn keeps it from feeling heavy, and classic Hallertau hops give it enough oom-pah-pah presence to balance the slightly sweet maltiness.

Perhaps the perfect beer as fall starts falling in front of us. It can be found all over the state, but stop in and see the folks at Oddball in Suncook for the full sensory experience. 6 Glass St., Suncook, oddballbrewingnh.com

Sugarshine is a sugar-based spirit at 80 proof and 40 percent alcohol. Consumed neat, it has a sweet nose with a strong suggestion of corn. Sweet to start, smooth throughout, Sugarshine has a clean finish with a whisper of anise. This is the spirit of whiskey past.

The 01, also a sugar-based spirit, is stronger in alcohol (120 proof) and flavor, made from runnings from the same wash (prehooch). It has a similar flavor and aroma to Sugarshine, with a more robust middle and a longer finish. As my current favorite, it is the spirit of whiskey present.

Then there’s Splinter, aged on oak chips as a 80 proof-of-concept, it sports uuuuge vanilla-oak and caramel on the approach. Butterscotch takes over as smell becomes sip. This liquid has no rough edges, and finishes quick and clean with a touch of oak. I am an oak man, myself. If this is any indication of what their barrel-aged products will be like, I look forward to this spirit of whiskey future.

Look for Doire spirits at New Hampshire state liquor stores, and for Doire-inspired cocktails at Cask and Vine and wherever good decisions are made.

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The perfect antique can make an enduring display Farmhouse style is all the design rage and New Hampshire antiques group stores, like the New Hampshire Antique Co-op in Milford, or shops like Sage Farm Antiques in North Hampton, have no shortage of vintage farm tools perfect for display. Here, a galvanized grain scoop becomes an instant harvest cornucopia filled with the bounty of the season. To make your own, gather a mix of fresh vegetables, heirloom pumpkins, leaves and grains, and put them in the well of the scoop. Use votive cups filled with water to add fresh-cut flowers or sprigs of herbs. Display on an entry table or sideboard through the fall season and revel in your inventive agrarian style.

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Some Like It Real Hot Going with the flow of molten glass

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ordana Korsen, the Hot Glass Mama, has built a hot glass family in Marlborough. Her Hot Glass Art Center is more than a glass studio, it’s an open-ended, non-academic teaching facility, and a fun place to hang out. Korsen and her staff enjoy introducing the art to young and old, experienced or not. “Glass-blowing is awesome, like magic. It’s not something people do to check off a list, they usually come back for

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more — it’s a joyful experience,” she says.

Korsen has taught glass-blowing for more than 20 years, primarily developing the glass program at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge and, more recently, teaching stints at the highly acclaimed Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York.

As a glass-maker, she is a juried member of the NH League of Craftsmen and shows her glass art in galleries. She creates custom

Both Jordana Korsen and her staff have work available online and at the studio’s gallery. Shown here are black glass vases with silver foil.

work for architectural lighting and design firms, including The Rockwell Group.

The Hot Glass Art Center will have an open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Columbus Day weekend as part of the Monadnock Art’s Open Studio Art Tour 23. They will be offering demos, workshops and, of course, plenty of community spirit. monadnockart.org NH

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Blips Monitoring appearances of the 603 on the media radar since 2006 the box office and helped launch the skunk-ape/ bigfoot cryptid into popular imagination.

The movie was also remarkable in that, not only was the director/producer a novice (Pierce was an advertising salesman), but he hired high school kids for technical positions and cast key roles by simply walking up to people he thought looked like the characters in his story and asking them to participate. Pierce’s use of faux documentary filmmaking (think “Blair Witch Project”) was ahead of its time.

Barcelou also owns the original poster-sized 1973 artwork (at left), oil paint on canvas, which is said to have inspired the character Chewbacca in the first “Star Wars” film in 1975. NH

See Juston McKinney’s 2017 Palace Theatre show on Amazon

Last year, Juston McKinney brought his seriously funny “Parentally Challenged” show to the Palace Theatre in Manchester and had the entire hour of laughs professionally filmed by fellow Seacoast legend Marc Dole. Now that comedy special is available to the world via Amazon Prime. For those who prefer their comedy live, McKinney returns to the Palace for two shows on Saturday, Oct. 13.

The Return of the Beast

Claremont resident prepares to re-release a monster of a movie courtesy images

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hile the Granite State has its share of Bigfoot sightings, the beast depicted in the poster above is one from Arkansas. Now that Boggy Creek monster dwells — and is staging a comeback — near the Connecticut River in Claremont. That’s where Pamula Barcelou,

daughter of filmmaker Charles B. Pierce, lives.

Acquiring rights to her father’s low-budget hit from 1972 has been a decades-long quest.

The film, claiming to be a true story, was originally shot for a measly (even by 1970s standards) $100,000, but generated $25 million at

God knows what happened when Linda Bishop, an intelligent NH mother suffering from psychosis and bipolar disorder, procured an early, unconditional release for herself from the NH State Hospital in Concord. She wandered 10 miles to an abandoned farmhouse in view of the highway and subsisted for four months on rainwater and apples during one of the coldest winters on record. Learn the rest of the tragic tale when NH PBS broadcasts “God Knows Where I Am” Monday, Oct. 15 at 10 p.m. nhmagazine.com | October 2018

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Labor of Love

Making passion for beer a full-time job

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hen people find out that I coown a brewery, one of the most frequent responses is, “Do you do this full time?”

The question in itself is not as offensive as it may seem — many entrepreneurs maintain day gigs to pay the rent, some for decades. And beer is just ... beer. Could a start-up boutique brewery support two families and still avoid cutting corners?

The answer is complicated. The answer has evolved over many years. The answer is “yes,” but “yes” is so much more multifaceted than “no.”

The unique small brewery legislation in

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New Hampshire has lowered the barrier to entry for small brewers in several critical ways, allowing tasting room on-premise sales and direct wholesale distribution.

These allowances have created a brewery climate quite different from our northern New England neighbors, with their more mature beer scenes but tougher laws. It has also made the Granite State quite different from the rest of the country. One of the results is a proliferation of New Hampshire brewery owners who have a dreaded Day Job. All of this brings us back to the original question, “Do you do this full time?”

Yes. From before day one, before we

had a lease or a line of credit or a ledger with a plus sign, yes. If “full time” means the standard American 40 hours a week, undoubtedly. Just searching for commercial property in a market with 93-percent occupancy was almost 40 hours a week. Both my partner, Doc Jones, and I had demanding business-to-business sales jobs, and by the second month of looking, we were like the stereotypical husband and wife house-hunting. I would say, “It doesn’t have a pool!” He would say, “We don’t need a pool!” I would say, “You told me we could have a pool!”

This continued for 45 locations and four months.

When we found the location that had the angelic choir playing in the background, with a floor drain, 20-foot-plus ceilings, ample parking day or night, and the most tenant-friendly landlord a business could ask for, we jumped. I can’t say we never looked back, but when we looked back, it was with appreciation.

Fast-forward through the lease and lending paperwork, and we settled in to fit-up. “Fit-up” is a commercial construction term, meaning renovations and upgrades to achieve required conditions, usually per-

Above is Michael Hauptly-Pierce, co-founder of Concord brewery Lithermans Limited.

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“After over 15 years of over 50 thousand miles a year, selling someone else’s widget, it was time to sell my own stuff.”

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Love of music informs the beer names at Lithermans Limited — all of the names pay homage to various song titles and artists. The unique labels are created by local artist Steve Lee.

formed by professional folks who only do fit-up work. Our fit-up usually began at 6 or 7 p.m., and started after our day jobs ended.

The first order of business was cleaning.

Eighty percent of brewing is cleaning, so this was a fitting introduction to our commercial endeavor. Our landlord owns a scissor-lift, which made accessing the tall ceilings possible. After several 10-plus-hour evenings of cleaning dusty beams 20 feet in the air, we discussed using the scissor-lift and the dusting appendage for sort of a new jousting.

When I say we discussed it, it is safe to say that it wasn’t tabled in our discussion.

There were many misadventures between the scissor-lift jousting and today. There were even a few victories. The first real victory came when Doc had the opportunity for early parole from his job, with a smile.

He took the chance. That was almost 18

months ago. I kept my day job. This arrangement necessitated his managing day-to-day manufacturing and processing (brewing and cellaring), and my managing wholesale operations and retail. At that time, wholesale meant a few kegs a week and boxes and boxes of 22 oz. bottles to specialty bottle shops and co-ops. At that time, retail meant 11 hours a week of running a tasting room that served only 4 oz. samples and poorly merchandised 22 oz. bottles to go. Then the package market changed, and on-premise sales became more attractive, but those are the subjects of other pieces.

Things progressed. If our original 42-month timeline had been compressed down to 18 months, that is how things progressed. Each time we thought we had hit a capacity ceiling, we challenged ourselves and how much we could carry. Three barrels

(1 barrel =1 BBL=31 gal) every other week became three barrels every week. Soon, we were brewing 3 BBL twice a week. By the time we had maxed out our original system, we were doing two double brew days (3 BBL followed by 3 BBL) in a row to almost fill one 15 BBL tank every week.

This is when I had to reconsider my day job. This might be called our second victory.

I really enjoyed my career in business-to-business construction sales. More than half of my customers hugged me at the end of our routine meetings. I made my own schedule. My compensation was tied directly to my performance, by my design. I really only answered to the bottom line. My boss gave me more than enough rope with which to hang myself. I utilized said rope to such an end on several occasions. The job was like a suit, custom-tailored for me. Bespoke.

It was, however, a suit I no longer liked wearing. It was heavy.

After over 15 years of over 50 thousand miles a year, selling someone else’s widget, it was time to sell my own stuff.

I quit. It wasn’t pretty, in that it was unexpected. But it was graceful. It was the answer to our motto, “How much can you carry?” Its answer was, “One less thing in order to carry many more things.” It was a fortune cookie fortune.

In the three months since I stopped chasing two rabbits, I have learned one thing: I can always carry a little more, each time, but it is often unnecessary. Part of the glory of consolidating goals is in realizing that you may already be achieving them. We are just about at capacity at the brewery based on current infrastructure, and our existent accounts always want more beer than they did last week. In the last 12 weeks, we have hired two amazing ladies to assist on the bar, and another as assistant brewer. Occasionally, one of us even gets a day off.

But returning to the original question, “Do you do this full time?” The answer is unequivocally, “Yes!” Because I don’t care to track the hours beyond 40. Because I do what I do as a natural extension of who I am. Because I opened a brewery. NH

About the Author

As they kept increasing production at the brewery, it became clear that essentially working two full-time jobs was no longer feasible.

Michael Hauptly-Pierce is a co-founder of Lithermans Limited in Concord and an avid ranter. He also co-hosts “The Tap Handle Show,” a podcast all about beer, where racier rants abound. Learn more at lithermans.beer and thetaphandleshow.com. nhmagazine.com | October 2018

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Out and About Honoring the top dentists

8/16 Top Dentists Award Reception

New Hampshire Magazine recognized the state’s Top Dentists, who were selected by their peers in a poll conducted

by USA topDentists. The awards cocktail reception was held at the Manchester Country Club in Bedford. Special thanks to our event sponsors Johnnie Walker, Cobb Hill Construction, New England Handpiece Repair and NBT Bank.

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Will the industry redeem itself for the mid-terms?

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he outcome of the 2016 presidential election was shocking to nearly every American. Reportedly, even Donald Trump himself didn’t expect to win the contest. But then he began winning state after state that he was supposed to lose.

There wasn’t much that Republicans and Democrats agreed on during that election, but they did agree on the collective wisdom of the polls, and those polls said that it was a sure bet that Hillary Clinton would defeat Trump.

And as we head into the homestretch of the 2018 midterm election, there are two points all voters should keep in mind: Polls will still drive the converstation, and there is no reason to believe that these polls are any better than the ones from two years ago.

You’d think that the 2016 election would serve as a crisis moment for the polling industry, but instead of considering what went wrong and how to improve methods, literally nothing has changed in the way polls are being conducted.

While there has been a noted skepticism over polling in the press and less coverage of polls, bad polls are still being put out, still being reported on, and still frame how everyday people, candidates and political donors see their races.

Specifically regarding New Hampshire, in the two years since the 2016 contest, there have been two developments on local polling, but neither has been a fundamental shift. The first is that, after years of criticism, WMUR-TV ended its official relationship with the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. This came after the last WMUR/UNH Granite State Poll before the 2016 election showed Clinton winning the state by 15 percentage points.

She did win the state, but only by threetenths of a percent.

Meanwhile, the Saint Anselm College Institute of Politics has now begun polling in a regular, but infrequent way. Their poll, it should be noted, is outsourced and conduct-

ed by a third party. It’s a new, untested poll, so it’s still unclear if their numbers should be seen as credible either.

For at least a decade, the best polls of New Hampshire are conducted by firms from outside of the state. There is no secret sauce involved, but organizations such as Suffolk University, CNN and NBC actually spend serious money to do serious polls here.

This isn’t a presidential year with the state’s contested Electoral College votes up for grabs, so there is likely to be very little polling of the Granite State. However, what polling does come out will drive press coverage, decide who will get to participate in debates, and impact how candidates campaign. All this in spite of the fact that there is little reason for these polls to have that kind of impact.

Where does that leave the voter?

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Ghostly Remains Hiking to a 1942 WWII bomber crash site on Mt. Waternomee STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARSHALL HUDSON

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here is an unofficial and unmaintained trail up to the bomber crash site on the other side of Mt. Waternomee, but I opted to go trail-less for a shorter, more direct approach. I’m a map and compass guy, so armed with a compass, some good maps, the coordinates of the crash site and the back of an envelope sketch from a friend of a friend, my trusty trail dog Jake and I set out one morning to find the site where a WWII B-18 bomber crashed into a North Woodstock mountain.

Jake and I decided to bushwhack in from a higher elevation starting point that avoids the river crossing on the unofficial trail. The trade-off was that we had to bushwhack through chest-high, ankle-tangling hobblebush and muddy moose wallows with few

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landmarks for navigation.

The hike to the crash site was challenging, and the blackflies were relentless, but eventually we found what’s left of the plane.

The difficult terrain and general inaccessibility means that the site is largely unchanged from the events of January 14, 1942, when three explosions on Mt. Waternomee shook houses, rattled windows and spurred locals into action. Jake and I explored the remnants of the giant aircraft engines, landing gear, broken-off wings, and other twisted aluminum wreckage scattered on a steep slope at approximately 3,800 feet.

Events were set in motion when the twin-engine bomber took off from Westover Field in Massachusetts and headed out over the Atlantic Ocean on an anti-submarine

To get to the crash site, you’ll need to find the unofficial — and unmaintained — trail up Mt. Waternomee, or grab a map and compass and make your own way up.

patrol. On the return flight, the airplane encountered blinding snow squalls and gusting winds that blew it 150 miles off course. The officers aboard the plane were actually B-24 pilots and were inexperienced in handling a B-18. All of them were part of a “borrowed” crew thrown together for this mission.

Accident reports indicate that Lt. Anthony Benvenuto was piloting, 2nd Lt. Woodrow Kantner was co-pilot and 2nd Lt. Fletcher Craig was the navigator. Backing them as “fill-ins” were four enlisted men, including machine gunner PFC Robert Picard, aircraft mechanic Pvt. Richard Chubb, another gunner Pvt. Raymond Lawrence and bombardier Pvt. Noah Philipps.

The plane was completely engulfed in the blizzard creating zero visibility, but Lt. Benvenuto continued to maintain a surveillance altitude of 4,000 feet, believing they were out over the Atlantic Ocean. When a momentary break in the clouds revealed the lights of a city below them, they believed

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Remaining wreckage of the plane, including wings, landing gear and twisted aluminum panels like this, can still be found on the mountain.

they were passing over Providence, Rhode Island. Acting on that assumption, they adjusted course and turned northwest in a direction they thought would bring them to Westover Field. But the city they had seen was not Providence, Rhode Island, it was Concord, New Hampshire.

Now flying a northwesterly course, the wind picked up, the temperature dropped, and ice began forming on the wings. With ice buildup growing and airspeed dropping, the plane became hard to handle and Lt. Benvenuto dropped to 3,800 feet. By doing so, he put them on a collision course with Mt. Waternomee.

Shearing off treetops, the bomber smashed into the mountain and pancaked its way through deep snow. As it plowed through a stand of trees, one wing was ripped off and the body of the aircraft split open before grinding to a stop. High-octane fuel dripped on the one remaining engine, and minutes later, a fire erupted that rapidly worked its way to the bombs still on board.

Miraculously, five of the seven crewmembers survived the crash. Pvt. Lawrence and Pvt. Philipps were killed, either in the crash or by the subsequent explosions and fire. The survivors, who were in bad shape, were on the top of an inaccessible mountain in a blinding snowstorm with a very cold night approaching.

Woodstock residents formed rescue teams and headed up the mountain searching for the cause of the explosions, which was still unknown to them when they departed. As they neared the site, three airmen in blood-stained flying gear stag-

gered into view. As they stumbled nearer, it was evident that the survivors were in deep shock. The lead airman, navigator Lt. Craig, appeared to be the least seriously injured.

He had only facial lacerations and bruises, while the co-pilot, Lt. Kantner, had similar cuts but also a broken forearm and ankle.

Pvt. Chubb, the mechanic, had an ugly cut over his eye, his front teeth were missing, and his jaw was badly fractured.

Some distance away and not moving, Lt. Benvenuto lay sprawled in the snow.

Having crawled two hundred yards from the wreckage, he was lying there with a broken back. Seventy-five feet away, in deep pain and nearly frozen to death with his left leg wrapped around a tree, was machine gunner PFC Picard. Picard had crawled out of the burning plane and dragged himself as far as he could when it exploded. A large piece of the plane hit him in the shoulder blade with enough force to knock him into the tree.

Rescuers built roaring fires and sent for toboggans and blankets to carry the wounded crewmembers down the mountain. Numerous downed trees from the ’38 hurricane created impassable toboggan obstacles, so rescuers started cutting trees and swamping out a trail to extricate the injured men.

Multiple trips up and down the mountain in the deep snow were necessary before they got all the injured off the mountain.

As Lt. Benvenuto was being covered with blankets and prepared to be tobogganed down the mountain, he warned them about the unexploded 300-pound bombs that had been onboard the now-wrecked and on-fire bomber.

The next morning, a live bomb was found

603 INFORMER buried deep in the snow. With no way to move it off the mountain, a bomb expert was brought in to supervise shoveling snow away from the bomb that could have exploded at any moment. Once the bomb was fully exposed, dynamite was packed around it and the charge was set off. It took two attempts, but the bomb finally exploded with a cataclysmic roar. In addition to destroying the bomb, another priority assignment was to find the top secret Norden bombsight that had been onboard the plane and to retrieve any parts of it that had survived the crash and fire. (By the way, an intact Norden bombsight is on display at Wolfeboro’s Wright Museum.)

