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Features 36 Transcript
Meet competitive bodybuilder Mike Ingalls.
by David Mendelsohn
38 Finding New Hampshire’s Lost Ski Areas
Jeremy Davis catalogs the ghostly remains of closed ski areas, helping to preserve the history of the state’s official sport.
by Brion O’Connor
46 Hero Animals
From search-and-rescue dogs and crime-fighting pooches to therapy animals and equine officers, these Granite State creatures deserve recognition.
by Lynne Snierson photography by Charlene Graham
54 2022 Top Doctors
The results of the annual Castle Connolly Top Doctors poll are in. See who made the list.
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30 First Person
The Call of the Big Trees
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33 Politics
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by James Pindell
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EDITOR’S NOTE
From Ernest Harold Baynes’ beloved birds and buffalo to Clark’s famous bears to North Conway’s Spunky the Frog, animals have been movers and shakers of our history and culture for as long as we’ve been a state.
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nimals in our midst remind us of bumper stickers that declare “Brake for Moose: It Might Save Your Life” and “Something’s Bruin something important about ourselves: where we came from and what we want in New Hampshire.” And on that note, Clark’s Bears with its to be. The obvious intelligence and emotional slow-moving, semi-trained bruins going through lives of our wildlife, pets and agricultural beasts their paces and eating ice cream has been a folksy pull us out of our human comfort zones and attraction in Lincoln for decades. On the other suggest that the center of the universe might be hand, there’s also Ben Kilham’s work with rehasomewhere other than inside our own heads. bilitating bears and cubs on his acres in Lyme And, as psychologists and parents know, while conducting serious research into their the way a person treats animals tell you a lot behavior and health. Meanwhile, Spunky the Frog about how they treat other people. The immor- welcomed and entertained an entire generation of tal storyteller Mark Twain once wrote, “When kids from his glass bowl in North Conway’s Toy a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, Chest until his death at the age of 28 in 2016. without further introduction.” Twain enjoyed The story of Ernest Harold Baynes is harder summering in Dublin, New Hampshire, beto summarize, but here goes. Sometimes called neath the shadow of Mount Monadnock, and “America’s Dr. Dolittle,” Baynes was famous for during one protracted stay even felt compelled raising, domesticating and seemingly holding to “rent” two kittens, named Sackcloth and long conversations with wild animals of all kinds Ashes, for companionship. in and around his home in Meriden. One of the first things I learned about Born in Calcutta, India, Baynes eventually Granite Staters — back when I was living in migrated to New England. Without any degrees the South courting the daughter of two natives in science or biology, he settled on the study — was the excitement that accompanied the of animal nature as his true calling, ultimately mere sighting of a wild animal here. A bear’s becoming a wildlife showman and spokesman. visit to the bird feeders would merit a couple of He was hired as a conservator at railroad tycoon paragraphs in a letter. Austin Corbin’s wildlife preserve and hunting When visiting the family of my bride-to-be, club in the Cornish region and took an interest we would hear about the moose tracks on the in Corbin’s herd of wild buffalo, feeding some dirt road leading up to the family camp or the by hand and taming others well enough to pull number of trout that were caught in the pond a wagon. Baynes’ letters to President Theodore and being fried up for breakfast. An encounter Roosevelt on behalf of the buffalo were integral with a fisher or a bobcat would create a mild to establishing the American Bison Society and ecstasy in the observer that could be transferred reversing the path to extinction for these quintesin small doses to friends and guests for weeks. sentially American beasts. Having a family of turkeys make nests in the Baynes was particularly fond of songbirds, nearby woods and occasionally traipse across popularizing home feeders with his 1915 book the yard was considered a mark of honor. “Wild Bird Guests: How to Entertain Them,” and Although New Hampshire was once founding the Meriden Bird Club — the first bird dubbed “Cow Hampshire” for the roadside club in America and one that still meets regularly. farms that tourists would pass on their way So, if the way people treat animals says a lot to North County attractions, the diversity of about how they treat other people, then New terrain (rivers deep, mountains high, forests Hampshire must be a pretty harmonious place to primeval) made sure the factory farming and live. The amazing animal-human collaborations monoculture of the Midwest states could never featured in our Hero Animals story (page 46) take root here, so our farming has remained suggest that this is, indeed, the doggone truth. more hands-on and livestock-centered. The Granite State is famously a haven for wildlife of all kinds, giving birth to cautionary
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Animal lover and freelance writer Lynne Snierson is New Hampshire Magazine’s regular “Seniority” contributor. She wrote the feature story “Hero Animals.”
Award-winning photographer Charlene Graham took the photos for “Hero Animals.” See more of her work at charlenegrahamphotography.zenfolio.com.
Brion O’Connor wrote the feature story “Finding New Hampshire’s Lost Ski Areas.” Originally from New Hampshire, he is a freelance writer based in Massachusetts.
Travel writer and journalist Bonnie Meroth wrote “First Person.” Her work has appeared in a number of national magazines and newspapers.
Lisa Rogak, who wrote “Informer,” is a prolific author whose book “Barack Obama: In His Own Words” was a New York Times bestseller. See more at lisarogak.com.
Stylist, author, photographer and lifestyle editor Matthew Mead produced this month’s “Living” about creating beautiful indoor gardens.
Before calling the Monadnock Region home, photographer Kendal J. Bush — who photographed Dr. Polyxeni Rounds for the cover and opening page of the 2022 list of Top Doctors — traveled the world as an editor and videographer for the National Geographic Channel and NBC. She combines years of experience as a photojournalist with her film school education to yield beautiful, creative portraits as well as corporate, wedding and event photography. See more of her work at kendaljbush.com.
About | Behind the Scenes at New Hampshire Magazine Ayuh, Becky Really Does Rule
Expect to see a lot more of cartoon Becky Rule in this magazine now that the real Rebecca Rule has taken over writing and curating our back-page “Ayuh” column. (Illustration by Brad Fitzpatrick)
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The last page of New Hampshire Magazine has long been devoted to two causes: giving our readers a laugh or at least a smile, and exploring and preserving the New Hampshire sense of Yankee humor as expressed via the written word. Over the years, many of the state’s most humorous humans have taken their shots at writing the 550-odd words that we can fit on the page beneath a panel of cartoon art by the brilliant Brad Fitzpatrick. A couple of years ago, all the writing duties for “Ayuh” were assigned to our erstwhile contributing editor, the late, great Bill Burke. He loved the job and made the page his own every month of publication, right up until his untimely death last year. This month, Rebecca Rule of Northwood takes the reins of “Ayuh” as our new resident humorist. Becky is a regular contributor to this magazine. She writes books and gives talks, often in a humorous vein, and has been collecting stories of New Hampshire for more than 30 years. She says she loves collecting stories because “they’re free and you don’t have to dust them.” We hope you enjoy the first installment of “Ayuh” under her own good-humored governance on page 96.
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Peace, Delight and Sympathy I just wanted to thank you for this New Hampshire Magazine edition with a focus on peace [January/February 2022]. I cut out the editor’s note and hung it on my bulletin board. And I really enjoyed the “Instruments of Peace” article. I am also proud of your new diversity focus, and hope you continue to highlight diversity in our state. I was also delighted to see the “Top Chefs” in the 603 piece [“Out and About”]. The season with Chris Viaud was the only season of “Top Chef ” I have watched because I was thrilled to see a local New Hampshire chef. I wish I had been able to attend the dinner in November with the other Top Chef contestants whom I really admired! Finally, I enjoyed the last piece by Bill Burke [“Ayuh”]. I was sorry to hear of his passing, and I extend my sympathy to his friends and family. Here’s to a wonderful 2022! — Jane Sodders, Amherst
Questions About Cow Cuddling
As I read this story of “cow cuddling” [“Navigator,” January/February 2022], it brought to mind so many questions — here are just a few: • I wonder how many of the cows for cuddling and kissing have been cleaned up quite a bit before anyone got there for the encounter? • Would the person on the first page want to kiss the cow or calf who had a little cold and had been cleaning its nose with its tongue? • Do any of the cow cuddlers think about what comes out the other end, to say nothing of shoveling it twice a day, wheeling it to the manure pile, then loading the manure spreader in the spring? • Have any of these folks gone up in the pasture at 6 a.m. on a cold, rainy May morning to herd the cows back to the barn for milking? And found that a couple have headed farther into the woods and must be found and “urged” along to the barn? I grew up on a small country dairy farm and know that it was not much like the situations described in the article. It is great to have folks connect with animals, and we all know that farmers have to scratch for any way to add income. However, I am concerned that cow cuddling gives a wholly unrealistic view of the realities of farming, making it seem a “romantic,” even exotic life, and in the end, may do more harm than good for the cause of today’s young farmers. There — rant over. Feel free to go back to cuddling cows, but next time try to get a look “behind the barn” at some of the realities of farm life. That “eau-de-cow” isn’t the newest Paris perfume! Editor’s note: Thanks for the reality check (or the buzzkill) on the appeal of cow cuddling as a recreational activity, but maybe when a farmer explains the facts of farm life to greenhorns, it’s just easier for them to fully embrace those realities after a little cuddling.
Favorite Songs of Peace Regarding Randy Armstrong What a great article on our good friend Randy Armstrong [“Instruments of Peace,” January/February 2022]. If anyone deserves such a spread, it’s him. He is so talented, but above all, the most devoted and hard-working musician we have ever known. Also, the most sincere to a cause. If you cruise our (finally updated) website, you will see Randy all over the place. Thanks again for a great job! Your friends, “Pass de Deux.” — Jan Marvel and Michelle Vaughn Atta Girl Records, Thornton
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Editor’s Note: At the end of the last issue’s cover story “Instruments of Peace,” we invited readers to tell us their own favorite songs of peace and offered a copy of “Beyond Borders,” the new CD by Randy Armstrong (who was featured in the story), to one lucky reader. Below is the winning note and another by a thoughtful writer who had a kind word for our editor (a good way to get published). Thanks for the great article. Allow this to serve as an entry to win a copy of Randy Armstrong’s “ Beyond Borders.” And I’m old enough to remember Doa! Top pick: “Imagine” by John Lennon. Other picks: “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” (The Hillside Singers featuring New Hampshire’s own Shaw Brothers) and “Let There Be Peace on Earth (and Let It Begin With Me).”
— Barbara Schult, Goffstown
Editor’s note: Peace, love, and congratulations, Barbara. Your CD is on its way.
Randy Armstrong’s latest CD is “Beyond Borders.”
Rick Broussard is the reason I never miss an edition of New Hampshire Magazine. My personal song of peace is “Rainy Day People” by Gordon Lightfoot. The lyrical simplicity and melody bring me to a comforting place.
—Leo Dunn, Portsmouth
Won One for the Gipper* The winner of last month’s Name the Presidents Pop Quiz in “What Do You Know?’ is Scott Bickford of Nashua, who chose Ronald Reagan as the presidential bobblehead he wants. Congrats, Scott. *If you don’t get this reference, you are probably a millennial.
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1772. Mudgett said he’d pay up in the morning, and they let him go. Then Mudgett spent the night with the townspeople planning what would be known as the Pine Tree Riot. At dawn, Mudgett burst into Whiting’s room at the Pine Tree Tavern, saying he’d brought the money, and by money, he meant 20 other men who beat Whiting. Quigley suffered the same fate, and both men were run out of town. Eight participants were later identified and put on trial for rioting, disturbing the peace, and assault. The judges, who were clearly sympathetic to the rioters, handed down a relatively light punishment, ordering them to pay 20 shillings and court costs. If you’d like to learn more about how these events fit into the bigger story of the American Revolution and local history, join the Weare Historical Society on April 9 at 9 a.m. for the 250th anniversary celebration of the Pine Tree Riot. During the festivities, you can watch a play, see demonstrations of period equipment, meet descendants, and get the chance to sign a commemorative pine board. See pinetreeriot250. com for more details. NH
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n April 14, 1772, a year and a half before the tea hit the water in Boston, the Pine Tree Riot took place in Weare, N.H. The event is considered one of the first Colonial acts of rebellion against the Crown, and served, in part, as inspiration for the Boston Tea Party. Britain’s Royal Navy had a problem — England lacked trees large enough to become masts for its ships, so, in the early 1720s, the Crown claimed all of the tall white pines in northern New England, marking them with the King’s Broad Arrow (three slashes in the shape of an arrow). Eventually, the law expanded to forbidding settlers from cutting down trees more than one foot in diameter. For decades, the edict was mostly ignored. In 1766, Gov. John Wentworth decided it was time to crack down, and sent his deputy surveyor John Sherburn to search sawmills in New Hampshire. He found six offending mills in Goffstown and Weare. The Goffstown mill owners paid a fine. The Weare owners refused. Ebenezer Mudgett, the leader of the Weare mill owners, was arrested by Sheriff Benjamin Whiting and Deputy John Quigley on April 13,
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Built in 1937, the Samuel Morey Memorial Bridge spans the Connecticut River, connecting the towns of Orford, N.H., and Fairlee, Vermont.
Idyllic Orford on the Connecticut A textbook example of a New England small town
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rford has changed very little in appearance since 1832, when Washington Irving wrote, “In all my travels in this country and in Europe, I have seen no village more beautiful than this.” Unlike most New England villages, this idyllic center doesn’t circle a common, but lines along either side of a grassy parade. Seven fine Federal homes sit majestically in a row atop The Ridge at one side, while public buildings face them along Orford Street, Route 10. A good first stop is at the Orford Social Library, housed in a former milliner’s shop in the center of town, to pick up a booklet published by the Historical Society describing the historic buildings and locating them on a map. Or for the quick version, read the state historical marker that points out the Wheeler House, one of the seven along The Ridge.
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The home is thought to have been designed by Asher Benjamin, an associate of Charles Bullfinch. All seven of the houses, built between 1773 and 1839, show Benjamin’s and Bullfinch’s influence. The homes along The Ridge and on the other side of Orford Street are a quick history of the town. Names of the first settlers and their descendants are attached to most of the 38 buildings in the Historic District. Prominent among those names is Morey, descending from Gen. Israel Morey, one of the original grantees and among the first to arrive here after Orford’s settlement in 1765. In the winter of 1766, he and his family traveled from Connecticut by ox sled, using the frozen Connecticut River as a road from Charlestown north. Morey donated land for the earliest portion of the common in 1773, to be used for
a meeting house and training field. (Orford was chartered by Royal Governor Benning Wentworth as Number 7 in the line of fort towns along the river.) Later grants from landowners secured the southern end in perpetuity to be used as a parade or common and for no other use. Morey’s son, Samuel Morey, worked at his father’s ferry that crossed the Connecticut River and became interested in the potential of steam power. This interest led him to develop a way to separate oxygen from hydrogen in water, paving the way for the internal combustion engine. History credits him for its invention but not for his other invention, the paddlewheel steamboat, as Eli Whitney duplicitously — but successfully — claimed the patent.
Morey prospered from his inventions, mills and lumbering, and built the house at the center of The Ridge. Three of the neighboring homes were built by store owners, two by lawyers, and one by the manufacturer of beaver hats. Their homes have been called the finest group of Federal-style houses in the United States and are on the National Register of Historic Places. The grandest of the seven houses is at the southern end, built in 1820 by Gen. John Wheeler. It was Wheeler who provided the money for Dartmouth College to retain the legal services of Daniel Webster when the state tried to make Dartmouth into a state university. Webster argued that the charter given the college by King George III was a contract and so could not be broken by state action. Webster’s eloquent arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court made the Dartmouth College case a landmark of constitutional law, establishing the inviolability of contracts. Dartmouth expressed its gratitude by naming Webster Hall in his honor. The 38 listed buildings that make up the Historic District include several 18th- and 19th-century residential and civic buildings
The Orford Social Library is located in the town’s historic Ridge section.
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facing The Ridge along the west side of the main street. Prominent among them are the brick Masonic Hall, the white Gothic Revival United Congregational Church and the eye-catching Elm House, built in 1798 by Samuel Morey. The current Greek Revival front with column and gable were added in 1849. The brick Masonic Hall was previously the Universalist Church, built in 1840 and active for about 25 years. From 1878 until
it became the Masonic Hall in 1904, it was Union Hall, a public entertainment venue, but through all that time has retained its cupola and other architectural features. In the mid-1800s, brick was a popular building material for homes as well as public buildings; in addition to the Universalist Church, the 1851 Orford Academy, several houses on Orford Street and two houses on The Ridge are of local brick. The Connecticut River Valley is rich in deposits of clay
Orford Masonic Hall
Stained-glass window on the Orfordville Church
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and sand used in brickmaking, and from the 1770s Orford had its own brickyard on a hillside just outside of the village, off Route 25A. Orford had two centers — the other one, called Orfordville, a few miles farther east on Route 25A. The 1886 “Gazetteer of Grafton County” lists it with “one church (Congregational), a general store, furniture store, blacksmith shop, school-house, town hall and about seventy-five inhabitants.” The church is worth a stop for its unusual stained-glass windows. Behind the town hall was a soapstone quarry, one of two in Orford. The largest, on Cottonstone Mountain (cottonstone was an early name for soapstone), was active in the early 1800s and considered one of the best deposits in the United States. Route 25A curls around the north side of Mt. Cube, originally called Mt. Cuba, Orford’s highest point. The northernmost of its twin summits overlooks Mt. Moosilauke, and the south summit views cover the Connecticut Valley as far as Mt. Ascutney. The Appalachian Trail climbs over Mt. Cube, and the AMC’s “White Mountain Guide” calls it “one of the more rewarding mountains in the region” for its views. This and several other trails in Orford and Lyme are maintained by the Dartmouth Outing Club. NH
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Aged for the Better A basic primer for beer aging to enhance taste BY MICHAEL HAUPTLY-PIERCE
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hen most folks hear the term “beer cellar,” they are surprised that such a thing exists. Well, I promise they do, and I have one. Throughout much of beer’s history, some styles were specifically designed to be “laid down” (which sounds more Barry White than Sam Adams) for a period of time to age. Some styles were designed to be consumed fresh, but folks found an alternate and enjoyable experience to be had if the beer was kept in a cool, dark place for a while. If there weren’t any lawyer’s hearts available, a cellar was found to be a perfect place for such aging. In a brilliant but confusing effort to keep product moving off of the shelf, the Big Breweries started including “born on” dates on their packaged light lager. This was more a marketing function than a quality function, but it worked. As the craft revolution hit full swing, more styles 20 New Hampshire Magazine | March/April 2022
became available to the American consumer, and aging once again became an option. As a basic primer for beer aging, here are a few vague parameters: Age in a cool (45-65 F), temperaturestable place. If you don’t have an old house with a root cellar, a foam cooler in an unheated cellar works.
What’s not recommended for aging (mostly): • Anything hop-forward (IPAs, ESBs) will rapidly lose their hop aroma and flavor but keep the bitterness. • Anything very light-colored or lowalcohol, as these beers don’t gain anything from aging, and, in fact, the flavors degrade and fall out of balance with aging.
