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36 The Dark Side of Mount Success
Seventy years after a Douglas DC3 slammed into a mountain on a flight to Berlin, its wreckage remains a somber scene for hikers.
By Michael Wejchert
Photography by Joe Klementovich
44 Reader Photo Contest
Our second reader-submitted photo contest features animals in Granite Staters’ homes and in the wild.
Compiled by NH Magazine
56 2025 Top Doctors
The results of the annual Castle Connolly Top Doctors poll are in. See who made the list.
14 Peace Amidst the Falls
The Baths in Franconia Notch invite seasonal peace.
Photo by Jackson Mellor
16 For the Record
As longtime newspaper folds, Colebrook’s community paper picks up the legacy.
By Emily Reily
Illustration by Peter Noonan
22 Spice Up Your Spring
The flavors of Thailand bring the heat this season.
By Emshika Alberini
26 Keys to Yesterday
New England Typewriter in Merrimack gives old machines another chance.
By Mike Morin
30 In Their Own Words with Sarah Silverman
Humor’s Healing Effect
By Elisa Gonzales Verdi
34 What Do You Know
Lunch in the Pigsah Wilderness
By Marshall Hudson
82 Here We Grow Again
Spring is around the corner, and we are all itching to get our hands dirty — but starting too early is worse than starting too late.
By Robin Sweetser
88 Calendar
Top winter events around the state are waiting for you.
Compiled by Elisa Gonzales Verdi
94 Health
Primary Care in NH: Why you need it and how to find it.
By Krysten Godfrey Maddocks
96 Live Free
Chicken Farmer, We Love You (Still).
By Mark Hayward
Illustration by Peter Noonan
Volume 39, Number 2 ISSN 1532-0219
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OUR GRANDDAUGHTER, Gwendolyn, turns 6 this summer. When my wife and I look at videos of her learning to form words — “na-na!” was banana — we cherish a memory untarnished by world events.
Only now, as I contemplate the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 outbreak, do I remember that Gwen arrived on this planet less than a year before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported the first cases of COVID in the United States.
In early February of 2020, I spent a day skiing with members of a business networking group at Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln. During lunch, we talked about the news coming from Washington state, but in the way that people discuss a tragedy playing out a safe distance away.
A few days after this issue goes to press, I’ll be hanging out with the same gang again at Loon. I doubt anyone will mention COVID-19. While the pandemic has officially ended, testing positive has become another winter health fear alongside the flu and RSV.
Gwen and her young cousins grew up with hand sanitizer — or “hanitizer” as one of them started calling it — which became as common in every household as a bar of soap. Even now, they like to squirt scented varieties of the liquid in the hands of their grandparents when we babysit, too young to understand the gravity of its origins. It’s part of their shared history now.
History plays a big role in this issue.
For “Our Town,” Assistant Editor Emily Reily focuses on the town of Colebrook, which lost its local newspaper last summer when the News and Sentinel shut down after 154 years. The newspaper survived many challenges during its long run, including a 1997 shooting during which four people died, including the paper’s editor (page 16).
Book author and former radio personality Mike Morin spends time with Merrimack typewriter repairman and shop owner Matt Snyder — who can claim actor Tom Hanks among his fans (page 26).
Marshall Hudson bases his “What Do You Know” entry on century-old field notes about perambulators surveying the town of Winchester, including what they had for lunch that day — chef’s surprise! (page 34).
Writer Michael Wejchert and photographer Joe Klementovich revisit the 1954 Northeast Airlines plane crash at Mount Success near Berlin, which claimed two lives. Wreckage of the Douglas DC3 remains a somber scene for hikers (page 36).
We get a look back at a rock ‘n’ roll life well lived from former J. Geils Band front man Peter Wolf via a review of his new memoir, “Waiting on the Moon” (page 88).
For our “Live Free,” column, Mark Hayward investigates the story behind mysterious changes to the long-time roadside graffiti in Newbury about someone’s professed love for a chicken farmer (page 96).
Photo finish
This month, we reveal the winners of our latest photo contest, which celebrates animals both wild and domesticated. Check out stunning images by local photographers (page 44).
But that’s not all!
Assistant Editor Elisa Gonzales Verdi talks with Sarah Silverman about the Bedford native’s latest standup tour, which Silverman is refining for an upcoming Netflix special (page 30). Check out some bold Thai flavors courtesy of Littleton chef and restaurant owner Emshika Alberini (page 22) and spring planting tips from Old Farmer’s Almanac gardening editor Robin Sweetser (page 82).
See you in May. We’ll be cooking up more adventures in the meantime.