Of the five airmen who survived the crash, Lt. Kantner became a successful real estate developer in Florida. Pvt. Chubb retired as a maintenance foreman at Hanscom Field in Massachusetts. Lt. Craig became a dentist in California. PFC Picard is believed to have moved to California where he became a member of a religious commune.

Lt. Benvenuto did not survive the war. After recovering from his back injury, he was returned to active duty and died when his B-24 was shot down over Asia.

When it was time for me to leave, I considered my trek back out. While my hike might be difficult, it would be a walk in the park compared to the rescue team’s journeys up and down the mountain in the cold and dark, during a blizzard, through deep snow, over downed trees, and while pulling a toboggan with an injured man on it. Solemnly, Jake and I paid our respects to both the rescuers and the airmen at a memorial plaque at the crash site, before pointing my compass back to the truck and heading down the mountain. NH

This plaque on Mt. Waternomee honors the seven men on board the crashed plane.

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Get ready to experience the thrill of discovery. From the top of the state to the coast, here are 16 new breweries you need to visit. photos and story by jenn bakos

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ou’re forgiven for not knowing the definition of “blasty bough.”

The term refers to a branch of pine turned amber by the sun, which settlers used as kindling. Yes, back in the day fire was important for cooking and warmth, but flame was also necessary to boil wort to make beer. The “farm-to-kettle” Blasty Bough Brewing Company is located at the historic McClary Hill Farm, which was once a community hub where people came for produce and dairy products. Owner David Stewart started brewing in the ’80s (you might say before brewing was cool), and saw creating a brewery as a way to get the farm back up and running. He hoped to recreate that community gathering space feel for both locals and visitors — a place to share stories, play games and make new friends.

Currently, all the beers are ales, but Stewart is hoping to include lagers this winter, and he eventually wants more variety as time goes on. Try the spruce red ale, and be sure to get a ticket for one of the music nights they host a few times a month. 3 Griffin Rd., Epsom, (603) 724-3636, blastybough.com

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arrell Bodnar, owner and brewer, and Michael Holland, owner, brewer and chef, had been brewing for almost a decade, during which they had fun experimenting and trying new things. Then, about two years ago, they decided to get serious about starting a business. The pair got a huge boost from the community to fund their undertaking and opened up the brewpub five months ago (ask about the ice jam that delayed opening). They have great food and live music, and the staff members are all extremely friendly and fun. Tourism plays a role, but the locals are what make the place what it is. The crowd favorite beers are the 007 Double IPA and the Ice Jam Lager.

In the future, look for their expanding hours and possible brewing of cider and wine. 1 Middle St., Lancaster, (603) 631-2273, copperpigbrewery.com

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s the October issue headed to press, Aaron and Jenni Share were still working hard on getting To Share Brewing Company up and running, and the buzz — and anticipation — was growing. Those strolling along Union Street in the northern part of Manchester in late August might have glimpsed local artist Shaina Gates as she painted colorful murals on the exterior (pictured below). That’s just one of the ways the Shares are connecting their brewery to the community. The idea, they say, is to make this slightly out-of-the-way spot a comfortable gathering space for locals. The residential location — not too far from Elm Street and just down the way from the Currier Museum of Art — helps foster that welcoming atmosphere.

They will offer 10 beers on tap, including IPAs, an ale, a stout, and rotating seasonal and experimental beers. Games, like corn hole (year-round), their huge collection of vinyl records they want to incorporate, and a future patio for outdoor seating will all help make this a place where you’ll want to hang out for an afternoon (or day). Keep an eye on the Facebook page for updates. 720 Union St., Manchester, tosharebrewing.com

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his brewery with an eye to history takes its name from the year Plymouth organized as a town. Getting its start in the back of The Last Chair restaurant, 1766 Brewing Co. quickly began selling out of beer. The decision was made to expand into one of the storage units in the restaurant’s back parking lot. Now, another move is in the works. The plan is to move the tasting room to the heart of Plymouth, and to offer a food menu of their own. (As of press time, they hoped to open the new tasting room in October.) The 1766 has a good variety of traditional beers, and the brewers are working on experimenting with some more unique styles as well. Be sure to try the Golden Stout or the flagship 11th Regimen IPA. 7 Route 25, Plymouth, 1766brewing.com

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or those keeping an eye on Portsmouth, it’s probably no surprise that Tom Bath chose the up-and-coming West End for Loaded Question’s location. As downtown Portsmouth grows ever more crowded, this once sleepy part of town is now home to restaurants, cafés and even another small brewery, Liars Bench Beer Co. Receiving an introduction to craft beer on the West Coast, Bath started homebrewing in 1995, and like many homebrewers, opening his own brewery was a longstanding dream. But, unlike most, he turned the dream into brick-and-mortar reality. After working for many years as product designer at REI, Bath decided it Tom Bath of was time to brew for real. He makes sure there’s always a Loaded Question good variety on tap, but one of the most popular brews is the Sparkle Toes Double IPA — named by his 2-year old. Given where he first fell in love with beer, you might think it’s all West Coast-style IPAs all the time, but change is the philosophy at Loaded Question. The beers rotate often, and Bath loves to experiment and toss around ideas for different styles. 909 Islington St., Portsmouth, loadedquestionbrewing.com

Notable Changes and Expansions Schilling Beer Co.

Schilling’s original home, an 18th-century grist mill on the banks of the Ammonoosuc River in Littleton (pictured above), is loaded with the cozy, rustic charm typical of such buildings, but is a bit short on space, especially given the brewery’s huge success. Happily, the recently completed expansion — located right next door — provides much-needed square footage, including more room for brewing their style of progressive, continental European-inspired beers, a retail shop and a tasting room complete with a deck overlooking the river. Though the expansion includes a new 20-barrel brewhouse, Schilling remains a microbrewery, meaning they produce less than 15,000 barrels a year.

Quality, not quantity, is still very much Schilling’s focus.

The original brewpub is located at 18 Mill St., with the new store and tasting room next door at 26 Mill St. schillingbeer.com, (603) 444-4800

White Birch Brewing

Founded in 2009 by Bill Herlicka, White Birch has left its somewhat rundown Hooksett location behind in favor of a new — and much improved — tasting room in Nashua. Now owned by Herlicka’s brother Dave Herlicka, White Birch’s new digs are far more welcoming. With 12 beers on tap, a food menu and a comfortable bar, this is a place where you’ll want to sit and stay a while. The beers on tap are all different, ranging from IPAs to the sour styles for which they’re most well-known. The new tasting room, located at 460 Amherst St., is open seven days a week from 12-8 p.m. whitebirchbrewing.com, Facebook

Rek'•lis Brewing Company

This once super-tiny brewery is now just tiny, growing from a 12-by-12 shed to a 264-barrels-per-year (up from 72) brewpub. Ian Dowling and Marlaina Renton opened Rek'•lis on Columbus Day weekend in 2016, and quickly found success in the small northern town of Bethlehem. The new brewpub offers anywhere from eight to 12 beers on tap at any given time, and the menu is small but considered.

It’s a popular, first-come, first-served spot, but if all the tables are filled, enjoy a beer on the deck while you wait. They suggest parties of four or more call ahead for wait times. 2085 Main St. reklisbrewing. com, (360) 852-1234 nhmagazine.com | October 2018

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own a quiet road on a peaceful plot of land close to Keene and Peterborough you’ll find what is likely the state’s smallest brewery. With its 450-square-foot taproom, The Outlaw Brewing Company really puts the tiny in nanobrewery. Rick Horton quit his job back in April to commit to the brewery full time, and it’s been going strong since, even exceeding his own expectations. Horton originally began brewing in the ’90s, and after weathering some bad breaks, he finally got back to what he loves — making beer.

Outlaw has eight beers on tap, including a vanilla porter created as a fundraiser for the local historic society. Horton is also collaborating with the nearby Ashuelot Brewing Company on an Octoberfest, and is working on an outdoor seating space that includes space for games and a firepit that can be used all year long. 215 Scotland Rd., Winchester, (603) 239-6292, theoutlawbrewingcompany.com

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ollege rugby pals — and craft beer fans — Trevor Bonnette and Jesse O’Bryan are now business partners. After homebrewing for a few years, they decided to take their love of beer to the next level by opening Branch and Blade Brewing Company in Keene. With the help of a contract brewer, they founded the brewery in January and opened this past May. Happily, the beer has been flying out of the taps ever since. Give the experimental IPAs a try, such as their frappe IPA, the triple IPA and even a sour version. 17 Bradco St., Keene, (603) 354-3478, babbrewing.com

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ddie Michno started homebrewing a decade ago while living in Alaska. At first, here in New Hampshire, he only brewed on his farm for wholesale accounts. Last September, he made the move to the current location — his new brewpub Burnt Timber Brewing & Tavern in Wolfeboro — and started offering farm-to-table food in conjunction with beer. Michno says his beers are not brewed to any certain style, and likes to put a twist on traditional recipes. Be sure to catch some live music and go for a pub run. 96 Lehner St., Wolfeboro, (609) 8298323, burnttimbertavern.com

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Polyculture Brewing Co.

Though they don’t have a tasting room yet, this Croydon-based, family-owned farmhouse brewery was a big hit over the summer at the Lebanon and Newport farmers markets.

They’ve also taken their beer to local festivals, so keep and eye on the Facebook page for updates and announcements. Facebook, polyculturebrewing.com

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Merrimack Valley

Odd Fellows Brewing Co.

After running a sports bar for about seven years, the owners decided it was time to start brewing their own beers.

When the opportunity to move into the building beside the bar presented itself, they made the decision to open a new brewpub.

It opened in February, and their brewer, John Lespasio, was excited to finally get started. Schooled in brewing in Denmark, his first job as master brewer was at a pub in Copenhagen. The plan is to offer a wide variety of beers on tap (12) with one nitro tap. The menu features elevated pub food that will pair well with the beer. They are also planning to include ever-changing seasonal and experimental beers. 124 Main St., Nashua, (603) 521-8129, oddfellowsbrewery.com

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Kettlehead Brewing Company

This small craft brewery and pub is already a huge hit — tables can be hard to come by, but the wait is worth it. Try the flagship IPA, The Agent, and pair it with the Best of NH Editor’s Pick hog wings. 407 W. Main St., Tilton (603) 286-8100, kettleheadbrewing.com

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oodman’s is truly a family-owned business, where each member pitches in to help and brings unique skills to the table. Owner and brewer Barry Woodman works with his wife, son and daughter to brew, maintain the tasting room, and come up with ideas for new beers and avenues for the brewery. Woodman’s is located to the side of their home, which is located on a quiet road in Bristol. When their tenant moved out of the in-law cottage, they seized the opportunity to create a brewery. Over time, they patiently built it into what you’ll find today — a cozy, welcoming spot for locals and travelers to gather. Try the maple cream ale made with local New Hampshire-made syrup from Salisbury Sugar Works. 195 Peaked Hill Rd., Bristol, (603) 744-3669, Facebook nhmagazine.com | October 2018

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ormer editor-turned-brewery-owner Erika Rosenfeld liked drinking Jeff Odland’s beer. So much so, that after about a decade of drinking his brews, she realized she preferred what he made over anything she could buy. Her beverage “ah-ha” moment coincided with both a desire to change her career and the opportunity to bring a great local brewery to the then-brewery-less town of Peterborough. Rosenfeld purchased and renovated the historic, about 181-year-old G.A.R. Hall, which has a rich history and many past lives. Now, after extensive renovations, it once again serves as a lively community gathering space. Just with more beer.

Odland’s beers are subtle and traditional in style, and the New England pale ales were sold out not long after they opened on July 28. While the weather is still mild, Post & Beam has a great outdoor patio overlooking the river.

40 Grove St., Peterborough, (603) 784-5361, postandbeambrewery.com Post & Beam Brewing is located in Peterborough’s historic G.A.R. Hall, which has been beautifully renovated.

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f you’re looking for a place to eat truly great locally sourced food and drink awesome local beer, Chapel + Main in downtown Dover has a full menu of both.

Brewer David Yarrington, the former master brewer at Smuttynose Brewery, has been brewing since 1994. Yarrington teamed up with Ben Lord and the other owners of the popular Black Birch in Kittery, Maine, to create a brewpub in Dover — Chapel + Main is the result. The beer is traditional in style, but depending on new trends and the season, they do love to branch out and experiment. Check out the live music on Sundays and come back frequently as the menu is always changing. 83 Main St., Dover, (603) 842-5170, chapelandmain.com

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Monadnock Brewing Company

With 15 years of brewing experience, five years of planning and a full renovation of the space, Colin Finn opened up this northern brewery and taproom. Finn chose Colebrook out of a desire to bring good craft beer to an area of the state sorely lacking in local breweries. After opening in June, he’s been regularly selling out of beer and hopes to keep business going strong. He offers three beers on tap, all of which are very clean and have distinct flavors. The lineup includes a New England IPA, a wheat-forward wit, a half sour Berliner-style weiss beer, and in the future, Finn hopes to brew up some darker beers as well. 13 Merrill St., Colebrook, Facebook After his mother-in-law gifted him a homebrewing kit for Christmas, Jerry Henry was hooked. Today, he and his family run Monadnock Brewing Company, where Henry is the head brewer and chemist. They specialize in authentic German beers, as well as many styles of IPAs. 78 Cheshire Turnpike, Langdon, (603) 313-6318, monadnockbrewing.com

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soon Empty Pint Brewing Company 17 Second St., Dover emptypintbrewing.com, Facebook

Liquid Therapy

This new nanobrewery will be located in the old fire station on Court Street.

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Northwoods Brewing Co.

Will specialize in hoppy ales and farmhouse beers 1334 First NH Turnpike, Northwood Facebook Keep up to date on openings and events, read our “Meet the Brewer” profiles, check out the statewide brewery map, and find more beer happenings and information from around the state at nhmagazine.com/beer. nhmagazine.com | October 2018

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Prepared for Anything As the global future grows more unpredictable, some people are staking out their own worlds and learning how to take destiny into their own hands

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n 1975, a cranky Arkansas scribbler named Kurt Saxon launched a newsletter called The Survivor, and it was in its pages he later claimed to have coined the word survivalist. “My definition of a Survivalist,” he wrote, “is a self-reliant person who trusts himself and his abilities more than he trusts the Establishment. Insofar as the Establishment is deteriorating, the Survivalist prepares to leave it.” This being America, however, there was a fork in the road to self-reliance.

In the ’60s and ’70s, large numbers of peace-loving youth had retreated from the economic mainstream, preferring to tread lightly as back-to-the-landers. They took their cues from Thoreau and, later, Scott and Helen Nearing, whose writings made Vermont a popular destination.

But survivalism was a different beast. Historian Kathleen Belew sees its origins in the Vietnam War, from which many veterans returned disillusioned, but also inculcated with a warrior mindset and endowed with valuable military skills. A life outside the mainstream appealed to them, although the idea of retreating had, in Saxon’s words, “strong connotations of cowardice.” These survivalists moved to the country and made lives resembling those of the back-to-the-landers, but their motivation was tactical. “Unlike the back-to-the-landers, the ecologists, the retreaters and such, survivalists are not non-involved pacifists,” Saxon wrote. “They are simply aware that civilization is cracking up and see the possible need for desperate measures to come through with a whole skin.”

After September 11th, cataclysm seemed more and more plausible, and “preparedness” became a buzzword. “Preppers” were like survivalists, only there were more of them.

You didn’t have to head for the hills to be a prepper. All you needed was a stockpile of food, an emergency-preparedness kit and an above-average susceptibility to sensationalism. You might even end up on reality TV. Much of survivalism’s rhetoric revolves around endangered liberty. Liberty, in this case, means maximum elbow room and minimum regulation. Survivalists thrive on recreating the frontier experience — a situation where the state is present enough to guarantee property rights but do little else.

Survivalist author Joel Skousen advocates “strategic relocation” and talks about “building liberty anew” in pockets of freedom.

“There are no more Americas to discover,” he has said, “but there are out-of-the-way wilderness places.”

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Finding such pockets of freedom, in the wilderness or otherwise, was the objective of a wave of political-migration movements that emerged after 2000. Most centered on the sparsely populated Intermontane West, but the most successful one set its sights on New Hampshire. The Free State Project, which aims to bring 20,000 libertarians to the Granite State (enough, they hope, to affect political outcomes), is not overtly survivalist, but its adherents have in common with survivalists a notion of freedom that any 5-year-old can understand.

Liberty has become almost a brand in New Hampshire, with its rugged landscape, harsh climate, and inhabitants who prefer to be left alone, making it a potential preppers’ paradise. If Vermont, our flower-child twin sister, attracted droves of back-to-the-landers in its day, might a parallel culture of survivalists be

Above: Tory and Laura Walls’ daughter, now 10, was pistol-certified at 8. Top right, next page: Tory Wells with their 13-year-old son (also pictured on the opening spread) Bottom right: Tory and Laura Walls in the gardens at their homestead, located at a decommissioned hydroelectric plant on 10 acres in Bethlehem

hiding in our hills? Are there people here who would like to see the Granite State made over into a Granite Redoubt?

Ten years ago, Tory and Laura Walls owned an excavation company on Cape Cod. When the recession hit, they lost everything. Bankrupt and living with Tory’s parents, the couple gambled on a fresh start in South Carolina.

Life there, off the grid, played out in three small prefabricated sheds. Local preppers taught them to raise chickens, pigs and ducks.

“We were saved in South Carolina,” says Tory.

But in the end, the heat got to them. They returned to Massachusetts with a very large pig

and a radically altered view of the world.

A friend told them they should consider New Hampshire, where they might afford to live without debt. They scraped together enough to buy a decommissioned hydroelectric plant on 10 acres in Bethlehem. “As a prepper,” Tory says, “I’m thinking standing bomb shelter, root cellars.” Friends gave them an old camper, a woodstove and a pile of wet firewood. They moved to their new homestead in January of 2015, not an easy time to come to the North Country.

When I first met them, the Wallses ran a preparedness-supply shop in Littleton. The business didn’t open until 3 p.m., because they needed the daylight hours to run their homestead and school their children. Tory, 40, had a strong build and spoke with a gruff Massachusetts accent. Laura was 37, had a wholesome midwestern look, and spoke with a milder version of Tory’s accent. “We have a hard time trusting,” Tory told me before agreeing to speak on the record.

I looked around the store and saw dehydrated foods, gardening tools, seeds, barrels, trauma packs, Army T-shirts, steel body armor, camouflage clothes. On the wall were a modern American flag and a Betsy Ross flag.

Bug-out bags containing everything you’d supposedly need to survive for the first few days of a catastrophe were also for sale. The idea is to have one sitting by your door in case you need to head for the hills, or “bug out.”

