Archive for James H. Hyde

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Jim Hyde is the Editor and designer of NewEnglandTimes.Com and ExploringNewEngland.com. He is a Jesse H. Neal Award winning writer who has served as Managing Editor of three magazines. he has written two syndicated columns, was Editor of "The DeskTop" newsletter, Co-Author of "The Plain English Guide to Desktop Publishing," and a multiple award-winning Web site designer. He is best known for having designed an written Supermodel.com, which was among the Top 100 Most Visited Sites in 1996 and 1997.

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What Can You Do With an 8-Foot Tall Gorilla?

Most marketing folks are familiar with “guerilla marketing,” but at least two stores in New England prefer the real thing, Gorilla marketing.
For reasons as yet unclear to those in marketing, the shopkeepers’ beliefs are that gorillas help bring people into their shops. A large stuffed one sits in a chair outside Shaw’s General Store on [...]

6Sep2008 | James H. Hyde | 5 comments | Continued
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The Muskellunge Is Back in Vermont Waters

According to the Burlington Free Press and Associated Press reporter Steve LeBlanc, Vermont and New York states are working together to bring back the muskellunge for sport fishing.
Muskellunge had all but disappeared from the Missisquoi River and Lake Champlain during the 1970s, but both states are determined to help the fish make a big comeback. [...]

6Sep2008 | James H. Hyde | 0 comments | Continued
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“Lather Man” Strikes in South Windsor, Connecticut

There’s a new attraction in South Windsor, Connecticut. You won’t find it in any attractions brochure or on a site-seeing map, and it’ll be in town for only a day or two, but if you’re a suds fan, you might want to visit the Evergreen Walk area of town as soon as possible.
According to [...]

5Sep2008 | James H. Hyde | 1 comment | Continued
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The British Are Coming, But this Time It’s For Fun

By James H. Hyde
If you fancy British motorcars, the MGB, the Triumph, Jaguar, Bentley or the king of them all, the Rolls Royce, then pack your bags and program your GPS to take you to Stowe, Vermont from September 18th to the 21st, 2008.
That’s when the British Invasion takes place. It is the great [...]

18Aug2008 | James H. Hyde | 0 comments | Continued
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Where Have All the Honeybees Gone?

It’s a startlingly fast and stealthy killer—dark, invisible and as yet unidentified. A plague of unknown origin is sweeping through honeybee hives and decimating their populations. The bees simply vanish. The lack of knowledge of the underlying cause moves it closer to becoming an extinction-level crisis.
It began on the East coast in [...]

18Apr2008 | James H. Hyde | 3 comments | Continued