Joe Klementovich is a freelance North Conwaybased photographer who photographed this month’s feature story about the Mount Success plane crash.
North Conway author Michael Wejchert has written for Yankee Magazine and others. He wrote this month’s feature on Mount Success.
All-around media man, Mike Morin wrote this month’s Informer about New England Typewriter.
Robin Sweetser is a lifelong organic gardener who writes the Garden Advice blog for The Old Farmer’s Almanac. She wrote this month’s Living section.
New England’s Tap House Grill co-owner Dan Lagueux, left, and Josh Auger, advertising sales manager for New Hampshire Magazine, prepare a shipment of dinners to be delivered to the New Hampshire Food Bank for the Meals of Thanks program, which provides food for 1,500 people every December. Auger founded Meals of Thanks in 2020, when the program focused on thanking nurses for their hard work during the pandemic. If your business would like to sponsor the December Meals of Thanks program, contact Josh Auger at jauger@nhmagazine.com.
Spot FOUR newts like the one here hidden on ads in this issue, tell us where you found them and you might win a great gift from a local artisan or company.
To enter our drawing for Spot the Newt, visit spotthenewt.com and fill out the online form. Or, send answers plus your name, email address and mailing address to: Spot the Newt c/o New Hampshire Magazine 250 Commercial St., Suite 4014 Manchester, NH 03101
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“This photo was taken at the baths in Franconia Notch right as you’re walking in. It was my first time coming to the baths, and this particular area was my first real impression of the long series of waterfalls that make it up. I had sat there for about 10 minutes just enjoying the sounds of the water and the peacefulness of it all, and I felt that the best way to capture this feeling in a photo was via a long exposure. This captures the feeling of one continuous motion of moving water and the constant ambient sound in the background as you’re progressing down the path. It’s truly a serene and beautiful spot.”
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As longtime newspaper folds, Colebrook’s community paper picks up the legacy
BY EMILY REILY / ILLUSTRATION BY PETER NOONAN
For 154 years in Colebrook, the family-owned News and Sentinel documented life here — moose parades in the summer, Christmas parades in the winter, town meetings in the spring, births, deaths, weddings, graduations and everything in between.
But on Aug. 28, 2024, publisher Karen Harrigan, whose family owned the weekly newspaper for three generations, made the heart-wrenching decision to end its lengthy run. A statement on the newspaper’s website cited falling readership numbers and declining ad revenues, exacerbated by the pandemic.
Citing the rise in work-from-home jobs and high-speed internet, Harrigan wrote in the newspaper’s farewell that there was a “sea change that has worked against us.”
“This was by no means an easy decision. We have a great team of people here, many readers and contributors who care deeply
about the paper, and some longtime, faithful advertisers who have trusted us to promote their businesses,” she added.
Throughout its history, the News and Sentinel experienced mergers, name changes and new owners.
According to Sheila Beauchemin with the Colebrook Area Historical Society, the News and Sentinel began in 1871 as the Northern Sentinel. Published by James Peavey, it operated upstairs at Bedel’s Block. In 1875, it was renamed the Colebrook Weekly News, publishing out of the former Chadley’s Jewelry Store. Nine years after that in 1884, it became the News and Sentinel.
Finally in 1960, Fred Harrigan bought the paper, opening an office on Bridge Street. Son John Harrigan took over in 1991, and Karen Harrigan assumed ownership in 2002.
As in many small communities, residents wear many hats. Beauchemin formerly
worked at the News and Sentinel and was also the town clerk. Now with the historical society, Beauchemin gathers artifacts from past events so residents can better understand Colebrook’s legacy.
In 2020, Beauchemin compiled a poster book of historical sites for Colebrook’s 250th celebration, with “fun facts” about each. At JAX Theater, built in 1938, moviegoers paid 12 cents for a ticket. Ice cream was 7 cents; and popcorn (without butter), 5 cents.
Beauchemin highlighted several events in Colebrook’s history, including a flood on May 3, 1929, when the Balsams Dam broke. Water, reportedly 20 feet high, flooded the valley, crushing houses and cars along the way.
Entire sections of Main Street have burned more than once. During the
“Great Fire,” Beauchemin says, “everything from Parsons to Pleasant Street (Main Street east side) was lost.”
Tourism is another big draw, she adds. In 1860, 34 rooms at Monadnock House welcomed travelers until it burned in 1895; in 1948 it became a convent and boarding house.
Polly’s Place, a 1920s-era restaurant owned by well-known society columnist Amy Lyman Phillips, “became a stop for the rich and famous to dine,” Beauchemin says. As Phillips also owned Elm Tree Inn next door, it was the perfect combination for weary travelers.