What is recommended for aging: • • • • •
Barley wines Imperial stouts English-style old ales/stock ales Big Belgians, tripels, quads, special dark ales Wild sour ales, often barrel- or foudre-aged
These beers have the roastiness and/or maltiness, and the alcohol content can improve as they mature. The wild sour ales, which are a small subset of styles well worth seeking out, have active microorganisms that help the beer gain depth and complexity as the years pass. The science would be boring, but the proof of the beer is in the drinking! For the sake of proof, I invited a few flavor mavens over to my house to drink some aged beer. Present for the experiment were Ernesto Burden, publisher and vice president for McLean Communications; Jon Pinches, owner of the Manchester craft beer store, The Packie; and my favorite drinking buddy and guitarist from Jam Tomorrow, Mark Vadnais. We sampled six beers from my cellar, all of which were purchased in New Hampshire, and arbitrarily drank them from lightest to darkest. Here are some of the notes: First was Firestone Walker’s 2017 Helldorado. This is a blonde barley wine, which means it utilized paler malts in the brewing process than a standard barley wine. Barley wine is a high-alcohol style with a dominant malt character, and is one of my favorite styles to age. It had nice notes of coconut and vanilla from the oak, and the aging has brought out notes of nuttiness and sherry. Sierra Nevada’s Bigfoot Ale Barleywine
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2018. I buy a case of this almost every year. It was my introduction to big beers in California in 1994, and it is in my top 10 favorite beers ever. I usually drink a few fresh, as it is very hop-forward when young, but stash the rest for two to three years. This bottle did not disappoint, and was a testament to the graceful aging of beer. Caramel and smooth hop bitterness balanced out the 9.8% ABV and the heaviness of the malt. Stellar, and infinitely repeatable. Sierra Nevada’s Bigfoot Ale Barleywine 2002. This was a gift a few years ago, given to me by Mark Foster, the owner of The Beer Store in Nashua. The challenge with bottles this old is that the crown caps don’t totally block carbon dioxide from escaping, or oxygen from entering. Carbon dioxide is the bubbles, and oxygen stales beer, creating a cardboard taste. This beer was flat and cardboardy but not without nuance. When I went to pour it out, Jon said of his glass, “I’m still exploring ...” Founders’ barrel-aged Backwoods Bastard 2018. This is labeled as a barrelaged Scotch ale. The barrel was bourbon, according to the website, and the style is old-school Scotch wee heavy, the biggest beer in the traditional Scot’s brew book. Very malty and slightly sweet with nominal hop bitterness or aroma, the bourbon oak did wonders with this liquid. It is another of my favorite beers to age, and just two years will bloom wonderful subtleties from this unsung hero. “This is sort of the point of your piece, right? Set it aside, and it changes for the better,” said Ernesto. 2018 Allagash Ganache was a very different beer than the rest. It had been aged with a blend of wild microorganisms in the traditional Belgian style, and was, as Snoop would say, “funky, like an old batch of collard greens.” It was tangy blend of dark-roasted malt and raspberry, truly delicious, but a little went a long way. Last up, we shared a barrel-aged 2018 Ten FIDY from Oskar Blues. This is a luscious, thick, indulgent beer to begin with, but the barrel aging combined with the cellaring made this the star of the evening. It was sweet without being cloying, roasty without being bitter, and as smooth as a Ron Carter bass line. I wish I had cellared more! I hope this encourages you to visit your local beer store, chat with the clerk, and bring home some cellar-bombs. Until we meet again, at a bar or in my backyard, keep your glass full. NH
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603 Informer “Many times the wrong train took me to the right place.” — Paulo Coelho
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All Aboard
These new tiny houses capture the spirit and whimsy of trains of old
BY LISA ROGAK / PHOTOS BY IAN RAYMOND
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ou’re heading down I-93 when a caboose whooshes by in the passing lane. Wait, a what? You’re not hallucinating. It is a caboose, just not one that will ever travel on a standard railroad track. In fact, it’s a brand-new caboose made by Roundhouse Workshop of Contoocook, where proprietor Chisholm Hofe — Chi for short — builds new boxcars and cabooses from scratch. They are painstakingly modeled after their 1880 narrow-gauge counterparts. Hofe is totally used to the honking, thumbs-ups, and just plain puzzled looks whenever he hauls one of his custom-made, brand-new, roadworthy cabooses or boxcars down the road. “I’ve loved trains since I was born,” says Hofe, who grew up in Morristown, New
Jersey, and spent his childhood tinkering with HO-scale model trains. In fact, when he was a teenager interviewing at several private schools, a deciding factor was a collection of decommissioned cabooses he saw on a trip to Tilton. “We were heading to the Tilton School, and when we passed the cabooses, I immediately decided that this is where I was going,” he says with a laugh. Indeed, whenever he had a spare moment between classes, he was at the depot, making friends with the workers and volunteers and helping out wherever he was needed. After high school, he headed to college in Ohio but came back to New Hampshire to spend his summers in Lincoln, living on board an 85-foot Pullman car he had purchased and was restoring. His first job after college was with the Claremont and Concord Railroad, where
he steeped himself in railroad culture by wearing several hats, including conductor, engineer, and helping to restore the historic Flying Yankee. He also worked as a night watchman and actually lived in a sleeper car on the property. The experience only fueled his railroad jones, and he ended up buying two more railroad cars. By 2006, he was in Concord, and married with a young family, so trains took a bit of a back seat. He wanted to be his own boss instead of working for someone else, so he converted his experience restoring railroad cars and launched the Roundhouse Workshop, a construction company specializing in residential timber-frame homes. He had help from Ed Evans, a subcontractor friend who handled the architectural and graphic design work, and it didn’t take long before they were booked several years out.
Opposite page: Roundhouse Workshop owner and builder Chi Hofe. Above: Roundhouse Workshop builds reproduction railroad cars in the 3-foot, narrow-gauge scale. They are constructed to meet U.S. Department of Transportation standards for transporting over any of the nation’s roadways. nhmagazine.com | March/April 2022 23
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“Lucy” during and after construction. Left: Hofe sits on what will become the cupola loft. Right: The finished cupola serves as the master bedroom, which fits a queen-size bed, and has LED lighting, a flat-screen TV and skylights to enjoy sunsets and stargazing.
But they soon got bored. Turns out that Hofe and Evans loved working on old homes, not airy new timber-frame designs. Besides, he missed his trains, so he returned to Tilton to work on the cabooses from time to time. He also restored a 1968 Serro Scotty Highlander vintage travel trailer so he and his family could go camping. In 2014, Hofe was pondering a few ideas for his next side project and told Evans he thought it would be cool if he could tow a small boxcar behind his truck instead of a standard trailer to haul his tools and building materials. A few weeks later, Evans handed
him a set of plans for a roadworthy boxcar circa 1880 with Roundhouse Workshop stenciled on the side. Hofe loved the idea, but being a railroad purist, he scoffed at the idea of having a railroad car on rubber wheels. “But I looked at it and my jaw dropped, and I knew we had to build this thing,” he says. The tiny house craze was just starting to build up steam, so they decided that their first project would have room for a bathroom, kitchen and bedroom. They scrounged a few hours here and there on the weekends and set a goal to debut their first boxcar at the 2018 Fryeburg Fair. But there
The caboose (left) and boxcar, built on trailers with hitches, can be towed by most full-size pickup trucks. One option for heating and cooling on any design is with a mini split heat pump, as shown on the caboose.
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were never enough hours — or dollars — for the project, and as the deadline got closer, Evans suggested turning it into a pub instead. So they did. At the fair, they didn’t know quite what to expect, but a steady stream of visitors stood before the boxcar and stared. Then they stared some more. After all, a boxcar with no track in sight would naturally attract attention. But it was more than that. “Some people stared at it for hours,” says Hofe. “They weren’t sure what they were seeing or what we were selling. One woman just stared at the window box filled with flowers.” At one point, Evans asked what fascinated her so. “You nailed it,” she said, “you absolutely nailed it.” The window boxes just confirmed for her — and the others who couldn’t peel their eyes away — that aside from being a vintage railroad car away from its natural habitat, what it really boiled down to was the obsessive attention to detail that Hofe and Evans bring to their creations: from the reproduction push-button light switches to the timber-built frame to the cypress they use for both interior and exterior siding, it’s the little things that matter — and stand out most. After Fryeburg, they turned their attention to building not one but two cabooses. Hofe’s wife Sarah named the green one with an open-floor plan “Caty Greene,” after the wife of Revolutionary War major general Nathanael Greene, while the name Lucy just popped into his head for the second, a green caboose with kitchen, bath and two sleeping areas, essential-
Roundhouse boxcar or caboose to a local festival or exhibition, people still stare, distracted by the craftsmanship and caboose in front of them. Hofe faithfully launches into his spiel on how he builds brand-new replicas of 3-foot narrow-gauge railroad cars from the 1880s, providing helpful details about the construction materials and where he got the authentic railroad lantern that hangs on the wall, and when he finishes talking, someone will inevitably emerge from their trance and ask, “Where do you get the old railroad cars from?” Once again, he explains that they are
“Lucy” uses space-saving ship-style stairs that lead to the cupola loft area. An authentic railway cook/heat woodstove has been converted to propane. A separate antique hot plate sits on top.
Hofe set this boxcar up as a bar, with beer taps, TV and seating. Train cars can be used year-round and furnished as a portable pub, retail shop, office or guest house.
ly a tiny house complete with cupola. They were on their way. But just as they finished up “Lucy,” Covid hit. The fair and show circuit ground to a halt, and potential buyers were scarce. Hofe faced a dilemma: He wanted to sell one of the three to generate funds to build more boxcars and cabooses, but the company still needed a display model for each to show to future customers. When “Caty Greene” sold in late 2021, he decided to take “Lucy” off the market — he converted the boxcar to his home office during the pandemic — and decided to rent out “Lucy” and the boxcar pub for special occasions within New Hampshire, like weddings and anniversary parties, and even to people who want a place to put overflow guests. While he initially envisioned them as be-
ing suitable for tiny homes, man caves and campers that attract a lot of attention at the campground, he mentions that craftspeople and jewelry artisans have inquired about commissioning him to build a caboose to serve as their mobile storefront. Makes sense, because as he puts it, “You could sell a turd in here.” His future plans include building one or two boxcars and cabooses (cabeese?) each year. “I don’t plan to pump these out like cookies,” he says. “It would lose a lot of the magic. I take my time when building these and I don’t want to be rushed.” He’s also looking for land somewhere in New Hampshire where he can situate a small seasonal Airbnb complex with several boxcars and cabooses. Today, when Hofe and Evans bring a
The galley kitchen is complete with running water, refrigerator and cooktop (located on opposite wall).
brand new but designed to look old. “We get this question all the time,” he says, and he’s never surprised. Instead of being frustrated by the question, Hofe says he’s honored by it. “I love doing this because it combines all my passions: trailers and trains and electricity and plumbing and building. Plus, I’m able to control it. I can tow it anywhere I want within reason, and not have to depend on a railroad to tell me where I can and can’t go with it. And I like that I can offer this to other people. “After all,” he says, “you don’t have to like trains to like these.” NH
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“Brothers” Gets Grammy Nod BY CASEY McDERMOTT
New age musician Tom Eaton
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“We bought the house here in East Kingston in September and had been doing some work in the house,” Eaton explains. “We’ve been living in the barn, and we hadn’t had hot water in the house yet … I was in the basement with the plumber, getting the hot water working, when I got a text from a friend of mine in California who told me, ‘Hey, you just got nominated for a Grammy!’” With a laugh, he adds, “It was like, OK, well, I might be more excited about having hot water at this particular moment, but that’s good!” Don’t get him wrong: Eaton’s thrilled to be nominated for Best New Age Album for his work on “Brothers,” which he describes as a “pretty mellow, introspective, instrumental album.” He’s especially excited to earn this nomination as an artist after
working behind the scenes on another Grammy-winning album back in 2012. And he’s even more thrilled to share this nod with two other musicians he deeply admires personally and professionally, Jeff Oster and Will Ackerman. “I’m really happy that this record is in the running,” Eaton says, “because it’s a record that was made kind of lovingly by three friends.” While Eaton’s still grappling with what his Grammy recognition might mean in any larger sense, he’s eager to keep focusing on what brought him there in the first place: creating music that can help people feel more centered, more connected to themselves or their surroundings. “I don’t think we’re designed to move as fast as we’re moving,” he says. “We’ve allowed ourselves to kind of get lost …
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om Eaton is still learning what it’s like to be back in New Hampshire after spending the better part of the last few decades building a life and career crafting critically acclaimed new age music across the border in Newburyport. Putting roots back down in the Granite State has, for Eaton, meant finding new sources of aural inspiration for his preferred genre of “ambient environmental music,” in which he often finds himself trying to emulate the passage of time in the natural world. He used to search for that inspiration on the shoreline of Salisbury Beach State Reservation; now, he’s preparing to tap into the wooded surroundings of his new home in East Kingston, and the goats and sheep at the farm next door. “There is this real connection here on this piece of property to nature, to animals,” Eaton says of his new environs, “which I love.” But settling into a new chapter in New Hampshire has also meant realizing that, depending on your circumstances, the joy of learning you’re a Grammy nominee can in fact be closely matched by the joy of learning you will once again have a working hot water furnace.
and not look around at the world we’re letting blast by us.” For his next record, Eaton’s hoping to return to his musical roots, focusing on a piano-centric sound without as much of the ambient “swirl” that’s surrounded some of his other recent work. And he’ll be grateful to be doing it in a place that feels like home. “One of the first nights we were back here, and we were standing outside the barn here — the barn is where my studio is,” he recalls. “And there were bats flying above us. Like, I hadn’t seen a bat since I was 17! It was kind of like, oh, wow, this just feels familiar.” NH
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IT’S ALWAYS Manchester native Adam Sandler can now add “fashion icon” to his list of accolades, according to Vogue — yes, that Vogue. “He’s the unofficial ambassador of pandemic style,” one writer for this bastion of sartorial excellence recently declared. “The past 18 months have been dominated by allthings cushy: sweatpants and sweatshirts. Sandler has long encapsulated this look.” We can’t argue with that. For the “it’s never too early to start talking about the presidential primary, apparently” files: A policy advisor at a prominent center-left think tank recently published a take in POLITICO sure to rile up defenders of our coveted first-in-thenation spot. “So here’s an idea that would go a long way toward solving Democrats’ problems with the schedule without completely upsetting the apple cart: Hold the first four presidential primary contests — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — on the same day.” We have a feeling that might still upset some apple carts around here.
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Farewell to a Primary Icon BY JAMES PINDELL / ILLUSTRATION BY PETER NOONAN
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he moment Bill Gardner announced his retirement as New Hampshire Secretary of State in early January, those in politics inside the state and beyond described it as the end of an era. They weren’t wrong — Gardner held the job for 45 years. His election to the post in 1976 was almost perfectly timed with the creation of a new state law demanding that New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary always be first in the nation. That law was challenged in nearly every presidential election, and Gardner, as the law’s enforcer, beat back those challenges each time. To pull it off, he became a master of the arcane and unique leverage points of campaign laws. However, beyond this, there were some singular things about Gardner and his role that are worthy of mention. While he never sought to brand himself in the way that social media influencers do
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now, Gardner became something of a caricature decades ago. For example, there was Gardner, the frugal Yankee. He was often described in profiles as a person who wore old clothes and famously used paper clips to hold up a sign up outside of his office. There was also Gardner, the myth. Those who had a deeply vested interest in keeping our first-in-the-nation status made him out to be more powerful and cagey than he was in an effort to intimidate other states. For example, in 2011, as the state was in a showdown with Nevada over which would have the first primary in 2012, supporters took to Twitter to create tongue-in-cheek #BillGardner facts like “The Founding Fathers wanted to sign the Declaration on June 27th, but Bill Gardner told them to move it back a week.” He also was able to reduce his office of many responsibilities to focus on the one thing he is legally required to do, somehow,
every four years: Keep the New Hampshire primary first. His office oversees all securities administration in the state. While he was in office, the largest Ponzi scheme in state history took place. His office is in charge of the state archives, but because technology was never a point of interest for Gardner, he ended up overseeing, at the time of his retirement, one of the least accessible state archive systems in the country. When it came to elections, his office’s administration of campaign finance records was an open joke. A good chunk of reports weren’t filed on time. Some candidates never even bothered. A cynical view suggests that Gardner, elected by the state Legislature and not by voters, knew not to rock the boat by filing such reports. But the more honest view is that Gardner didn’t really care, and saw it more as a technological issue. Also, there was never enough money in the New Hampshire campaign system to really matter. And both parties enjoyed loopholes that Gardner never forcefully asked the Legislature to fix. But since Gardner had made his position largely about the primacy of state’s presidential primary, none of this even mattered. There is something else, however, that will always be interesting about Gardner. He never changed. He was the same guy with the same views and mostly stayed in his lane. He was technically a politician, but he never sought higher office. Meanwhile, it was the world around him that changed. He was elected as a mainline Democrat in 1976, but that party is basically unrecognizable now. So, too, is the Republican Party. The world got modern, but he didn’t. Every weekday for 45 years, he made the same drive from Manchester to Concord. What Bill Gardner meant to New Hampshire — at least those who had heard of him — was comfort and stability in a wild and rapidly changing world. The Old Man of the Mountain fell a long time ago. Almost as important, Bill Gardner will no longer make that drive to Concord every day. NH
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Kevin Martin, a county coordinator for the NH Big Tree program, checks the girth of the state champion black gum tree.
The Call of the BIG Trees
Keep your eyes open on your hikes and you might find an unknown giant in the woods STORY AND PHOTOS BY BONNIE MEROTH
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he massive black gum tree stretched high, piercing the blue belly of the sky with its wide crown. Gnarled and stiff horizontal branches spread, shading the dense virgin woodland below that was carpeted with thick verdant moss and a variety of flora. Feeling the crusty surface of the dark, ancient bark, thick with deep furrows that reached around the girth of its huge trunk, I thought how this stoic tree has stood on watch, silent and strong,
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witnessing the history of this New Hampshire forest. According to literature from the New Hampshire Natural Heritage Inventory, the black gum, or black tupelo, is “apparently the longest-lived broadleaf deciduous tree in North America,” and this one looked hundreds of years old. Kevin Martin, Epping resident and New Hampshire Big Tree program county coordinator for Rockingham County, is well aware. He
had previously measured two unusually large trees I found. Both were accepted by the Big Tree program as state champions. The first was a black oak I discovered off the beaten path at the Great Bay Discovery Center in Greenland, and the second was a tree I saw frequently on my hikes — a giant redwood in Epping. As a master boat builder for over 40 years, Martin’s interest in working with wood guided him to forest walks where
he appreciated the wonder of giant trees. Extremely busy handcrafting his boats, he still manages to work in the Big Tree program. Once, he regarded trees as prime sources of appropriate lumber for his boats but, after serving on the town conservation and the Lamprey River advisory committees, he started taking an interest in wildlife studies along the river. Seeing the large trees noted in the studies in their natural settings gave him incentive to work with the Big Tree program. The program is national, working in each state to keep track of the largest trees. They are measured once a decade to keep their status as champions. In New Hampshire, each county has a team that measures any trees reported. They send certificates to the landowners and nominators of the trees, and they also report to the national group, American Forests. Receiving two certificates for finding the New Hampshire state champion giant redwood and the Rockingham County champion black oak inspired me to be a part of the team. Finding that venerable black gum in Epping was not easy. “After a time, you learn how to spot the big trees and where to look for them. Edges of clearings and along property boundaries or stonewalls are a good place to start,” Martin says. “I look down low for large trunks. Crowns are harder to see in the summer. If you hear about a certain tree, sometimes you just have to wander.” And wander is what we did. The tree was not conveniently located next to the easily navigated hiking trail. We had to go off the beaten path, backtrack, circumvent broad, wet swampy areas, climb over rough terrain, and frequently check the cell phone GPS. After a fairly lengthy and arduous trek, we spotted it — the magnificent venerable black gum, a sight that elicited not only a feeling of reward but respect for this survivor. Once discovered, the tree needed to be measured to see if it maintained its status as previous state champ. Martin gave instructions. “You need a 25-foot flexible tape measure to check the circumference of the trunk. Measure it about chest height, around 4 1/12 up from the ground. If the trunk is on sloped ground, measure from between the high and low spot and then around the trunk to obtain the CBH or circumference breast height.”
Next came the crown. Martin and a team member used a 100-foot tape to measure the top at its widest point by starting where the longest, highest branches winged out. Then he took another measurement at a right angle to the first one. He did several of these to get an ACS, or average crown spread, a challenge due to the dense forest and surrounding trees. The height was checked with a laser rangefinder. Martin looked through the calibrated instrument that gave a reading of the height from eye level to the highest point of the tree, and then added the height from his eye level down to the ground level to get the VH, or vertical height. He noted the GPS reading and the condition of the tree, then took photos to prove it was not a multitrunk. The black gum was scored with a point system by adding the circumference in inches to the height in feet, and then adding one-quarter of the average crown spread in feet. The measurements showed it had retained its state champ status with a height of 83.5 feet, circumference of 137.4 inches and crown spread of 59.2 feet. In his sold-out “Big Trees of New Hampshire” book (“Big Trees of Northern
New England” is due out in the spring), Martin points out short hikes to the biggest trees in the state from the Seacoast Region to the North Country. He notes the degree of difficulty in the hike to find each tree as well as explicit directions. Not all trees are as much of a challenge as this black gum, but a forest adventure seems to make it more rewarding. “We all seem attracted to large trees, especially when they are deep in the forest,” Martin says. “It feels like a different world when we are under the tree and looking out from the space that is carved out by its limbs.” Martin is an author and an avid outdoorsman, but his main focus is being a master boat builder who happened to be in the middle of crafting an Adirondack Guideboat when this champion black gum called to him. And, as usual, he answered. NH
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Settled in the woodland next to the Lamprey River, Kevin Martin builds his boats next to his country home in a long, rambling workshed filled with antique and contemporary watercraft. Since 1980, he has produced more than 100 new boats and canoes he sells to a variety of clients. Kevin can be reached at kevinmartin16@ comcast.net or (603) 679-5153. nhmagazine.com | March/April 2022 31
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Marshall Hudson walks across a frozen pond to repair a duck nesting box.