The basic formula for a bug-out-bag is “beans, bullets and band-aids.” Tory showed me a pump he built following instructions on YouTube, then pulled a copy of The New Pioneer off a rack and said, “This is the magazine.”

The possibility of a telecommunications interruption is a survivalist bugbear. Tory keeps his radio set in a homemade Faraday cage, a steel box covered in metal tape and lined with cardboard. He said everyone should keep their devices in such a protector, a precaution against electromagnetic-pulse attacks. Important how-to videos should be downloaded from YouTube, compressed, and stored here as well.

Three rifles were prominently displayed atop a glass display cabinet: an AR-15 chambered in 300 Blackout; a Remington 700 chambered in 308 (“It’s a long-distance rifle,” said Tory. “I’m not going to say sniper rifle.”); and an SKS. Tory told me the AR-15 and the AK-47 are the staple firearms for preppers. He carried a sidearm while we spoke.

Despite all the weaponry, however, debt is the shadow that looms largest for the Wallses. “Every year is a progression, and we own everything,” said Tory. Laura, meanwhile, recited a litany of the payments that

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hang over Americans’ heads: student loans, sweet kids, affectionate to one another, with by a barrel of bleached river water. Tory was planning to build a cabin the following year, car loans, mortgages. “We don’t want our excellent manners.

The homestead was a cross between a nat- and this would become a workshop again, as kids to grow up and have nothing,” she added. Protection of their son and daughter is ural oasis and a construction site. None of the well as a bible-study area. He’d like to set up a central to their worldview. For Tory, the im- buildings looked habitable. A one-story con- church here, and maybe a camp where young perative extends to Laura. crete structure had graffiti on it: “Punk rock people would learn to live closer to nature.

When we reached the targets beTory agreed to take me to the homestead, while Laura minded the store. side the garden Tory said, “My budWe drove along the Ammonoosuc Rivdies and I train here.”

“For what?” I asked. er, which sparkled in the autumn sun, and turned into woods girdled in NO “You’ve got to protect your famTRESPASSING signs. At the bottom ily,” he said. of a long and rocky hemlock-shaded The sun was still bright in the driveway was a goat pen hacked out of southwestern sky, but a chill was the woods. On the right was a vegetacreeping into the October air. Tory was thoughtful here at home. “We ble garden, and beyond it a makeshift were pushed this way,” he said, as shooting range. Powerlines ran over the we ambled upstream toward the old property, an intrusion of public life that dam. “It wasn’t like I had a choice. irks Tory but keeps property taxes low.

I forced a life to happen for us We were greeted in the sandy doorthrough money and loans, and all I yard by Tory and Laura’s children, two got was addiction and fake friends.” dogs and a few goats. Tory talked stern- The Walls family — pictured below — keep a number of farm At the property line I asked about ly to his son, rebuffing his boyish ques- animals, including cows and goats. the NO TRESPASSING signs and tions with “Not the time.” The kid returned to assembling a bicycle from old parts. will never die!” On an inside wall was a paint- the prepper obsession with security. He said Tory later told me the boy, 13, had split most ing of the Grim Reaper. This was the power the signs were to ward off a poaching neighof their firewood the past two winters and that plant’s former workshop, but for now it was bor; he has no problem with respectful people he can assemble an AR-15 in seconds, blind- the Wallses’ house. The cavernous interior on his land. As for security, things aren’t getfolded. “We’re raising our kids to be contrib- served as their sole living area. It contained ting any better, and when they get really bad, uting members of society,” he said, “not drains a master bed and a bunk bed. Between the he said, two things will be important: keepon it.” The daughter was curious, following us two was a forge. The ceilings were high, the ing away people who are trying to steal what at a distance and making cute remarks. Now walls unadorned concrete. No sunlight came you’ve had the foresight to stockpile and fight10, she was pistol-certified at 8. They were in. It felt cold. In one corner was a shower fed ing to protect your freedom and your family.

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“I don’t like violence,” he said, “but you have to protect your wife and kids.”

“Don’t you think Christianity demands pacifism?” I asked.

He said he knew Jesus said to turn the other cheek, but added that he also said to sell your cloak and buy a sword if you don’t have one.

“I’m not going to be meek,” he said.

“The meek will inherit the earth,” I said.

“I know, I know,” he said, and looked at the ground.

When I hazarded that prepping seemed misanthropic, Tory countered, “I love people.

I wouldn’t have you here if I didn’t. I wouldn’t have a store. Without people there’d be no community, no survival. A lone survivor in the woods? Good luck with that!” His voice was warm.

When I visit the Wallses again in July 2018, I

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learn that they’ve closed the storefront in Littleton, wanting to put all their resources into making the homestead a success. The entire family is in high spirits, and their clearing in the woods teems with life. Everything is green.

Where before I’d seen only the dogs, two pigs and a few goats, it seems now that Noah’s Ark had spilled its contents on the banks of the Ammonoosuc. The animals are mostly unconfined and act like members of the family.

Tory and Laura have both taken part-time work, but they look forward to the day when this will no longer be necessary. They’ve held on to their licenses for the manufacture and sale of firearms and ammunition, and they hope eventually to run a retail business from here, alongside the earthier everyday activities of growing food, raising their kids and defending their property. The kids are looking

The Wallses’ principal dwelling, which on my last visit had resembled nothing so much as a bunker, is starting to look like a home. The kids are looking after the immaculate garden. after the immaculate garden, which is alive with lettuce, potatoes, peas, tomatoes, squash.

The principal dwelling, which on my last visit had resembled nothing so much as a bunker, is starting to look like a home. The entrance is graced with a wood-framed vestibule, and the inside is partitioned into rooms.

The walls and ceiling bear a layer of insulation. A coat of paint has exorcized the Grim Reaper from what is now the dining room.

“We’ve been eating out of our laps for the last four years,” Tory says, “and just last night we got a dinner table.”

This second glimpse enabled me to perceive a real shape to what the Wallses are doing. Everything here proceeds by baby steps.

They cleared the land by successively setting out goats to munch branches, pigs to root out stumps, and chickens to clean up the rest — all of them fertilizing as they go. The hum of a motor reminds me that, for now, electricity comes

from a gasoline generator. “But next year we plan to convert to propane,” Tory says, “and from there we’re going to start using animal waste to make methane. Odorless energy!”

As I regard the life multiplied around me, I see, abandoned in a far corner of the ever-expanding meadow, the camper where the Wallses spent that first hard winter.

Sometimes I wonder whether some of us have a psychological need to learn American history the hard way — by reliving it, working our way up to the present from scratch.

It seems, intentions notwithstanding, an inefficient way to live, failing as it does to exploit the advantages of scale and tradition afforded by society.

Or maybe the notions of tradition and scale have been exploded by YouTube. Perhaps this isn’t a harking back, but a reaching forward.

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On a winter’s day, Ian Underwood went outside to find that one of his goats had drunk gasoline and died. “What do you do with a dead goat in the middle of winter?” he asked himself. “You can’t bury it. The ground’s frozen. You can’t eat it. You can’t do anything with it!” He went to YouTube and typed in, “how to build a funeral pyre.”

Without today’s internet, Ian and his wife Jody doubt they’d be able to live the life they’ve chosen. They were early signers of the Free State Project’s pledge to migrate to New Hampshire, and they moved to tiny Croydon from suburban Philadelphia in 2007. They continued in their old jobs through a combination of telecommuting and regular trips south. With another Philadelphia couple, they settled on a large piece of rural land and established Bardo Farm, where they strive after a measure of self-sufficiency, sell produce (for which they’ll take cryptocurrency), and offer a place for curious liberty lovers to explore the skills requisite for an independent lifestyle.

Jody and Ian provocatively call Bardo Farm an “unintentional community.” They conceive it as an alternative school with no particular program, except to foster grassroots liberty.

“Basically,” Ian explains, “the four of us own it and we make the rules.” In the early years, they would let outsiders stay on the farm, although they’ve stopped since their partners, Neil and Emily Smith, had kids. “You could stay here and contribute, but if you didn’t, we kicked you out,” Ian recalls. “In that sense it wasn’t what you normally think of as an intentional community.”

“It wasn’t a commune,” Jody adds.

“Right,” says Ian. “None of this communist stuff.”

Ian and Jody are not survivalists in any usual sense. They exhibit a degree of so-

Survivalist is a label White neither self-applies nor rejects.

He values preparedness because of his environment. He and his wife live on a mountaintop, where access can be difficult. phistication not generally associated with the stereotype. Jody has a doctorate in education and a master’s degree in computer science. Ian is a mathematician who once worked for NASA. When it comes to politics, they don’t talk about “the government” when they really mean the state. Insofar as they are survival-oriented, it’s not fear that drives them. To them, fear represents an instrument the state uses to bully its citizens.

The more we know how to do for ourselves, the less leverage the state will have. Learning even simple skills, such as cooking or removing a fallen tree from the driveway, is one way of seeking independence.

“We prefer to think of sustainability instead of self-sufficiency,” says Ian. “In other words, what can you keep going? If the shit hits the fan, it’s not like you’re going to be a prepper up in the woods, shooting anybody who comes

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close. You’re trying to be in a position to do as much as you can for yourself, to be able to help the people around you so you have something to trade. If money goes away, well, we have stuff. We have food. We have animals.

We have plants.”

He says “resiliency” is a still better word, “because, even with sustainability, we use fossil fuels. Resiliency means if things go wrong for a period of time, everything doesn’t come crashing down. Having things ready. A total prepper would keep 500 gallons of gas around. We keep 30.”

He knows there are extremists who seem to wish for disaster. “Our concerns are more if the power goes out, or there’s a flood, or the economy tanks for a while — all things that really happen,” he says. “What if propane goes to $12 a gallon? One thing we know how to do is make biodiesel. These things are not end of the world, but you’d like to be ready for them.”

New Hampshire has exceeded their expectations. “I’ve been on the school board for over seven years, and they keep reelecting me,” says Jody. Ian was elected to the zoning board nine months ago — and he’s pleased that it has yet to convene. “You can do what you want here,” he says, “as long as you’re not scaring the neighbors. Nobody knows. Nobody cares. Which is how we like it. We stay out of their business, they stay out of ours. It’s a nice fit, the idea that you want more freedom, and you come here, and there is already quite a bit of freedom.”

“Of course, New Hampshire has its quirks,” Ian goes on, “like the fact that the live-freeor-die state has state-controlled liquor stores.

And a lot of people move up from Massachusetts and try to change it. But that’s kind of a constant fight.”

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“Spoken like a true native,” I say.

“It feels more like home to me than any place I’ve ever lived,” says Ian. “Me too,” says Jody.

I first met the unforgettable Joel White at the foot of Mount Washington. I was 14 and one among a group of summer-camp kids he was to lead to the summit. I should have known he had survivalist tendencies, because survivalists have in common with 14-year-old boys a love of two things: pocket-size gadgets that do unlikely things of questionable practical value, and explosions. And on that day in the early ’90s, White had all sorts of tricks up the sleeve of his denim jacket.

After disintegrating a tree stump in Ammonoosuc Ravine with a quarter stick of dynamite, he showed us what looked like a thumb-sized revolver that shot dyed pepper spray. It would stain the skin of an unlucky assailant for seven years, he said, making him easier to apprehend. “But,” White told his rapt admirers, “around these pahts the attacker’s more likely to be bay-uh” — which was to say, “bear.”

“Where’d you get that funny accent, Mr. White?” a boy from Connecticut asked.

White thought for a minute, then cautiously began, “I suppose there’s Maine, a little bit of Vermont, some Massachusetts, and a dash of Canader.” He left a pregnant pause before concluding, “I like to call it a New Hampshire accent.”

Now 60, White still wears waist-length hair and is built like a fireplug, a compact bundle of muscle that makes you take him seriously as a woodsman. His father died when he was 15, and he took over the family septic-pumping business. After five years, married now, he bought the business, as well as a mountaintop A-frame camp with no water, no electricity, and no septic system. He cut a driveway with an axe and rotated the A-frame to face south. Over the years, he’s brought in modern comforts and put on two additions, but the structures are built from wood harvested on the mountain and reflect White’s rustic eccentricity.

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excellent prepper, and he figures that the essentials for surviving a cataclysm are three things: precious metal, food and firearms. He keeps a cache of gold and silver coins, because they’re fractional and carry pure bullion value. For food, he has a stockpile of military MREs and freeze-dried meals that last 20 years. But guns and ammo are what White gets excited about.

“Everybody should have an M-16-type gun,” he says. “You could go against tyranny if you had to, and you can hunt with it. Then you need something short for protecting your house.”

White belongs to a target-shooting club called the Dalton Gang. Members compete in intricate multi-gun challenges. White — alias “Longhair” — shoots with two pistols, a lever-action rifle and a shotgun. It’s great practice for shooting under pressure, and other members are also interested in survivalism.

“A lot of them are older guys,” White says.

Over the years, White (above and on the next page with his wife Bonnie) has added onto his rustic mountaintop A-frame home, including cutting a driveway with an axe.

“They’ve seen the Depression. They know that any minute anything could snap.”

“The disaster you worry about then,” I ask, “do you imagine it like the Depression, a traumatic but reparable breakdown?”

“Except,” he says emphatically, “what I told you about what the Bible says is coming. We know it’s going to get apocalyptic.”

As a young man, White read the Bible cover to cover. “Once I figured out things were happening in threes,” he explains, “that helped me understand Revelation better when I got there.” He spent 20 years literally cutting a Bible into verse-sized pieces, collating all the prophetic passages on to a 7-foot timeline of the Apocalypse. Without this long view, he says, the Book of Revelation makes no sense.

His main contention is that the rapture —

the transportation of believers into heaven at Christ’s second coming, according to Evangelical theology — will happen near, but not quite at, the end of a strife-ridden 7-year period known as the Great Tribulation. “Here’s your seven years,” he says, launching into an explanation of a supplementary chart covering the fine details of the Tribulation. Then comes the War of Armageddon.

The Tribulation, though, is what White and other literalist premillennial Christians worry about, since by the time Armageddon starts they hope to be gone. White’s description of events is a mash-up of cryptic biblical passages and flame-breathing Hollywood action. Filtered through his solemn phrasing and old-fashioned Yankee accent, the effect is like Jonathan Edwards giving his buddies an off-the-cuff review of “Independence Day” down at the bar.

But White can return easily to the secular from this eschatological excursus. “Let me show you my newest toy,” he says, drawing what looks like a credit-card sleeve from his pocket. It unfolds into a .22-caliber pistol.

“Wicked, idn’t it?” he says. “Carries four extra rounds.” He hands it to me and pulls out a pen, which is another .22. Then he straightens up in his armchair to expose his belt buckle.

“Another one?” I say. “Ayuh,” he says, smiling.

“This is what I wear on Sundays.”

After he’s plucked an assault rifle from behind his chair, then fished out a waterproof survival model from behind the couch, he leads me up a Swiss Family Robinson staircase to show me the view from the bedroom.

“These walls are so thick a bullet ain’t getting through unless they got .50 caliber,” he says, giving one a knock. From every nook around the bed he pulls out more firearms: a sawedoff double-barrel shotgun (made following federal rules on length, since New Hampshire doesn’t have any), a Yellow Boy lever-action rifle, a .410 that can fire hollow-point slugs or .45 Long Colt pistol rounds and, finally, a 12 gauge with a folding stock that looks like something Mad Max would pack.

Looking over the hills I try to imagine this place under siege. White doesn’t really think an armed civilian could hold his own against an army. If chaos reigns, how worried will the government be about a few prepared individuals anyway? The real matter, in his reasoning, will be defending himself against other civilians, “because when everything drops out you’re going to have them roaming — to get your food, whatever they can — because they didn’t stock up on anything, because now you’re talking survival.”

White doesn’t read books about prepping.

He’s not internet-savvy. “My whole life has

been like this,” he says. “For my parents it was normal. We didn’t have silver or gold, but we had guns and ammo that we could trade if we had to. We had a cellar full of food we grew ourselves. It’s still our normalcy, but now people look at you like you’re crazy. People move up from Mass and say, ‘We couldn’t do that back where we come from. Let’s change the laws here too.’ Well, this is the way we grew up.”

White traces his ancestry to Peregrine

White, who was born on the Mayflower while it rode off Cape Cod. It’s not important whether he’s a literal descendant of the first New Englander. He believes it. Family tradition also says his mother’s side has Native American roots. His family has been in northern New Hampshire for longer than anyone remembers. But like the others in this story, they too were once newcomers, and it probably wasn’t long before they started bemoaning immigration from Massachusetts.

It’s hard to put a finger on what makes New Hampshire distinctive. I once met a Westerner who said it and Maine were the only eastern states he felt comfortable in. Later, I had a summer job that sometimes involved crossing into Massachusetts. As soon as we’d hit the “Live Free or Die” sign at the border coming home, my boss would reflexively release his seatbelt and heave a sigh, as though he’d just sloughed his shackles.

These two anecdotes go as far as anything in explaining New Hampshire’s uniqueness.

Horace Greeley, who was born here, encouraged Americans to “go West and grow up with the country.” But there have always been those who have preferred to stay put and grow up however they damn well please.

“Live free or die” began as a revolutionary rallying cry, but on our license plates it sounds like an ultimatum, compelling a question: What are you supposed to do, in a country where freedom is taken for granted, when you’re commanded to “live free?” Clearly, you can’t just bask in it. You have to exercise your freedom. Unbuckling a seatbelt becomes a private declaration of independence. Discharging explosives in a National Forest is another.

Could upping the ante on everyday life, raising it to survival, be a third?

Horace Greeley, who was born in New Hampshire, famously encouraged Americans to “go West and grow up with the country.”

But there have always been those who have preferred to stay put and grow up however they damn well please. For such people, there is New Hampshire. “Live free or die” did not become the state motto until 1945. At the time, it was only one among several suggestions. Another was “Pioneers, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” NH

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Hee hee. What’s that sound? Don’t be afraid. It’s just the vault of history creaking open to release a few strange stories.

Fritz Wetherbee, our beloved tale-spinner, won’t let anything harm you as long as you listen quietly. Just remember to exit the vault before the door creaks closed again. ← Photo by Kendal J. Bush The following stories, written by Fritz Wetherbee, were among about a dozen submitted to the illustration class at Manchester’s New Hampshire Institute of Art where students were invited to transform his recountings of otherworldly terror into graphic short stories. The entire class participated and the editors of this magazine picked their three favorites, displayed here for your reading pleasure (and fright). Fritz shares his spook-filled Halloween stories each October on WMUR’s “NH Chronicle,” so tune in on October 31, 7 p.m., for more tales from Fritz’s voluminous library of horror.

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The Twist of the Tales Fritz Wetherbee is arguably our state’s favorite television houseguest.