The News and Sentinel covered it all, but its demise follows a similar story across the nation. For years, community-based journalism has faced rapid decline, in part due to this “sea change” in how news is consumed. Reading a physical newspaper has largely given way to reading the day’s events online and on social media. Nationwide, from 2004 to 2024, more than 3,000 rural weekly newspapers either shuttered or merged with other organizations, creating “news deserts” — areas where news isn’t being reported.
Colebrook is one of the lucky ones. With
the paper’s closure, the town would have met the same fate, except that it had another trick up its sleeve: the weekly Colebrook Chronicle, which is celebrating its 25th year.
In nearby Clarksville, news editor Charlie Jordan, co-owner, Donna, and their son, Tom, compile news, sports and obituaries from their home, a former schoolhouse that lies on the 45th parallel, halfway between the equator and the North Pole. The team has a tight group of writers, including a columnist and a bilingual correspondent
who covers a few townships in Canada.
“We used to say, we’re the farthest north newspaper in New Hampshire. Now it’s getting to be, we’re one of the only newspapers in northern New Hampshire,” Jordan says.
The increasing rarity of community papers is not lost on Jordan, who has worked in media since his first story was published in Yankee magazine when he was 17.
“You’re taking a big responsibility every single week. You’re putting out hundreds, if not thousands, of words in a paper that can make or break a person’s life.
And it’s a responsibility that’s very heavy. You have to know your community,” Jordan says.
A self-described “space nut” who fell in love with writing as a kid, Jordan would skip school to watch the Gemini and Apollo space missions and was enamored to see journalism giants like Walter Cronkite deliver the evening news.
“When I started writing, all I had was a manual typewriter. I’ve seen a lot of change,” Jordan says.
Jordan’s role at the News and Sentinel began at an extremely difficult time. He was doing research at the library, across from the newsroom at 6 Bridge St. on Aug. 19, 1997, the day Carl Drega went on a shooting rampage, killing four, including the paper’s editor, Dennis Joos.
Tragedy was at their front door. Jordan, who was friends with John Harrigan, discovered they were an hour and a half away from finishing the next edition. He recalls Harrigan asking him for help with finishing the paper that night.
Jordan explained Harrigan’s decision to keep going.
“We’re in the news business, and if we share other people’s tragedies in our paper, we shouldn’t be afraid to talk about anything that impacted our lives, too,” Jordan says.
In the aftermath, Harrigan asked Jordan to stay on as editor, which he did for a year and a half, and it again sparked his interest in journalism. In 2000, Jordan launched the Colebrook Chronicle.
“I just had the whole news business get back into my blood. We live, breathe and eat this stuff,” Jordan says.
Twenty-five years in, the Chronicle is expanding its reach thanks to ad funding. It
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“I feel that Colebrook has been very lucky for, gosh, I don’t know, 150 years, at least. They have always had a pretty strong newspaper giving them direction. And for some reason, it still works here.”
Jordan also cherished his friendship with Harrigan, a well-liked writer, editor, columnist and outdoorsman known throughout the state who died in 2022.
“I knew John really, really well. He was a good friend,” says Jordan, and knew well the readers he served.
“John was a character. He was quite a repository of local lore. He had a knack for attracting some really skilled people who wanted to work for him,” says Jordan, who also remembered some of the lighter
moments on the job.
“He was a fun guy to work with, I gotta tell you that. We laughed hysterically over so much stuff,” Jordan says.
Like many, Jordan was sad to see the News and Sentinel publish its final edition. He appreciated the competition between the two papers, and feels lucky that he lives in a place where others value the news as well.
“We’re in a very fortunate area where people still appreciate local news,” he says. He’s heartened when he sees their newspaper clipping tacked on a wall at the nearby school.
“It means something more. They’re not cutting a printout from a website,” he says.
“(This area) has had a long history of good newspapers run by good people. And I feel as the last one standing, we were aware of that responsibility, and we aren’t going anywhere,” Jordan says. NH
BY ELISA GONZALES VERDI / PHOTOS AND RECIPES BY EMSHIKA ALBERINI
Emshika Alberini is the owner and visionary behind Chang Thai Café in Littleton. The café offers the traditional flavors of Thailand, with modern and creative twists that excite your palate bite after bite. After moving to the United States, Emshika and her sister, Sriwipa “Ann,” dreamt up Chang Thai Café before Ann’s passing in 2007. The Thai café opened its doors in her honor on Littleton’s Main Street in 2008, launching Emshika’s career as a chef and restaurateur. She never thought she would be a chef, but it’s in her blood (her grandmother and mother both ran restaurants in Thailand). Today, Emshika has taken her culinary passion to the national stage and was featured on Food
Network’s “Chopped” with Martha Stewart, and was named one of New Hampshire’s Top 200 Most Influential Business Leaders by New Hampshire Business Review in 2020 and 2021. Her most recent culinary venture, The Catch, opened in Littleton in 2024, and brings the fresh, mouthwatering flavors of New Hampshire’s Seacoast to the heart of the White Mountains.
