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Women Dressing Women is trying to be a celebration of neglected designers and sewists, but does not offer a critical reflection on how they have been excluded.

Alice Proctor is one of Tom Brady’s biggest fans, but at age 100, she could also be his oldest fan.

The Whole Duty of Man , a Protestant devotional work published anonymously in 1658, the English author reminds readers that all servants owe their masters, as a matter of conscience, “obedience,” “Faithfulness,” “Patience and Meekness,” and “Diligence.” In Virginia, at least, such ideals were not always met. For instance, burgesses were forced to pass laws in response to servants who ran away and to those who, while still under contract, hired themselves out to new masters under...

There were over 80 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question, “Is the site of the Intervale Motel a good location for a new four-story hotel?” and except for one or two, all were uniformly opposed to the idea. As I sit in Hannafords parking lot and look at the monstrosity thats blocking my favorite view of Chocorua, yeah, sure we need another hotel thats a monster. Preservationists want to preserve an outdated motel but cant save a historically significant structure in Center C...