New Hampshire Cuts Red Tape To Put Nanobreweries On Tap

Emily Corwin — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 07:56:00 +0000

As beer drinkers demand increasingly obscure beers with ingredients like jalapenos or rhubarb, smaller and smaller breweries are stepping up to the plate. New Hampshire is one state helping these brewery startups get off the ground, with new laws that make it easier for small-scale breweries to obtain licenses and distribute their craft beers.

Among those benefiting: Nicole Carrier and her partner, Annette Lee, of North Hampton, N.H. A year and half ago, they were just enthusiastic home brewers.

N.H. Group Says People, Not Taxes, Should Help Needy

Emily Corwin — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:11:00 +0000

This is the time of year when people all over the country are coming together and getting food to needy families, but for one community in Manchester, N.H., private acts of charity aren't just a holiday tradition — they are a display of anarchist and libertarian principles.

On a recent day, about 50 people gathered in a converted office space with $6,000 worth of food and a list of needy families. Mike Ruff, with help from a couple of kids, filled shopping bags with food for the hungry.

Ruff, a 40-year-old mediator and blacksmith, helped organize the event.