Just Ducky Waterfront Rentals These aren’t your typical landlord duties STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARSHALL HUDSON
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e drill a hole through the ice, measure the thickness, and conclude it is safe enough to support us. Dragging plastic sleds loaded with tools and supplies, we head out across the pond to the distant corners and marshy coves. Every year, we say we’ll get started on this project sooner, but every year spring sneaks up on us, and we end up scurrying to get this late-winter chore done before the melting ice becomes unsafe. For the umpteenth year in a row, my friend Bob and I are inventorying and maintaining some 40 wild duck boxes on ponds, meadows and beaver flowage throughout the area. This task is probably not something thought about by most people, but those solitary nesting boxes sticking up out of the water didn’t get there by themselves. In the late winter or early spring, Bob and I build or repair duck boxes, haul them out onto the ice, and install them. Some of the waterbodies are remote, and access is by snowmobile if the ice is thick 32 New Hampshire Magazine | March/April 2022
enough, snowshoes if it isn’t. If a properly positioned dead snag on the marsh can be found, the box is then nailed to it. More frequently, though, we drill and chip a hole through the ice, then pound a long metal post down through ice, water and feet of muck into solid ground. The nesting box is then bolted to the post, and sawdust or shavings inserted for bedding. We write the year and our initials on the box and sometimes include a message like “now available,” “free rent” or “ducks welcome.” There is no financial compensation for this work, and I haven’t yet received a thank-you note from any family of ducks expressing gratitude for our efforts. The reward is in the experience itself, or in seeing a pair of migrating ducks take up residency at ice-out, followed by fuzzy little ducklings paddling the pond later in the season. We reach the first box and I thump it on all sides testing for soundness. A rotting panel is discovered and replaced
Marshall checking and replacing rotting panels
with precut spare parts we brought with us. To better imitate the natural conditions of a hollow tree, no preservatives are used when constructing these boxes. This means the untreated wood constantly exposed to sun, wind, rain and snow will rot fast. The boxes don’t last very many years and need replacing or repairing
Bob and a Boy Scout helper clean out and spread new wood shavings in one of the duck houses.
often. I pry open the inspection door and peek inside. A handful of unhatched eggs, now rotten and smelly, remain from last season. Perhaps unfertile or perhaps abandoned for some reason, this nest wasn’t successful. We count the eggs and identify them as hooded mergansers in the yearly inventory. I clean out the nest remnants, insert fresh shavings, and reseal the box. Hopefully, there will be better luck in the coming spring. At the next box, we find only the shell fragments left behind from a successful hatch. The color and texture of the fragments indicate a wood duck family had resided here. Bob and I remember passing by this pond last spring and seeing a colorful but doofus-looking male wood duck on the pond. Wood duck drakes are easily identified as they look like they were cobbled together out of spare parts that
A clutch of unhatched eggs from last season
don’t fit. Apparently, this wood duck and mate liked our free rental housing and took advantage of it. Cleaning the duff out of the box, I find a shed snakeskin and wonder how it got in there. Naturally occurring cavity trees suitable for nesting can be rare, so installing these man-made nesting opportunities increases the likelihood of wildlife on the pond. Selecting the right spot to install a duck box is part art, part science, and part lucky guess. Boxes need to be positioned so that baby ducklings fall directly into the water when they first leave home. They also need to be in sheltered areas away from north winds, driving rain, fast water, human activity and easy predator access. Continuity and tenacity are key in the yearly inspection process as boxes that remain unused for more than three or four years need to be relocated. Boxes affixed
to dead snags are checked, and any that are getting rickety are removed before the tree topples. Some boxes are successful for many years and then suddenly cease all activity when changes in water levels, food supplies or other environmental impacts revise the duck’s idea about our dreamy lakefront rental house offering. Some years Bob and I have been joined by Boy Scouts or Conservation Commission members interested in participating in the process. Generally, they don’t come back the following year, which is a problem when you are trying to promote continuity and tenacity. Repairing and resetting duck boxes in the winter elements, on ice that is past its prime, can be physically challenging and is not for everyone. But for those who enjoy being outside in the winter working with nature, it is a rewarding way to spend the day. You never know what surprise will be found at the next box, and it can be like opening presents or hunting for hidden treasure. Moving to the next box, Bob opens the cleanout door and discovers a pair of field mice glaring back at us. They too have decided this wind sheltered, dry, predator-resistant, waterfront real estate would make a fine home. I inform them that a pair of mallards have already made reservations for this room, and they shall have to vacate. The mice refuse to leave, so I serve them with an eviction notice and tell them I’m doing them a favor as the ice will soon melt and they’ll be left stranded and hungry. They scamper away looking ticked off. Wasps also seem to think these boxes are installed for their benefit as old hives are frequently encountered. In the dead of winter, finding one of these hives isn’t much of a concern, but I’d suggest you don’t want to canoe up to one of these boxes in the summer, bang on it, and then peek inside. With the sun shining brightly and the temperature rising, we check, clean, inventory and repair the final nesting box. Hopefully, some spring migrating ducks will appreciate our winter efforts and move in. Finished now for another year, we gather our tools, trek back across the pond, and get off the ice without any breakthrough mishaps. But next year we are going get started sooner. NH nhmagazine.com | March/April 2022 33
Summer Camp Directory 2022
Camp Hawkeye
165 Camp Good News Rd. Charlestown, NH (781) 315-1297 camphawkeye.com Camp Hawkeye is a small overnight camp for all humans, age 7-17 with a strong commitment to creating a diverse community. With 70 campers and 35 staff, Hawkeye is perfect for first time campers of any age! Camp Hawkeye uses the joy and fun of camp to break down social and cultural prejudices, misconceptions and barriers.
Camp Marist
22 Abel Blvd. Effingham, NH (603) 539-4552 campmarist.org
Berwick Academy American Youth Foundation — Merrowvista
147 Canaan Rd. Center Tuftonboro, NH (603) 539-6607 ayf.com/camps/merrowvista At Merrowvista we live life differently. Set on over 600 acres in the pristine, forested Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire, this beautiful setting provides the perfect backdrop to discover what it means to be “My Own Self, At My Very Best, All The Time!” Programs for ages 10 to 17 are intentionally designed to encourage youth to stretch beyond what is comfortable in order to discover more about their own unique capacities, and then to practice putting one’s own best into action in a supportive community.
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31 Academy St. South Berwick, ME 03908 (207) 384-6199 berwickacademy.org/ summer-programs Berwick Academy’s innovative summer programming offers over 50 weeklong camps ranging from classic summer favorites to niche activities. Open to ages 4-18, campers stay engaged and entertained all summer long!
Camp Marist is an international, co-ed, Catholic overnight camp for campers ages 6-16 years old on Ossipee Lake in New Hampshire. Here, we encourage character building, kindness, uniqueness and confidence. We boast a staff-tocamper ratio of 1 to 3. The Camp Marist program provides a variety of activities, including horseback riding, go-karts, tennis, water skiing, sailing, drama, soccer, ropes challenge, baseball, archery and more. Every summer, hundreds of campers experience the special place that we are. We are proud to provide a place for campers to learn, grow and thrive in positive ways that will enhance their lives forever. We are ACA accredited. Find more at campmarist.org.
Camp Birch Hill
333C Birch Hill Rd. New Durham, NH (603) 859-4525 campbirchhill.com Camp Birch Hill offers a classic New England overnight summer camp experience in a natural and friendly atmosphere. An elective program empowers campers to choose from more than 50 activities to create personalized schedules. Ages: 6-16 with 2-, 4- and 6-week session options.
community learning, healing and sustaining. We encourage programs that provide inclusive learning for children and adults. We provide a healing space for movement, expression and the restoration of vitality. We sustain the community by encouraging connection with the land, the arts and the diversity of cultures beyond our rural community.
Day Camp at Orchard School 114 Old Settlers Rd. Alstead, NH (603) 835-2495 theorchardschool.org
The mission of the Orchard School & Community Center is to foster
Fleur de Lis Camp 120 Howeville Rd. Fitzwilliam, NH (603) 585-7751 fleurdeliscamp.org
Fleur de Lis has been the much loved second home for girls for over 90 years. It’s a place of joy and laughter, where girls can be themselves in a most authentic way, make forever friends and create lifelong memories. The development of confidence, independence and skills in decision-making, problem solving, leadership and community living are hallmarks of our program.
Granite Base Camp
300 Blondin Rd. Manchester, NH (603) 854-2662 experiencebasecamp.org Our goal is to send your kids home dirty, tired and happy through classic summer camp experiences like swimming, archery, crafts and nature exploration. We support kids ages 6-10 and 11-14 in learning how to build relationships with new friends, and we are proud of our bully-free environment. Many kids leave at the end of the week sad because they have to say goodbye to their new camp friends. This is a summer camp experience that keeps all kids engaged!
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Highland Mountain Bike Park
75 Ski Hill Dr. Northfield, NH (603) 731-1499 highlandmountain.com/ camps-lessons/summer-camp
There are multiday summer camp programs for mountain bikers ages 8 to 17. All levels of biking experience are welcome! Five sessions are offered through July and August.
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center We bring the universe to you
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center 2 Institute Dr. Concord, NH (603) 271-7827 starhop.com
eeklong STEM camps Join our w designed for ages 5 through 14 with an emphasis on hands-on activities and demonstrating learning! Topics include coding, astronomy, dinosaurs and weather.
responsibility and cooperation. Boys develop an authentic sense of accomplishment as they live in tipis, backpack, canoe, hike, carve bows and arrows, throw atlatls and tomahawks, track, stalk and much more! Through community living and group decision-making, campers learn to work and play together in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition.
Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center — PFEEC
Prescott Farm is dedicated to providing year-round environmental education programs for all ages, and a place in the Lakes Region community that encourages curiosity, discovery, fun and connection to the natural world. There is free public access to 160 acres of hiking trails, gardens and a natural playscape. Prescott Farm — exploring and preserving the natural world, one adventure at a time.
climbing
10 Langdon Ave. Concord, NH (603) 715-9171 nhclimbinggym.com
We know that everyone has untapped potential inside of them — it’s only a matter of discovering it. Our camps provide the framework for kids of all ages and abilities to discover that potential through climbing based activities in an encouraging, nonintimidating environment. Join us!
Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures P.O. Box 479 Wallingford, VT 05773 (802) 446-6100 nighteaglewilderness.com
14 Winterberry Rd. Brookline, NH 03033 (603) 672-5602 thebarnatwinterberryfarm.com Winterberry Farm Summer Camp offers children the opportunity to learn and grow on our small family farm with a back-tobasics curriculum focusing on farming, cooking, gardening, manual arts and woodworking.
928 White Oaks Rd. Laconia, NH (603) 366-5695 prescottfarm.org
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Pleasant Valley YMCA Camp for Girls
144 Gov. Wentworth Highway Tuftonboro,NH (603) 569-2725 bostonycamps.org Give your daughter the Pleasant Valley Camp experience this summer! To find herself, be accepted, have fun and thrive in our nurturing, yet challenging.
YMCA of Greater Nashua The Granite YMCA
117 Market St. Manchester, NH graniteymca.org/camps We provide affordable, quality summer experiences with convenient options such as extended camp hours and sibling discounts. Summer at the Y is filled with adventure, new friends, lifelong memories and so much more! With camp programs based on the Y values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility, we provide children with a priceless experience in a safe and supportive environment.
10 Cotton Rd., Suite 1 Nashua, NH (603) 598-1533 nymca.org/summercamps
Our summer camps are about discovery. Kids have the opportunity to explore nature, find new talents, try new activities, gain independence, build on sports skills, make lasting friendships and memories and, of course, have fun! We offer affordable and quality, traditional, sports and arts and humanities day camp options for ages 3 to grade 12 at the Nashua Y, the Merrimack Y, the Westwood Park Y and YMCA Camp Sargent in Merrimack, New Hampshire.
SEE Science Center
200 Bedford St. Manchester, NH (603) 669-0400 see-sciencecenter.org/ see-camps-programs This summer the SEE Science Center is offering five different hands-on science camps. Find details and register on SEE’s website. Camp Summer Science: Explore slimy science, brain games, design and engineering. iSpy Camp: Discover crime scene investigation, forensics and espionage. Animation Camp: Create a stop-motion film using LEGO® bricks and computer technology. FIRST® Place™ Invention Challenge Camp: Design and program LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robots to complete missions and Flip the Script Live Action Movie Camp: Star in and film fun creative science videos and learn about media.
YMCA of Greater Boston Overnight Camps North Woods YMCA Camp for Boys
144 Gov. Wentworth Highway Tuftonboro, NH (603) 569-2725 bostonycamps.org
Let us provide you with the information you need to find the right camp for your child. Visit the Summer Camp Guide for more information.
Your son needs the Northwoods Camp experience this summer! To just be a Kid, to laugh, to have fun ... away from screens in the woods.
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Mr. Natural Photo and interview by David Mendelsohn At nearly 64 years old, Mike Ingalls isn’t just sweating to the oldies. He is one. He’s been building his body and trophy collection ever since his early 20s by using an all-natural regimen. His physique is the result of some very brutal, sweat-soaked work. Here, there aren’t shortcuts. A regimented diet, a punishing schedule, and an unwavering focus are what it takes. So lift, drop, and repeat endlessly. And learn to pose. Then grab a bucket of Bengay and have fun. Well, sort of, anyway.
I was born on April 14, 1958, and I’m nearly 64 years old. I have been bodybuilding for 42 years now. I started out in martial arts but did not like being so skinny, so I was inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger to get into bodybuilding. I don’t use a trainer for my home gym routine, but I do run all my workouts by Laura Tourtellot [see below]. She knows if I need to change anything, such as reps, sets, frequency, etc. Training for competition is different from off-season training. In the off season, I train about five out of seven days per week. For a competition, that changes to seven days per week, often two times a day, in mornings and afternoons. I train chest/delts one day, back another day, arms on another, then legs. I usually have three days of rest between body parts. A contest diet is very different than an off-season diet. This is the hardest part for me: the diet strictness. I am also looking forward to after a show, and implementing my seefood diet — if I see food, I eat it. Get it?
The use of steroids is still going strong these days. You can tell by the really big guys on stage at the shows that are not natural, drug-tested events. I will not judge them, but I am very much a supporter of all-natural bodybuilding — and staying healthy. For the all-natural bodybuilding meets that I’ve attended, they have good substance detection. Polygraphs and urine tests are used and are difficult to beat. Most show organizers can tell who is natural and who is not. The most time I have taken off is a week. Sometimes I take a break, like when my wife and I are on vacation. Even then, we work out in a gym somewhere if we can find one. You are never too old to work out and be in better health. I am a certified personal trainer and nutritional coach, and have seen the difference it makes. I’m not quite sure yet as to how long I will compete, but I do know that I will work out as long as I can. Eating spinach from a can doesn’t help. It’s a total rumor. It may work for the Sailor Man, but not so much for the rest of us.
N.H. Power Couple: Mr. Natural and Ms. Turtle Laura Tourtellot (right), known to her students as Ms. Turtle, is a trusted trainer and guide to Mike Ingalls (left), offering particular help with his bodybuilding poses — a critical element of competition. She competed for a decade, becoming a top-ranked natural bodybuilder. Since 1991, she has produced New Hampshire’s premier natural bodybuilding, figure and bikini competition, the annual Granite State Open. The GSO competition is sanctioned with the World Natural Bodybuilding Federation, and is always held on Halloween weekend. Last October, Ingalls won first place in the men’s Grandmasters 50+ division at the Granite State Open and received his pro card, making him a professional natural bodybuilder. To learn more about Laura Tourtellot, bodybuilding, posing and the Granite State Open, visit granitestateopen.com.
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DAVIS’ WEBSITE CAPTURES THE HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE’S CLOSED AND ABANDONED SKI AREAS
here’s a distinct irony at the intersection where Jeremy Davis’ vocation meets his favorite pastime. At his real job, as operations manager for Weather Routing Incorporated in Upstate New York, Davis forecasts the future, helping to guide enormous tankers and cargo ships over the Seven Seas. But in his free time, Davis celebrates the past, embracing his avocation — the New England Lost Ski Areas Project, or NELSAP. “I’ve always been fascinated by the way things change over time, how things evolve through history,” Davis says from his home outside Saratoga in New York.
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That concept of change is key to a second irony, central to Davis’ fascination with lost ski areas. By putting his hobby on the internet, Davis has employed a modern, ever-expanding technology to capture and preserve a time that existed long before the World Wide Web was an integral part of our lives. The 43-year-old Massachusetts native has written several books on the topic, including “Lost Ski Areas of the White Mountains.” But the website came first, and Davis readily admits it is better suited for the subject’s fluid nature.
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“Things change, and I wanted to be able to record those changes,” he says. “So the website is always evolving.” Davis, who graduated with a degree in meteorology from Lyndon State College (now Northern Vermont University), acknowledges that the timing of the NELSAP launch more than two decades ago couldn’t have been more fortuitous. During his sophomore year in 1998, just as the digital tidal wave was cresting, Davis unveiled the site on a free GeoCities site, using rudimentary Netscape Composer software. The inspiration was a childhood curiosity with closed ski areas, such Mount Whittier in New Hampshire and Mount Agamenticus in southern Maine, which his family came across during their travels.
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ount Whittier was the first lost ski area that really got my attention. My family was going to North Conway for our first ski vacation in 1990, and we passed the area on the way up on Route 16,” says Davis. “At that time, it had been closed for only five years, so the trails were still clear, and the lifts visible. I was fascinated by its gondola, which went over Route 16 — and still stands to this day — along with the boarded-up lodge. Why had it closed? What happened to it?”
At the time, Davis was only 12 years old, had just learned to ski, and it was long before you could simply pull out a phone and Google the answers. “On that same trip, we skied at Black Mountain in Jackson, and saw the abandoned Tyrol across the valley,” he adds. “All of these lost areas made me very curious to find out what they were all about. I loved being outdoors, hiking and exploring, and was starting to really love skiing, so all the interests tied together, and I started searching for more of them.” The idea to put NELSAP on the internet sprung from an online newsletter penned by “The Colorado Skier,” an anonymous columnist who waxed eloquent on lost ski areas in the Rocky Mountains. Davis was already accessing the internet to further his meteorology studies, and “I just put what material I had out there,” he says. The marriage between New England lost ski areas and cyberspace proved an instant hit. Davis started with six defunct areas, and expected to find another hundred or so. Maybe 200, at most. Instead, he uncovered more than 400 in just the first few years, revelations made possible by the internet’s extensive reach. He’s now recorded more than 600 lost areas in New England, and 172 in New Hampshire alone. “I figured no one was interested in the stuff, but when I started the site, I was pleas-
antly surprised,” Davis says. “People started emailing me with their stories, or sending pictures. They got scanners, and digital cameras, and before you knew it, I started getting volumes of stuff, almost too much,” he says. “It seems like an obscure topic — closed ski areas — but there’s a huge interest in it. Without the internet, I would’ve never been able to find all these people. Now, people can share what they know, and it becomes a real collaborative effort.” ngrid Carlson DeWitt of Freedom, New Hampshire, understands. The daughter of Scandinavian parents, the 65-year-old was born in Massachusetts, and moved to Jackson when she was only 8. She lived just a half-mile from the base of Tyrol, and her father taught skiing at Black Mountain’s Arthur Doucette Ski School. Jackson’s Thorn Mountain had already closed in 1956. As a teenager, DeWitt began racing at Wildcat and Cranmore, and spent weekends hiking Mount Washington and skiing Tuckerman Ravine. “That was our fun in the late ’60s, early ’70s,” DeWitt says. “To me, it’s the evolution of skiing, how far we have come, and the great times we had as families skiing together, that is so nostalgic. Most of my fondest childhood memories are from the sport of skiing.”
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Mount Whittier, shown here, circa the 1960s, was the original inspiration for Jeremy Davis’ New England Lost Ski Areas Project.
PHOTO COURTESY NEWENGLANDSKIHISTORY.COM
Of historical significance: The first four-person gondola in New Hampshire was installed at Mount Whittier in 1962.
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ithin months of launching the NELSAP site, Davis embraced an entire demographic that shared his love of New England ski lore. The fledgling site set off an avalanche of memories among thousands of skiers, young and old alike, and particularly baby boomers now taking the time to look in their own rearview mirrors at bygone winters. “People like that lost-Americana stuff, like lost diners, lost railroads, lost amusement parks. This idea fits into that,” Davis says. “It’s all fun, all positive memories. We’re representing the good times from the past for a lot of people.” Glenn Parkinson, former president of the New England Ski Museum in North Conway New Hampshire, appreciates the deep vein that Davis has struck. Parkinson coined the phrase “lost ski areas” in “First Tracks,” his book on Maine ski history. He added a final chapter on lost ski areas as an afterthought. “It really struck a chord, and made ski history local and made it personal.Jeremy took it one step further by putting it on the internet,” says Parkinson. “What Jeremy has done with NELSAP is tap into people who are in their teens, 20s and 30s, as well as their 50s and 60s,” he says. “It brings people into see their own personal history, and that sparks an interest in the broader context of ski history.”