His nightly appearances on WMUR Channel 9’s magazine show, “NH Chronicle,” reveal him to be a courtly presence in his wire rims and bow tie. You’d think he would spend his free hours deep in the dusty stacks of the NH Historical Society’s library, but in fact his favorite place to conduct New Hampshire research is by wandering among

the tombstones of our state’s oldest cemeteries. This made him the perfect character for us to feature in this affectionate rip-off of “Tales from the Crypt,” the flagship title of an iconic brand of comic books that was nearly banned for its focus on horror and morbidity in the middle of the last century.

This collaboration required the indulgence of Fritz, who gamely allowed his stories to be reinterpreted by a talented coterie of young illustration students from the NH Institute of Art. Allow us to introduce them to you now: Clive Mongeau, who illustrated Wetherbee’s “Jerusha Halloween,” is a senior at the NH Institute of Art. She’s interested in the occult and is currently desinging her own tarot deck.

Kady Underwood, who brought The “Cemetery Stone Cutter” back to life, is a senior majoring in illustration and working on ideas for her senior exhibition and other projects.

Zach Gagne, who colorfully envisioned “The Ghostly Parade of Men,” is a senior majoring in illustration and has plans to become an illustrator for children’s books.

Note: Tune in to WMUR-TV’s “NH Chronicle” on October 31 to hear “Fritz Wetherbee’s Haunted New Hampshire” airing at 7 p.m. Thanks to NH Chronicle’s Executive Producer Maryann Mroczka and to Ryan Ordway of NHIA for their help on this feature. And thanks to Matthew DiMasi of Shattered Comics for the loan of his vintage issue of “Tales from the Crypt.”

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RESEARCH DISCLOSURES In order to consider a broad population of high-quality wealth managers, award candidates are identified by one of three sources: firm nomination, peer nomination or pre-qualification based on industry standing. Self-nominations are not accepted. New Hampshire award candidates were identified using internal and external research data.

• Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers.

• The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance.

• Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets.

• The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or New Hampshire Magazine.

• Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future.

• Five Star Professional is not an advisory firm, and the content of this article should not be considered financial advice. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/ selection methodology, go to www.fivestarprofessional.com.

• 955 award candidates in the New Hampshire area were considered for the Five Star Wealth Manager award. 74 (approximately 8 percent of the award candidates) were named 2018 Five Star Wealth Managers.

Determination of Award Winners Award candidates who satisfied 10 objective eligibility and evaluation criteria were named 2018 Five Star Wealth Managers.

Eligibility Criteria – Required 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative.

2. Actively employed as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of five years.

3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review.

4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal firm standards.

5. Accepting new clients.

Evaluation Criteria – Considered 6. One-year client retention rate.

7. Five-year client retention rate.

8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered.

9. Number of client households served.

10. Education and professional designations.

Regulatory Review As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not: • Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine • Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint • Been convicted of a felony • Within the past 11 years: – Been terminated from a wealth management or financial services firm – Filed for personal bankruptcy – Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them (and no more than five total pending, dismissed or denied) with any regulatory authority Five Star Professional conducts a regulatory review of each nominated wealth manager using the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) website. Five Star Professional also uses multiple supporting processes to help ensure that a favorable regulatory and complaint history exists. Data submitted through these processes was applied per the above criteria: • Each wealth manager who passes the Five Star Professional regulatory review must attest that they meet the definition of favorable regulatory history, based upon the criteria listed above.

• Five Star Professional promotes via local advertising the opportunity for consumers to confidentially submit complaints regarding a wealth manager.

All award winners are listed in this publication.

Financial Planning

Colleen Farley ∙ Robbins Farley

Stephen A. Brophy ∙ Brophy Wealth Management

Norman Long ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Susan Weidner Cooke ∙ Baystate Financial

Peter Motsis ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Steven Dalton ∙ Brophy Wealth Management

Deborah Nitzschke ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Page 3

Richard John DeMarco, Jr. ∙ UBS Page 6

Kyle Powers ∙ IFS Securities

James T. Dimos ∙ Northeast Planning Associates W. John Dulmage ∙ Financial Pathways

Mary Smith ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Scott Sullivan ∙ Bay Point Financial Page 5

Stephen Vachon ∙ Voya Financial Advisors

Curtis W. Hermann ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors Page 5

Investments

Shawn Monty ∙ Financial Strategies Retirement Partners Page 4

Christian Beliveau ∙ Northeast Planning Associates Edward “Ted” Cotton ∙ AXA Advisors Page 6 Michael Fortier ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors Page 5 Al Gilbert ∙ Financial Strategies Retirement Partners Page 4

James M. O’Donoghue ∙ Compass Rose Investments Page 5 Bob Robbins ∙ Robbins Farley Thomas Space ∙ Advisors Financial Planning Group Robert Wofchuck ∙ Ledgewood Wealth Advisors

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Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. 26A Western Avenue • Henniker, NH 03242 Phone: 603-428-4344 • deborah.a.nitzschke@ampf.com ameripriseadvisors.com/deborah.a.nitzschke

As your financial advisor, I’ll be an ally who puts your interests first when things go right — and not so right. When it comes to what’s truly important in your life, you deserve advice you can trust from an advisor who knows and understands you.

That’s why I ask questions you may not have been asked before, exploring areas other advisors or asset managers may have overlooked. All to help your efforts pay off … today and tomorrow. With the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant.

2012 – 2018 Five Star Wealth Manager Investors should conduct their own evaluation of a financial professional as working with a financial advisor is not a guarantee of future financial success. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Member FINRA and SIPC.

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client’s experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their client’s assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 955 New Hampshire area wealth managers were considered for the award; 74 (8 percent of candidates) were named 2018 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2017: 739 considered, 89 winners; 2016: 666 considered, 158 winners; 2015: 853 considered, 166 winners; 2014: 1,045 considered, 189 winners; 2013: 1,049 considered, 204 winners; 2012: 743 considered, 170 winners.

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WEALTH MANAGERS

Financial Strategies Retirement Partners

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YEAR WINNER Left to right: Nick Schibly; Debbie Cote; Six-year winner Al Gilbert, Partner, AIF®; Erica Warburton; Forrest Butler; Sarah Kenda, Partner; Seven-year winner Shawn Monty, Managing Partner, AIF®

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Advisory services offered through Financial Strategies Retirement Partners are separate and unrelated to Commonwealth.

Wealth Manager Award Winner

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client’s experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their client’s assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 955 New Hampshire area wealth managers were considered for the award; 74 (8 percent of candidates) were named 2018 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2017: 739 considered, 89 winners; 2016: 666 considered, 158 winners; 2015: 853 considered, 166 winners; 2014: 1,045 considered, 189 winners; 2013: 1,049 considered, 204 winners; 2012: 743 considered, 170 winners.

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Curtis CurtisW.W.Hermann Hermann FirstFirst ViceVice President President – Investments, – Investments, CFP®, CFP®, ADPA® ADPA®

Integrating Integrating Your Your Values, Values, Vision Vision andand Wealth Wealth For nearly For nearly two two decades, decades, CurtisCurtis has provided has provided comprehensive, comprehensive, goals-based goals-based solutions solutions to help to help traditional traditional and and non-nontraditional traditional individuals, individuals, couples couples and and families families taketake command command of their of their financial financial lives.lives.

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900 Elm 900 Street, Elm Street, SuiteSuite 700 700 Manchester, Manchester, NH 03101 NH 03101 Phone: Phone: 603-625-6500 603-625-6500 michael.fortier@wellsfargoadvisors.com michael.fortier@wellsfargoadvisors.com home.wellsfargoadvisors.com/michael.fortier home.wellsfargoadvisors.com/michael.fortier

144 Pleasant 144 Pleasant StreetStreet Laconia, Laconia, NH 03264 NH 03264 Phone: Phone: 603-581-2629 603-581-2629 scott@bayptfin.com scott@bayptfin.com www.bayptfin.com www.bayptfin.com

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All All award award winners winners areare listed listed in this in this publication. publication.

Steven Steven AikenAiken ∙ Millriver ∙ Millriver Wealth Wealth Managment Managment

Torrey Torrey Greene Greene ∙ Lincoln ∙ Lincoln Financial Financial

Robert Robert BoonBoon ∙ Mascoma ∙ Mascoma Wealth Wealth Management Management

TravisTravis N. Grieb N. Grieb ∙ Ameriprise ∙ Ameriprise Financial Financial Services, Services, Inc. Inc.

Jill Boynton Jill Boynton ∙ Cornerstone ∙ Cornerstone Financial Financial Planning Planning Patrick Patrick L. Curtin L. Curtin ∙ Curtin ∙ Curtin Financial Financial Services Services Derek Derek DeAngelis DeAngelis ∙ Peak ∙ Peak Wealth Wealth Management Management James James R. Dearden R. Dearden ∙ MML ∙ MML Investors Investors Caitlin Caitlin Demet Demet ∙ LPL∙ Financial LPL Financial Michael Michael Dimos Dimos ∙ Baystate ∙ Baystate Financial Financial DeniDeni DuFault DuFault ∙ Deni∙ Deni DuFault DuFault Financial Financial Services Services Eric Ellis Eric Ellis ∙ Ameriprise ∙ Ameriprise Financial Financial Services, Services, Inc. Inc. Timothy Timothy Fitzbag Fitzbag ∙ Ameriprise ∙ Ameriprise Financial Financial Services, Services, Inc. Inc.

Joseph Joseph H. Guyton H. Guyton ∙ Guyton ∙ Guyton Group Group Jon Harrison Jon Harrison ∙ LPL∙ Financial LPL Financial Darwin Darwin Heath, Heath, Jr. ∙ Seacrest Jr. ∙ Seacrest Wealth Wealth Management Management Richard Richard Hendricks Hendricks ∙ MML ∙ MML Investors Investors Edward Edward Hickey, Hickey, Jr. ∙ Eagle Jr. ∙ Eagle PointPoint Investment Investment Advisors Advisors Michael Michael Humphries Humphries ∙ Rise∙ Rise Private Private Wealth Wealth Management Management Susan Susan JohnJohn ∙ Financial ∙ Financial FocusFocus

JohnJohn Garrity Garrity ∙ Peak ∙ Peak Wealth Wealth Management Management

Jeffrey Jeffrey KeefeKeefe ∙ Whole ∙ Whole Wealth Wealth Management Management

JohnJohn P. GillP. ∙Gill Questar ∙ Questar AssetAsset Management Management

Stephen Stephen Kelley Kelley ∙ Safety ∙ Safety FirstFirst Financial Financial Planners Planners

Patrick Patrick GillisGillis ∙ Northeast ∙ Northeast Planning Planning Associates Associates

DrewDrew Kellner Kellner ∙ Lumbard ∙ Lumbard & Kellner & Kellner

Thomas Thomas Goodwin Goodwin ∙ Financial ∙ Financial FocusFocus

Robert Robert Kennelly Kennelly ∙ Ameriprise ∙ Ameriprise Financial Financial Services, Services, Inc. Inc.

Christopher Christopher Michalman Michalman ∙ Integrated ∙ Integrated Wealth Wealth Concepts Concepts

KevinKevin Kimball Kimball ∙ MML ∙ MML Investors Investors

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BY AMY MITCHELL Hopkinton artist Wendy Briggs Powell is a watercolorist unlike any I’ve ever seen. She creates her dynamic “watermarks” by using a unique dip-dye process she has developed, which involves submerging sheets of paper into color baths.

The results are full of movement and life.

Her art makes me feel similarly to the way I did when I first saw Georgia O’Keeffe’s early expressionist work — except that it’s hard to believe that Powell can achieve

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“My watermarks evolved as a reaction against the sterile environment of the computer screen and the expectations of perfection.”

— Wendy Briggs Powell

such intensity of color, sense of motion and joy using watercolors.

I first became acquainted with Powell’s work while decorating for a local client who had collaborated with Powell on commission. My client’s family wanted to gather water from their beloved Lake Winnipesaukee in order for Powell to create two very personal watermarks for them. Now they have pieces in their home that have been “marked” by those cherished waters, just as their lives have been.

Powell’s road to fine art wasn’t direct.

She began her artistic life in the commercial realm as a graphic designer for US Lacrosse’s magazine and print marketing materials. As they do to many a young

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person, marriage and babies came along, prompting her and her young family to move to New Hampshire.

Here, she continued doing graphic design independently — logos for small businesses, birth announcements, etc.

However, as computer design programs became more and more sophisticated, she found graphic design to be increasingly restricting, rather than freeing.

“I found the whole trajectory toward being able to be more and more exact — How tight can I make this? How many pixels? — the whole process seemed to reinforce parts of my personality that I didn’t like,” says Powell. “In a strange way, design got stressful. I purposely started to back away from

the commercial aspect of it, but I didn’t yet see myself as an artist.”

Eventually, Powell decided she wanted to get her MFA in graphic design, and enrolled at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, selecting its program, in particular, because of its self-directed nature.

“It was there that I found the freedom to explore working with my hands while engaging with the fundamentals of design,” she says. “My watermarks evolved as a reaction against the sterile environment of the computer screen and the expectations of perfection that are a part of creating with today’s technology. I needed a more sensual process of working — one that connected my heart, head and hands, while also serving as a method for expressing my lived experience.”

But how in the world did she stumble upon her particular process for self-reflection and discovery?

“Prior to beginning my MFA, I had begun a process of self-study I call SHWUF (show what u feel) — a visual language to Powell uses a dip-dye process to create her colorful watermarks. At times, she allows the paper to saturate for up to five days. The inspiration for her method came on an Easter Sunday as she was dyeing eggs.

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Then, she adds, one Easter Sunday as she was dipping eggs, she began putting strips of paper into the dye.

“Then I tried more paper, bigger paper,” she says. “I explored stitching thread through the designs. It was a very unpredictable process, which was very appealing.

That’s how my watermarks were born.

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Powell’s has exhibited her work at galleries from New Hampshire to Missouri and even internationally, including at the Brick Lane Gallery in London, England.

piece out of the container of water (I sometimes allow them to saturate up to five days) and think, ‘How do I now respond to this? What does this need?’”

Powell elaborates, “But isn’t that how we have to move through life? Lines that are left on the paper are due to saturation and the effect of the water over a space of time — hard lines, soft lines, deep and dark colors, vibrant or dull, shallow or dynamic.

You can’t always force things ... my hand is guiding and allowing, but it’s the water that leaves the mark.”

Powell completed her MFA in 2015 at the “ripe” age of 48.

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Until recently, most of Powell’s pieces have been small to medium in size, restricted by the size of her water containers.

When we spoke, I joked with her that she needed a kiddie pool. I must be psychic, because she laughed and sent me an image of a new, larger piece.

She had, in fact, just begun using a splash pool to create large-form watermarks.

Powell’s work is sold by Libby Silvia Artstyle in the Boston area and by Kristen Coates in Rhode Island. Some pieces are available online via chairish.com as a part of its curated Artist Collective.

Anne West, longtime Rhode Island School of Design professor and author, says, “Wendy is our custodian of openness.

The saturated, whole body vibrance of her watercolors teach us the power of another logic — a poetic water logic that requires receptivity to unintended results. Through sweeping fields of color, often with intricate shifts among layering, we become soaked in surprise. As a designer of the expanded expressive filed, Wendy bleeds her fields of color into our world, awakening us to the dynamic emotional intelligence that lives just below the surface of our awareness. We need color to feel our fullness.”

Well, I’m not an artist or art critic. But I like happy, character-filled homes full of color, vibrancy, harmony and individuality ... art not as an afterthought, but a natural part of any well-considered space. A few parting thoughts: - Art can serve as the springboard for the color palette of a room ... or an entire house.

- When used in a neutral setting, art can bring color into a room without the commitment of colorful (and expensive) upholstery or window treatments. Just add toss pillows!

- Abstract art can shake up an otherwise traditional interior design style, infusing it with youth and freshness.

- Traditional art like portraits, still lifes and landscapes can add soul and patina to a more modern décor aesthetic. NH Decorator and color consultant Amy Mitchell is the owner of Home Glow Design. Each week, she writes for Home Glow’s “Saturday Blog,” focusing on fresh twists on classic style, American craftsmanship and value and quality for dollars spent. The blog also features more photos from this story. She lives in Hopkinton with her husband and two boys.

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A Real Winner Chicken and Riced Cauliflower Stuffed Poblanos

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2 tablespoons olive oil 1⁄2 cup diced sweet onion 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup cooked chicken, shredded 3⁄4 cup salsa 2 tablespoons Healthy Solutions Authentic Chili/ Tacos spice packet 4 ounces cream cheese, rough chopped 8 ounces pepper jack cheese, shredded and divided 1⁄4 cup cilantro, chopped Sour cream for serving

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Preheat the broiler to 450 degrees.

Arrange the poblanos on a baking sheet. Position the pan 4 to 6 inches under the broiler. Cook until charred, turning the peppers every few minutes until charred on all sides, about 12 to 15 minutes.

Transfer peppers to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let steam for 10 minutes and then peel the skin from the peppers. Gently cut peppers down the center and remove seeds and membranes (allow tops to remain, if desired).

Place peppers in oven-safe pan. This step can be done a day ahead of time.

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Cut cauliflower into 2 to 3-inch pieces. Place in a food processor and process until the size of rice. Place cauliflower in a skillet and cook over medium heat until crisp tender.

Sauté onion over medium heat in olive oil until tender, about 6 to 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook a minute longer. Add shredded chicken, salsa and Healthy Solutions Authentic Chili/ Tacos spice packet. Continue to cook until heated through. Reduce heat and add cream cheese and 4 ounces pepper jack cheese and heat until melted.

Remove from heat and add cauliflower and cilantro.

Stuff peppers with the mixture and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees or until top of peppers start to brown. Lightly cover peppers with remaining cheese and cook 5 minutes longer.

Serve hot with additional salsa and sour cream.

Note: This recipe can be prepared ahead of time for a healthy, one-dish meal your whole family will love. The riced cauliflower absorbs the flavor of the spice packet for a hearty flavorful lunch or dinner — and low-calorie too.

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Battling Isolation

Loneliness can affect more than emotional health

BY KAREN A. JAMROG

“We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.”

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t might seem counterintuitive in this age of constant electronic connectedness, when friends and family are a mere click away, but loneliness is a problem for many of us — so much so that former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared that we are in the midst of a growing loneliness epidemic.

It’s not a problem unique to America.

Earlier this year, Britain appointed a “Minister for Loneliness” who is tasked

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with tackling widespread loneliness and the fallout that can result from it. A review of loneliness rates worldwide showed that 5 to 10 percent of young to older adults complained of feeling lonely constantly, frequently or all of the time; and 30 to 40 percent complained of feeling lonely constantly, according to University of Chicago researchers.

Loneliness has been garnering attention lately not only because of its increasing

prevalence, but also because it is being recognized as a public health concern that carries potentially serious implications for our physical well-being. One of the University of Chicago researchers, John Cacioppo, told The Guardian in 2016 that “chronic loneliness increases the odds of an early death by 20 percent, which is about the same effect as obesity, though obesity does not make you as miserable as loneliness.”

