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Iconic Nashua business: Tracing a picture-perfect career suitable for framing

Herb Mosher still remembers clearly the day a number of years ago he stumbled upon “buried treasure” while shoveling out a crawl space under an historic Main Street building. Although likely worth more by weight than value as collectibles, the “treasure” consisted of old lead plates, ...

Trump puts people in danger

By happenstance, my family has seen this pandemic up close from the beginning. I’ve felt it on the job at my local supermarket, my mom is clocking exhausting shifts as a nurse, and my dad is helping our neighbors on the front lines as a firefighter. Coronavirus has touched every part of our ...

Call appraisals popular

As the Corona virus has most of the world staying home, antiques lovers and spring cleaners alike are undertaking projects galore. If you can’t go to work and you can’t go out and socialize, you can try to improve your living space. People are taking on projects like cleaning out closets, ...

Have we counted the costs?

How long does it take to build a new home from scratch and how many people with how many different skills are needed to get the job done? How long does it take for an uncontrollable fire to reduce that house to ashes? The economic engine that provides food, beverages, clothing, shelter, and ...

New Hampshire PBS vital to those in the Granite State

For the past eight years, I have had the pleasure to serve as the chair of the board of directors of New Hampshire PBS. During this time, we have successfully re-imagined NHPBS following the loss of all of our state funding. We have become more efficient and ever more focused on our central ...

A self-compassion fix

Hello Dear Readers, how are you doing in quarantine? I hope you are well and coping with all of the “new normal” routines. I will say that for myself, it’s been a struggle at times, but I am also getting into a groove. One of the helpful things that I have been practicing during this ...