Move Toward neighborhood-scale schools slowly gains momentum

New urbanist and health advocates call for overtuning state standars that result in overly large school sites.

Local woman helps Nicaraguan boy get medical treatment

Janet Foerster has spent much of the last 15 years working outside the United States.

The Rediscovery of Nicaragua

Momotombo is one of 19 active volcanos in Nicaragua, most of which are protected as parkland, allowing visitors to get close to nature at its most potent.

Long branded the black sheep of Central America, Nicaragua is working hard to erase its 1980s reputation as a war-torn outpost where gringos were more likely to encounter Kalashnikov-toting campesinos than a comfortable hotel

Nicaragua is listed in the 50 Tours of a Lifetime, from National Geographic

''Retirement Havens For the Intrepid: Nicaragua , Honduras, Panama Vie to Be the Next Florida; Bring Your Own Horseradish.''

''As legions of baby boomers prepare to retire and relocate to warmer climates, a widening range of Central American countries are vying to be their new home.

''Voyages of Rediscovery''

''Yes, Nicaragua shares Costa Rica's natural beauty, from volcanoes to cloud forests, but it's less crowded than its trendy neighbor.''

''My Nicaragua''

''Investment started coming back, as did some of those who had fled. In 1994, the summer I made my first trip back home since the war, one of the cool teen hangouts was a new, enormous highway-side gas station, brightly lit and alien as a spaceship. Another was a bar started by two twentysomethings just back from Miami.''

Article about Nicaragua

Score the last Beach Bargain in Nicaragua. Paradise awaits, but the best deals are going fast.

Nicaragua's Corn Islands, an unspoiled Paradise

This Central American outpost is far off the travel grid, but the payoff is solitude, scenery and some of the best water sports in the Caribbean.

Nicaragua is wedged between the two best real-estate markets in the Western Hemisphere

Article about Nicaragua Cigars

An interview with Alejandro Martínez Cuenca, owner of Joya de Nicaragua

''In Nicaragua, Chasing the Unsurfed Wave.''

''Perhaps the most influential person in the development of Popoyo is J.J. Yemma, a 28-year-old entrepreneur from Florida with the copper-streaked hair and languid movements of a longtime surfer. J.J. arrived here in 1996 and operates Popoyo Surf Lodge, one of several all-inclusive surf camps that have sprung up in Nicaragua in recent years.''

Coast-to-Coast Volcano-Hopping Nicaragua

"Nicaragua is so hot right now, but few norteamericanos seem to know it: The country remains virtually untouched by the U.S. travel market, perhaps because most travelers recognize Nicaragua only as the other half of the Iran-Contra Affair".

Under The Volcanoes:
Tobacco men travel to the volcano-studded island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua for the next big thing

"Nicaragua is the third largest cigar producing country behind Dominican Republic and Honduras

The Sophisticated Traveler Magazine

'' Granada, Nicaragua: Its Fall and Rise'' – by David Allen Cates – ''I love Nicaragua

A Crowded Field of Contenders Vying to Be ''The Next Costa Rica''

''After years of political turbulence, Nicaragua is beginning to emerge as a popular eco-tourist destination, as word gets out about its pristine beaches, six active volcanoes and what has been called the largest area of primary-growth rain forest north of the Amazon.''