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  • Jul/Aug, 2009

  • Feature Feature
    Rooms With a View of History by David Lazar
    Steve Barba was a long-haired grad student working the summer as a bartender at the Balsams, when a world-famous burger broker arrived at the historic White Mountains resort to make a special introduction.
    Featured Imagery
  • Letter From The Editor Letter From The Editor
    "Proud to Call New Hampshire Home" by Michael DeBlasi
    It is a marvel we witness in the magnificence of our scenic and charming mountains, lakes, trails, farms and coastline.
  • Town Town
    Welcome to Rye
    To walk the town of Rye’s rocky shoreline, breathe in the salt air and peer out at the shimmering horizon is to understand what drew New Hampshire’s first visitors four centuries ago to this quiet, seaside sanctuary – and what’s drawn them in droves ever since.
  • Treasures Treasures
    Classic Troubadour Excerpts
    Notable selections from Troubadour issues of old are scattered throughout our magazine and are collected here.
  • Slice of Life Slice of Life
    "What Say” by Becky Rule
    New Englanders are known for their sparing but precise use of words.
  • Labor and Love Labor and Love
    "End of the Day" by Ron Roberts
    Enjoy a NH native's unique connection of photography and poetry.
  • Your Troubadour Your Troubadour
    Designed Specifically For You: Reader Submissions
    Readers share a bit of their memories, moments, stories and smiles about this state.
  • Our New Hampshire Our New Hampshire
    Celebrate NH with Robert J. Finlay
    July is typically the month when we are supposed to press our reset buttons for the year—to take a hard-earned break from the daily grind of work and spend time with our families savoring the sun.
  • Trumpets Trumpets
    Recognizing Those Who Make A Difference
    Joe Byron was a retired Manchester policeman helping investigate crimes against seniors when he struck up a friendship one day at the Mall of NH with an aging WWII vet, that he says changed his life.