Peter Noonan

Nov 12, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Elisa Verdi |John Koziol |Peter Noonan

Littleton’s funky vibe keeps it forever young Frank Sinatra never made it to Littleton as far as we know. Had Ol’ Blue Eyes visited this Grafton County community, it would have been his kind of town, perhaps second only to Chicago. Located on the banks of the Ammonoosuc River, on the northern edge of the White Mountains, Littleton has an eclectic funkiness that combines the arts with the outdoors, a sprinkling of high-tech manufacturing and allure of craft beer.

Oct 17, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Mike Cote |Peter Noonan

Some requests you cannot refuse. When my granddaughter, Isla, wanted me to watch “Bluey” with her at a recent family gathering, she patted the couch cushion next to her. It was not an unusual request for my stepdaughter’s 3-year-old, whose favorite words are “play with me!”Still, in that moment, I recalled a similar episode from just a few months before. My 85-year-old mother, using the same gesture, signaled me to join her on a front porch loveseat, where we sat in silence and read our books.

Oct 17, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Peter Noonan |Jaclyn Jaeger

In certain parts of rural New England, there still exists those quintessential close-knit communities that have a way of embracing you like a warm hug, a patchwork quilt of pieces woven so seamlessly together it’s difficult to discern where one thread ends and another begins. They are places where farmlands and farmstands still dot the land, where unspoiled landscapes and protected habitats offer quiet solitude from bustling city life, cocooned from the outside world.

Sep 11, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Dan Szczesny |Peter Noonan

Autumn in our home is a different sort of celebration. By the end of September, I’m outside stringing lights. By the end of September, I’m outside stringing lights. In our garage, we have every different shade, from reds and greens to the icicle blues and twinkling yellows to orange and black. We have strings, nets, gutter hangers and long rolls on thick plastic spools. We have those spinning ones that clamp onto the fence. We have the electric ones that look like flames.

Aug 13, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Emily Reily |Peter Noonan |Mark Bolton

Dover’s waterfront revitalization project comes full circle for city and its residents On a hazy moonlit evening in Dover, music from a cover band echoes from Henry Law Park’s Rotary Pavilion Stage. Up on Central Avenue, friends and families chat and walk their dogs as cars inch down the one-way street; motorcyclists sputter loudly on this small strip.