Cynthia Morse is a virtual assistant who owns Virtually at Your Assistance, operating out of her home in Deerfield. After years working in the corporate world, she came across an article about becoming a virtual assistant and took the leap. Morse, a certified administrative professional, also put together an e-book, Creating a Success Team in Five Easy Steps, available on her Web site, www.virtuallyatyourservice.biz. Last month, she joined the board of trustees for the Nashua Symphony.

Nashua is getting a lesson on abstract art.

Hampshire First Bank opened this year at 221 Main St. in Nashua and will dedicate wall space to work by local artists. .

There’s no glamour in it, and there isn’t a whole lot of money either, but there is some kind of cache, some nostalgic idealism, some something in butchering that keeps us all on the lookout for that tiny storefront adorned with hanging steer and ropes upon ropes of fresh sausage, a pot-bellied man in a white apron inside, whistling while he works.

Ethics, cheating and stretching the rules are in the news these days. From Barry Bonds and allegations of steroid use to last week’s Videogate (and maybe worse on the horizon) the subject of cheating has been with us all summer. And even though it’s been treated that way by the 24/7 news cycle it’s nothing new. You have heard of the 1919 Black Sox scandal, right?

My, how things do change quickly in this business.

Take as a for instance, oh, I don’t know, last week’s column. It was about the new generation of 16GB flash music players coming onto the market, and it mentioned a half-dozen of them available now or soon.

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