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arrowly defined, Davis’ site catalogs these lost ski areas by state, ranging from tiny backyard slopes to larger resorts. Many were cozy hills with a surface lift or two, maybe a lodge or warming hut, and about a half dozen trails. Each has its own link, and corresponding page filled with whatever material Davis has gathered. The site isn’t fancy, and that was by design. “I purposely kept it very simple and clean, without a lot of flash and dash,” Davis says. “But it’s well organized, loads quickly on most computers, and people can find things very easily. If I spent all my time devising all of this crazy imaging or discussion boards on every page, it would become unmanageable, and I wouldn’t have the time to do the research.” Still, relegating NELSAP to narrow definitions is a disservice. In reality, the NELSAP site is a vibrant, teeming community, a living history of a sport that, for many, is synonymous with New England winters.
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Top and above, left: The Thorn Mountain base area and chairlift, viewed from the top, circa 1960s Top and bottom, right: The Thorn chairlift view in the 1960s, and the same spot as it appears today
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At its most popular, the site averaged close to 1,000 visitors daily. Today, the corresponding NELSAP Facebook page has more than 5,000 followers, with some posts having more than 10,000 views. The average reach of a NELSAP post is between 1,000 and 2,000 views. That’s because, with each ski area, the site captures a place and time capable of unleashing a torrent of tales. NELSAP mends a frayed connection strained by the passing of decades — a cyberworld where temperamental lifts run from sunrise to sunset, snow flies forever, and cups of hot chocolate are bottomless. Across the six-state region, particularly New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont, today’s mega-resorts advertise images of graceful turns on manicured slopes. It’s easy to forget that Alpine skiing as we know it, either as a sport or livelihood, didn’t exist a century ago. n those 100 short years, the sport has undergone a dramatic transformation. With the advent of rope tows and chairlifts, ski areas began popping up like drive-in theaters. Soon, ski trains started hauling well-heeled adventurers from the urban centers of Boston and New York to northern outposts like Stowe, Vermont, and Plymouth and North Conway, New Hampshire. Small local areas — true mom-and-pop operations — sprouted everywhere, spawning a new generation of skiers and establishing a relatively inexpensive feeder system for the big resorts. Most of those small areas, sadly, have vanished. The 1970s were especially harsh on local slopes, when the confluence of high gas and electricity prices, a spike in insurance premiums, and several severe
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snow droughts forced many to close. Some areas that were once thought to be deceased — Mittersill near Cannon, Snow Mountain at Waterville Valley, Whaleback alongside I-89, and Tenney Mountain outside Plymouth — have managed to be resuscitated. Highlands in Northfield, shuttered in 1995, is now a dedicated mountain bike park. But more often, a padlock was slapped on the base lodge, and owners simply walked away. For others, equipment was auctioned off. All left behind spectral trails that grew dimmer, or simply more overgrown, with each passing year. Yet, like any history, evidence of these “lost areas” remains, and Davis is posting every piece of proof he can on NELSAP’s website. Visitors will discover sepia-toned photographs and illustrated trail maps, brochures and patches, newspaper accounts and magazine articles. Much of the proof is ephemeral and elusive — it’s memories and oral tales passed on to generations, recollections of those who braved Old Man Winter to don leather boots and strap on bear-trap bindings and wooden boards. In recent years, many libraries have started digitizing old microfilm collections, providing even more raw material for Davis to mine. There are also tangible vestiges of these bygone slopes — base lodge foundations, lift shacks and engines, tower stanchions, and sometimes entire lifts. These remnants, distant cousins of the hand-built stone walls that lace old farms dating back to Colonial times, are cables tying us to the past, and New England’s ski legacy. “You can almost see all the people having fun, the way things used to be,” says Davis, acknowledging that the kinship that once defined the sport is fading. “It’s definitely different experience now, and a lot of these
“This is what the internet should be used for, taking things that would otherwise be long forgotten, and making them available for everyone.” — Jeremy Davis, the New England Lost Ski Areas Project
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areas are catering to the upper-class vacationer, rather than the neighborhood kid.” zra Palo, a native of Bosnia who came to the United States when she was 4, first learned about NELSAP in 2009 while still in high school, when she collaborated with the Laconia Historical Society to create a ski exhibit. She now has a much more intimate relationship. “When my husband and I moved to Londonderry in the summer of 2021, the sellers mentioned we had a lost ski area on our property, and I was so excited,” says Palo. “While it may technically not be on our property — my husband looked at the property lines and disagrees — I still would like to think we’re connected to Birchwood. One of my co-workers at the Nesmith Library in Windham told me that her children learned to ski at Birchwood.” Birchwood ski area operated for two decades, from 1965 to 1985, on a 175-acre lot “originally purchased by my grandfather, Edward Misiaszek,” says Peter Miciaszek Jr., whose parents Lillian and Peter ran the operation. The hill featured seven trails and three lifts. “The main reason why the ski area was opened was to keep all the employees of the family construction company, Derry Paving, busy in the winter. The ski area was definitely a family-run business,” wrote Misiaszek in a note to Davis. “My mother Lillian ran the snack bar, hence the name ‘Lil’s Snack Bar,’ which offered a full range of food and snacks for breakfast through dinner,” he wrote. “We also offered a ski school — every local elementary school participated — a rental shop, and night skiing.” Birchwood even sponsored a race team — the “Birchwood Bombers” — that consisted of 30 to 40 local children, ranging from ages 7 to 16, and hosted an annual winter carnival. The area closed after the 1985 season, in part because thieves, during the subsequent summer, “stole the snowmaking pipes right off of the ground,” wrote Misiaszek. “My father tells me that the Londonderry police saw the trucks leaving with the pipes, but thought they were workers from the construction company.” That’s exactly the type of unique memories readers can expect to find on the NELSAP site. And Birchwood is just one area plucked from dozens throughout the Granite State. Today, the flow of photo-
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Top: Frontenac Ski Area in Plymouth, circa 1930s Above: The remains of the ski lift at Frontenac, before it was dismantled and reinstalled at Cosmic Hill, Vermont
graphs, memorabilia and written recollections that Davis receives continues unabated. “The floodgates are open,” Davis says. “But the great thing about emails is that they never go away. I have all that information, and it’s all great stuff,” he says. “This is what the internet should be used for, taking things that would otherwise be long forgotten, and making them available for everyone.” eff Leich, executive director of the New England Ski Museum, first met Davis at the International Ski History Congress in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2002. “He was the youngest guy there by decades. By then, he had built up NELSAP into a phenomenal resource. I recall thinking that he’d identified something analogous to the huge interest that existed, and still exists, in western ghost towns,” Leich says. “Abandoned ski areas and ghost towns both elicit a strong response,” he adds. “My guess is that it has to do with nostalgia for a simpler past, mixed with a connection with the physical landscapes of the West and snow. And, in the case of ski areas, it’s perhaps connected to memories of
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family mixed with love of the sport.” Davis is now a member of the ski museum’s board of directors, and he credits the organization with working hard “to preserve this history for future generations. The museum has a tremendous reservoir of materials and information that has been permanently saved.” Leich adds that the museum and NELSAP have since developed a nice symbiotic relationship. “We currently have an interactive Lost Ski Area display in our North Conway branch that uses Jeremy’s database to track the opening and closing of the 600 or so areas over time by means of a sliding bar that visitors use to go forward or backward in time,” Leich says. “It’s very popular, and it’s fascinating to see the lights representing ski areas blink on and off as time goes along.” Davis also loves sleuthing lost areas yearround, on skis, snowshoes and on foot, and occasionally organizes NELSAP outings. What’s the attraction? “Why do you go to a ghost town?” Parkinson replies. “It’s the mystery.” Many abandoned areas, Parkinson says, are worth visiting any time of year. “When was the last time you saw ski area built in an ugly place?” he asks. “They tend to be in beautiful settings.” or Davis, seeing the slopes in person brings them to life, strengthening that bond. “When I visit these areas, I always try to find pictures from newspapers and magazines, to see what they were like 20, 30, 40 years ago,” he says. “You can just use your imagination, like a Polaroid camera, to erase the trees, and eventually see the place as it looked back then.” Improved technology is also making virtual visits easier. Davis accesses satellite photography from TerraServer and Google Earth to zoom in on abandoned resorts. “The quality and accuracy is just amazing,” he says. “I can now measure exactly how long the lift line was at a ski area, and the vertical drop, and the width of the trails. It’s crazy.” Aside from Mount Whittier and Jackson’s tandem of Tyrol and Thorn Mountain, Davis has several favorite lost areas, including King Ridge in Sutton, which closed in 1995, and Brookline Ski Area/Big Bear/Musket Mountain in Brookline, an area that operated, off and on, from 1936 to 1984, and is now New England’s largest outdoor sculpture park — the Andres Institute of Art.
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“Wendy’s Slope/Frontenac/Lynx Creek in Plymouth was a lost area dating back to the 1930s, founded by Wendy Hiltie, a Swiss ski instructor. The area eventually merged with Frontenac on the other side of the hill. The [Frontenac] side closed, but the Wendy’s side stayed open with the Frontenac name,” Davis says. “It had one of the steepest T-bars in New England,” he adds. “It closed for a time, then reopened for just a few weeks under a new name, Lynx Creek, in 1995.” A night-skiing ticket was only $5, and Davis discovered, much to his consternation, just how incredibly steep the T-bar was. “My friend Dave accidentally tripped the safety gate at the top, stopping the lift, leaving me hanging on for dear life on the steepest section,” he says. “It was so icy, getting off would have been dangerous. It took 15 minutes for them to fix the lift.” When they finally got to the top, he says, the soft snow from earlier in the day was frozen solid, and it was almost impossible to get an edge. “We took a run down one of the woods trails that looked easier, but the lighting ended halfway down, so we had to try to ski in the dark. Needless to say, we only got a few runs in that night, and the area closed a few days later, never to reopen.” Time’s inexorable march continues to claim ski areas, bringing a sense of urgency to Davis’ efforts that technology can’t remedy. “Time is running out to document a lot of the areas, particularly the more obscure ones,” he says. “They’re either being developed, or they’ve grown in so much that they’re totally indistinguishable.” There’s also the human component. Memories fade, and the oldest skiers get, well, older. Many of them are now gone, taking their memories and stories with them. “It’s definitely a rush against time,” says Davis. “There are very few people left now that owned or managed ski areas in the ’40s, ’50s, or even the ’60s. However, lots of the family members still are. “At some point in the next 10 to 20 years, it will be even more difficult to get firsthand information from that time frame,” he says. “Collecting and finding material, even if it can’t be used right away, is so important.” For those of us who remain, and remember, NELSAP offers a welcome run down Memory Lane, long after our cherished childhood areas have faded from the New Hampshire landscape. NH nhmagazine.com | March/April 2022 45
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iko, a 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, is New Hampshire’s only electronic storage detection (ESD) dog and one of just 66 ESD K-9s in the country with this unique ability. Niko finds electronics containing evidence of child exploitation, and he is a formidable weapon in the fight as a full team member on the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. “It’s fantastic that Niko is able to help us in locating and identifying that evidence, and that is one of the greatest things that you could ever teach a dog. There is never a day when I am not constantly amazed by what he is able to do, and that is in more than one way,” says Niko’s handler Matt Fleming, the Hillsborough County deputy sheriff who has served in law enforcement for 30 years and is assigned to ICAC. “Every single day when we go to work, Niko does something that changes the game for us here in New Hampshire.” With technology advancing rapidly and devices getting smaller, it becomes continually more difficult for the human officers when they’re executing search warrants to locate the material needed to arrest and successfully prosecute the perpetrators. Proof of their crimes can be found on cell phones, tablets, hard drives, flash drives, computers, hidden cameras, SD (secure digital) cards, micro SD cards and anything else that stores data. When these devices are manufactured, they’re sprayed with a distinct chemical that prevents them from overheating. Niko can smell that chemical. “He is unbelievable. He can find something the size of a hidden micro SD card. That’s about the size of your baby fingernail. He finds what we humans miss,” says Fleming. “He finds something every time we deploy. New Hampshire is really lucky to have him. The ICAC understands his value. I’m super proud of the work Niko is doing. He’s a very, very talented electronic storage detection dog.” Make no mistake. The work ICAC does is hard. It’s gut-wrenching. It’s heartbreaking. Moreover, it weighs heavily on the team. “We hunt the evil that people pretend doesn’t exist. Our task force group is out there looking for the worst of the worst. Those are the people who prey upon innocent children, the kids who can’t help themselves,” Fleming says. “In my opinion, there is no greater job than to find these people, stop their exploitation, and hold
them accountable. But it is tough work. Very tough,” he adds. “One of the things that Niko has done for us has allowed us not only to get better at finding these people, which is unbeliev-
able, but to also allow us to take that breath so we can stay in the fight. He keeps us in the fight every day, whether it’s finding evidence or helping the investigator get through the moment. That’s important.
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HERO ANIMALS We needed that,” he says. Niko often goes into the ICAC office to visit the digital forensics investigators who spend their shifts pouring over image after image of child exploitation. When Niko’s task is to “just be a dog,” and a playful one at that, he brings lightness and joy. “He allows them to take a break and not have to worry about what they’re seeing and dealing with because that is horrific stuff. It’s brutal. It’s so hard dealing with that content,” says Fleming. “He does his job for them. I’ve also seen him do that with victims and with families who are really stressed. He’s extraordinary. I don’t know how we did it before without him.” Fleming says that ICAC doesn’t know the hard and fast number of how many kids Niko has already saved. They will never know. “There certainly have been some cases where he has been involved in the rescue of live children. But what about the kids who are in the videos and the images that we either never identify or we have identified over the years who continue to be exploited by the internet? He’s saved all those kids. It’s pretty powerful stuff,” he says. Terming Niko a hero is insufficient. “He is a superhero. Saving children matters. On some of our darkest days in the field, that dog has also saved me. He’ll never even know he did that, and that’s what makes Niko so special.”
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ove is a four-legged word. That’s the opinion of the healthcare professionals, patients and staff at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, all benefiting from the Hug A Hound program.
Hug a Hound, which has been in existence for 20 years, operates with all-volunteer teams comprised of an accepted, registered therapy dog who has graduated from the nationally based Pet Partners or Therapy Dogs of Vermont and his or her owner/handler. Due to the restrictions of Covid protocols, there are currently just three active teams crossing over between the main hospital and the Palliative Care Center, and they also visit the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) by special request. “This is a very popular program. Everyone wants a therapy dog,” says Marcy Sanborn, who has been DHMC’s director of volunteer services for 23 years. Golden retrievers Dudley and Kooper, and wheaten terrier Sholi and their owners, whose names are withheld for privacy reasons, were asked to make an appearance at the first two Covid vaccination clinics for children aged 5 to 11. They were the star attraction and made the experience much less scary and even enjoyable for the kids. Normally, the teams are only allowed to visit certain units, none of them surgical, and are assigned to that unit at a specific date and time. They are guided by nursing leaders and infection control teams to determine assignments and, on occasion, grant special requests. They also visit with doctors, nurses and staff, when available. “There is enormous anticipation for their arrival. From the moment they enter our doors until the moment they leave, everyone is happy these dogs are here,” Sanborn says. “There is a release and letting go of stress when you’re hugging a dog.” Even though they’re graduates of the external training program, the dogs must also pass DHMC’s evaluation to make sure they’re comfortable and stay calm in a hospital environment. “They’re tested for startle alerts, so if an alarm goes off, the dog won’t react in a bad way. Their human has to be aware of the activity on the unit so they can make
sure to control and guide the dog out of the way if there is a patient in a bed being taken to an appointment or somewhere else. They need to be aware of instrumentation like IV lines. They have to be very aware at all times to keep the dog away from any medical equipment,” Sanborn explains. “We get a lot of applications, but there is a process to be a volunteer in the program.” Due to privacy restrictions, Sanborn says she can’t detail specific success stories with patients, though she terms them “incredible.” “There may be a patient who has not smiled in days, and then when they see the dog in their doorway, they will smile. This is an unexpected bonus,” says Sanborn. “Who doesn’t smile when they see the dog? Very few people. They are such a cheery thing. It uplifts the staff and the patients as the dogs walk through the hallways. They bring a smile to faces and begin a conversation someone might not otherwise want to have.” A copious amount of commitment and compassion is required of the teams, who are onsite four days per week but are limited to a shift of no more than one and a half hours, or less depending upon the individual dog’s stamina. “The dogs are here to be petted and to give love and receive love. They do experience compassion fatigue. They take in so much on their visits, whether it be from the patients, the family members or the staff who are going through so many emotions,” says Sanborn. She adds that the value of the Hug a Hound program is immeasurable. “It’s emotional value and benefit. These volunteers and their dogs add that extra special touch sometimes that staff can’t. Staff have to move on to the next patient, but volunteers have the opportunity to stay bedside with their dog and provide that extra special touch,” Sanborn says. “One of the most famous quotes is ‘Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.’”
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he Granite State’s wild landscape, roaring rivers, and rugged mountain ranges present daily challenges for the search-and-rescue teams of New Hampshire Fish and Game, who are summoned in every kind of weather and changing light conditions in all four seasons.
They always answer the call. “You don’t think about the lives that we’ve saved and the importance of our work when you’re going through it, but when a situation comes up, it’s interesting. There has been a lot of pressure,” says James Benvenuti, a conservation officer and head of the Canine Unit for 11 years. “When any canine team shows up to a scenario where there is someone missing, everybody counts on you to be the magician and pull the rabbit out of your hat. The importance definitely shows when those situations come about.” Benvenuti and his dog Cora, plus Winni and Officer Ken St. Pierre, Moxie and Officer Eric Fluette, and Koda and Officer Richard Crouse each cover a region of the state. Ruger and Lt. Robert Mancini recently retired. “We look for the missing children, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia sufferers, lost hikers, mountain climbers, everyone. We also track bad guys, whether that’s a bank robber, a burglar, you name it. Anybody that needs to be or wants to be found, we are out there looking for,” says Benvenuti. The Fish and Game Department is featured on the TV series “North Woods Law: New Hampshire” on the Animal Planet network. The October 3, 2021, episode “Courageous Canines” focused on this unit, which responds to about 25 calls per year, with the number increasing. “Our success rate? It’s all circumstantial. I don’t have statistics relative to
successes and failures, but I would say that our success rate is extremely high in situations that allow it. Tracking is a fickle beast. There are a lot of things that can hamper the scenario,” Benvenuti says. Most of it is contamination and age. The dogs, all Labrador retrievers, with three bred and donated by Rise and Shine Retrievers in Barnstead, are trained to find human odor generated by skin cells shed when someone walks away. As Benvenuti explains, they are microscopic and only the dogs can detect them. “When a certain amount of time passes, whether its four hours or six hours, obviously the wind and the environment can take those skin cells and disperse them to the point the dogs can’t find them. Or if there has been a large-scale search effort prior to us looking, that’s what we call contamination. Firefighters, family members, the public, all those people are out there putting out different levels of scent and odor that the dogs must work through. That is very challenging,” he says. “It’s all circumstantial, but in a clean environment all our dogs do an incredible job.” These dogs are driven to locate what the officers need them to find, whether that is a missing person, a shotgun shell or something else. They have the drive to continue to push through large search areas that can be miles on end, keep tasking after hours have passed, and still want to continue to please their handlers. Cora was heralded for an act of heroism in 2020, when she and Benvenuti were
Fish and Game officer James Benvenuti follows Cora on a tracking run.
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called to a Stratham home to assist finding a missing 12-year-old girl with intellectual disabilities. They arrived just an hour and a half before it got dark. “Cora picked up the track, went down into the backyard, down a steep embankment and across the trail and down into a swamp. This was a dry year, so the swamp didn’t have any standing water in it, but it went down to a muddy footprint. It still had enough moisture so that Cora post-holed up to her armpits of all four legs, so I had to walk up next to her — up to my thighs in mud — and take her to where we could see footprints in the mud, and then literally throw Cora along the track until we got up onto some harder ground,” recalls Benvenuti, who was aided by a Stratham police officer. “Once we got there, it was a very thick underbrush. Cora tracked through that for another 300 yards. She found the girl stuck underneath a big blown-down log in the middle of that swamp, to the point where I couldn’t see her until we were five feet in front of her. She wasn’t responsive to people calling for her,” he adds. “That girl did not like men in uniform, but she loved dogs. She latched onto Cora and then was all smiles. She ended up taking a piggyback ride on me all the way out through the swamp and back up to her house.” Benvenuti says that without Cora he would not have found the girl that night. He guesses otherwise it would have been late the next day that they found her, if they did at all. “It was a scary situation. This is one of many successes,” he says. Now the unit’s canines are asked to do even more. They are being trained as air scent dogs as well as tracking ones. Then they will be able to search for someone in a broad area so that even if the officers don’t have a known point where the person was last seen, they can still run through the woods with their nose in the air to catch a whiff of where they are lost or hiding. “Our dogs are incredible. Their ability to learn is amazing. It’s incredible how quickly they can pick up what you want them to do. They are all heroes,” Benvenuti says.