Loneliness comes down to perceived social isolation; solitude does not automatically trigger loneliness, and being among other people — even having a very active social life — does not necessarily provide protection from loneliness.

Typically, when we experience loneliness, we feel that there is a discrepancy between the quality or quantity of our relationships in terms of what we have versus what we want, says Renee Pepin, PhD, a research scientist at the Dartmouth Centers for Health & Aging and the Geisel School of Medicine.

“People want more contact, or better quality in relationships than they’re generally experiencing,” Pepin says.

It’s easy to think of loneliness as a purely psychological or emotional concern, but mounting research indicates otherwise.

“One thing that’s really important that people often aren’t aware of is that loneliness is really bad for your health,” Pepin says. In older adults “loneliness is associated with functional decline, nursing home placement, all kinds of health conditions and depression.”

Indeed, loneliness can be lethal. “It’s been linked with suicide risk [and] it’s associated with early mortality. Loneliness is terrible for you,” Pepin says.

A blend of demographic and societal shifts has likely contributed to our increasing social isolation. For example, there are more single-occupant homes today than in times past, and modern families are more likely to be geographically scattered.

Loneliness has also been linked with too little sleep, too much work and a lack of physical activity.

In addition, a greater percentage of the population is gaining senior-citizen status.

Most of us know from firsthand experience that loneliness can occur at any age, but Pepin says social isolation is an especially vexing problem as we age. Functional changes can affect our ability to drive or walk, making it more difficult to connect with people. Aging can necessitate changes

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You might be forgiven for thinking that loneliness is all in your head — it stems from subjective perceptions and feelings after all — but science tells us that the consequences of loneliness are very real, and can significantly affect our overall emotional and physical well-being.

We are social beings, wired to be with others. (For a literal as well as figurative example, consider the massive success of Facebook.) Regardless of whether we spend lots of time among other people, if we perceive that we live in social isolation or that our interaction with others is somehow lacking, our physical and psychological health will be at risk.

Research has shown that loneliness during adolescence and young adulthood predicts cardiovascular risk factors such as elevated body mass index, blood pressure and cholesterol. Loneliness has been associated with Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease, poor sleep, a diminished immune system, alcoholism, suicide and death. It is said to be equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

How can loneliness, based as it is on emotion and perception, affect us physically?

It appears that loneliness triggers stress, and stress, particularly if it is chronic, weakens the immune system and causes inflammation, making us susceptible to a host of diseases and health troubles. One study used MRI scans to show that perceived social isolation affects not just how people behave but how their brains operate.

Loneliness poses special difficulties for older people, who might be living alone and are physically unable to get together with friends and family the way they once did, but loneliness is a problem that can touch anyone on the demographic spectrum: young and old, rich and poor, single and married.

Experts say the best defense is to foster relationships that matter to you. Make an effort to regularly spend time with people who talk with you in a meaningful way — beyond comments about the weather or gripes about the work commute — so that you sense an equal exchange of personal information and a sharing of feelings, emotions and experiences. Seek out those meaningful relationships, and once you have one (or more), give it the effort and attention it needs for maintenance and continued growth. As a bonus, engage in activities you enjoy, and get regular physical activity to help you feel good, body and mind.

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And then there are changes in social networks that occur as people get older.

People who are important to you, if you live long enough, will die or become ill or have changes in their own living situation that cause them to move away, Pepin notes, or will experience their own functional changes that make it harder to get together with them.

Though people can feel lonely even when surrounded by others, in places such as New Hampshire, where rural living is part of the landscape, we face increased risk. In such cases, Pepin says, access to transportation and technology takes on greater importance, as they help people meet and communicate.

So even though we often blame technology for driving us apart when it keeps our gaze focused on screens and electronic messages rather than each other throughout much of the day, it does create opportunities

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It’s easy to think of loneliness as a purely psychological or emotional concern, but mounting research indicates otherwise. to bring people closer. It has the potential, Pepin says, to reduce social isolation and build social connectedness — especially among the elderly, when they feel confident in their ability to use technological tools.

“Older adults do use technology,” Pepin says, “but feel they’re not maximizing [their use of it], and are not up to speed the way other people are, which contributes to a sense of isolation — they feel all of society is privy to this form of connection and conversation but they are not.”

Pepin specializes in studying older populations, but her advice can apply to people of any age: To help keep loneliness at bay, she says, “people need to actively maintain the connections that are important to them. If you want to thrive, you need to keep doing those things that are important to you, and you need to keep connecting with those people who are important to you, and if you lose those people, you have to find new people. It’s not just going to happen,” Pepin says.

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odie Mackie has always known that her future could include a battle with breast cancer.

Mackie’s mother, Irene Saunders, is a threetime breast cancer survivor who, at 16, lost her own mother to breast cancer. Three of her female cousins died of breast cancer.

“Cancer has been a part of our family conversation my whole life,” Mackie, 43, of Danville says. “Literally my entire life. I’m not shy about it.”

A genetic test several years ago all but assured that it was something that wasn’t going away any time soon. Mackie tested positive for BRCA1 — a gene that dramatically increases a person’s risk for developing breast and/or ovarian cancer.

“If you test positive for the BRCA1 mutation, they can tell you the severity and give you your personal odds,” she says. “And mine were bad.”

According to her test results, Mackie stood a 98 percent chance of developing breast cancer by the time she was 45, and a 68 percent chance of developing ovarian cancer.

“Before I knew about BRCA, I knew my mom’s history, so I felt like a ticking time bomb,” Mackie says. “So honestly, for me, finding out I was BRCA positive allowed me

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to take steps for prevention. It gave me the freedom to make choices.”

Among the options offered were continued screening, including ongoing mammograms and MRIs, or a more radical approach. Given the odds, Mackie wanted to remove any doubt.

In 2011, she underwent an oophorectomy — surgical removal of both ovaries — and in April of 2016, she underwent a double mastectomy.

The procedure improved her diagnosis

“Yeah, they’re gone. I had double mastectomy surgery.

Life is simply too short to worry about it.” dramatically, but it also brought unexpected changes and challenges.

“I lugged around a large pair of double-ds my whole life,” she says, laughing. “They were the topic of conversation a lot because they were always getting in the way. Let’s face it, they entered the room before I did.”

Making the decision to undergo the procedure took some thought, planning and more than a little internal struggle. Once the decision was made, however, she approached it with a positive attitude and more than a little humor.

Mackie had implants put in at the time of the reconstruction because she wasn’t in need of chemotherapy or radiation.

“It went swimmingly after the drains were removed and things started to heal up,” she says.

“Until it didn’t. I got some skin necrosis on the right side and developed an infection. After just starting to adjust to the new chest, I had to have my right implant removed.”

A second procedure followed a few months later to add a tissue expander which necessitated weekly appointments to fill. Not long after, doctors were able to put the right implant back.

“It was a process, it was a road,” she says. “It is still not something I regret. With a 96 percent certainty of getting cancer thanks to my BRCA1 status, I couldn’t wait to act out of vanity.”

Over the course of the next year, Mackie went from having two breasts, to one, to “two lopsided” breasts, to finally having two implant breasts. Throughout the process,

PROMOTION

Making your breast health a priority Q: What can I do to reduce my risk of breast cancer?

A: Many women don’t realize that excess alcohol intake, smoking cigarettes and being overweight are all factors that increase their risk of breast cancer. Avoiding these risks, and staying active, are important steps to both breast health and overall health.

Q: What is one of the most important steps in taking control of my breast health?

Jessica Ryan, MD, (right) is the medical director and breast surgeon at Catholic Medical Center’s (CMC) Breast Care Center. She specializes in breast conservation, nipple-sparing mastectomy and oncoplastic surgery. Dr. Ryan, along with Betsy Angelakis, MD, chief of breast imaging, is part of a skilled and compassionate team offering women the best in breast health.

A: You should always discuss your concerns with your doctor and be vigilant about scheduling your mammogram. We recommend mammograms each year, beginning at age 40, for women of average risk. Some women may want to begin screening earlier, and should discuss the right age and frequency for mammograms with their doctor.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DR. RYAN AND DR. ANGELAKIS AT NHMAGAZINE.COM. CatholicMedicalCenter.org

she was aided and supported by the staff at the Amanda Thomas Women’s Boutique in Merrimack, which caters to women undergoing chemotherapy and breast surgery.

“They fitted me with pocket bras to hold breast prosthetics,” she says. “That way, from the outside, no one was the wiser. I was always able to provide a symmetrical and even face to the world — with a little help from the prosthetics and the amazing staff who helped fit me with them.”

Life after a double mastectomy meant making changes.

“Where to begin?” Mackie says, looking back on her recovery. “I can go to the gym without wearing a sports bra over my regular bra. It’s freeing. I don’t rock the top of a bathing suit like I used to but I don’t mind. Knowing that my risk of breast cancer after double

mastectomy has gone from 96 percent to 3-4 percent is worth the sacrifice.”

Sleeping took a while to get used to, as well.

“Implants do sometimes feel foreign, but you do get used to it.”

“implants just don’t fall into a bra the same way the real ones do.”

After a time, it all became a new normal.

“I don’t bother to hide my prosthetics from my family,” she says. “There’s no point. Someone is going to come across them somewhere. We are open about it. We nicknamed them ‘foobs’ — fake boobs. It works.

“I am open about it when people who have not seen me in a while look at me weird trying to figure out what’s different. I’m not ashamed or shy. I say, ‘Yeah, they’re gone. I had double mastectomy surgery.’ Life is simply too short to worry about it.”

Her advice to others facing a similar procedure?

“Double Ds or B implants, I’m still just me,” she says. “I’m happy. I hope you find you’re happy too.”

Please note: Submitted copy has been proofread and edited to meet grammar and editorial style standards of New Hampshire Magazine.

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INNOVATION

American Cancer Society Selects BU Project for New Accelerator Pipeline Funds and intellectual support aim to help speed medical devices and technology to market

Derry business wins SNHU entrepreneurial challenge

The Future of Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment QuadraSquare produces a medical imaging device that could signal the future of breast screening.

QuadraSquare, a Derry-based designer of a medical imaging device suitable for dense breast screening, received first place in Southern New Hampshire University's 7th annual Tory C. Marandos Entrepreneurship Challenge.

The device, which detects cancers with reduced radiation doses and no painful breast compression earned the company a $5,900 prize.

“The inability of mammography to accurately detect cancer in dense breasts is a very personal issue for me and many others,” says Megan Kudrolli, president of QuadraSquare. “Having the support of the SNHU community and the Marandos family will be invaluable in our efforts to bring to the clinic a greatly superior solution.”

The competition, administered by Southern New Hampshire University, is named after the late entrepreneur Tory C. Marandos. According to his family, friends and co-workers, he was an enterprising and caring young man who went above and beyond for his friends, family and anyone who came into his life.

Eligible participants included all active and start-up businesses in New Hampshire, in business less than three years, as well as entrepreneurs in the state who have not yet started a business but have an idea.

The competition asked participants to submit a two-page business concept paper by

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mid-February. Afterward, a team of judges chose ten semi-finalists, who attended a threehour business plan training prior to submitting their final business plan. Five finalists moved on to the final competition, which was followed by an awards ceremony.

A second prize award was delivered to FitLink, a Nashua-based health and fitness app start-up, who received $2,000 made possible by the family of Jacques Thibodeau in his loving memory.

“My husband Cos, our daughter Tara and I are very proud to be here today to award this prize to an outstanding individual entrepreneur, or team of entrepreneurs, who will now be able to go forth and begin to follow their dream,” says Lynda Marandos, mother of Tory C. Marandos.

“Passion is what an entrepreneur slathers his idea with, it’s something he just can’t let go of. He eats, sleeps and drinks this idea 24-hours a day for days, months and years until he can bring it to fruition. And that is why we are here today.”

The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) have selected Boston University’s BOTLab as the first oncology project to enter is new Accelerator Pipeline.

BOTLab, short for Biomedical Optical Technologies Lab, will receive up to $100,000 to accelerate BOTLab’s near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) technology. The aim is to use the technology to provide real-time data that can determine how well chemotherapy is working in breast cancer patients. The funding is in addition to an existing ACS grant to investigators at BOTlab, and its purpose is to accelerate high-quality commercialization of innovative medical technologies.

The initiative is part of an ACS effort to invest in later stage development projects among ACS grantees to speed the development of diagnostics, drugs, and therapies to help cancer patients. By promoting a culture of innovation and commercialization, ACS seeks to increase the impact of each donor dollar and reduce time-to-cures. ACS seeks to allow select ACS grantees to work closely with medical product development experts to translate their research ideas into high-quality products for commercial launch and patient treatment in a time and cost-efficient manner.

Together with GCMI, the ACS will continue to identify projects from among current and past grantees that are appropriate for development of medical devices and technologies in the accelerator setting to create a strong pipeline of opportunities for clinical and/or commercial development within the partnership.

Through this partnership, the two organizations will bring together healthcare centers, academic centers, leading researchers, industry and product development experts with an international group of innovative companies to identify and solve critical unmet needs through innovative technology solutions to diagnose and treat cancer.

— American Cancer Society

170 The estimated number of deaths from breast cancer in New Hampshire in 2018, according to the American Cancer Society.

Elliot Breast Health Center

Sets the Standard

The Elliot Breast Health Center was the first center in New Hampshire to offer 3D™-guided breast biopsy, an advanced, minimally invasive technique utilizing the Hologic ® Affirm™ Prone Breast Biopsy System together with the Hologic ® Brevera Breast Biopsy technology. The Affirm Prone Biopsy System is the world’s first and only dedicated prone biopsy system to offer both 2D and 3D™ imaging-guided breast biopsies.

“The technology that we are now using is a game changer for the community and we are told we are the only center in all of New England using both the Hologic Affirm and the Hologic Brevera biopsy technology,” explained Dr. Marina Feldman, Elliot Breast Radiologist. “The ability to biopsy small areas of interest that may not be visible using other imaging techniques provides a significant advantage to our physicians and their patients.

Integrating this ability into a system that allows these procedures to be performed with patients in the prone position represents a transformative innovation in breast biopsy.” Feldman added.

The availability of 3D™ imaging for biopsy guidance facilitates the localization and accurate targeting of lesions, including those that can be challenging to detect with conventional imaging techniques. In addition, this new biopsy technology from Hologic has several key advantages over standard X-ray biopsy procedures, including faster targeting and fewer X-ray exposures, resulting in shorter patient procedure time and reduced patient dose.

Dr. Feldman further explained, “The use of the Brevera is also extremely advantageous to us as it provides real-time imaging of the specimen and has a unique automated post-biopsy specimen handling system that allows the pathologists to receive tissue that has never been touched from the moment we take the biopsy. Our patients are comfortable for the procedure and confident that the tissue we extract is reaching pathology through the most sophisticated technology and yielding fast and accurate results.”

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Leaders in Surgical Innovation

(Left to right) Co-founders of CairnSurgical, Inc: Richard J. Barth, Jr., MD, surgical oncologist; and Keith Paulsen, PhD, and Venkat Krishnaswamy, PhD, biomedical engineers from Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering

Q: What is the newest innovation in breast cancer surgical therapy?

A: A major problem in breast cancer surgery is that there may be cancer at the edge of the lumpectomy specimen, requiring a second surgery to remove completely. We’ve been developing a device that improves surgical accuracy, reducing the need for second surgeries and better preserving breast shape after lumpectomy.

The Breast Cancer Locator (BCL) is a bra-like plastic form specially made for each patient using 3-D printing technology. The surgeon places the BCL on the patient’s breast at the start of surgery to guide insertion of wires into the breast that mark the edges of the cancer. The BCL transmits to the surgeon information about tumor

location and a three-dimensional picture of the cancer that shows the precise distance of the cancer from the skin surface and from the underlying chest wall.

Using the BCL, we effectively removed the cancer with negative margins in all 20 of the patients enrolled in clinical trials at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

We plan to expand BCL clinical trials to other institutions to compare its effectiveness against standard lumpectomy techniques. Initial results show promise that use of the BCL will improve breast surgery precision and greatly reduce the need for second surgeries.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER AT NHMAGAZINE.COM. cancer.dartmouth.edu

PROMOTION

A Community of Care: St. Joseph Innovates at its Breast Cancer Center

Kira Wendorf, MD

Medical Director, Breast Care Services, The Breast Care Center at St. Joseph Hospital

Q: What new advances/technologies are used at St. Joseph Hospital’s Breast Care Center?

Wendorf: “The Breast Care Center at St. Joseph Hospital is one of only a few imaging centers in the state of New Hampshire to offer supplemental ultrasound screening for women with dense breast tissue, which may limit mammographic sensitivity and increase a woman’s risk for developing breast cancer. Our Breast Care Center has implemented cutting edge technology, such as 3D mammography, and we look forward to implementing a new Affirm biopsy table soon, which will allow for a more comfortable, shorter and less invasive biopsy experience.

“In addition, St. Joseph Hospital’s leadership team is fully committed to ensuring technologists and physicians regularly attend national breast cancer conferences to be sure they’re informed of and educated on the very latest research and developments.”

Q: In what ways does St. Joseph Hospital offer a ‘community of care?’ How is it more than a treatment facility?

Wendorf: “Our team, which includes a fellowship-trained breast radiologist, highlyskilled surgeons and experienced oncologists enjoy working collaboratively to deliver our patients the safest, most advanced care possible. The Breast Care Center offers support and educational programs dedicated to providing women with the latest information they need. It includes: • Counseling and support groups for patients, spouses and families • Breast health awareness programs • Community education programs • Spiritual care and counseling • Nutritional education and counseling A variety of support services, including: Look Good Feel Better; Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group; Yoga for Cancer Patients Q: What types of complementary therapies are available for patients, and how does this benefit their treatment?

“Look Good Feel Better is a non-medical, brand-neutral public service program that teaches beauty techniques to women with

cancer to help them manage the appearancerelated side effects of cancer treatment.

The program includes lessons on skin and nail care, cosmetics, wigs and turbans, accessories and styling, helping people with cancer to find some normalcy in a life that is by no means normal. The program is open to all women with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, or other forms of treatment.

“Just Between Us, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group is for women at any stage of their breast and ovarian cancer journey. A time for sharing and caring, to talk about issues that matter most. Meetings are held monthly.

“YogaCaps: Therapeutic Yoga for Cancer Patients is specifically designed by YogaCaps, Inc., a non-profit that supports people living with cancer. Participants learn seated yoga poses to help relieve tension and anxiety, rebuild strength, and restore range of motion. They also learn to manage the side effects of cancer treatment and medication as naturally as possible.”

We are Experts in Breast Health.

Recognized For Excellence. The St. Joseph Hospital Breast Care Center proudly wears its American College of Radiologists (ACR) Breast Imaging Center of Excellence designation. It is also one of the first women’s centers in New Hampshire to offer 3D Mammography or Tomosynthesis – an advanced technology in breast cancer screening.

