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Granite State of Mind, #11: Four Corners Marker, Exeter-Stratham-Hampton-North Hampton
In colonial days, it was customary for New England town officials to meet periodically for a perambulation of shared town boundaries....

Joe Pace
Feb 11, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #10: Lago's Ice Cream, Rye
One of the great things about New Hampshire (and New England in general) is the local ice cream joints. It's something we've never really...

Joe Pace
Feb 10, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #9: Colebrook Country Club, Colebrook
In 2008-09 I was at the tail end of my five-year career with Citizens Bank. I'd spent most of that time hustling for new customers,...

Joe Pace
Feb 9, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #8: Maternity Ward, Exeter Hospital, Exeter
The evening of January 3rd, 2008, was extremely cold in seacoast New Hampshire - below freezing. I can remember watching the returns from...

Joe Pace
Feb 8, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #7: Old Man of the Mountain, Cannon Mountain, Franconia
On May 3, 2003, Sarah and I were in Boston for the evening. While out for an after-dinner drink, it came up in casual conversation with...

Joe Pace
Feb 7, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #6: Alton Bay
When our eldest was born in January 2008, I was at my heaviest, well over 220 lbs on a 5'6" frame. It was obvious that I needed to make...

Joe Pace
Feb 6, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #5: Eustis Field, Exeter AREA High School, Exeter
I indulge here in another place that figures prominently in my high school-era memories. There have been multiple grass gridirons to bear...

Joe Pace
Feb 5, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #4: The Canadian Border
As a football player in high school, I had small use for cross-country running, other than maybe as a pool of potential girlfriends (and...

Joe Pace
Feb 4, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #3: Power Alley, Memorial Union Building, UNH, Durham
There are some places, the University of New Hampshire among them, that can't be encapsulated with a single entry. There are multiple...

Joe Pace
Feb 3, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #2: Szechuan Taste, Exeter
Of the restaurants that will appear on this list of favorite new Hampshire places, there's only one that should come first. My favorite...

Joe Pace
Feb 2, 2017
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Granite State of Mind, #1: Stratham Lane, Stratham
I grew up at my folks' house in Stratham, the log house my father Albert Pace built himself when I was two years old, the house they...

Joe Pace
Feb 1, 2017
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #366: Hope Worth
When I undertook this project a year ago, I really wasn't sure where it would take me. There were days it was a lot of fun and days it...

Joe Pace
Dec 31, 2016
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