Joe Pace
Granite State of Mind, #131: Searles Castle, Windham
Not all memories are old memories, not all nostalgia papered over by the passage of years. Just over a month ago, during our last trip...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 28, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #130: McConnell Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Some of the places on this list are remarkable for their natural beauty, for their historic relevance, or their cultural importance. This...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 27, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #129: Benson's Animal Farm, Hudson
New Hampshire kids of a certain vintage will recall the trek out to Benson's Animal Farm with equal parts nostalgic pleasure and a vague...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 26, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #128: Great Bay Discovery Center, Greenland
One of New Hampshire's true treasures is Great Bay, a estuarine ecosystem fed by five river systems (Winnicut, Squamscott, Lamprey,...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 25, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #127: Exeter Handkerchief Factory, Exeter
I love that in junior high school in Exeter we were essentially assigned to visit the local fabric store as part of our home economics...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 23, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #126: The Asia Restaurant, Dover
The city of Dover has been enjoying a bit of a renaissance in public regard in the past few years. I've always thought of it as the...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 22, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #125: Stratham Fair, Stratham
This July will mark the 50th annual Stratham Fair. That's sobering, because when I was a kid I remember that number being in the teens....
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Joe Pace
- Jun 21, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #124: Hampton Beach, Hampton
As the longest day of the year and the official advent of summer is upon us, it seemed an appropriate day to highlight one of New...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 16, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #123: Great Bay Athletic Club, Newmarket
I've never been a fitness club guy (and I think the results speak for themselves). I spent my time at the then-new Hamel Rec Center at...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 15, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #122: Manchester
The Pennacooks called it Namaoskeag. Veterans of Queen Anne's War settling there in 1727 under a Massachusetts charter called it...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 13, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #121: Epicurean Restaurant, Exeter
No, I don't have a story about the Walgreens at the corner of Portsmouth Ave and Green Hill Road. This is about what used to be there in...
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Joe Pace
- Jun 10, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #120: The Music Hall, Portsmouth
I don't claim nearly the intimacy or familiarity with the port city's crown cultural jewel that many could more creditably boast. But I...
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