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Going It Alone

Solo agers face unique challenges as their needs begin to change

BY LYNNE SNIERSON

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ho can you count on to always be there for you if you need help making decisions and managing your affairs when you’re older?

For those who don’t have children or may be estranged from them, it’s often a question with no easy answer.

The Pew Research Center says currently one in five of the 75 million baby boomers — or 20 percent — do not have children, either by choice or circumstance. That figure is double what it was in the 1970s — and it’s expected to keep rising.

Today’s 15 million “solo agers” are already creating a demographic that is unprecedented in American history.

Even if you’re married or partnered but

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you don’t have kids and grandkids, you’re now part of this relatively new segment of society creating a novel set of challenges for “elder orphans,” which is another term commonly used to describe those who fit this category.

Moreover, these challenges apply to the culture at large as a large portion of the population rapidly ages.

Although it’s unpleasant and unwelcome, it is a fact of life that you can’t be as sharp or as able at 75 as you are at 55. As your physical, intellectual and emotional capacities diminish, if you’re on your own, how will you be able to make good choices when it comes to financial matters, legal arrangements, relationships, social support systems, housing

and healthcare? How will you handle the rest of life’s trials, big and small?

With elder fraud tragically becoming more common and con artists coming up with new scams designed to separate seniors from their hard-earned savings, it’s awfully scary to think that you might end up not just lonely, but poverty stricken too.

Don’t despair. You might be solo, but you’re not alone.

“I would be there,” says Linda Hope of Hope in Hand in Keene. “I would help people categorized as solo agers determine their goals, review their financial statements, set up a budget, pay bills, write out the checks for them to sign or set up online banking for them, help keep them organized, help them discern if a piece of mail or email is a valid bill or a solicitation and those sorts of things.”

Hope is a professional guardian. The former paralegal is educated, well-trained and certified by the National Guardianship Association, which on its website (guardianship.org) lists 15 members in New Hampshire. But what is guardianship?

According to the NGA’s website, guardianship, which is also referred to as conservatorship, is a legal process utilized when a person can no longer make or communicate safe or sound decisions about his/ her person and/or property or has become susceptible to fraud or undue influence.

Because establishing a guardianship may remove considerable rights from an individual, it should only be considered after alternatives to guardianship have proven ineffective or are unavailable.

If court-ordered guardianship seems a bit drastic, there are other guardrails you can install.

Professionals with the right experience

illustration by victoria marcelino

Today’s 15 million “solo agers” are already creating a demographic that is unprecedented in American history.

and know-how are at your service and include certified geriatric care managers, certified daily money managers, a fiduciary or an attorney specializing in elder law. A private guardian will likely charge less than an attorney or paralegal.

“Solo agers need to arrange future legal guardianship for themselves — someone who will take over in a fiduciary capacity if they are unable to make decisions for themselves. That person may be a relative or a friend or even a professional fiduciary or private guardian,” writes Sara Zeff Geber, PhD, who is the author of “Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers: A Retirement and Aging Roadmap for Single and Childless Adults” and an expert in this growing field.

“Of course, everyone needs the legal protection of a healthcare directive and an estate plan,” Geber continues, “but solo agers have a heightened need to have those in place while they are still relatively young and healthy since no adult child will be rushing in from the hinterlands to provide that assistance and guidance,” But where and how do you find qualified people who are trustworthy and right for you?

Experts at AARP tell you not to hand over the keys to your well-being to the first person you consider. Instead, interview several and choose the one with the skills to match your needs and with whom you feel comfortable. Always check references and credentials carefully.

They say that it’s also wise to avoid putting all of your proverbial eggs into one basket. Pick different people for different tasks, because the best one to help manage your piling up and confounding paperwork may not be qualified to help you decide whether to sell your home and move to an assisted living facility. When you divvy up the responsibilities, you’re installing a system of checks and balances, and the importance of that cannot be overstated.

And remember to make sure you know upfront exactly what services each will provide and what the charges will be, then get it all in writing.

Avoid hiring someone who suddenly seems awfully chummy and overly friendly.

Don’t give your hair stylist’s new boyfriend, that guy who is so willing to stop by and help with small repairs, the passwords to your online bank account and investment portfolio.

Hope agrees. “I’ve seen plenty of cases like that, even where a neighbor is

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the unscrupulous and unethical one, and the single person changes their will and leaves their home to that neighbor. That is a huge asset. It happens,” says Hope.

“The first question I’d ask anyone you’re considering is if they have professional liability insurance.”

Hope also recommends attending free seminars on this topic and finding a support group of friends in a similar situation, and she says both are available in New Hampshire. Remember, as a solo ager, you’re the one responsible for taking care of your future self.

“Most people really don’t want to deal with this issue until something happens, whether it’s sudden or a gradual decline, to make them face reality,” says Hope. “Educate yourself sooner than later.” NH

Tips for Solo Agers Sociologists say that 20 percent of the country’s 75 million baby boomers never had children, and that’s twice the rate it was in the 1970s. This subset of baby boomers is tagged with the monikers “solo agers” or “elder orphans” and it is creating an entirely new demographic in American society.

Solo agers are mostly highly educated, Caucasian and have deep roots in the US. Their numbers are projected to keep rising. Why are there so many of them now?

Women of this generation are the first to have legal, readily available, easy-to-use contraception and reproductive rights. They are also the first generation to have greater educational opportunities on the undergraduate and graduate levels, and with more education, they gained increased access to work in their chosen fields and professions.

Those factors have afforded women the ability to support themselves and attain financial freedom, while at the same time the taboos on choosing not to marry and/ or not to bear children have diminished significantly.

Solo agers, and those boomers who lost a child or have one unable or unwilling to care for a parent, are reinventing retirement. With no adult child to ride in on a white horse and rescue you, here are a few tips on how to manage flying solo:

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1. Avoid isolation, which leads to loneliness and depression.

2. Create a social support network.

3. Form new relationships with younger people and keep an open mind to new ideas.

4. Live near other solo agers, whether in the same unit, the same condominium community or on the same street.

5. Decide where you want to live next. There may likely come a time when you need to move into an assisted living or memory care facility and you want to be the one to pick the place.

6. Complete your estate planning, including a living will and a durable power of attorney.

Keep all legal documents up to date.

7. Adopt a pet. Senior pets make wonderful companions for senior people, and they are a great ice-breaker when meeting and making new friends.

8. Remember to plan for your pet too. Make your wishes known, in your will, for a new forever home for Fido should you no longer be able to care for him properly.

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In addition to varieties from around the world, Distiller’s Showcase attendees can also sample locally made spirits in a special New Hampshire section. Pictured here Chocorua straight rye Whiskey from Tamworth Distilling & Mercantile at last year’s event.

Fall Fun

10/5-10/7

71st Annual Warner Fall Foliage Festival Three days of events include a lineup of open-air concerts from artists like Kat Wright and Annie & The Natural Wonder Band, parades, a 5K road race, a kids’ fun run and dance party, street performers, food, amusement rides and so much more. Free.

Times vary, Main Street, Warner. wfff.org

10/5-10/7

Milford Pumpkin Festival A record-breaking 45,000 people were estimated to have attended last year, so head to Milford this year to help them break the record again. Highlights include a giant pumpkin weigh-in contest, a scarecrow-making tent and a midway full of carnival rides. Free.

Times vary, Milford Oval, 1 Union Sq., Milford. (603) 249-0676; milfordpumpkinfestival.org

10/6

Apple Harvest Day Pumpkins aren’t the only produce to show a bit of love to this month. Dover’s fall fest focuses on the season’s sweeter favorite, with a 400-strong crafter fair, live entertainment and plenty of eats, apple-themed and otherwise.

Join the 50,000+ people expected to attend to enjoy signature events, including an apple pie contest and a 5K. Free. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., downtown Dover. (603) 742-2218; dovernh.org

10/6

NH Fall Festival At this re-creation of a traditional New England country fair, you’ll meet craftspeople, watch livestock demos and appearances by heritage breed animals, and learn about everything from food preservation to fiber arts. $9-$19.50. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. (603) 4331100; strawberybanke.org

10/6-10/8 photo by susan laughlin

Fall Foliage Celebration What’s leaf-peeping season without a festival to commemorate it?

At this one in Waterville Valley, enjoy live tunes from by Mica’s Groove Train and Rhythm Method, a ski swap and kids’ games. For those who want to enjoy the fall foliage by racing through it, the weekend also features a 10K trail race. Free.

Times vary, Town Square, Village Road, Waterville Valley. (800) 468-2553; waterville.com

10/29-11/2 Distiller’s Week and the Distiller’s Showcase The New Hampshire Liquor Commission will host the inaugural Distiller’s Week, showcasing hundreds of the world’s best whiskies, tequilas, vodkas, rum and more in a series of exclusive events.

The centerpiece of Distiller’s Week is the sixth annual Distiller’s Showcase of Premium Spirits, which benefits the Animal Rescue League of NH (November 1). The impressive tasting event features more than 400 premium and ultra-premium spirits for sampling.

In addition to the Distiller’s Showcase, NHLC will host a Pappy Van Winkle tasting dinner (October 30), a one-of-a-kind Whiskey of the World tasting experience (October 31) and an exciting, live Cocktail & Mocktail competition (October 29) — along with several tasting dinners, seminars and in-store tasting and bottle-signing events throughout the state. Also new this year is the Distiller’s Showcase size — the event will move into the Manchester Downtown Hotel’s expo center, which will allow for a capacity crowd of 1,500 guests. In addition to the 130 tables of spirits (including a special New Hampshire spirits section), the evening features food from some of the best local restaurants, the chance to bid on multiple bottles of the extremely rare Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 23 year Kentucky straight bourbon and a silent auction. The showcase begins at 6 p.m. and tickets are $60 — visit distillersshowcase.com for tickets and information on other events. New Hampshire Magazine is a proud sponsor of this event.

10/12-10/13

NH Pumpkin Festival Create, carve and experience your way through this street festival and enjoy booths from vendors like Sweetest Memories, Wild Bill’s Soda, Pat’s Apple Crisp and more. Free. Fri 4-9 p.m., Sat 12-8 p.m., downtown Laconia, Veterans Square, Laconia. (603) 524-5531. nhpumpkinfestival.com

10/13

Somersworth Pumpkin Festival For autumn fun without the chaos of the state’s largest festivals, try this low-key alternative. The festival’s smaller profile doesn’t mean they skimp on activities.

Everything from hayrides and pumpkin putt-putt to a pumpkin pie-baking contest are on the schedule. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Somersworth Plaza, 2 Somersworth Plaza, Somersworth. (603) 6925869; nhfestivals.org

10/19-10/21

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annual event is the one you can’t miss. More than a dozen teams will bring their gourd-carving prowess to this contest, so come ready to watch the artists’ two days of carving and to peep the finished products at the end of the weekend.

Free. Times vary, Jackson Village Park, Route 16A, Jackson. (603) 383-9356; jacksonnh.com

EVENTS

10/31-11/4

“Murder on the Nile” This Agatha Christie classic is about a honeymoon journey gone wrong. $12-$20.

7:30 p.m. Wed-Sat and 2 p.m. Sun, The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith.

(603) 279-0333; winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org

10/20-10/21

Extreme Chunkin In this two-day contest, teams will compete to launch their gourds as far as they can, using everything from trebuchets and catapults to circus-style air cannons. Stick around for family activities like pumpkin-carving, face-painting, live music, carnival food and more. $10-$15. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Hampshire Motor Speedway, 1122 Route 106 N., Loudon. (603) 783-4931; nhms.com

Visual Arts

Through Spring 2019

Performing Arts 10/3-10/6

“Driving Miss Daisy” This Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry spans the 25-year relationship between wealthy, strong-willed Southern matron, Daisy Werthan and her proud, yet soft-spoken African American chauffeur Hoke. $20-$32. 7:30 p.m., Jean’s Playhouse, 34 Papermill Dr., Lincoln.

(603) 745-2141; jeansplayhouse.com

10/4-10/7

“Constellations” The New Hampshire Theatre Project’s 30th season begins with a one-weekend-only reprisal of Nick Payne’s “Constellations.”

The play is all at once endearing and intriguing — a modern love story of missed connections, misunderstandings, and moments lost in time. $20.

8 p.m. Fri-Sat and 2 p.m. Sun, West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St.; nhtheatreproject.org

10/5-10/21

“Invasion from Mars!” In 1938, millions of Americans believed that aliens were invading Earth. It was a result of a radio show produced on CBS by the Mercury Theatre Players, under the direction of Orson Welles. How did they manage to convince so many people of the unthinkable? And what was it like to be caught up in the frenzy of terror that many experienced that night? Find out during the show as they relive the infamous night of the invasion from Mars. $12-$17. Fri & Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m., Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Rd., Concord. (603) 715-2315; hatboxnh.com

10/6-7

Fred Marple’s “Guide to New England” Yankee humorist Fred Marple presents “A Guide to New England for Locals and People from Away, “ a hilarious look at the things about New England that mystify people from other parts of the country, and even make us scratch our own heads at times. $15. 7:30 p.m. Sat and 2 p.m.

Sun, Peterborough Players Theatre, 55 Hadley St., Peterborough. (603) 283-8627; fredmarple.com

10/11-10/21

“Killer Joe” This play is pulp fiction, which has it both ways, deriving humor from dirty realism.

Hired by the Smith family to murder the matriarch for insurance money, Killer Joe takes the daughter to bed as a retainer against his final payoff, which sets a bloody aftermath into motion as he meets his match. $20. Times vary, M&D Playhouse, 1857 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway. (603) 7335275; mdplayhouse.com

10/12

“Scalia/Ginsburg” This is a one-act comic opera by composer-librettist Derrick Wang about the power of friendship in a divided world. Inspired

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“Oh. My. God. It’s Janice,” “The Ballad of Fat Monica,” “I am Marcel, the Monkey!” and “We’ll Always Be There For You.” $35. 7 p.m., Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St., Concord.

(603) 225-1111; ccanh.com

10/11-10/14 NH Film Festival For a few days each October, Portsmouth transforms itself into an even hipper city than usual for this festival. Though this year’s lineup hadn’t been announced at press time, festivalgoers can expect screenings, panels, red carpet social events and, more likely than not, appearances from film and TV celebs — past guests include Tom Bergeron and John Michael Higgins. $25-$225. Times and locations vary, Portsmouth. (603) 6476439; nhfilmfestival.com by the unlikely friendship of Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia, Performed by New Hampshire’s Opera North, the show takes place at the Briggs Opera House, 5 S. Main St., White River Junction, Vermont. $55. 7 p.m.; operanorth.org

10/19-21, 10/26-28 and 10/31

“Evil Dead the Musical” “Evil Dead The Musical” takes all the elements of the cult classic films, “The Evil Dead,” “Evil Dead 2” and “Army of Darkness” and combines them for one of the craziest, funniest and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time. $20-$26. Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester; rochesteroperahouse.com

10/19-11/10

“Spamalot” Lovingly ripped off from the classic film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” this show retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features beautiful show girls, cows, killer rabbits and French people. $25-$46.

Times vary, The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. (603) 668-5588; palacetheatre.org

10/21

“Friends! The Musical Parody” This off-Broadway hit and unauthorized musical parody is coming to the Granite State. Based on the wildly popular television series, this loving lampoon follows the wacky misadventures of six 20-something pals as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in 1990s Manhattan. Songs include

“The Blue Trees” by Konstantin Dimopoulos If you happen to be walking around Manchester this fall and see blue trees, don’t fret. With the help of community volunteers, artist Konstantin Dimopoulos will be temporarily transforming nearly 100 trees at the Currier Museum and nearby parks by coloring trees with environmentally safe pigment in ultramarine. The installation aims to stimulate awareness and discussion of global deforestation and forge a connection between the museum and downtown. Free. The Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

(603) 669-6144; currier.org

10/1-10/23

Chris Kressy’s “Life as Art” This exhibition celebrates the local artist’s life with a selection of his meditative and vibrant paintings. This “color-filled feast” will inspire viewers. Kressy was admired and respected by his students at PSC/PSU for his quiet demeanor and thoughtful guidance.

He viewed his studio work, teaching, spiritual practice and his life as opportunities for creative expression. Free. Mon-Fri 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat-Sun 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Museum of the White Mountains, 34 Highland St., Plymouth. (603) 5353214; plymouth.edu

10/11-10/30

“Just Your Type” Queen City artist Brenda Noiseux and Jupiter Hall will be joining hands for this living exhibit of photography, memoirs, audio stories and typewriters. The exhibit will also include workshops on writing with typewriters, zine creation and letter writing. Don’t miss out on the opening reception on October 11. Free. Times vary, Jupiter Hall, 89 Hanover St., Manchester. (603) 289-4661; facebook.com/jupiterhallNH

10/20-11/24

“It’s Pastel” More than 80 pastel paintings from award-winning, critically acclaimed artists across the country will be on view in the landmark Academy Gallery. Free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Discover Portsmouth Center Gallery, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth. (603) 436-8433; pastelsocietynh.com

Music 10/2

An Evening With Melissa Etheridge This Grammy Award-winning artist is bringing her “Yes I am 25th Anniversary Tour” to the Granite State.

Ticket prices vary. 8 p.m., Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry. (603) 437-5100; tupelomusichall.com

10/13

Brett Eldredge Platinum-selling singer/songwriter Brett Eldredge recently released his new single “The Long Way” and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. He is known for his worldclass vocals and has performed his songs on

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nearly every major television show in the country.

He was also on the road through 2017 with Luke Bryan, including his stop to the Queen City.

Don’t miss his return to Manchester with his first ever headlining tour. $29-$55. 7:30 p.m., SNHU Arena, 555 Elm St., Manchester. (603) 644-5000; snhuarena.com

10/20

Martin Barre Martin Barre has been the lead guitarist for Jethro Tull for 43 years. His sound and playing have been a major factor in their success, including their 60 million album sales. $29-$39.

7:30 p.m., Flying Monkey, 39 Main St., Plymouth.

