ORFORD — When Hideko “Yumi” Smith taught her younger family members how to play card games, her motivation was twofold: learning how to play a game...
LEBANON — A few days after Cameron Ford began working at Headrest, he started rebuilding a stone wall.This wouldn’t be unusual, except Ford wasn’t...
RANDOLPH CENTER — Nearly every piece of correspondence Betty Edson wrote — and there were many over the course of her 91 years — she signed the...
PLAINFIELD — When Janet Spencer thinks of her late mother, Claudine Mae Spencer, the phrase “The Magical Mrs. Spencer” comes to mind.“She would...
THETFORD — When Ella Farrell-Starr brought home a pair of rabbits, her mother Sue Farrell was initially apprehensive. Then, she built them a garden...
FAIRLEE — When the sun cast its light across the fields, Bev Hodge would often climb on her Gator and drive out on the farm. She’d head through the...
WINDSOR — Whether it was on topics related to psychiatric care, ways to preserve Windsor’s historic elements or critiques of fellow artists’ work...
GUILD — In 1980, there was a knock on Da Wiggins’ front door.It was Peter Burling and he was going door-to-door campaigning for a New Hampshire...
NORWICH — In the early evening, after the construction crews working on Interstate 91 went home for the day, the horseback riders would arrive.The...
LEBANON — There’s a phrase in Buddhism — Bodhisattva — that refers to a person who delays nirvana in order to stay on earth and to help others who...
CLAREMONT — In her early 40s, Thelma Shulins decided to go to college.This was the 1970s and the field of study she chose to pursue at Keene State ...
HANOVER — When Judith Esmay had to make an important decision, she did her research and she listened.“Judith taught me that if you listen to people...