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he officers serving in the City of Manchester Police Department’s Mounted Patrol Unit and K-9 Unit regularly deal with people having their worst days. “These dogs are often the difference, whether the officers get to go home at the end of the day,” says Lt. John Cunningham, the K-9 Unit’s head trainer and supervisor.
There are nine teams in the unit, and the primary purpose of the German shepherds, Dutch shepherds and Belgian malinois is to locate people. They can detect human scent, or they can locate narcotics or other drugs and explosive ordinance as well as ballistics. All the teams work in patrol divisions, so all 24 hours of each day there is a highly trained, extremely intelligent, and intensely loyal dog on the street working every shift. “These dogs go to the worst of the worst calls with their handlers,” says Cunningham. “We put these dogs in harm’s way on a daily basis. It’s not because we want them to get hurt. It’s because they’re very good at finding things that officers can’t, and they keep the officers safe. They are very important.” The K-9s, which include a singlepurpose Labrador retriever for scent in the special enforcement division, safeguard everyone.
“The success of the K-9 unit is phenomenal. It’s important to get the accurate description of what these dogs do and don’t do as they work to protect the public,” Cunningham says. “Our bomb teams work to protect the president when he comes into the city. We use them at the big venues and events, we use them for dignitary visits, and for parades when they do all the sweeps. These dogs are always working behind the scenes too, during normal events. These are very special dogs.” The same is true for the two horses in the Mounted Patrol Unit, General Stark and relative newcomer Bruno. Eddy, a small Shetland pony, recently joined the force, and he is the only police therapy pony in New England, and is believed to be just one of two in the country. “You just look at him and he makes you smile. Plus, he’s so soft and he loves people. His personality is wonderful,” says Officer Kelly McKenney, who heads the last standing mounted unit in the state.
“He’s a less intimidating than the big horses to interact with people, especially some kids. I want to bring him to nursing homes, schools, the VA hospital and other businesses. I want to bring him places to boost morale where needed because who doesn’t love a pony?” McKenney and General Stark, and the mounted patrol horse Valor, now deceased, were showstoppers when on patrol downtown and while participating in community events. Their police work, including apprehending suspects, is critical. The bridges they build is vital. “When I’m out on patrol with the horses, I often talk to people who would never otherwise talk to an officer. These horses instinctively know when somebody needs kindness. They know when someone is broken,” she says. “They just know this kid or this person needs them. That’s when you know you have good animal. There is a magic to these horses and the pony. It truly is a
The Manchester Police Department’s K-9 Unit back row, from left: Officer Colburn and Duke, Officer Martens and Grimm, Officer Hennessy and Kane, Officer Grant and Ollie, and Sergeant Megowen and Wiley; front row, from left: Officer Tyler and Doug, Officer Daigneault and Oakley, Sergeant Foster and Hank, and Detective Thibault and Otis
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Officer Kelly McKenney with Eddy, the Shetland pony
magical connection they have with people. A hero doesn’t have to rescue somebody from a burning building. This is about how they treat someone and change someone’s life in a positive way. These horses are legitimate heroes. Absolutely.” NH
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Docs ON OUR COVER: POLYXENI S. ROUNDS, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
At this point in her career, Polyxeni Rounds of Bedford Commons OB-GYN is ushering in the next generation, the children of the children she delivered decades ago. Her own start in life, she says, was “quite unique, with a father who was born and raised in Exeter, and my mother from a remote village in northwestern Greece.” The focus in her family was always on education and excellence, and she was encouraged to, she says, “achieve as much as possible.” She ultimately chose to pursue medicine, deciding on obstetrics and gynecology because of “the wonderful combination of primary care with long-term relationships, the ability to do surgery, and delivering babies as families were started — or, as my son once said, ‘helping babies have mommies.’” Though her family supported her ambition to become a physician, the doors to education were only just opening. “I was fortunate that Phillips Exeter had become coed the year before I entered, and that Bowdoin College was also newly coed when I went,” she says. “Medical school at Rutgers in Newark did not have many women in the class,” she says, though she found it welcoming. After a residency in Rochester, New York, she returned to New Hampshire, joining Dr. Ken Herr, and soon other Rochester physicians followed. Together they built a “strong and nurturing practice with the philosophy of patients first; then quality of life for staff and physicians,” she says. Where do you find joy in your career? The true joy of medical practice is in caring for people as you provide personal medical care for them. It is a great privilege and responsibility to be involved in people’s lives at some of the most pivotal and private times. Having known women for many years through many phases of their lives is a humbling experience, and it’s truly rewarding. 54 New Hampshire Magazine | March/April 2022
How has your specialty/field changed over the years? Are these changes for the better? Is there anything you feel needs to continue to change? Obstetrics and Gynecology is an ever-changing field. Obstetrics is more complicated than delivering babies. The advent of advanced ultrasound, lifesaving intensive care nurseries, genetic testing and information, and internet “information” have changed the practice of medicine. However, the basics still apply — individual care, some common sense and confidence in our health. We often forget that we have been having babies for millennia. Gynecology is separate from obstetrics, and deals with the majority of women’s lives. Changes in surgical approaches with minimally invasive surgeries, robotics and medical options that are changing have all advanced our care. We are also seeing many more women in the field, but I think that men offer a different, valuable perspective on care and I would like to see men continue to be in the field of Ob/Gyn. What are some of the challenges you’ve faced? The challenges I have faced are not different from the challenges others face — completing a demanding education and residency, working as a group to give excellent care in a patient-focused environment, and also maintaining my individuality so I can give personal care to every patient. The biggest challenge was balancing family and work. Obstetrics had frequent 24-hour-call days, at times every three days. That can be very taxing. When asked how I did it, my response is that my husband is my partner and equal in the family. I always wondered why he was never asked how he did it. What is your greatest accomplishment? Having balanced and achieved a wonderful career and a wonderful family.
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Leading Physicians in 57 Specialties
For the 2022 Top Doctors Poll, we selected national research firm Castle Connolly to conduct the survey process. Included are 543 doctors in 57 specialties, as nominated by their peers, who cover a wide range of medical needs from pediatrics to surgical care. We also asked several of this year’s Top Doctors to share a quotation, goal or anecdote that helps motivate or inspire them to continue practicing medicine at the highest level.
Top Doctors 2022 Addiction Medicine
Sarah A. Taylor-Black, M.D.
Mitchell G. Cohen, M.D.
Concord, (603) 695-2560
St. Joseph Hospital Primary and Specialty Care Services
Nashua, (603) 891-4500
Adolescent Medicine Keith J. Loud, M.D., M.S.C. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 653-9663
Allergy & Immunology Barbara Lynn Deuell, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Allergy Associates of New Hampshire
Portsmouth, (603) 436-7897
Amitha Harish, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Catholic Medical Center St. Joseph Hospital New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Connor Haugh, M.D., F.A.C.C, F.H.R.S.
Robert Capodilupo, M.D., F.A.C.C. Catholic Medical Center Parkland Medical Center New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Jamie H. Kim, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Wendi Cardeiro, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Catholic Medical Center Parkland Medical Center New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Michael Mazzini, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Cardiology Dover, (603) 516-4265
Primary Care of Hudson
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Hudson, (603) 886-3979
John N. Kalliel, M.D.
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Manchester Allergy Inc.
Manchester, (603) 668-6444
Amit Kumar, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Asthma and Allergy
Nashua, (603) 577-3065
Nashua, (603) 883-5673
Catholic Medical Center St. Joseph Hospital New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Asthma and Allergy
Nashua, (603) 577-3065
Craig Berry, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Cardiovascular Disease Bruce W. Andrus, M.D., M.S. Lebanon, (603) 650-5724
Steven P. Beaudette M.D., F.A.C.C.
Catholic Medical Center St. Joseph Hospital New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Foundation Cardiology
Nashua, (603) 577-2039
Peter Dourdoufis, D.O.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital Cardiovascular Care of NH and York Newington, (603) 431-6691
Carl M. Fier, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Cardiovascular Consultants
Manchester, (603) 627-1669
Louis Fink, M.D., F.A.C.C. Catholic Medical Center Parkland Medical Center New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Gregory M. Goodkin, M.D. Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Jonathan P. Greenblatt, M.D. Elliot Hospital Cardiovascular Consultants
Manchester, (603) 627-1669
Stephen Hanlon, M.D., F.A.C.C Catholic Medical Center Parkland Medical Center New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Kevin F. Kwaku, M.D., Ph.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-4590
Robert M. Lavery, M.D., F.A.C.C Elliot Hospital Cardiovascular Consultants
Manchester, (603) 627-1669
Jeffrey T. Lockhart, M.D.
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Cardiology Concord, (603) 224-6070
Michael E. Metzger, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Strafford Cardiology Associates Rochester, (603) 332-1400
Ayesha Nazeer, M.D.
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Cardiology Concord, (603) 224-6070
Sachin Saksena, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Strafford Cardiology Associates Rochester, (603) 332-1400
Exeter, (603) 773-9992
DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK HEALTH MEMBERS: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Lebanon
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Allergy Associates of New Hampshire
Cheshire Medical Center, Keene Dartmouth-Hitchcock Bedford
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Specialty Care at Bedford Medical Park
Marie-Helene Sajous, M.D., M.S.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians Bennington, Vermont
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center Windsor, Vermont
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord
New London Hospital, New London
Kevin Roelofs, M.D.
Portsmouth, (603) 436-7897
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Specialty Care at Bedford Medical Park Bedford, (603) 695-2560
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Heater Road, Lebanon Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene Dartmouth-Hitchcock Lyme Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua
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Top Doctors
The distinguished physicians of New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center are consistenly recognized to be leading professionals in their fields. Our physicians have been voted Top Doctors by their peers 50 times since 2001—more than any other orthopaedic group in the state.
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We Keep Bodies In Motion.
OUR PHYSICIANS Bryan A. Bean, MD
Robert J. Heaps, MD
Dinakar S. Murthi, MD
Eric R. Benson, MD
Kathleen A. Hogan, MD
Gregory W. Soghikian, MD
Daniel P. Bouvier, MD
Heather C. Killie, MD
Steve I. Strapko, MD
Peter M. Eyvazzadeh, MD
Christian M. Klare, MD
James C. Vallas, MD
Andrew T. Garber, MD
Lance R. Macey, MD
Jinsong Wang, MD, PhD
Douglas Goumas, MD
Marc J. Michaud, MD
Matthew W. Wilkening, MD
To learn more about our team, visit nhoc.com, or call 603.883.0091
NASHUA • BEDFORD • LONDONDERRY • AMHERST
Top Doctors 2022 Steven L. Schwartz, M.D., F.A.C.C. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Foundation Cardiology Nashua, (603) 577-2039
Cynthia C. Taub, M.D., M.B.A., M.S. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5712
Julianne A. Mann, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Heater Road Lebanon, (603) 650-3102
Gary W. Mendese, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Dermatology and Skin Health Dover, (603) 742-5556
Stephen D. Moyer, D.O.
Tong Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Dermatology and Skin Health
Manchester, (603) 627-1669
Jose Emilio Peraza, M.D., F.A.A.D.
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Claremont, (603) 542-6455
Elliot Hospital Cardiovascular Consultants
John V. Flannery Jr., M.D. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Colon and Rectal Surgery of New England
Nashua, (603) 577-3322
Jeffrey R. Harnsberger, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester Elliot Hospital Manchester, (603) 695-2840
Dermatology Denise M. Aaron, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Heater Road Lebanon, (603) 650-3108
Hamad Al Abdulrazzaq, M.D.
Emerson Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC
Manchester, Wolfeboro, Concord and Portsmouth, (917) 371-7010
Anthony J. Aversa, M.D.
Concord Hospital Northeast Dermatology Associates
Dover, 603) 742-5556
Peraza Dermatology Group
Robert B. Posnick, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Nashua Dermatology Associates Nashua, (603) 579-9648
(603) 354-6571
Daniel B. Stewart, M.D., Ph.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
David Hou, M.D.
Barrett Chapin, M.D.
Andrew E. Werchniak, M.D.
(603) 695-2850
(603) 524-5151
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Seacoast Dermatology, PLLC Dover, (603) 431-5205
Robert J. Willer, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester (603) 695-2542
DevelopmentalBehavioral Pediatrics Nina Sand-Loud, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-6060
Elizabeth Angelakis, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Seacoast Dermatology, PLLC
Portsmouth, (603) 431-5205
Kent S. Handfield, M.D., F.A.A.D. Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC Rochester, (603) 255-8920 Wolfeboro, (603) 255-8924
Michael D. Lichter, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Nashua Dermatology Associates Nashua, (603) 579-9648
Mollie A. MacCormack, M.D. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Foundation Skin Surgery and Dermatology
Nashua, (603) 883-8311
“I value the relationships I build both with the children that I see as well as their parents. Together we work through identifying what the issues are and how we can solve them. These relationships drive me to find the best solutions for my patients. There is a purity in helping children. Their agenda is very simple — to get better so they can get back to playing. It’s a stark difference when you see a patient after they’ve improved from an illness or surgery. They are completely different once they are well. There's nothing more gratifying than watching a patient, who was once very ill, interact, play, draw or jump around. I find it heartwarming. I’m proud to be a part of the process that helped them to recover.”
(603) 629-8088
James G. Dinulos, M.D.
R. David Gordon, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Pediatric Surgery
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
Diagnostic Radiology
Portsmouth, (603) 431-5205
Kaveer K. Chatoorgoon M.D., F.A.C.S.
Gregory P. Seymour, M.D.
Concord, (978) 691-5690
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Seacoast Dermatology, PLLC
Top Doctors
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Breast Care Center Bedford, (603) 663-5270
Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants
Bedford, (603) 627-1661
William C. Black, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-4488
Michael Ciaschini, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Seacoast Radiology, PA Dover, (603) 516-1307
Adam Elias, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants Bedford, (603) 627-1661
David W. Fontaine, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants Bedford, (603) 627-1661
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
John J. Januario, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants Bedford, (603) 627-1661
Todd A. Noce, D.O.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Manchester, (603) 695-2850
Concord Hospital – Laconia
Ellie Chuang, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Diabetes and Endocrinology Nashua, (603) 577-5760
Richard J. Comi, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Sue A. Taylor, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Endocrinology and Diabetes Consultants Dover, (603) 742-1143
Family Medicine Christopher E. Allen, M.D. Concord Hospital Epsom Family Medicine
Epsom, (603) 736-6200
Lebanon, (603) 650-8630
Adam Androlia, D.O.
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants
Nneka Iroka, M.D.
Bedford and Derry (603) 537-1300
Shawn Rayder, M.D.
Matthew F. Kamil, M.D.
Concord Hospital Primary Care – Laconia
Dover, (603) 516-1307
Concord, (603) 230-5645
J. Bryan Bannister, M.D.
John G. Pierce, M.D.
Bedford, (603) 627-1661
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Seacoast Radiology, PA
Tad T. Renvyle, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants Bedford, (603) 627-1661
Kevin Y. Rivera-Colon, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester Manchester, (603) 695-2850
Peter Van Der Meer, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Endocrinology Associates Bedford, (603) 663-3740
Concord Hospital Concord Endocrinology
Nicola Kreglinger, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene Keene, (603) 354-6570
Paul T. Labinson, D.O.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Diabetes and Endocrinology Nashua, (603) 577-5760
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants
Mini Mahata, M.D.
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Rowella L. Sirbiladze, M.D.
Sadia Ashraf, M.D.
Bedford, (603) 663-3740
Bedford, (603) 627-1661
Elliot Hospital Elliot Endocrinology Associates Bedford, (603) 663-3740
Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Stratham, (603) 926-1119
Elliot Hospital Elliot Endocrinology Associates
DMC Primary Care
Mark J. Aronson, D.O. (603) 527-2969
Concord Hospital Family Health Center
Concord, (603) 228-7200
Kyle T. Baron, M.D.
Concord Hospital Primary Care – Meredith (603) 279-7433
Anne Barry, D.O.
DMC Primary Care
Windham, (603) 537-1300
Barbara A. Bates, M.D.
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (603) 354-6763
Lydia Bennett, M.D. DMC Primary Care
Bedford, (603) 537-1300
Maria Boylan, D.O.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Family Medicine at Bedford (603) 472-7233
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR CORE PHYSICIANS WHO WERE NAMED “TOP DOCS” THIS YEAR
These physicians are representative of the excellent providers throughout Core Physicians’ primary, pediatric and specialty care network. Together, we provide comprehensive, patient-centered care throughout the Seacoast. Erica Boheen, MD Core Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Alexandra Bonesho, MD Core Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine John Brennan, MD Core Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Roderick Bruno, MD Core Orthopedics A. Neil Clerk, MD Core Orthopedics Paul Deranian, MD Core Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Eileen Forrest, MD Core Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine
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Gregory Goodkin, MD Core Cardiology Peter Ihm, MD Core Otolaryngology & Audiology Kristen Johnson, MD Core Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Jennifer Jones, MD Core Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Timothy Keenan, MD Core Physicians, Family Medicine Christopher Knox, DO Core Otolaryngology & Audiology Daniel Kunz, DO Core Rheumatology
Steven Loh, MD Core Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Mini Mahata, MD Core Endocrinology Thomas McGovern, MD Core Orthopedics Michael Pangan, MD Core Physicians, Family Medicine Mark Reeder, MD Core Physicians, Family Medicine Jay Swett, MD, FACS Core General Surgery Daniel Zipin, DO Core Physiatry & Spine Care
From Our Award Winning Family to Yours Thank you for trusting us with your OB-GYN care since 1982
ANOTHER TOP DOC JOINS OUR FAMILY
Dr. Monica Chun FUN FACT: DR. CHUN IS NO LONGER ALLOWED ON TRAMPOLINES. DURING HER FIRST ATTEMPT SHE BLEW OUT HER LEFT KNEE IN 2 PLACES.
“Even after delivering babies for over 15 years, it still amazes me every time I deliver a baby. It’s like experiencing a miracle every time. And the strength of women, oh my. I feel absolutely blessed that I get to do this.”
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Dr. Danielle Albushies
Dr. Kristen Bannister
FUN FACT: DR. ALBUSHIES USED TO BE IN A METALLICA ROCK BAND.
FUN FACT: DR. BANNISTER DREAMED OF BEING A DOCTOR AS A LITTLE GIRL.
“The experience of giving birth to a child never gets routine for me. I get to spend a lot of time getting to know a family through the labor process which is awesome. It’s a privilege to be there with families to celebrate ‘birth-days’.”
“I build trust with patients by meeting them where they are at, being open to what they have to say and really getting to know each person as an individual. I know a lot of what we talk about in the gynecology office is uncomfortable and nothing is more important to me than making my patient feel like she can share.”
Dr. Lara Hanlon FUN FACT: DR. HANLON HAS RUN UP MT. WASHINGTON FOUR TIMES!
“Women are coming to meet to discuss the most intimate details of their life, including the most exciting and sometimes their most difficult times. I want my patients to feel like they are at home here. By opening my heart to people, I think that patients feel more comfortable opening up to me.”
Dr. Lisbeth Murphy FUN FACT: DR. MURPHY READS MORE THAN 52 BOOKS PER YEAR!
“I think we have something really unique at Bedford Commons OB-GYN – we all work really well together. Even though we are big, we want to keep the small practice feel. This community of physicians and patients are my family away from my family.”
Dr. Jennifer Weidner
Dr. Marc Leclair FUN FACT: DR. LECLAIR CARVED A 9-FT BEAR OUT OF A TREE TRUNK USING A CHAIN SAW.
“Developing a relationship with my patients helps me understand what their priorities are in their healthcare. Every patient has different opinions about what really matters to them and it’s my job to listen to these and provide evidence based advice.”
Dr. Polyxeni Rounds FUN FACT: DR. ROUNDS IS NOW DELIVERING BABIES FOR THE BABIES SHE DELIVERED 30 YEARS AGO.
“I love to know what my patients’ interests are and what they do outside of work and school. I think this makes the relationship comfortable and makes it easier to discuss more personal concerns. Knowing my patients through the years as their lives change is a gift.”
Dr. Fletcher Wilson
FUN FACT: DR. WEIDNER HIKED THE MONT BLANC TRAIL WHICH IS A 105-MILE HIKE THROUGH FRANCE, ITALY, AND SWITZERLAND.
FUN FACT: DR. WILSON, KNOWN AS THE GUY WITH THE BOW TIE, LOVES PLAYING PRACTICAL JOKES.
“It’s important to me to make sure that patients feel comfortable when they come in. I believe that the patient is an active participant in making a decision about her healthcare and I am there to help her guide that decision.”
“I really focus on each patient as an individual, taking into account their personal beliefs and concerns, while addressing their needs in the most effective way possible.”
See why our patients call us family, call or visit us online to schedule today.
