MANCHESTER, N.H. – U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, the New Hampshire Republican battling to fend off a challenge for her Senate seat from Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, scored what could prove to be a significant coup to shore up support within conservative circles after a former GOP foe penned a strong endorsement for her reelection in the New Hampshire Union Leader.
Ovide Lamontagne, who tried to ride a wave of Granite State Tea Party support in 2010 by challenging Ayotte for the Senate seat then being vacated by Judd Gregg, on Wednesday called on fellow conservatives to put aside minor ideological differences and rally behind her.
If all inspiration is considered divine, then surely 67 Newbury Street has been multiply blessed. No matter the door you use to enter the Gothic revival-style church building, the gift of art past and present, sacred and secular will surround you.
Within Boston's landmark Church of the Covenant is Gallery NAGA. The gallery is currently showing the work of Julia von Metzsch Ramos, a local artist whose present collection "Evaporating Landscapes" has been called "vigorous and distinctive" by curators. They say "Ramos uses transparent layers of paint to achieve depth and illusion. This disjunction between the layers of paint application creates a tension particularly well suited to the ever-changing New England weather."