(603) 536-2551; flyingmonkeynh.com

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Children’s Trick-or-Treat Charmingfare Farm’s trick-or-treat is perfect for little ghouls and boils who don’t want to be scared, but still want the excitement of wearing their favorite costumes for a Halloween adventure. $22. Times vary, Charmingfare Farm, 774 High St., Candia. (603) 483-5623; visitthefarm.com

10/20

Halloween Town Madison is turning itself into a Halloween town that has the vibes of the 1998 classic “Halloweentown.” Two hundred volunteers are coming together for the 10th annual event with the desire to offer kids the opportunity to enjoy walking around a “neighborhood” and visit houses trick-or-treat style. There will also be a kid carnival, petting farm, food court, hot air balloon rides, entertainment and the incredible “trick-ortreat trail.” Free. 3-8 p.m., Camp Tohkomeupog, 2151 East Madison Rd., Madison. halloweentownnh.thelaurafoundation.org

10/27

Halloween Hoot ‘N Howl Bring your kiddos to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center for an eerily entertaining 40-minute guided tour around the grounds. $8-$11. 5:50 p.m., Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, 23 Science Center Rd., Holderness. (603) 968-2229; nhnature.org

10/31

Portsmouth Halloween Parade The Port City’s cult-favorite of All Hallow’s Eve turns 23 this year, and the costumes (and camaraderie) promise to be bigger and better than ever. Everyone is invited to dress up and meet at Peirce Island for this celebration of community and creativity. Free. 7 p.m., Peirce Island, Portsmouth. portsmouthhalloweenparade.org

Food & Drink 10/3

New Hampshire Humanities Annual Dinner Renowned journalist Susan Stamberg is the keynote speaker for this special event. Stamberg is the first woman to anchor a national nightly news program, and has won every major award in broadcasting. This event is the single and sole fundraiser each year for NH Humanities. Reserve your spot now to enjoy a gala dinner with the state’s cultural movers and shakers. $125. 5 p.m., DoubleTree Hilton Manchester, 700 Elm St., Manchester. (603) 224-4071; nhhumanities.org Sponsored event

10/7

29th Annual WHEB Chili Cook-off In case one day of chili competition wasn’t enough for you, we’ve got another fest suggestion. At this contest, put on by the Prescott Park Arts Festival

team, titles are awarded for both Judges’ and People’s Choice. The Farm won both divisions last year, so head to the fest to see if they will defend their title. $7-$14. 11:30 a.m., Strawbery Banke, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. (603) 4362848; prescottpark.org

10/18

Taste of New Hampshire Formerly of the Taste of Concord, this fantastic food event is back for its 13th year. Taste fare from more than 35 local restaurants, enjoy live music, take in a cooking demo, participate in the silent auction and cheer for your favorite chef in the Top Chef competition. Plus, it’s all for a great cause — proceeds support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Hampshire. $35 or 10 tickets for $300. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave., Concord. (603) 225-3710; tasteofnewhampshire.com

10/21

5th Annual NH Food Truck Festival Before the weather turns too cold to enjoy these mobile foodie favorites, enjoy 20 of the region’s best all in one place. Trolley Dogs, Clyde’s Cupcakes and Friskie Fries are among the trucks that have signed on so far; head to the fest to see the others (and the laundry list of breweries) that will fill out the event’s roster. $5-$10. 12 to 5 p.m., Cisco Brewers, 35 Corporate Dr., Portsmouth.

(603) 430-8600; foodtruckfestivalsofamerica.com

Miscellaneous 10/4

TEDx Keene TEDx is a local, self-organized event that brings people together to share a TED-like experience. This year’s theme of “Upside Down” will open new ideas by challenging participants

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perspectives of the world around us. $22.50. 6 p.m. The Colonial Theatre, 95 Main St., Keene.

(603) 352-2033; thecolonial.org

10/6

Mount Sunapee Duck Drop This is a new event happening during the Fall Festival and Pig Roast.

Rubber ducks will be dropped from the chairlift and aimed at targets going up Mount Sunapee.

The afternoon is full of fun and prizes, including a chance to win $1,000,000. Proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Hampshire. 12-5 p.m.; awards presented at 4:30 p.m. Mount Sunapee Resort. .nhduckdrop.com Sponsored event

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Lakes Region Parade of Homes Stop gazing at your dream house from the highway and pay it an up-close-and-personal visit. On this self-guided tour, you can stop into any of the featured Lakes Region Builders and Remodelers Association homes to admire their craftsmanship, on-trend design and enviable interiors. $20. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Locations around the Lakes Region vary.

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9th Annual Rising Star Awards This program is an initiative of Stay Work Play NH, in partnership with New Hampshire Public Radio, to celebrate and recognize New Hampshire’s amazing young people. This networking event will feature live music with access to the gallery, as well as food and a cash bar. Tickets start at $25. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

(603) 860-5753; stayworkplay.org

10/14

CHaD HERO This is the premier athletic fundraising event benefiting kids and families receiving care at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (CHaD). The event features a scenic half-marathon, certified by USA Track & Field, as well as a 5K run and walk, 5 or 7-mile hike and a 1-mile fun run.

9 a.m. Dartmouth College Green, Hanover. (603) 308-2231; chadhero.org

10/19-21 and 10/26-28

Pumpkin Patch Express All aboard the train to the “Pumpkin Express.” Passengers are invited to get off the train and participate in the activities there. Each child will be able to pick out his or her own pumpkin and enjoy games like corn cob toss.

Barrel car rides are included and costumes are encouraged. $10.50-$23. 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Conway Scenic Railroad, 38 Norcross Circle, North Conway. (603) 356-5251; conwayscenic.com

10/20-10/21

Great New England Fall Craft & Artisan Show This craft show has claimed to be one of the best fairs in the region. There will be more than 200 artisans displaying, demonstrating and offering their handmade products of candies, pottery, fabric, home décor and more. There will also be food, raffles and live music. $5. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hampshire Dome, 34 Emerson Rd., Milford. (603) 673-7123; hampshiredome.com

Find additional events at nhmagazine.com/ calendar, plus our guide to fall at nhmagazine.com/fall. Submit events eight weeks in advance to Emily Heidt at eheidt@nhmagazine.com or enter your own at nhmagazine. com/calendar. Not all events are guaranteed to be published either online or in the print calendar. Event submissions will be reviewed and, if deemed appropriate, approved by a New Hampshire Magazine editor.

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Good Eats OUR GUIDE TO FINE DINING

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Grazing Room at Colby Hill Inn 33 The Oaks St., Henniker colbyhillinn.com

The Grazing Room The Colby Hill Inn provides warm hospitality with a fresh, Colonial flair. Dining is offered to the public in The Grazing Room, aptly named for their menu that offers a nice selection of sophisticated items to “graze” or “nibble” on, including a roast corn and sage soup and wild-foraged mushroom toast. The seasonal menu provides wine pairing suggestions too. On a warm early evening (Wednesday through Sunday), enjoy their wine and cheese hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The $35 price includes a pouring of three of their favorite wines, farmer cheese and charcuterie board with house-cured pickles, grilled breads and other accouterments. Relax on the patio or in front of the parlor

fireplace. Both offer views of their cottage garden and picturesque 1890 barns. Dinner 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Sunday brunch, reservations required, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Sunday supper offered from 5 to 7 p.m. Special dinners offered on Thanksgiving, just before Christmas Eve (December 21) and New Year’s Eve. Afternoon tea is offered by reservation for six or more guests on Thursday afternoons. Wines of the World dinner parties are regularly scheduled and include live music along with a wine tasting dinner. The next one, Wines of Autumn, is happening October 26, and features a barn dance and instruction. Dine and stay specials are available. NH nhmagazine.com | October 2018

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Our restaurant listings include Best of NH winners and advertisers along with others compiled by the New Hampshire Magazine editorial department. Listings are subject to change from month to month based on space availability. Expanded and highlighted listings denote advertisers. For additional and more detailed listings, visit nhmagazine.com.

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MERRIMACK VALLEY

1750 Taphouse

AMERICAN TAVERN/PIZZERIA 170 Rte. 101, Bedford; (603) 488-2573; Facebook; $-$$ B L D

Angelina’s Ristorante Italiano H

ITALIAN 11 Depot St., Concord; (603) 228-3313; angelinasrestaurant.com; $$–$$$ L D (

Barley House Restaurant H

TAVERN/AMERICAN 132 North Main St., Concord; (603) 228-6363; 43 Lafayette Rd., N. Hampton; (603) 3799161; thebarleyhouse.com; $–$$ L D

The Bedford Village Inn H

NEW AMERICAN/TAVERN 2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford; (603) 4722001; bedfordvillageinn.com; $$–$$$$ LD(

The Birch on Elm

NEW AMERICAN/TAPAS 931 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 782-5365; Facebook; $–$$ L D

Buba Noodle Bar

VIETNAMESE 36 Lowell St., Manchester; (603) 232-7059; Facebook; $-$$ LD

Buckley’s Great Steaks

STEAKHOUSE 438 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack; (603) 424-0995; buckleysgreatsteaks.com; $–$$$$ D (

The Cooper Door H

AMERICAN 15 Leavy Dr., Bedford; (603) 488-2677; 41 S Broadway, Salem; (603) 458-2033; copperdoorrestaurant.com; $$–$$$ L D (

Cotton H

AMERICAN 75 Arms St., Manchester; (603) 622-5488; cottonfood.com; $$–$$$$ L D (

The Crown Tavern H

GASTROPUB 99 Hanover St., Manchester; (603) 218-3132; thecrownonhanover.com; $$ L D b

Cucina Toscana

ITALIAN 427 Amherst St., Nashua; (603) 821-7356; cucinatoscananashua.com; $ L D (

The Foundry

AMERICAN/FARM-TO-TABLE 50 Commercial St., Manchester; (603) 8361925; foundrynh.com; $$-$$$ D b

Gabi’s Smoke Shack H

BBQ 217 Rockingham Rd., Londonderry; (603) 404-2178; gabissmokeshack. com; $–$$ L D

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Giorgio’s Ristorante

MEDITERRANEAN 707 Milford Rd., Merrimack; (603) 883-7333; 524 Nashua St., Milford; (603) 673-3939; 270 Granite St., Manchester; (603) 2323323; giorgios.com; $$–$$$ L D (

Granite Restaurant

NEW AMERICAN 96 Pleasant St., Concord; (603) 227-9000; graniterestaurant.com; $$–$$$$ B L D b (

(603) 606-2677; 47 E. Pearl St., Nashua; (603) 864-8586; tajindia.co; $–$$ L D

Tuscan Kitchen H

ITALIAN 67 Main St., Salem; (603) 952-4875; 581 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth; (603) 570-3600; tuscan-kitchen.com; $$–$$$ L D b

Villaggio Ristorante

Grill 603

ITALIAN 677 Hooksett Rd., Manchester; (603) 627-2424; villaggionh.com; $–$$ L D (

Gyro Spot

SEACOAST

AMERICAN 168 Elm St., Milford; (603) 213-6764; grill603.com; $–$$$ L D b GREEK 1037 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 218-3869; 421 Central Ave., Dover; (603) 343-4553; thegyrospot. com; $ L D New Dover location

Hanover St. Chophouse H

STEAKHOUSE 149 Hanover Street, Manchester; (603) 644-2467; hanoverstreetchophouse.com; $$$–$$$$ L D (

Mangia

ITALIAN 33 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 647-0788; gomangia.com; $–$$ D (BYOB

Mint Bistro

FUSION/JAPANESE/SUSHI 1105 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 625-6468; mintbistronh.com; $$–$$$ L D b (

MT’s Local Kitchen & Wine Bar

AMERICAN 212 Main St., Nashua; (603) 595-9334; mtslocal.com; $–$$$ L D

New England’s Tap House Grille H

TAVERN 1292 Hooksett Rd., Hooksett; (603) 782-5137; taphousenh.com — Upscale pub food and an excellent draft list. (603) 782-5137; taphousenh.com;\ $–$$ L D b

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STEAKHOUSE/SEAFOOD 11 South Main St., Concord; (603) 856-7925; 62 Doris Ray Court, Lakeport; (603) 524-9373; magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com; $$–$$$ L D

Republic H

MEDITERRANEAN 1069 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 666-3723; republiccafe.com; $–$$$ L D

Revival Kitchen & Bar H

AMERICAN 11 Depot St., Concord; (603) 715-5723; revivalkitchennh. com; $$–$$$ D (

Ritu’s Spice

INDIAN/VEGETARIAN 484 S Main St., Manchester; (603) 836-5652; ritusspiceutsav.com; $–$$ L D

Riverside BBQ

BBQ 53 Main St., Nashua; (603) 2045110; riversidebarbeque.com $–$$ L D

Smokeshow BBQ

BBQ 89 Fort Eddy Rd., Concord; (603) 227-6399; smokeshowbarbeque.com; $–$$ L D

Stella Blu

TAPAS 70 East Pearl St., Nashua; (603) 578-5557; stellablu-nh.com; $$–$$$ D

Surf Restaurant H

SEAFOOD 207 Main St., Nashua; (603) 595-9293; 99 Bow St., Portsmouth; (603) 334-9855; surfseafood. com; $$–$$$$ D b

Taj India

INDIAN 967 Elm St., Manchester;

Atlantic Grill

SEAFOOD 5 Pioneer Rd., Rye; (603) 433-3000; theatlanticgrill.com; $$$$$ L D

Black Trumpet Bistro

INTERNATIONAL 29 Ceres St., Portsmouth; (603) 431-0887; blacktrumpetbistro.com; $$–$$$$ D (

BRGR Bar H

BURGERS 34 Portwalk Place, Portsmouth; (603) 294-0902; brgr-bar. com $-$$ L D

Carriage House H

AMERICAN 2263 Ocean Blvd., Rye; (603) 964-8251; carriagehouserye. com; $$-$$$ D (

CAVA

TAPAS 10 Commercial Alley, Portsmouth; (603) 319-1575; cavatapasandwinebar.com; $–$$$ L D

Chapel+Main H

NEW AMERICAN 83 Main St., Dover; (603) 842-5170; chapelandmain. com; $$–$$$ D (

Cornerstone Artisanal Pizza & Craft Beer

PIZZERIA 110 Brewery Ln., Portsmouth; (603) 294-0965; cornerstonepizzaandbeer.com; $–$$ L D

CR’s the Restaurant

AMERICAN 287 Exeter Rd., Hampton; (603) 929-7972; crstherestaurant. com; $$-$$$ L D (

Cure

NEW AMERICAN 189 State St., Portsmouth; (603) 427-8258; curerestaurantportsmouth.com; $$-$$$ L D (

Gyro Spot

GREEK 1037 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 218-3869; 421 Central Ave., Dover; (603) 343-4553; thegyrospot. com; $ L D New Dover location

Holy Grail Restaurant & Pub

IRISH PUB 64 Main St., Epping; (603) 679-9559; holygrailrestaurantandpub.com; $–$$ L D

Hop + grind H

BURGERS 17 Madbury Rd., Durham; (603) 244-2431; hopandgrind.com; $–$$ L D

Jumpin’ Jay’s Fish Café

SEAFOOD 150 Congress St., Portsmouth; (603) 766-3474; jumpinjays. com; $$$–$$$$ D (

Laney & Lu Café H

VEGETARIAN & VEGAN/CAFÉ 26 Water St., Exeter; (603) 580-4952; laneyandlu.com; $–$$ B L D

Library Restaurant

STEAKHOUSE 401 State St., Portsmouth; (603) 431-5202; libraryrestaurant.com $$$–$$$$ D b (

Martingale Wharf

AMERICAN/SEAFOOD 99 Bow St., Portsmouth; (603) 431-0901; martingalewharf.com; $$–$$$ L D

Mombo

INTERNATIONAL 66 Marcy St., Portsmouth; (603) 433-2340; momborestaurant.com; $$–$$$ L D (

Moxy

TAPAS 106 Penhallow St., Portsmouth; (603) 319-8178; moxyrestaurant.com; $$–$$$ D (

Oak House

AMERICAN 110 Main St., Newmarket; (603) 292-5893; oakhousenewmarket.com; $–$$ L D b

Otis

AMERICAN 4 Front St., Exeter; (603) 580-1705; otisrestaurant.com; $$–$$$ D

Revolution Taproom and Grill

GASTRO PUB 61 North Main St., Rochester; (603) 244-3022; revolutiontaproomandgrill.com — Creative gastro pub fare along with an excellent craft beer list. $-$$ L D

Ristorante Massimo

Domo

ASIAN 96 State St., Portsmouth; (603) 501-0132; domoportsmouth.com; $$ L D

ITALIAN 59 Penhallow St., Portsmouth; (603) 436-4000; ristorantemassimo.com; $$-$$$ D (

Durbar Square

Row 34

NEPALESE/HIMALAYAN 10 Market St., Portsmouth; (603) 294-0107; durbarsquarerestaurant.com $-$$ L D (

SEAFOOD 5 Portwalk Place, Portsmouth; (603) 319-5011; row34nh. com; $-$$$ L D b (

Ember Wood Fired Grill

Rudi’s

AMERICAN 1 Orchard St., Dover; (603) 343-1830; emberwfg.com; $$$$$ D b (

NEW AMERICAN/WINE BAR 20 High St., Portsmouth; (603) 430-7834; rudisportsmouth.com; $$-$$$$ L D b (

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Sea Dog Brewing Co.

NEW AMERICAN 2 Pine St., Exeter; (603) 772-5901; theexeterinn.com; $$$–$$$$ B L D b (

Franklin Oyster House

SEAFOOD 148 Fleet St., Portsmouth; (603) 373-8500; franklinoysterhouse. com; $-$$$ D

Green Elephant H

VEGETARIAN 35 Portwalk Place, Portsmouth; (603) 427-8344; greenelephantnh.com; $–$$ L D

BREW PUB 9 Water St., Exeter; (603) 793-5116; 1976 White Mountain Hwy., N. Conway; (603) 356-0590 — This Maine-based brewery has a pub-inspired menu. $–$$ L D b

Shalimar India H

INDIAN 80 Hanover St., Portsmouth; (603) 427-2959; shalimarindia.com; $-$$ L D

Shio H

JAPANESE 2454 Lafayette Rd.,

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Smoke and Cream

BBQ/ICE CREAM 44 Market St., Somersworth; (603) 841-5901; smokeandcreamnh.com; $–$$ LD

Sonny’s Tavern

NEW AMERCAN 328 Central Ave., Dover; (603) 343-4332; sonnystaverndover.com; $–$$ D b

Strangebrew TavernH

TAVERN 88 Market St., Manchester; (603) 666-4292; strangebrewtavern.net — Longtime local favorite craft beer tavern with a creative pub menu. $–$$ L D

Surf Seafood H

SEAFOOD 99 Bow St., Portsmouth; (603) 334-9855; surfseafood.com; $$–$$$$ D

Throwback Brewery

BREWPUB/FARM-TO-TABLE 7 Hobbs Rd., North Hampton; (603) 379-2317; throwbackbrewery.com; $–$$ L D

Tinos Greek Kitchen H

GREEK 325 Lafayette Rd., Hampton; (603) 926-5489; galleyhatch.com; $$–$$$ L D

Tuscan Kitchen H

ITALIAN 67 Main St., Salem; (603) 952-4875; 581 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth; (603) 570-3600; tuscan-kitchen.com; $$–$$$ L D b

Vida Cantina

MEXICAN 2456 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth; (603) 501-0648; vidacantinanh.com; $–$$ L D

The Wilder H

GASTROPUB 174 Fleet St., Portsmouth; (603) 319-6878; wilderportsmouth.com; $$–$$$ LDb

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Bayside Grill and Tavern

AMERICAN 51 Mill St., Wolfeboro; (603) 894-4361; baysidegrillandtavern.com; $–$$ L D

Burnt Timber Tavern H

BREWPUB/TAVERN 96 Lehner St., Wolfeboro; (603) 630-4186; burnttimbertavern.com; $–$$ L (Sat only) D

Canoe Restaurant & Tavern

AMERICAN 232 Whittier Hwy., Center Harbor; (603) 2534762; 216 S. River Rd., Bedford; 935-8070; magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com/canoe-restaurant-and-tavern $$-$$$ L D (

Corner House Inn Restaurant

AMERICAN 22 Main St., Center Sandwich; (603) 284-6219; cornerhouseinn.com $$ L D b (

Garwood’s

AMERICAN 6 North Main St., Wolfeboro; (603) 569-7788; garwoodsrestaurant.com; $–$$ LD(

Hart’s Turkey Farm

AMERICAN 233 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith; (603) 279-6212; hartsturkeyfarm.com $–$$ L D

Hermit Woods Winery

WINERY/DELI 72 Main St., Meredith; (603) 253-7968; hermitwoods.com; $–$$ L

Hobbs Tavern & Brewing Co.