Top Doctors 2022
Jessica L. Ryan M.D., F.A.C.S. Catholic Medical Center Surgery
“Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis can be frightening and often life-changing. I strive to alleviate my patients’ fears by empowering them with confidence and knowledge, and by offering them the most advanced surgical techniques and oncology treatments available today. Seeing a patient successfully complete their therapy and be amazed by their own strength and resilience continues to inspire me. As a fellowship-trained breast surgeon, my role is to bring the most cutting-edge options to my patients here in New Hampshire. At the same time, I want all women to have these opportunities, and so I continue to serve on an international committee, traveling near and far to teach other surgeons how to safely and effectively offer these techniques to their patients.”
Teri L. Brehio, M.D.
Robert R. Dow, D.O.
Concord, (603) 464-3434
Londonderry, (603) 552-1400
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Family Health Center
Elliot Hospital Elliot Primary Care
Annika M. Brown, M.D.
Douglas R. Dreffer, M.D.
Lebanon, (603) 448-3122
Derry, (603) 537-1300
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Joann Buonomano, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Goodwin Community Health
Somersworth, (603) 749-2346
Timothy E. Burdick, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Heater Road Lebanon, (603) 650-4000
Maureen E. Cashman, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Rochester Hill Family Practice Rochester, (603) 335-2401
Mayumi Chatani-Hinze, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua (603) 577-4440
Carolyn S. Crosby, M.D.
Concord Hospital Primary Care – Meredith
DMC Primary Care
Cristi M. Egenolf, M.D. DMC Primary Care
Derry, (603) 537-1300
David V. Ferris, D.O.
Ammonoosuc Community Health Services
Littleton, (603) 444-2464
James F. Fitzgerald, M.D. DMC Primary Care
Bedford, (603) 537-1300
John Edward Ford, M.D. Weeks Medical Center
Whitefield, (603) 788-5095
Rachel Franchi-Winters, D.O. Amoskeag Health
Manchester, (603) 626-9500
William E. Hassett, M.D.
Kevin M. Donovan, D.O.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Rochester Hill Family Practice Rochester, (603) 335-2401
(603) 354-6762
Timothy G. Keenan, M.D. Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Stratham, (603) 778-1620
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Sean P. Lynch, M.D.
Michael B Watto, D.O.
Speare Memorial Hospital Speare Primary Care
Plymouth, (603) 536-1881
Katharine L. Wetherbee, D.O.
Somersworth, (603) 692-2228
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Atlantic Digestive Specialists
Somersworth, (603) 692-2228
William E. Maher, M.D.
DMC Primary Care
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Atlantic Digestive Specialists
Gastroenterology
Srikrishna Nagri, M.D.
Londonderry, (603) 537-1300
Vincent Aguirre, M.D., Ph.D. Elliot Hospital Elliot at River's Edge
Manchester, (603) 314-6900
Jack T. Bueno, M.D.
(603) 577-4081
Somersworth, (603) 692-2228
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua (603) 577-4081
Matthew J. Rockacy, M.D.
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (603) 354-6515
Richard I. Rothstein, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5261
Mary F. Merkel, D.O.
Aristotle J. Damianos, M.D.
Somersworth, (603) 692-2228
Lebanon, (603) 650-4000
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Merrimack (603) 440-7722
Richard J. O'Brien Jr., M.D.
Derry, (603) 432-8802
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Atlantic Digestive Specialists
Portsmouth, (603) 433-2488
Roger M. Epstein, M.D.
Concord Hospital Primary Care – Belmont
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital Atlantic Digestive Specialists
Steven T. Olive, M.D.
Timothy B. Gardner, M.D.
(603) 528-0990
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Family Care of Farmington (603) 755-9801
Michael A. Pangan, M.D. Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Exeter, (603) 775-0000
Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
(603) 354-6758
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
Robert A. Ruben, M.D.
Lebanon, (603) 650-4000
(603) 472-7233
Jennifer M. Lewis, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Heater Road
Leah G. Matthew, M.D.
Valerie J. Danielson, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Michael F. Kasschau, M.D.
Manchester, (603) 314-6900
Parkland Medical Center Catholic Medical Center, BASC Granite State GI Consultants
Rochester, (603) 335-2401
Elliot Hospital Elliot Family Medicine at Bedford
Elliot Hospital
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Atlantic Digestive Specialists
Christopher N. Dainiak, M.D.
Scott C. Jaynes, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Heater Road
Dmitriy Kedrin, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrew G. Tremblay, M.D.
(603) 552-1400
Elliot Hospital Elliot Primary Care at Londonderry
Derry, (603) 537-1300
DMC Primary Care
Dover, (603) 742-3174
Somersworth, (603) 749-2346
Karolyn Lee, M.D., F.C.F.P. F.A.A.F.P.
David Reall, M.D.
John P. Daley, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Goodwin Community Health
St. Joseph Hospital, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Dover Family Practice
(603) 279-7433
Michael F. Thompson, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Rochester Hill Family Practice
Mark Reeder, M.D. Kingston, (603) 642-3910
Tamara L. Shilling, D.O.
Concord Hospital Family Health Center Concord, 603) 228-7200
Portsmouth, (603) 433-2488
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5261
Stuart R. Gordon, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5261
Marylyn V. Grondin, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Atlantic Digestive Specialists
Portsmouth, (603) 433-2488 Hampton, (603) 758-1717
Brian Hyett, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital Atlantic Digestive Specialists
Portsmouth, (603) 433-2488
Michael R. Kaczanowski M.D., A.G.A.F.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Foundation Gastroenterology Nashua, (603) 577-5355
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Atlantic Digestive Specialists
Corey A. Siegel, M.D., M.S.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5261
Mark J. Silversmith, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center NH Gastroenterology at Catholic Medical Center Bedford, (603) 625-5744
Robert D. Thomson, M.D. Concord Hospital GI Associates - Concord Gastroenterology
Concord, (603) 228-1763
Geriatric Medicine Samuel J. Goldman, D.O.
Elliot Hospital Senior Health Primary Care
Manchester, (603) 663-7030
Sung E. Jang, M.D., M.S.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Family Medicine at Bedford (603) 472-7233
Gynecologic Oncology Evelyn Fleming, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-3525
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Manchester, (603) 629-8775
Top Doctors 2022
Daniel S. Zipin, D.O. Exeter Hospital Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
“As an interventional physiatrist at Core Physicians and Exeter Hospital, I am honored to serve the Seacoast community. My practice and days are diverse, treating patients in the clinic, completing diagnostic EMGs and performing spinal interventions. My goal is always to serve my patients at the highest level — sometimes that means spending time to educate them on the timeline and course of healing, helping them understand their current or future limitations or motivating them to try a new therapy, exercise or plan. Over the last 12 years, I have strived to team up with my patients and colleagues. This type of practice affords me the gift of long-term relationships. It’s always a comfort to see a familiar face, and I hope to offer my patients some reassurance and ease during times that can otherwise be very challenging.”
Loyd A. West, M.D.
Anthony V. Mollano, M.D.
Lebanon, (603) 653-3525
(603) 224-3368
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Manchester, (603) 629-8775
Hand Surgery Paul C. Bettinger, M.D.
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (603) 354-5482
Roderick Bruno, M.D. Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Exeter, (603) 777-1000
Crawford C. Campbell, M.D. Holy Family Hospital Parkland Medical Center Essex Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Salem, (603) 898-2244
Robert E. Eberhart, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Portsmouth, (603) 431-1121
Robert J. Heaps, M.D.
BASC, CMC, Elliot, PMC, SJH SNHMC, NASC The New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center Nashua, (603) 883-0091 Bedford, (603) 669-5454
Nicholas J. Horangic, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester (603) 695-2830
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua (603) 577-4370
Concord Hospital Orthopaedics – Laconia
Kenneth Meehan, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-4628
Roma L. Cruz-King, M.D.
Elliot Hospital, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Infectious Disease Associates & Travel Medicine
Merrimack, (603) 429-1611
Alexander Granok, M.D., F.A.C.P. Catholic Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Infectious Disease Associates & Travel Medicine
Jinsong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
BASC, CMC, Elliot Hospital, PMC The New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center Bedford, (603) 883-0091 Salem, (603) 898-0180
Hematology Elizabeth M. Bengtson, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5529
Norris Cotton Cancer Center North St. Johnsbury, Vermont (802) 473-4100
Archana Bhargava, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Center for Cancer Care & Hematology
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (603) 354-6570
Sarah J. Macduffie, D.O.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Supportive & Palliative Care Dover, (603) 740-3330
Donald B. McDonah, M.D. St. Joseph Hospital
Nashua, (603) 882-3000
Charles S. Mills, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Center for Palliative Care
Manchester, (603) 663-4023
Rochester, (603) 335-8490
Infectious Disease
Frederick M. Briccetti, M.D.
Nida Arif, M.D.
Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire Oncology-Hematology Concord, (603) 224-2556
Marc Gautier, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5529
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Infectious Disease Associates & Travel Medicine Merrimack, (603) 429-1611
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Michael S. Calderwood, M.D., M.P.H.
New London Hospital
Lebanon, (603) 650-6060
Lancaster, (603) 788-5045 (603) 526-5162
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Todd Mellish, D.O.
Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Internal Medicine
St. Joseph Hospital St. Joseph Primary & Specialty Care
Portsmouth, (603) 433-8733
Nashua, (603) 891-4500
James T. Noble, M.D.
Donald E. Reape, M.D.
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Infectious Disease
St. Joseph Hospital St. Joseph Primary & Specialty Care
Concord, (603) 230-1939
Nashua, (603) 891-4500
Geetika Sharma, M.D.
Andrew R. Rosen, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Infectious Disease Associates & Travel Medicine Merrimack, (603) 429-1611
Internal Medicine Pamela S. Ali, M.D.
Brian A. Binczewski, M.D.
Lisa A. Leinau, M.D.
(603) 695-2600
Kevin Y. Pho, M.D.
Linda Kornfeld, M.D.
Portsmouth, (603) 431-1121
Catholic Medical Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Appledore Infectious Disease
H. Matthew Quitkin, M.D., M.B.A.
Manchester, (603) 663-4023
Heather L. Marks, M.D.
David J. Itkin, M.D.
Concord, (603) 224-3368
Elliot Hospital Elliot Center for Palliative Care
Lebanon, (603) 653-9500
Bedford, (603) 216-0400
Elliot Hospital Elliot Internal Medicine at Bedford
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Merrimack, (603) 429-1611
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Concord Orthopaedics, PA
Stephen K. Liu, M.D., M.P.H.
(603) 314-6500
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester (603) 695-2600
Paul R. Clark, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Primary Care at Londonderry (603) 552-1400
Pamela R. Schultze, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Internal Medicine Dover, (603) 609-6800
Mikhail Signalov, D.O. St. Joseph Hospital
Nashua, (603) 881-7141
Kevin A. Silva, M.D., F.A.C.P. Littleton Regional Hospital
Littleton, (603) 444-2002
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Internal Medicine
Lijun Song, M.D., Ph.D.
Joseph P. Cunniff, M.D.
(603) 695-2600
Concord, (603) 224-4003
Catholic Medical Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
Elliot Hospital Elliot Internal Medicine at Londonderry
Vijaya Upadrasta, M.D.
Gus G. Emmick, M.D.
(603) 695-2600
(603) 434-1919
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
Elliot Pediatrics and Primary Care at Riverside
Tanja VanderLinde, M.D.
John J. Fothergill, M.D.
Concord, (603) 224-4003
Hooksett, (603) 641-5386
North Country Medical & Wellness Colebrook, (603) 331-0500
Laura Fox, M.D.
Southern NH Internal Medicine Associates
Derry, (603) 216-0400
Derry, (603) 216-0400
Andrea H. Greenfeld, M.D. Elliot Hospital Elliot Internal Medicine at Bedford (603) 314-6500
Virginia Hassett, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Internal Medicine Dover, (603) 609-6800
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Internal Medicine
Salvatore J. Vella Jr., D.O.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Downtown Medical Associates Nashua, (603) 577-3300
Craig P. Widness, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Pediatrics and Primary Care at Riverside Hooksett, (603) 641-5386
Vlasta Zdrnja, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Queen City Medical Associates
Manchester, (603) 625-6198
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Top Doctors 2022 Interventional Cardiology
Medical Oncology
Jeffrey F. Bleakley, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Bradley Arrick, M.D.,Ph.D. M.H.C.M.
Catholic Medical Center Parkland Medical Center New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Jonathan Bridges, M.D., F.A.C.C.
York Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Cardiovascular Care of NH and York Newington, (603) 742-9373
Jeffrey Colnes, M.D., F.A.C.C.
York Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Cardiovascular Care of NH and York Newington, (603) 742-9373
James DeVries, M.D.
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5724
James M. Flynn, M.D. F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.
Catholic Medical Center Parkland Medical Center New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Fahad S. Gilani, M.D. F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.
Catholic Medical Center New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Stephan Heo, M.D., F.A.C.C. Catholic Medical Center New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
John E. Jayne, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5724
Johny Kuttab, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Cardiovascular Consultants
Manchester, (603) 627-1669
Christopher T. Pyne, M.D., F.A.C.C. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Foundation Cardiology Nashua, (603) 577-2039
Maternal & Fetal Medicine Emily R. Baker, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-9306
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Manchester, (603) 629-8775
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord (603) 226-6117
Michelle A. Russell, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-6181
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Manchester, (603) 629-8752
Norris Cotton Cancer Center Nashua, (603) 629-8752
Michael S. Buff, M.D.
Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire OncologyHematology, PA Concord, (603) 224-2556
Nneka Iroka, M.D.
Manchester, (603) 622-6484
Elliot Hospital Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Oncology at the Solinsky Center for Cancer Care
Charles H. Catcher, M.D.
Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire OncologyHematology, PA Concord, (603) 224-2556
Peter H. Crow, M.D.
Prashant Shankar, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Seacoast Cancer Center Dover, (603) 742-8787
Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire OncologyHematology, PA
Keisuke Shirai, M.D., M.Sc.
Medical Oncology at the Solinsky Center for Cancer Care
Danny M. Sims, M.D.
Gina M. DiVenuti, M.D.
Concord, (603) 224-2556
Concord, (603) 224-2556
Manchester, (603) 622-6484
Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire OncologyHematology, PA Concord, (603) 224-2556
Medical Oncology at the Solinsky Center for Cancer Care Manchester, (603) 622-6484
Konstantin Dragnev, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-6345
Kathryn C. Hourdequin, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-9474
Gautami S. Rao, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Foundation Hematology and Oncology Nashua, (603) 886-7900
Gary N. Schwartz, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-6181
Meredith J. Selleck, M.D.
Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire OncologyHematology, PA Concord, (603) 224-2556
Medical Oncology at the Solinsky Center for Cancer Care Manchester, (603) 622-6484
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-9306
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-6344
Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire OncologyHematology, PA Medical Oncology at the Solinsky Center for Cancer Care Manchester, (603) 622-6484
Zachary S. Spigelman, M.D.
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Parkland Medical Center Lahey Center for Oncology and Hematology at Parkland-Derry (603) 537-2060
Jeanna Walsh, M.D.
Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire OncologyHematology, PA Concord, (603) 224-2556
Douglas Jay Weckstein, M.D.
Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire OncologyHematology, PA Concord, (603) 224-2556
Medical Oncology at the Solinsky Center for Cancer Care Manchester, (603) 622-6484
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine James E. Gray, M.D., M.S.
Catholic Medical Center, DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-6063
Steven A. Ringer, M.D.,Ph.D.
Catholic Medical Center, DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-6063
“As a young girl, I watched a close family member suffer from complications of diabetes. I watched him go through the pain associated with his condition and so badly wanted to help him. That feeling stuck with me, and now, as an endocrinologist, I get to help people lead their best life possible. I approach this responsibility with a work ethic shaped by my father, who used to say, “If you have to do it, give it your all.” That’s what I strive to give my patients each day, and I can’t imagine a more rewarding career and calling.” Nephrology Kulli M. Barrett, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Seacoast Kidney & Hypertension Specialists Portsmouth, (603) 436-3433
Peter Cheung, M.D.
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Nephrology Associates, PA Manchester, (603) 641-5800
Michael Casimir Danielski, M.D. Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Seacoast Kidney & Hypertension Specialists Portsmouth, (603) 436-3433
Sean W. Fitzpatrick, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital Southern New Hampshire Nephrology and Hypertension Nashua, (603) 577-5377
David S. Friedenberg, D.O.
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Nephrology Associates, PA Manchester, (603) 641-5800
Sucharit Joshi, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Seacoast Kidney & Hypertension Specialists
Krupa S. Rajur, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Nephrology and Hypertension Nashua, (603) 577-5377
Brian D. Remillard, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-3830
Ana Stankovic, M.D.
Parkland Medical Center Center for Kidney and Metabolic Disorders
Salem, (603) 890-2771
Neurological Surgery Perry A. Ball, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5109
Hulda B. Magnadottir, M.D.
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, (603) 448-0447
New London Hospital (603) 526-4413
Henry F. Pallatroni III, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Exeter Hospital Coastal New Hampshire Neurosurgeons
Portsmouth, (603) 433-4666
Harold J. Pikus, M.D.
Portsmouth, (603) 436-3433
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Shiv Kumar, M.D.
New London Hospital
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Seacoast Kidney & Hypertension Specialists
Lebanon, (603) 448-0447 (603) 526-5408
Nathan E. Simmons, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Portsmouth, (603) 436-3434
Lebanon, (603) 650-5109
Naresh Matta, M.D.
Lebanon, (603) 448-3121
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Seacoast Kidney & Hypertension Specialists Portsmouth, (603) 436-3435
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Paul P. Wang, M.D.
CMC, Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire NeuroSpine Institute Bedford, (603) 472-8888
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Daniel P. Bouvier, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgery SJH, SNHMC, BASC, NASC New Hampshire Orthopedic Center
“We all begin medical school with the goal of helping people, but as the years go on, we can get caught up in our day-to-day routines and lose perspective. It took the recent retirement of a partner to reflect on the difference one can make over an entire career. We had simply discussed how many people had benefited from his decades of service, when it hit me. My days are suddenly adding up to decades and, when you begin to reflect, it can be staggering. I am grateful to be part of this profession and to have the opportunity help people every day.”
Neurology
Leslie Suranyi Jr., M.D.
Ann C. Cabot, D.O.
(603) 524-5151
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Neurology (603) 224-6691
Khosro Farhad, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Coastal Neurology Services
Concord Hospital – Laconia
Vijay M. Thadani, M.D., Ph.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5104
Gary D. Usher, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Coastal Neurology Services
Dover, (603) 749-0913
Dover, (603) 749-0913
Richard Finkelman, M.D.
Roya Vakili, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Coastal Neurology Services Dover, (603) 749-0913
Jason Fleming, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Neurology Associates
Manchester, (603) 663-4800
Barbara C. Jobst, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5104
Ana G. Lizama, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Neurology Associates
Manchester, (603) 663-4800
Keith J. McAvoy, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester (603) 695-2940
Giorgi Sirbiladze, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Neurology Associates
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester (603) 695-2940
Neuroradiology Rihan Khan, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-4488
Corey N. Sides, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants Bedford, (603) 627-1661
Nuclear Medicine Jeffrey B. Mendel, M.D. Parkland Medical Center Salem Radiology
Salem, (603) 890-2800
Obstetrics & Gynecology Danielle Albushies, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Bedford Commons OB-GYN, PA
Manchester, (603) 663-4800
Bedford, (603) 668-4646
Geoffrey Starr, M.D.
Rebecca Banaski, D.O.
Exeter Hospital The Center for Orthopedics & Movement Exeter, (603) 772-0345
Core Physicians
Portsmouth, (603) 772-0345
Colleen M. Barber, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Specialty Care at Bedford Medical Park Bedford, (603) 695-2900
Valerie A. Bell, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua (603) 577-4300
Debra L. Birenbaum, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-9384
Julie A. Braga, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 653-9300
Courtney B. Jones, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Specialty Care at Bedford Medical Park Bedford, (603) 695-2500
Concord Hospital
Brenna Corbett Stapp, D.O.
Marc F. Leclair, M.D.
Manchester, (603) 622-3162
(603) 228-1111
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Bedford Commons OB-GYN, PA Bedford, (603) 668-4646
David R. Levene, M.D.
Monadnock Community Hospital Monadnock OB/GYN
Peterborough, (603) 924-9444
Kelly M. MacMillan, M.D. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center St. Joseph Hospital
Nashua, (603) 883-3365
Melissa Martinez-Adorno M.D., F.A.C.O.G. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Women's Care of Nashua
Nashua, (603) 577-3100
Karen K. Maynard, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Women's Care of Nashua
Nashua, (603) 577-3100
Elliot Hospital Manchester OB/GYN Associates
Jennifer Weidner, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Bedford Commons OB-GYN, PA Bedford, (603) 668-4646
Fletcher R. Wilson, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Bedford Commons OB-GYN, PA Bedford, (603) 668-4646
Occupational Medicine Phillip B. Collins, M.D.
