Author: Holly Ramer
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Larry Summers takes leave from teaching at Harvard after release of Epstein emails
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers abruptly went on leave Wednesday from teaching at Harvard University, where he once served as president, over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Summers’ spokesperson said. Summers had been retreating from his public commitments amid the fallout of the emails revelation, but he…
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Pence tells GOP to stop lashing out at FBI over Trump search
MANCHESTER, N.H. • Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday implored fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump’s Florida home and denounced calls by some of the former president’s allies to defund the FBI, saying that was “just as wrong” as a push by Democratic activists to…
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Six charged in N.H. youth detention center sex abuse probe
CONCORD, N.H. • Six former staffers at New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center were arrested Wednesday in connection with the abuse of 11 children over the course of a decade, including one who continued working with children for nearly 20 years after he is accused of holding a boy down while colleagues raped him. The…
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Frigid air, high winds sweep Northeast; at least 7 dead
CONCORD, N.H. • Falling temperatures replaced the weekend’s falling snow Monday as bitter cold and gusty winds swept across the eastern United States. The National Weather Service had forecast that temperatures would be more than 20 degrees below normal across the Northeast, with wind gusts up to 30 mph and wind chills approaching minus 40…
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Poultry in motion: Bill targets owners of trespassing fowl
CONCORD, N.H. — Why did the chicken cross the road? And did it have permission? The New Hampshire Legislature is considering a bill that would make trespassing fowl a violation, not for the chicken, but for its owners. Under the proposal, anyone who knowingly, recklessly or negligently allows their domestic fowl to enter someone else’s…
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Authorities link 5 killings from 1980s to dead inmate
CONCORD, N.H. — A man who died in a California prison in 2010 while serving a sentence for killing and dismembering his wife is responsible for killing five people in New Hampshire in the 1980s, authorities said Thursday. New Hampshire State Police and the attorney general’s office said they believe the killer was a man…
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Mix-and-match banner makes mantel decor easy
I recently moved to a new house that is less than half the size of my former home, but the new place has one key feature the old one lacked: a fireplace. Or, more specifically, a fireplace mantel to decorate. Moving and furnishing a house is expensive, though. So I designed a pennant banner that…
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Handmade sugar scrub cubes exfoliate skin
Summer quickly is progressing, but there’s still plenty of time to enjoy the great outdoors. And if you’re showing some skin, keep it smooth and exfoliated with handmade sugar scrub cubes that take only minutes to whip up. Sure, combining sugar, oil and fragrance in a jar would be easier, but taking a bit more…
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Crafts: Gold-dipped eggs add shine to Easter decor
Despite their rounded shape, Easter eggs can be edgy. Give them a modern boost by combining two fashion and decorating trends: color-blocking and gold-dipping. I found several methods online for producing decorative eggs with bold or pastel blocks of color and just enough gold to provide a bit of flair. Piled in a bowl or…
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Flexible mummies for Halloween decor
Count me among those who find the “Elf on the Shelf” just a bit creepy. That said, wouldn’t it make more sense to have a slightly spooky creature keeping an eye on your kids around Halloween instead of Christmas? With just a few inexpensive craft materials, you can make a miniature mummy perfect for perching…