BREWPUB 2415 White Mountain Hwy., West Ossipee; (603) 539-2000; hobbstavern.com; $–$$ L D

Inn Kitchen + Bar

AMERICAN/FARM-TO-TABLE Squam Lake Inn, 28 Shepard Hill Rd., Holderness; (603) 9684417; innkitchen.com; $–$$$ D (

Kathleen’s Cottage

IRISH PUB 90 Lake St., Bristol; (603) 744-6336; kathleenscottagenh.com; $–$$ L D

Kettlehead Brewing Company H

BREWPUB 407 West Main St., Tilton; (603) 286-8100; kettleheadbrewing.com; $–$$ L D

Lemongrass

ASIAN 64 Whittier Hwy., Moultonborough; (603) 253-8100; lemongrassnh.net; $–$$ L D

Local Eatery

FARM-TO-TABLE 21 Veterans Sq., Laconia; (603) 527-8007; laconialocaleatery.com; $–$$ D (

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Wolfe’s Tavern

NEW ENGLAND TAVERN 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro; (603) 5693016; wolfestavern.com; $$–$$$ BLDb(

MONADNOCK 21 Bar & Grill

AMERICAN 21 Roxbury St., Keene; (603) 352-2021; Facebook; $–$$ B L D

Bantam Grill

ITALIAN 1 Jaffrey Rd., Peterborough; (603) 924-6633; bantam-peterborough.com; $$–$$$ D (

Bellows Walpole Inn Pub

NEW AMERICAN 297 Main St., Walpole; (603) 756-3320; bellowswalpoleinn.com; $$ L D (

Chesterfield Inn

AMERICAN 20 Cross Rd., West Chesterfield; (603) 256-3211; chesterfieldinn.com; $$-$$$ D (

Cooper’s Hill Public House

PUB 6 School St., Peterborough; (603) 371-9036; coopershillpublichouse.com; $-$$$ L D

Elm City Brewing H

BREW PUB 222 West St., Keene; (603) 355-3335; elmcitybrewing. com — Pair great pub food with beer brewed onsite. $–$$ L D

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TAVERN 33 Main St., Hancock; (603) 525-3318; hancockinn.com $-$$$ L D ( AMERICN 45 Main St., Keene; (603) 357-6393; fritztheplacetoeat.com; $–$$ L D

The New Woodshed

The Grove

O Bistro at the Inn on Main

AMERICAN 200 North Main St., Wolfeboro; (603) 515-1003; innnewhampshire.com/our-bistro; $$–$$$ D

O Steaks & Seafood H

STEAKHOUSE/SEAFOOD 11 South Main St., Concord; (603) 856-7925; 62 Doris Ray Court, Lakeport; (603) 524-9373; magicfoodsrestaurantgroup. com; $$–$$$ L D

Osteria Poggio

ITALIAN 18 Main St., Center Harbor; (603) 250-8007; osteriapoggio.com; $$–$$$ D (

AMERICAN The Woodbound Inn 247 Woodbound Rd., Rindge; (603) 532-4949; woodbound. com; $$–$$$ B L D b (

The Hancock Inn

AMERICAN 33 Main St., Hancock; (603) 525-3318; hancockinn. com; Dinner is prix fixe, $48.

Sunday dinner is prix fixe, $18.99; $$–$$$$ D (

The Hilltop Café

FARM-TO-TABLE 195 Isaac Frye Hwy., Wilton; (603) 654-2223; hilltopcafenh.com; $ B L FARM-TO-TABLE 9 Edwards Ln., Walpole; (603) 756-3444; hungrydinerwalpole.com; $–$$ B L D

Lee & Mt. Fuji

AMERICAN 202 Pitman Rd., Center Barnstead; (603) 269-4151; crystalquail.com; $$$–$$$$ D (

AMERICAN Inn on New Found Lake, 1030 Mayhew Turnpike, Bridgewater; (603) 744-9111; newfoundlake.com/restaurant-tavern; $$–$$$ D (

ASIAN 50 Jaffrey Rd., Peterborough; (603) 626-7773; leeandmtfujiatboilerhouse. com; 314 Main St., Marlborough; (603) 876-3388; leeandmtfuji. com; $–$$ L D (

Faro Italian Grille

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Luca’s Mediterranean Café

ITALIAN 7 Endicott St., Laconia; (603) 527-8073; faroitaliangrille. com; $–$$ D (

TAPAS/PIZZA 2075 Parade Rd., Laconia; (603) 528-3057; tavern27.com; $–$$ L D (

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ITALIAN/PIZZERIA 22 Main St., Keene; (603) 903-1410; fireworksrestaurant.net; $–$$ D (

ITALIAN/AMERICAN 96 Lehner St., Wolfeboro; (603) 569-5788; miseenplacenh.com; $$-$$$$ LD( AMERICAN 128 Lee Rd., Moultonborough; (603) 476-2700; newwoodshed.com; $–$$$ D

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MEDITERRANEAN 10 Central Sq., Keene; (603) 358-3335; lucascafe.com; $$–$$$ L D (

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Marzano’s Trattoria

ITALIAN 6 School St., Peterborough; (603) 924-3636; marzanostrattoria. com; $–$$ L D (

My Sister’s Kitchen

RUSSIAN 286 Elm St., Milford; (603) 672-7202; mysisterskitchennh.com; $–$$ L D

Nicola’s Trattoria

ITALIAN 51 Railroad St., Keene; (603) 355-5242; Facebook; $$$–$$$$ D

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The Stage H

AMERICAN 30 Central Sq., Keene; (603) 357-8389; thestagerestaurant. com; $-$$ L D

Thorndike’s & Parson’s Pub

AMERICAN/PUB The Monadnock Inn, 379 Main St., Jaffrey; (603) 532-7800; monadnockinn.com; $–$$$ D (

Waterhouse

The Old Courthouse H

NEW AMERICAN 30 Main St., Newport; (603) 863-8360; eatatthecourthouse.com; $$–$$$ L D b (

Pearl Restaurant & Oyster Bar H

ASIAN 1 Jaffrey Rd., Peterbrough; (603) 924-5225; pearl-peterborough.com $$–$$$ D (

Pickity Place

FARM-TO-TABLE LUNCH 248 Nutting Hill Rd., Mason; (603) 878-1151; pickityplace.com — A historic and lovely place to lunch. Fresh, local ingredients are used, including herbs grown in the onsite gardens. There are only three seatings offered at 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. and 2 p.m.

Reservations are required. $$ L (

Piedra Fina

LATIN 288 Main St., Marlborough; (603) 876-5012; piedrafina.com; $–$$ L D (

Restaurant at Burdick’s

FRENCH 47 Main Street, Walpole;

AMERICAN 18 Water St., Peterborough; (603) 924-4001; waterhousenh.com; $-$$$ L D b (

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Appleseed Restaurant

AMERICAN 63 High St., Bradford; (603) 938-2100; appleseedrestaurant.com $-$$ D

Base Camp Café

NEPALESE 3 Lebanon St., Hanover; (603) 643-2007; basecampcafenh. com; $-$$ L D

Bistro Nouveau

Canoe Club Bistro

AMERICAN 74 Newport Rd., New London; (603) 526-4201; 74mainrestaurant.com; $–$$ L D b

Coach House

Molly’s Restaurant H

AMERICAN 353 Main St., New London; (603) 526-2791; thenewlondoninn.com/the-coach-houserestaurant;$ $–$$$$ D (

Farmer’s Table Café

FARM-TO-TABLE 249 Rte. 10, Grantham; (603) 863-9355; farmerstablecafe.com; $–$$ L D

Flying Goose Brew Pub H

BREW PUB 40 Andover Rd., New London; (603) 526-6899; flyinggoose.com — Pair items from the varied pub menu with a large selection of creative beer made onsite. $–$$ L D

Jesse’s

AMERICAN/SEAFOOD 224 Lebanon St., Hanover; (603) 643-4111; jesses. com; $–$$ D (

Latham House Tavern

TAVERN 9 Main St., Lyme; (603) 795-9995; lathamhousetavern.com; $–$$ L D

AMERICAN The Center at Eastman, 6 Clubhouse Lane, Grantham; (603) 863-8000; bistronouveau.com; $–$$$$ L D (

AMERICAN 30 South Main St., Hanover; (603) 643-3321; lousrestaurant.net; $-$$ B L D

Candela Tapas Lounge H

Market Table

TAPAS 15 Lebanon St., Hanover; (603) 277-9094; candelatapas.com; $$-$$$ D (

Lou’s Restaurant H

FARM-TO-TABLE 44 Main St., Hanover; (603) 676-7996; markettablenh.com; $–$$ B L D b

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PRIX FIXE Inn at Pleasant Lake, 853 Pleasant St., New London; (603) 5266271; innatpleasantlake.com; D (

The Old Courthouse H

AMERICAN 30 Main St., Newport; (603) 863-8360; eatatthecourthouse.com; $-$$$ L D b (

Peyton Place

AMERICAN 454 Main St., Orford; (603) 353-9100; peytonplacerestaurant.com; $$ D (

Phnom Penh Sandwich Station

VIETNAMESE 1 High St., Lebanon; (603) 678-8179; phnompenhsandwiches.com; $-$$ L D

PINE at the Hanover Inn H

AMERICAN 2 South Main St., Hanover; (603) 643-4300; hanoverinn. com/dining.aspx; $$$–$$$$ B L D b (

Revolution Cantina H

CUBAN AND MEXICAN 38 Opera House Square, Claremont; (603) 504-6310; Facebook; $-$$ L D b

Stella’s Italian Kitchen

ITALIAN 5 Main St., Lyme; (603) 7954302; stellaslyme.com; $–$$ L D

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AMERICAN 27 South Main St., Hanover; (603) 643-9660; canoeclub. us; $–$$ L D (

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Suna

AMERICAN 6 Brook Rd., Sunapee; (603) 843-8998; magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com; $$–$$$ D (

Taverne on the Square

AMERICAN 2 Pleasant St., Claremont; (603) 287-4416; claremonttaverne. com; $–$$$ L D

Thai Orchid Restaurant

THAI 70 Hanover St., Lebanon; (603) 448-0320; thaiorchidlebanon.com; $–$$ L D

Tuk Tuk Thai Cuisine

THAI 5 S. Main St., Hanover; (603) 2779192; tuktukthaicuisine.com; $–$$ L D (

NORTH COUNTRY Bailiwicks

AMERICAN 106 Main St., Littleton; (603) 444-7717; bailiwicksfinerestaurant.com; $-$$$ L D (

The Beal House Inn

PUB 2 W. Main St., Littleton; (603) 444-2661; thebealhouseinn.com; $$-$$$ D

Biederman’s Deli & Pub H

DELI/PUB 83 Main St., Littleton; (603) 536-3354; biedermansdeli. com; $-$$ L D

The Burg H

PIZZA 8 Back Lake Rd,. Pittsburg; (603) 538-7400; Facebook; $ D

Chang Thai Café

THAI 77 Main St., Littleton;

(603) 444-8810; changthaicafe.com; $-$$ L D

Chef’s Bistro

NEW AMERICAN 2724 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway; (603) 3564747; chefsbistronh.com; $-$$ L D

Deacon Street Martini & Whiskey Bar

Margarita Grill

MEXICAN Rte. 302, Glen; (603) 3836556; margaritagrillnh.com; $–$$ L D

Max’s Restaurant and Pub

Schilling Beer Co.

BREW PUB 18 Mill St., Littleton; (603) 444-4800; (603) 444-4800; schillingbeer.com; $-$$ L D

AMERICAN Snowvillage Inn, 36 Stewart Rd., Eaton Center; (603) 447-­ 2818; snowvillageinn.com; $$-$$$ D (

PUB Rte. 16 and 16A, Jackson; (603) 383-4211; shannondoor.com; $-$$ L D

Moat Mountain Smokehouse H

Shovel Handle Pub

Shannon Door Pub

AMERICAN 32 Seavey St., Conway; (603) 356-9231; deaconst.com; $$–$$$ D

BREW PUB 3378 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway; (603) 356-6381; moatmountain.com; $–$$ L D (

PUB 357 Black Mountain Rd., Jackson; (603) 383-8916; shovelhandlepub.com; $-$$ L D

Delaney’s Hole in the Wall

One Love Brewery

Six Burner Bistro

AMERICAN/ASIAN 2966 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway; (603) 356-7776; delaneys.com; $–$$ L D

BREWPUB 25 South Mountain Dr., Lincoln; (603) 745-7290; onelovebrewery.com; $–$$ L D

AMERICAN 13 South Main St., Plymouth; (603) 536-9099; sixburnerbistro.com; $-$$ L D

Gypsy Café H

Peyton Place Restaurant

Thompson House Eatery H

INTERNATIONAL 111 Main St., Lincoln; (603) 745-4395; gypsycaferestaurant.com; $–$$ L D

AMERICAN 454 Rte. 10, Orford; (603) 353-9100; peytonplacerestaurant. com; $$-$$$ D

AMERICAN/FARM-TO-TABLE 139 Main St., Jackson; (603) 383-9341; thompsonhouseatery.com; $$-$$$ L D (

Horse & Hound Inn

Rainbow Grille & Tavern H

Vito Marcello’s Italian Bistro

AMERICAN/TAVERN 205 Wells Rd., Franconia; (603) 823-5501; horseandhoundnh.com; $$–$$$$ L D (

Jonathon’s Seafood

SEAFOOD/AMERICAN 280 East Side Rd., North Conway; (603) 447-3838; jonathonsseafood.com; $–$$$ L D (

The Last Chair

AMERICAN/BREW PUB 5 Rte. 25,Plymouth; (603) 238-9077; thelastchairnh.com; $-$$ L D

Libby’s Bistro & SAaLT Pub

NEW AMERICAN 115 Main Street on Rte. 2, Gorham; (603) 466-5330; libbysbistro.org; $$–$$$ L D (

AMERICAN/TAVERN 609 Beach Rd., Pittsburg; (603) 538-9556; rainbowgrille.com — Serving a variety of comfort food from seafood to ribs. The tavern serves appetizers, hearth-baked pizzas and sandwiches. $–$$ D (

Red Parka Steakhouse & Pub

STEAKHOUSE 3 Station St., Glen; (603) 383-4344; redparkapub.com; $–$$ L D

Sea Dog Brewing Co.

BREW PUB 9 Water St., Exeter; (603) 793-5116; 1976 White Mountain Hwy., N. Conway; (603) 356-0590 — This Maine-based brewery has a pub-inspired menu. $–$$ L D b

ITALIAN 45 Seavey St., North Conway; (603) 356-7000; vitomarcellositalianbistro.com; $$-$$$ D

The Wayside Inn

EUROPEAN 3738 Main St., Bethlehem; (603) 869-3364; thewaysideinn.com; $$–$$$ D (

Woodstock Brewery H

BREW PUB Rte. 3, North Woodstock; (603) 745-3951; woodstockinnnh. com; $–$$ L

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What’s in a Name?

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egend has it that when Mussolini committed aggression in Africa the conscientious citizens of our Lone Star State were quick to notify the League of Nations that it was Rome, Italy, and not Rome, Texas, that had invaded Ethiopia.

Good PR for Texas.

It’s enough to make you wonder if the good citizens of Lebanon, New Hampshire, ever thought to remind the world that their fair city has never waged war on Jordan, Syria, Israel or even Vermont. Chances are, our “Lebanese” people are too modest to boast of their peace-loving ways.

Some of the cities and small towns in New Hampshire use the diplomacy of diction to make clear the pronounced difference between their humble communities and their more famous namesakes in far-off foreign lands. Our northernmost city, for example, is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable to distinguish BER-lin, New Hampshire from that European capital known as Ber-LIN. That’s so tourists who get lost in the North Country won’t think they’re in Germany and start pestering the locals with a lot of foolish questions about directions to

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BY JACK KENNEY the Autobahn or some such thing.

The same is true of MI-lan (population 1,254), which is just north of BER-lin and nowhere near Italy. In MI-lan, DaVinci’s last supper might have been in Ursula’s Snack Shack or Muriel’s Restaurant or possibly at the Yokohama Restaurant, which is in nearby Gorham and not in Japan. There is no cathedral or museum in MI-lan, but there are surely plenty of trees to please leaf-peeping travelers each autumn. And there is no shortage of friendly, pun-loving wits who will be happy to tell you that “if you think this town is dumb, the next town is Dummer” (population 285).

Our neighboring states also like to make such fine linguistic distinctions. Barre, Vermont, for example is pronounced “Berry,” while Calais, Maine, is called “Callous,” perhaps for its callous indifference toward French seaport cities.

Tripoli Road in Waterville Valley doesn’t have any shores on which Marines might land to fight Barbary pirates.

But it has made visitors fighting mad when they get directions to turn on what sounds like “Triple-I” Road and they get

lost looking for a road marked “III” Sometimes a similarity in names, however spoken, can cause confusion in the minds of travelers who are, you might say, geographically challenged. Anyone looking for Hampton Beach in New Hampton, for example, will be thoroughly lost and more than 80 miles from the nearest ocean. And since next year will bring the 50th anniversary of the great whatever-it-was event in Woodstock, New York, in 1969, there are bound to nostalgia-driven retro hippies looking for the famous site in Woodstock, New Hampshire, or Woodstock, Vermont.

I’ve yet to hear of anyone looking for a Steelers game in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, where the biggest spectator sport might be watching bears fight at the town dump. But I was once stopped on Manchester’s Elm Street by a couple of travelers asking for directions to a place that turned out to be in Manchester, Vermont. They were a long way from their destination, but it could have been worse. At least they weren’t trying to reach Manchester, England. That would have been a far more hazardous journey.

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