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, (603) 448-7459
Ophthalmology Claudia Bartolini, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Eyesight Ophthalmic Services
Portsmouth, (603) 436-1773 Exeter, (603) 778-1133
Timothy D. Blake, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Manchester OB/GYN Associates
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital Nashua Eye Associates
Heidi Meinz, M.D.
Nashua, (603) 882-9800
Deborah A. Mueller, M.D.
Sara Bozorg, M.D.
(603) 228-1111
Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro Women's Health
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center The Medical Eye Center
Wolfeboro, (603) 569-7585
Manchester, (603) 668-2020
Lisbeth A. Murphy, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Anthony J. Correnti, M.D.
Concord Hospital
Cecilia L. Clemans, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Specialty Care at Bedford Medical Park Bedford, (603) 695-2900
Mark A. Conway, M.D., F.A.C.O.G St. Joseph Hospital
Nashua, (603) 883-3365
Jennifer M. Donofrio, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Manchester OB/GYN Associates Manchester, (603) 622-3162
Jillian K. Dulac, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Manchester OB/GYN Associates Manchester, (603) 622-3162
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Bedford Commons OB-GYN, PA
Elliot Hospital New Hampshire Eye Associates
Bedford, (603) 668-4646
Manchester, (603) 669-3925
Joshua M. Nathan, M.D.
Sonalee M. Desai-Bartoli, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Manchester OB/GYN Associates Manchester, (603) 622-3162
Sonja Nelson, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Harbour Women's Health
Kristen L. Bannister, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Heidi Hallonquist, M.D. Concord Hospital
(603) 228-1111
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Maxwell D. Elia, M.D.
Polyxeni S. Rounds, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Lebanon, (603) 653-9300
Janine R. Eagle, M.D.
E. Rebecca Pschirrer, M.D., M.P.H.
Lebanon, (603) 653-9300
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Nashua, (603) 882-9800
Lebanon, (603) 650-5123
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital Nashua Eye Associates
Portsmouth, (603) 431-6011
Rebecca H. Evans, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Dover, (603) 742-0101
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Bedford, (603) 668-4646
Adili L. Shay, M.D.
Manchester, (603) 622-3162
Timothy J. Fisher, M.D., M.S.
Bedford, (603) 668-4646
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Bedford Commons OB-GYN, PA
Monica J. Chun, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Garrison Women’s Health Center
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Bedford Commons OB-GYN, PA
Lara C. Hanlon, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Lebanon, (603) 653-9306
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center Bedford Commons OB-GYN, PA Bedford, (603) 668-4646
Jeffrey M. Segil, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Dover Women's Health Dover, (603) 742-2424
Elliot Hospital The Medical Eye Center
Manchester, (603) 668-2020
Ahad A. Fazelat, M.D.
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center The Medical Eye Center Manchester, (603) 668-2020
Erin S. Fogel, M.D. Concord Hospital Concord Eye Center (603) 224-2020
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Gary D. Usher, M.D. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Neurology
“It is a constant source of surprise to me that I continue to enjoy practicing community-based neurology as much as I did when I first started practice in Dover years ago. The practice of medicine has gotten in many ways more cumbersome. What has not changed is the pleasure I get from the people I work with, and my enjoyment of developing relationships with the people whom I and our team provide care for.“
Eliot D. Foley, M.D.
Amy L. Hennessy, M.D.
David P. Lawlor, M.D.
(603) 224-2020
Manchester, (603) 668-2020
Lebanon, (603) 650-5123 New London Hospital, (603) 526-2020
Concord Hospital Concord Eye Center
Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center The Medical Eye Center
Andrew Marc Garfinkle, M.D., Ph.D. Concord Hospital – Laconia Laconia Eye & Laser Center Gilford, (603) 524-2020
Marsha Kavanagh, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Eyesight Ophthalmic Services
Portsmouth, (603) 436-1773 Somersworth, (603) 692-7500
Warren Goldblatt, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Eyesight Ophthalmic Services
Richard J. Lasonde, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Excellent Vision Eye and Laser Center
Portsmouth, (603) 436-1773 Somersworth, (603) 692-7500
Newton T. Peters, M.D., F.A.C.S.
David A. Weinberg, M.D.
Portsmouth, (603) 436-1773 Somersworth, (603) 692-7500
Orthopaedic Surgery
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Eyesight Ophthalmic Services
Patrick Joseph Riddle, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital Nashua Eye Associates Nashua, (603) 882-9800
Douglas R. Scott, M.D.
Concord Hospital – Laconia Laconia Eye & Laser Center Gilford, (603) 524-2020
George J. Shaker, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Elliot Hospital The Medical Eye Center
Manchester, (603) 668-2020
Timothy Sullivan, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Eyesight Ophthalmic Services
Kimberly Licciardi, M.D.
Elliot Hospital New Hampshire Eye Associates
Concord Hospital Concord Eye Center (603) 224-2020
Uri Michael Ahn, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire NeuroSpine Institute Bedford, (603) 472-8888
James B. Ames, M.D., M.S.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-5133
New London Hospital (603) 526-5314
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, (603) 448-3121
Eric Arvidson, M.D.
Holy Family Hospital Parkland Medical Center Essex Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Salem, (603) 898-2244
Manchester, (603) 669-3925
Portsmouth, (603) 436-1773 Somersworth, (603) 692-7500
John-Erik Bell, M.D.
Paul S. Musco, M.D.
Lucian Szmyd Jr., M.D.
Lebanon, (603) 650-5133
Speare Memorial Hospital White Mountain Eye Care & Optical Plymouth, (603) 536-1284
Portsmouth, (603) 430-5225
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Eyesight Ophthalmic Services
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, (603) 442-5630
Portsmouth, (603) 436-1773 Somersworth, (603) 692-7500
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Top Doctors 2022 Eric R. Benson, M.D.
Elliot Hospital, BASC, CMC, Parkland New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center Bedford, (603) 883-0091
Daniel P. Bouvier, M.D.
SJH, SNHMC, BASC, NASC New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center Bedford, (603) 883-0092
Mark C. Cullen, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Somersworth, (603) 742-2007 Portsmouth, (603) 742-2007
Robert F. Davis, M.D.
Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Orthopedics at the Bone and Joint Center
Jeffrey Clingman, M.D.
Alexander D. Davis, M.D.
Avnish N. Clerk, M.D. Exeter, (603) 777-1000
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists Gilford, (603) 522-6163
Marcus P. Coe, M.D., M.S.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Nashua, (603) 577-2663
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics
Portsmouth, (603) 431-3575
Kevin W. Dwyer, M.D., M.S.
Stephen J. Fox, M.D.
Concord Hospital Concord Orthopaedics, PA
Lebanon, (603) 650-5134
New London Hospital (603) 526-5314
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, (603) 448-3121
(603) 526-5314
Marc J. Michaud, M.D.
Nashua, (603) 883-0091
Bedford, (603) 883-0092
Ricardo A. Gonzales, M.D.
Bryan Lawless, M.D.
Wayne E. Moschetti, M.D., M.S.
Manchester, (603) 625-1655
Manchester, (603) 625-1655
Lebanon, (603) 650-5133
Somersworth, (603) 742-2007
Elliot Hospital Elliot Orthopaedic Surgical Specialists
Elliot Hospital Elliot Orthopaedics
Douglas M. Goumas, M.D.
Gregory Leather, M.D.
Bedford, (603) 883-0092
(603) 354-5482
BASC,CMC, Elliot, PMC New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-5133
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
New London Hospital
(603) 629-8020
BASC, CMC, Elliot, PMC SJH, SNHMC, NASC New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center
New London Hospital
Portsmouth, (603) 431-1121
(603) 526-5314
Heather C. Killie, M.D.
Glen D. Crawford, M.D.
Frances D. Faro, M.D.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Manchester
(603) 354-5400
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Eric R. Henderson, M.D.
(603) 526-5314
Lebanon, (603) 650-5133
New London Hospital
Mark J. Geppert, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
(603) 224-3368
Lebanon, (603) 650-5133
Lebanon, (603) 650-5133
David S. Jevsevar, M.D., M.B.A.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Dartmouth Hitchcock Manchester (603) 695-2830
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
Glenn S. Lieberman, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists Gilford, (603) 522-6163
Dartmouth Hitchcock Concord
Thomas F. McGovern, M.D.
Cherie Holmes, M.D., M.Sc.
Exeter, (603) 777-1000
Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
(603) 624-5522
Cheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, (603) 448-3121
Mayo Noerdlinger, M.D., F.A.A.O.S. Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Portsmouth, (603) 431-1121
Jason A. Oliviero, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester (603) 695-2830
Kevin J. McGuire, M.D., M.S.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
(603) 354-5482
Elliot, CMC, Parkland, BASC New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-2225
Robert C. Parisien, M.D. Elliot Hospital Elliot Orthopaedics
Manchester, (603) 625-1655
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Lydia Bennett, MD Bedford
Douglas Dreffer, MD Derry
John Daley, MD Derry
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OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
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OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
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INTERNAL MEDICINE
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Top Doctors 2022 Ira M. Parsons, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital The Knee, Hip & Shoulder Center Portsmouth, (603) 431-5858
Adam M. Pearson, M.D., M.S.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-2225
Anthony H. Presutti, M.D.
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (603) 354-5482
Akhilesh Sastry, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Portsmouth, (603) 431-1121
Mark B. Silbey, M.D.
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (603) 354-5482
Gregory W. Soghikian, M.D.
CMC, Elliot, Parkland, SNHMC BASC, NASC New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center Bedford, (603) 883-0092
Michael B. Sparks, M.D.
Lance G. Warhold, M.D.
Lebanon, (603) 650-5133
Lebanon, (603) 650-5133
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
William S. Sutherland, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Gavin R. Webb, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Portsmouth, (603) 431-1121
Somersworth and Lee (603) 742-2007
Adrian J. Thomas, M.D.
Otolaryngology
Benjamin Michael Thompson, M.D.
Bartels Facial Rejuvenation
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics Dover, (603) 842-4289
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Frisbie Memorial Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Somersworth, (603) 742-2007
James C. Vailas, M.D.
CMC, Elliot, Parkland, SJH, SNHMC BASC, NASC New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center
Derry, (603) 432-8104
(603) 622-3623
Christopher Knox, D.O.
Bedford, (603) 656-2105
Eunice Y. Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Benoit J. Gosselin, M.D.
Exeter, (603) 772-8208
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-8123
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Pain Medicine
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
James A. Mirazita, M.D.
(603) 625-5483
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Concord Hospital – Laconia Pain Solutions
James E. Saunders, M.D., M.S.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-8123
Anders Holm, M.D.
(603) 229-5099
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Northeast ENT and Allergy
Nashua, (603) 577-3003
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord Pillsbury Street
Praveen Suchdev, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Concord Hospital – Laconia Pain Solutions
Sarah S. Seo, M.D.
Dover, (603) 742-6555
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Peter Soon Ihm, M.D.
New London Hospital
Lebanon, (603) 650-8123
Exeter Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Core Physicians
Elliot Hospital Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
Otolaryngology/ Facial Plastic Surgery
Exeter Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Core Physicians
Lebanon, (603) 650-8123
James P. Bartels, M.D.
Lebanon, (603) 650-8123
David C. Thut, M.D.
Andrew R. Spector, M.D.
Parkland Medical Center Dr. Jorgensen Professional Association
Joseph A. Paydarfar, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital New Hampshire NeuroSpine Institute Bedford, (603) 472-8888
Keith Jorgensen, M.D.
Nashua, (603) 577-3003
(603) 526-5172
Exeter, (603) 772-8208
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Pathology John P. Bissonnette, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Pathology Specialists of New England at SNHMC Manchester, (603) 577-2845
Anil K. Dewan, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Pathology Specialists of New England at SNHMC
Manchester, (603) 577-2845
James Samuel Smoot, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Elliot Hospital
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Elliot Hospital Pathology Specialists of New England at SNHMC
Manchester, (603) 577-2845
(603) 224-1929
Leslie S. Dick, M.D.
Erica Boheen, M.D.
(603) 226-6100
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord
Robert W. Hickey, M.D.
Kaveer K. Chatoorgoon, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Alexandra D. Bonesho, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Partners in Pediatrics
Epping, (603) 693-2100
Eileen Forrest, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Portsmouth Regional Hospital Allergy Associates of NH, PA
Portsmouth, (603) 436-7897 Dover, (603) 343-4649 York, Maine, (207) 351-3932
Pediatric Cardiology Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Jenifer Glatz, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester (603) 695-2745
Pediatric HematologyOncology
Lebanon, (603) 650-7211
Peterborough, (603) 924-7101
Concord Hospital
Monadnock Community Hospital
Pediatric Surgery
Dover, (603) 740-2366
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
Thomas M. Albushies, M.D.
Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Arief A. Suriawinata, M.D.
Wendy A. Wells, M.D.
Matthew M. Hand, D.O.
Adela M. De Vera, M.D.
(603) 695-2745
Naomi Gauthier, M.D.
Lebanon, (603) 650-7211
Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatrics
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Manchester, (603) 663-2583
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Norris Cotton Cancer Center Manchester, (603) 650-5541
Julie Kim, M.D., Ph.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-5541
Epping, (603) 693-2100
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Dartmouth Hitchcock Manchester
Candice L. Camacho, M.D.
Lebanon, (603) 953-9883 (603) 653-9883
Daniel P. Croitoru, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 953-9883
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Medicine-Pediatrics of Nashua (603) 594-6337
Charles T. Cappetta, M.D.
(603) 653-9883
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua
Meghna V. Misra, M.D. M.S., F.A.C.S.
Mark D. Carney, M.D.
(603) 577-4141
Dartmouth Hitchcock Manchester
Elliot Hospital
Manchester, (603) 663-8393
Elizabeth S. Soukup, M.D. Elliot Hospital
(603) 577-4400
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Family Health Center (603) 228-7200
Danielle L. Dunetz, D.O. F.A.A.P.
Nashua, (603) 891-0083
Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Exeter, (603) 772-8900
Matthew J. Hajduk, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Pediatrics at Windham (603) 685-0150
Nancy S. Husarik, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Pediatrics and Primary Care at Raymond (603) 895-8000
Kristen C. Johnson, M.D. Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Exeter, (603) 772-8900
Manchester, (603) 663-8393
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Congratulations to our Top Doctors for being recognized by your peers. PEDIATRICS
ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY
Gina M. DiVenuti, MD
Michele G. Rush, MD
Thank you for
Christopher E. Allen, MD
Scott J. Fabozzi, MD
William F. Santis, MD
your dedication
Mark J. Aronson, DO
Erin S. Fogel, MD
Douglas R. Scott, MD
Anthony J. Aversa, MD
Eliot D. Foley, MD
Meredith J. Selleck, MD
J. Bryan Bannister, MD FAMILY MEDICINE
Stephen J. Fox, MD
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Tajammul Shafique, MD, FACS
Kyle T. Baron, MD
Jeffrey T. Lockhart, MD
Thomas A. Sheldon, MD
Teri Lee Brehio, MD
Andrew Marc Garfinkle, MD, PhD
Tamara L. Shilling, DO
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choose us to
Danny M. Sims, MD
keep them,
Thomas M. Albushies, MD FAMILY MEDICINE
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Frederick M. Briccetti, MD ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY
Michael S. Buff, MD
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CARDIOLOGY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
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RADIATION ONCOLOGY
RHEUMATOLOGY
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY
Ann C. Cabot, DO
Matthew F. Kamil, MD
Wayne K. Stadelmann, MD
Mark D. Carney, MD
ENDOCRINOLOGY
PLASTIC SURGERY
PEDIATRICS
RADIATION ONCOLOGY
Su K. Metcalfe, MD
Leslie Suranyi Jr., MD
Patrick J. Casey, MD
Robert E. Mitchell, II, MD
Robert D. Thomson, MD
Charles H. Catcher, MD
Anthony V. Mollano, MD
Veronica Triaca, MD
Barrett L. Chapin, MD
Ayesha Nazeer, MD
Tanja VanderLinde, MD
Monica J. Chun, MD
James T. Noble, MD INFECTIOUS DISEASE
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Paul R. Clark, MD
Richard J. O’Brien Jr., MD
Douglas J. Weckstein, MD
David C. Picard, MD
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Bryan P. Rowe, MD
Christopher M. Weinmann, MD, FACS
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Veronica Triaca, M.D. Concord Hospital Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
“As a physician who primarily cares for women, I have the honor and privilege of managing conditions that greatly impact their quality of life. To do so, I have had the great fortune of working with a group of health care providers who share the same compassion, drive and sensitivity to our patients’ needs. The first of its kind, the Pelvic Medicine Program at the Urologic Institute of Concord Hospital is comprised of a unique group of physicians, advanced providers, physical therapists, nurses and medical assistants who strive to provide excellent care. We are all on the same page when it comes to what the patient needs. As a urogynecologic surgeon, I am constantly reminded of how the relationship that I have with my patients impacts their outcomes and success. Together with my team, we strive to be patient centered whilst nurturing patient relationships and delivering care in an integrated and coordinated manner.”
Jennifer L. Jones, M.D.
Heather A. Mane, M.D.
Epping, (603) 693-2100
Londonderry, (603) 552-1400
Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Gregory Kaupp, M.D. F.A.A.P., F.A.C.P.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Medicine-Pediatrics of Nashua (603) 594-6337
John Klunk, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Pediatrics and Primary Care at Raymond
Elliot Hospital Elliot Primary Care
Lila H. Monahan, M.D., F.A.A.P. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Partners in Pediatrics
Nashua, (603) 891-0083
Mark D. Myers, M.D., F.A.A.P. Elliot Hospital Elliot Pediatrics at Bedford (603) 472-5860
(603) 895-8000
Theresa M. Oliveira, M.D.
Stacey Kopp, M.D.
(603) 226-6100
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua (603) 577-4400
Tessa J. Lafortune-Greenberg, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord
Andrea Palumbo, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Pediatrics at Bedford (603) 472-5860
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord
Jessica S. Payton, M.D.
Terri L. Lally, M.D.
(603) 354-6666
(603) 226-6100
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Dover Pediatrics (603) 742-4048
Steven P. Loh, M.D. Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Stratham, (603) 658-1823
Michele D. Mandel, M.D.
Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
Mitchell N. Pivor, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Lilac City Pediatrics
Rochester, (603) 335-4522
Todd M. Poret, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord (603) 226-6100
Elliot Hospital Elliot Pediatrics at Windham (603) 685-0150
Christopher M. Riccio, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Medicine-Pediatrics of Nashua (603) 594-6337
Donald E. Salvatore, M.D. Elliot Hospital Doctors Park Pediatrics
Manchester, (603) 663-8300
Andrew J. Schuman, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua (603) 577-4400
Marni A. Silverstein, M.D.
Cheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (603) 354-6666
Sandra F. Truebe, M.D. Elliot Hospital Doctors Park Pediatrics
Manchester, (603) 663-8300
Pamela S. Udomprasert, M.D. Frisbie Memorial Hospital Rochester Pediatric Associates (603) 332-0238
Linda A. Williams, M.D., F.A.A.P. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Foundation Pediatrics
Nashua, (603) 594-6030
Hilary A. Yehling, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Pediatrics and Primary Care at Raymond (603) 895-8000
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Thomas M. Frates, M.D. Elliot Hospital, CMC New Hampshire NeuroSpine Institute
Bedford, (603) 472-8888
Barry C. Gendron, D.O.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Seacoast Physiatry
Portsmouth, (603) 431-5529
Aron M .Jeffrey, D.O.
Catholic Medical Center Elliot Hospital New Hampshire NeuroSpine Institute
Bedford, (603) 472-8888
Bruce Myers, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Seacoast Physiatry
Portsmouth, (603) 431-5529
Daniel S. Zipin, D.O.
Exeter Hospital The Center for Orthopedics & Movement Exeter, (603) 778-7975
Plastic Surgery Cecil W. Bean, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Plastic Surgery Specialists Dover, (603) 516-4268
Steven L. Brown, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center, BASC The Wound & Ostomy Center
Manchester, (603) 663-2094
Todd E. Burdette, M.D.
Jeremy Waldman, M.D.
St. Joseph Hospital Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Waldman Plastic Surgery & Dermatology Nashua, (603) 577-5559
Psychiatry Paul F. Belliveau, M.D.
Coastal Counseling Associates Exeter, (603) 778-0505
Julia R. Frew, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-4725
Michael D. Kisicki, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-4726
Pulmonary Disease Haitham Al Ashry, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Elliot Hospital Elliot Pulminary & Sleep Medicine at River's Edge Manchester, (603) 663-3770
Graham T. Atkins, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Copley Hospital Lebanon, (603) 650-5533
John P. Brennan, M.D. Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Exeter, (603) 775-0234
James L. Carroll Jr., M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-5533
Christopher C. Daigle, M.D. F.C.C.P. St. Joseph Hospital
Elliot Hospital Elliot Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Nashua, (603) 889-4131
Gary L. Freed Jr., M.D. Pharm.D.
