Orvis has been the first name in fly fishing for as long as anyone can remember. The family-owned, Manchester-based retail and mail order firm turns 170 this year. The Orvis family started the business in Manchester in 1856 and operated it until 1939. The Perkins family, which currently owns Orvis, has been steering the ship since 1965.

The Apprentice by Emily Rinkema (Prose Winner) The first time Ellen visited the butcher was a month after Colin died. She was driving home from Hannaford and before she had time to think about why she did it, she had her blinker on and was slowing down to turn into the long driveway with the old Butcher sign nailed to a tree. She had never been down the driveway before, and it was longer than she and Colin had imagined, winding at least a quarter mile through the woods befor