It was exactly 70 years ago when Roger Page taught his first ski lessons as an instructor on a little rope-tow ski slope in Leominster, Mass.
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HIKING: Adventure at AMC lodge has some comforts, too
The soft light of dawn is filtering through the cabin windows. Despite the winter chill outside, the room is cool but not cold. I should get up and stoke the woodstove, but it’s no easy task when you’re toasty warm beneath flannel sheets and a down comforter. Instead I lay content for a while, listening to the quiet of the place, and admiring the artifacts adorning the log walls, which have comfortably sheltered many an outdoorsperson since the late 1800s.
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Matthew McConaughey settles down in Austin
The actor, now engaged and the dad to two, has bought a 9-acre estate in his home state.
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Before you wed… the questions you must ask
Would-be spouses need to be on the same page with finances and other goals, a financial planner says.
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3 quick fixes for your kitchen and bath
With a few well-chosen, cheap fixes, you can quickly make your home more appealing to a would-be buyer.
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The not so ‘Safe House’ is action packed
“Safe House,” as all Bourne fans know by now, is of course, a major misnomer. For bad guys who are taken there to be water boarded, or for good guys who flee there to escape the tentacles of evil-doers, it’s the last rooming house where you would want to be a guest.
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Carolyn Currie to perform Friday night
WATERVILLE — Carolyn Currie will perform at 7 p.m. Friday night at the Waterville Opera House Studio Theater, 93 Main St. Tickets cost $12. For more information, call 873-7000 or visit operahouse.org.
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BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of Feb. 16
Publishers Weekly best-seller list
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BOOKS: Liked “Presumed Innocent”? You’ll love “Defending Jacob”
Scott Turow’s 1987 “Presumed Innocent” was a watershed for the legal thriller, delivering what started out as a typical plot that evolved into a tense look at the law, ethics and revenge, as it moved to a jaw-dropping finale. Readers will have the same reaction to William Landay’s superb “Defending Jacob,” which begins as a typical legal thriller then matures into a suspense-laden insider’s view of the law, ethics and familial bonds.