Exeter, (603) 775-0234
Lebanon, (603) 650-5148
Elliot Hospital Elliot Pulminary & Sleep Medicine at River's Edge
Manchester, (603) 314-6450
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Charles J. Gaudet, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Piscataqua Plastic Surgery
Portsmouth, (603) 431-5488
Wayne K. Stadelmann, M.D. F.A.C.S. Concord Hospital Concord Plastic Surgery (603) 224-5200
Dale C. Vidal, M.D., M.S.
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Multi-Specialty Clinic Lebanon, (603) 443-9572
Paul Deranian, M.D. Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Sunil Dhunna, M.D.
Manchester, (603) 663-3770
Richard I. Enelow, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-5533
Joseph C. Hou, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center DartmouthHitchcock Manchester (603) 645-6407
Amit Joglekar, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Portsmouth Regional Hospital Rochester Pulmonary Medicine Rochester, (603) 335-0909
Harold Manning, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-5533
Vinia Madonna C. Mendoza, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Rochester Pulmonary Medicine
Radiation Oncology Alan C. Hartford, M.D., Ph.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-6600
Brian R. Knab, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Radiation Oncology Associates
Rochester, (603) 335-0909
Manchester, (603) 663-1800 Londonderry, (603) 552-1600
Muhammad Mirza, M.D.
Su K. Metcalfe, M.D., M.P.H.
Catholic Medical Center Elliot Hospital Elliot Pulminary & Sleep Medicine at River's Edge Manchester, (603) 663-3770
David C. Picard, M.D.
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (603) 224-9661
Concord Hospital Sleep Center (603) 230-5627
Richard N. Read, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester Manchester, (603) 645-6407
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility Joseph A. Hill III, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Winchester Hospital Fertility Centers of New England Portsmouth, (781) 942-7000
Kristen Wright, M.D.
Elliot Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Boston Boston IVF
Sherry A. Guardiano D.O., M.B.A.
Cheshire Medical Center, DartmouthHitchcock Keene (603) 354-6570
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-8622
Sleep Medicine
Irene O. Hou, M.D.
Catholic Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester
Brooke G. Judd, M.D.
Daniel Kunz, D.O.
Lebanon, (603) 650-3630
Exeter, (603) 777-1000
Concord Hospital – Laconia Sleep Evaluation Center
(603) 695-2550
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Heater Road
Bedford, (781) 434-6500
Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Michele G. Rush, M.D.
Concord, (603) 230-6100 Londonderry, (603) 552-1600
Rheumatology
Douglas F. Marks Jr., M.D.
Gilford, (603) 737-6755
Bryan P. Rowe, M.D.
Daniel A. Albert, M.D.
Concord Hospital Radiation Oncology Associates
Concord Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Radiation Oncology Associates Concord, (603) 230-6100 Dover, (603) 742-8787
Thomas Sheldon, M.D.
Concord Hospital Radiation Oncology Associates Concord, (603) 230-6100
Himanshu Singh, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Radiation Oncology Associates
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-8622
Christopher M. Burns, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-8622
Todd F. Dombrowski, M.D., M.S.
Elliot Hospital New Hampshire Arthritis Center at River's Edge Manchester, (603) 314-6970
Naureen Mirza, M.D.
Elliot Hospital New Hampshire Arthritis Center at River's Edge Manchester, (603) 314-6970
Cheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (603) 354-5400
Hoke H. Shirley III, M.D.
Concord Hospital Concord Orthopaedics, PA (603) 224-3368
Dover, (603) 742-8787
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Franconia, (603) 823-8600
Peter M. Loescher, M.D. Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Lebanon, (603) 442-5630
Jonathan Mack, M.D., C.A.Q.S.M.
Elliot Hospital Elliot Orthopaedic Surgical Specialists
Manchester, (603) 625-1655
John Andrew McMahon, D.O. Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Portsmouth, (603) 431-1121
Joshua A. Siegel, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics Exeter, (603) 775-7575
Surgery Stacey Abbis, M.D.
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua, (603) 577-4141
Elliot Hospital Elliot General Surgery at River's Edge
Manchester, (603) 627-1102
Curtis J. Kloc, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Monadnock Community Hospital Monadnock Surgical Associates
Peterborough, (603) 924-4668
Daiying Lu, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Elliot General Surgery at River's Edge
Manchester, (603) 627-1102
Christopher Lundquist, M.D. Catholic Medical Center
Manchester, (603) 627-1887
Patrick Mahon, M.D., F.A.C.S. Catholic Medical Center St. Joseph Hospital Vein & Vascular Specialists
Bedford, (603) 665-5150
Tawakalitu O. Oseni, M.D., F.A.C.S. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Foundation Surgery
Nashua, (603) 882-8375
Alice Rocke, M.D.
Littleton Regional Hospital
Littleton, (603) 444-0997
Kari M. Rosenkranz, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, (603) 650-7901
Jessica L. Ryan, M.D., F.A.C.S. Catholic Medical Center Breast Care Center
Richard J. Barth Jr., M.D.
Bedford, (603) 663-5270
Lebanon, (603) 650-9479
Concord Hospital – Laconia
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Tajammul Shafique, M.D. F.A.C.S.
John Chadwick Britton, M.D.
Gilford, (603) 528-1547
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Exeter Hospital Core Physicians
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Surgical Associates of Rochester
Jay W. Swett, M.D., F.A.C.S.
H.E. Guy Burman, M.D.
Exeter, (603) 775-7405
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (603) 354-6504
David J. Coppola, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Seacoast General Surgery Dover, (603) 749-2266
David A. Gould, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester (603) 695-2840
Rajan Gupta, M.D., M.H.C.D.S. F.A.C.S., F.C.C.P. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Foundation Surgery
Nashua, (603) 882-8375
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Lawrence M. Hoepp, M.D.
Richard Joseph Tomolonis M.D. Catholic Medical Center
Manchester, (603) 627-1887
Christopher M. Weinmann M.D., F.A.C.S. Concord Hospital – Laconia Gilford, (603) 528-1547
Brent C. White, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-8010
Mt. Ascutney Hospital & Health Center
Windsor, Vt., (802) 674-7217
Andrew Wu, M.D., F.A.C.S. F.A.S.M.B.S. Catholic Medical Center
Manchester, (603) 627-1887
New England Weight Management Institute
Manchester, (603) 663-7377
New England Weight Management Institute Androscoggin Valley Hospital
Urogynecology/ Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Elizabeth C. Chase, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Garrison Women’s Health Dover, (603) 742-0101
Berlin, (603) 752-2200
Deeptha Sastry, M.D.
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Portsmouth, (603) 431-6011
David J. Caparrelli, M.D. F.A.C.S.
Catholic Medical Center New England Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Manchester, (603) 663-6340
New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, (603) 669-0413
Vein & Vascular Specialists
Bedford, (603) 665-5150
David J. Finley, M.D.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Harbour Women's Health
Veronica Triaca, M.D.
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Urologic Institute (603) 224-3388
Urology Egbert Baumgart, M.D.
Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Lahey Institute of Urology Rochester, (603) 742-5011
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
James A. Betti, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
Rochester, (603) 742-5011
Lebanon, (603) 650-8537 (603) 650-8537
Parkland Medical Center Lahey Institute of Urology
William Bihrle III, M.D.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, White River Junction VA Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-7390
Lebanon, (603) 650-5091
Curtis C. Quinn, M.D.
Sandy M. Chin, M.D.
Jock N. McCullough, M.D.
Elliot Hospital General Surgical Specialists at River's Edge
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Manchester, (603) 627-1102
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Gerald L. Sardella, M.D.
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Manchester, (603) 663-6340
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Manchester, (603) 669-0413
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Robert E. Mitchell, M.D. Concord Hospital New London Hospital Concord Hospital Urologic Institute (603) 224-3388
John J. Munoz, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Manchester Urology Associates, PA
Manchester, (603) 669-9200
Cyrus B. Noble, M.D.
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Manchester, (603) 669-9200
Vernon M. Pais Jr., M.D.
Jeffrey P Chapdelaine, M.D. St. Joseph Hospital Nashua Radiology (603) 882-3000
Vascular Surgery James M. Estes, M.D.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Wentworth Health Partners Vascular Surgery Dover and Portsmouth (603) 609-6685
Patricia C. Furey, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.B.A.
Catholic Medical Center St. Joseph Hospital Vein & Vascular Specialists
Bedford, (603) 665-5150
Philip Goodney, M.D., M.S. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-8193
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Lebanon, (603) 448-3122
Richard Powell, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, (603) 650-8193
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Lebanon, (603) 448-3122
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
David H. Stone, M.D.
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Lebanon, (603) 650-8193
Lebanon, (603) 650-5091
Concord Hospital Concord Hospital Urologic Institute (603) 224-3388
William A. Selleck, M.D.
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Manchester Urology Associates, PA
Manchester, (603) 669-9200
Samuel T. Snipes, M.D.
Parkland Medical Center Catholic Medical Center Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Manchester Urology Associates, PA
Manchester, (603) 669-9200
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Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital Lahey Institute of Urology Rochester, (603) 742-5011
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“Gardening is the greatest tonic and therapy a human being can have. Even if you have only a tiny piece of earth, you can create something beautiful, which we all have a great need for. If we begin by respecting plants, it’s inevitable we’ll respect people.” — Audrey Hepburn
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WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY MATTHEW MEAD ending a miniature garden in your home can be a fun and active way to cultivate an interest in plants and nature. Build your own growing oasis with a mix of favorite plants, soil supplies and a few upcycled containers found on your basement shelves. The care is easy and rewarding, and the results will add a flourish to your home and décor. Gardens can come in all shapes, styles and sizes. Indoor ones are no exception and can be customized your needs. Some may yield fragrant herbs for harvest, while others will inspire with showy blooms or layers of interesting textures. It’s easy to design your own to fit any spot in your house. Be sure to have a place with plenty of light, easy access to water, and no cold drafts.
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Finding containers and vessels Look no further then your own shelf of castoff objects to create fantastic and stylish upstyled vessels to show off your plants. Old wooden crates or boxes, baskets, glass compotes and vintage cans all look interesting when planted with billowing flowering plants or fragrant herbs. Line the base of your container with stones for good drainage, then add soil and your favorite plants, and finally top with moistened sheet moss to keep the plants hydrated. No basement treasures to be found? Visit thrift shops and flea markets for fun finds, or visit these local shops: Antiques on Elm in Manchester antiquesonelmmanchester.com Parker-French Antiques in Northwood parker-frenchantiques.com Crawley Falls Antiques in Brentwood Facebook nhmagazine.com | March/April 2022 85
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WHAT YOU’LL NEED: • An attractive container: a wooden box, glass jar, planter or glass dome • Pea stone or small beach stones for drainage • Potting soil • A mix of living plants, flowers and herbs • Miniature garden tool set
UPCYCLED JAR GARDEN > A vintage glass jar is the perfect foil for a mix of spring plants. Fragrant hyacinth and miniature roses are mixed with stones and moss to create a living still life to perch by a sunny window.
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A round wooden bowl paired with a dome makes an instant terrarium. Simply remove the dome for easy maintenance. Use small wooden terrarium tools to tend the soil and allow the roots proper hydration.
PLANT POT TERRARIUM > Top a vintage plant pot with a jelly jar to create a self-watering terrarium. Plant with favorite specimens and line a window sill for an instant and easy-to-care-for garden.
PIECE O’ CAKE GARDEN > This glass-covered garden uses a vintage cake stand and cover for an easy-to-move terrarium. Place on a sunny window sill and enjoy, or put in the center of your dining table as a centerpiece.
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Having a will does not help you escape probate. The key to bypassing probate is to carefully plan the ownership structure of your assets. Probate only covers assets held in your name individually. Your titling options to avoid probate include: Joint ownership with your spouse or another trusted family member. Payable on Death designation — allows you to name a beneficiary for your bank account. Transfer on Death designation — allows you to name a beneficiary for your investment account. Trust — creates a separate legal entity to hold and distribute your assets based on your instructions. You do not have to change the title for any asset that requires a beneficiary designation form. Examples are life insurance, annuities, 401Ks, IRAs and Roth IRAs. By law, these assets are not subject to the jurisdiction of the probate court.
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pass directly to the named beneficiary, upon the filing of a claim. These assets do not become part of the decedent’s probate estate. Assets that are owned by the decedent alone, or in “common” with others, are probate assets and the administrator must file a Petition for Estate Administration with the court. Under the court’s supervision, the probate process will proceed until the decedent’s assets are completely distributed. Before making any distributions to heirs, the decedent’s debts and other obligations must be paid. The final distribution depends on whether the decedent had a spouse, children, or other related individuals, such as parents, siblings, or cousins. It is exceedingly rare that there is not any individual living to inherit. Estate planners recommend that individuals execute a will to control and determine who inherits their assets after death. — Jeanne Saffan is a Partner at Upton Hatfield, LLP.
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It’s a Gut Reaction Fermented foods can support good health BY KAREN A. JAMROG / ILLUSTRATION BY MADELINE McMAHON
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ost of us think of bacteria as the bad guys, something to scrub away and protect ourselves from. But some types of bacteria are good for us, which is reassuring considering that we are crawling with the stuff. On any given day, trillions of microbes including bacteria reside on our skin, in our gut and in other parts of our body. Genetics, diet, medication and other factors can influence the makeup of this living, microscopic population and create imbalances that raise the risk of disease, so it’s a good idea to properly feed and care for it. Scientists are still learning about the links
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between overall health and the microbiome, which refers to the personal collection of bacteria and other microorganisms that each of us has, but since a large percentage of bacteria exists in the gut, it makes sense that what we eat plays a particularly vital
role in maintaining a healthy microbiome. Many fermented foods, which in recent times have experienced a surge in popularity, can help because they are rich in probiotics, which boost beneficial bacteria. During fermentation, yeast and bacteria break down sugars, helping to preserve food and lending a distinctive taste. It’s a process that occurs naturally over time in some food, such as sourdough, but it can also be achieved by adding probiotics to food. Common fermented foods include yogurt, kefir, kombucha, sauerkraut, miso, tempeh, kimchi, and some cheeses and pickles. Before you load up on fermented products, though, a few caveats: Some people find the taste of certain fermented foods, such as kimchi, off-putting, says LeeAnne Mather, A.P.R.N., R.D., of Core Gastroenterology in Exeter, and some fermented foods often come with added sugar. Also, some people — especially those with digestive disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome — find that they don’t tolerate fermented foods well, Mather says. “Start with small amounts,” she advises, and see how you feel. If fermented foods are not for you, be sure to incorporate food that contains prebiotics in your diet. In general, good sources of prebiotics include high-fiber foods such as fruit, vegetables and beans. Mather likens eating high-fiber food to spreading fertilizer on a lawn; when you eat apples, onions or chickpeas, for example, you feed your current store of beneficial bacteria, helping it to grow and flourish. If you are not accustomed to eating high-fiber foods, introduce them gradually to your diet to lessen the chance of bloating or other abdominal discomfort. Regardless of which route you choose — taking in prebiotics, probiotics or both — evidence suggests that regular consumption of foods and drinks that support the microbiome can lead not only to better
Many fermented foods, which in recent times have experienced a surge in popularity, can help because they are rich in probiotics, which boost beneficial bacteria.
Help your body’s flora to flourish Trends come and go but some, such as the fermentation craze, are worth paying attention to. Not too long ago, many Americans had never heard of kefir, kimchi or kombucha, but today all are hot sellers in supermarkets, specialty shops and cafés. If you don’t already regularly consume them, you might want to give them a try, as fermented foods appear to benefit health by supporting the microbiome, or collection of microorganisms that lives on and inside each of us. Not feeling adventurous enough to try kefir, kimchi or kombucha? Yogurt and some cheeses and pickles are also fermented, as are sauerkraut, miso and tempeh. Look for labels that identify the product as fermented or as containing probiotics or active cultures, and when possible, avoid cooking fermented foods because high heat kills beneficial bacteria. gastronomical health but can also benefit the cardiovascular and immune systems and lower the risk of diabetes and obesity, at least in part because maintaining sufficient numbers and diversity among beneficial bacteria in the gut decreases inflammation, “one of the roots of all evil in the body,” says Hannah K. Brilling, R.D.N., a clinical dietitian and member of a culinary medicine team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Weight and Wellness Center. Inflammation has been linked to a host of health problems,
from heart disease to cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and more. But don’t just swig some kombucha or occasionally sprinkle legumes on a salad and stop there. “We have to continue to support the microorganisms once they enter our bodies,” Brilling says, through healthy behaviors like consuming adequate fiber and minimizing sugar, artificial sweeteners, processed foods and packaged foods in general. Admittedly, the typical American diet
does not include a lot of fermented foods and drinks, and many of us still choose processed products over high-fiber food, but foods that foster a healthy microbiome are a staple in other cultures, Mather notes. The Mediterranean diet, for example, leans heavily on plant-based foods that are microbiome-friendly, and residents of some countries “use yogurt at every meal to help with digestion,” Mather says. Regularly eating food that supports a healthy microbiome “is like adding an extra layer of nutrition,” Brilling says, and can be especially helpful for individuals who have an inflammatory condition such as arthritis, heart disease or gout. Indeed, benefits of a healthy gut microbiome extend beyond the digestive tract to affect metabolism, blood sugar and even mood. “The bacteria of the gut is a living organism,” Mather says, and many health experts consider the microbiome to be one of the body’s organs. How you care for it should reflect the significant influence it has on your health. NH
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Covid in the Time of Chickens BY REBECCA RULE / ILLUSTRATION BY BRAD FITZPATRICK
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n the woods I found an egg, abandoned by feral guinea fowl. “Hatch me,” the egg said. I showed my grown-up daughter, who lives over the garage. She googled incubation. If we’re going to incubate one egg, we agreed, might’s well incubate a bunch. It was early in the pandemic. Money was tight, we were homebound, toilet paper was scarce. Could an egg shortage be far behind? A friend raises Lavender Orpingtons, Cuckoo Marans and Black Australorps. So fancy! We bought a dozen eggs, likely fertile, because roosters in spring get especially roostery. The homemade cardboard incubator wasn’t cutting it, so we bought a real one. Also a thermometer and humidity gauge. We eschewed the automatic egg turner. My daughter would turn them every five hours. The guinea fowl egg exploded right off the bat. Rotten. The others hung in there and, after three weeks, started to wiggle. Six little dinosaurs pecked into the world.
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Peep, peep. They were, as my mother would say, awful cunning. We bought a brooder and a heat lamp. Put marbles in the water dish so the fuzzballs wouldn’t drown. They liked the warmth of cupped hands. They sat on our shoulders and heads. Feathers sprouted. We were entranced. A modified cedar playhouse made a snug coop. We padlocked the door to discourage raccoons. Built a chicken yard topped with netting to discourage hawks. Procured shavings, diatomaceous earth, feed, grit, corn and mealworms. Chickens love those crispy husks. Offered a handful, they came running. Soon, I thought, there will be eggs. Supervised, the chickens pecked around the garden and the lawn. If someone was reading on the swing, the chickens hopped up to cuddle. Lap chickens. We were a happy family.
Except for ... Gregory Peck, the larger of our two roos. If I failed to hear the pad of his feet in a back-field maneuver, he’d nail me. Every chance he got. Blood on the beak. I didn’t mind. Much. Roos will be roos. But when Gregory Peck got after the other roo — our gentle boy, Alexios — action was required. We banished the Peck-Man to a separate coop, St. Bridgid’s Monastery. Egg production, I learned, depends on light. Hens need at least 12 to 16 hours of daylight to lay. By the time our chickens were mature enough, summer had passed and we were headed into the dark months — October ... November ... December. Come next spring, I thought, there will be eggs. Chickens gotta lay. Eventually. Right? Sure enough, almost one year and many dollars after finding that rotten guinea fowl egg in the woods, we collected our first egg. I called the family together and held the egg aloft. The sun shone upon it. It was beautiful. And delicious. Since then, the chickens have continued to lay. They keep us fed and — more importantly — entertained. A friend donated a lonely hen whose partner had died of old age. A friend of a friend donated two plucky survivors of a bear attack that had decimated their flock and reduced their coop to rubble. Gregory Peck cohabitates with a sweet hen who tolerates his cantankerousness. Recently, a fully vaccinated visitor from the city seemed impressed with our operation — two coops, pimped-out yard, tetherball cabbages. “But don’t the neighbors complain?” he asked. “Complain?” I said. “About what?” Just then Gregory Peck let loose an ear-piercing crow. Alexios joined in. “That,” he said. It’s true. The roosters crow at dawn and continue to crow joyously throughout the day. “No complaints,” I told the visitor from the city. “The neighbors all have Covid chickens too.” NH
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