While you’re recovering from the blandness of winter, it’s the perfect time to add spice to your spring! These Thai (with a twist) recipes will add some much-needed color and flavor to your plate that will invigorate your senses, just in time for summer.
TIPS:
Adjust the amount of sugar and chili to your taste preferences for a sweeter or spicier salad.
If you like, you can also add cooked ground pork or chicken to make the dish heartier.
Enjoy your delicious Yum Kai Dao — a perfect balance of crispy, savory, tangy, and spicy flavors!
Yum Kai Dao is a delicious and refreshing Thai fried egg salad that combines crispy fried eggs with a tangy, spicy dressing and fresh herbs and vegetables. It’s a great dish on its own or as a side with rice. Here’s a simple recipe for you to try:
FOR THE FRIED EGGS:
4 large eggs
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or another neutral oil)
FOR THE DRESSING:
2 tablespoons fish sauce (or soy sauce for a vegetarian version)
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon palm sugar (or regular sugar)
1-2 Thai red chilies, sliced (adjust to your spice preference)
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon rice vinegar (optional, for extra tang)
FOR THE SALAD:
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 small cucumber, thinly sliced or julienned
1-2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves (optional)
1/4 cup roasted peanuts, crushed (optional, for added crunch)
1 FRY THE EGGS:
Heat the oil in a large pan or wok over mediumhigh heat. Crack the eggs into the pan, one at a time, and fry them until the edges are crispy, about 2-3 minutes. You can cook them sunny-side-up or flip them for a fully cooked egg, depending on your preference.
Once the eggs are fried, remove them from the pan and set them aside on a paper-towel-lined plate to drain any excess oil. You can cut the eggs into halves or quarters if you’d like.
2 PREPARE THE DRESSING:
In a small bowl, combine the fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar, garlic, chilies and rice vinegar (if using). Stir well until the sugar dissolves and the dressing is balanced between sweet, salty and sour.
3. A SSEMBLE THE SALAD:
In a large mixing bowl, add the sliced red onion, cucumber, tomatoes, cilantro and mint (if using). Toss gently to combine.
Pour the dressing over the salad and toss everything together to coat the vegetables and herbs with the dressing.
4 SERVE:
Arrange the fried eggs on top of the salad. Garnish with crushed roasted peanuts for extra crunch if desired.
Serve immediately with steamed rice or enjoy it as a light, flavorful dish on its own.
Pad Pak Ruam SERVES 2
Pad Pak Ruam is a popular Thai stir-fried vegetable dish that features a colorful mix of vegetables, often cooked in a savory sauce. It’s a healthy, flavorful dish that pairs well with rice or noodles. Here’s a simple recipe for Pad Pak Ruam:
VEGETABLES (mix of your choice, typically):
1/2 cup broccoli florets
1/2 cup carrots, sliced thinly
1/2 cup bell peppers, sliced
1/2 cup snow peas
1/4 cup yellow zucchini
AROMATICS:
2 cloves garlic, minced
1-2 small Thai red chilies, sliced (optional, adjust to taste)
SAUCE:
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce (or vegetarian oyster sauce)
1 tablespoon fish sauce (or use soy sauce for a vegetarian version)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable broth or water
FOR COOKING:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or another neutral oil)
Fresh cilantro or basil for garnish (optional)
1. PREPARE THE VEGETABLES:
Wash and cut all vegetables into bite-sized pieces. Keep in mind that harder vegetables (like carrots and broccoli) may need to be cut smaller to ensure they cook evenly with softer vegetables like bell peppers or snow peas.
2. MAKE THE SAUCE:
In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar, vegetable broth or water, and sesame oil. Stir well to dissolve the sugar. Set aside.
3. STIR-FRY THE VEGETABLES:
Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan or wok over medium-high heat. Add garlic and Thai chilies (if using) and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the harder vegetables first (carrots, broccoli, etc.), stir-frying for 2-3 minutes. Add the remaining vegetables (like bell peppers, snow peas, mushrooms and bok choy), and continue stir-frying for another 3-4 minutes, until the vegetables are tender but still crisp.
4. ADD THE SAUCE:
Pour the prepared sauce over the vegetables and stir well to coat evenly. Let the sauce cook into the vegetables for 1-2 minutes, allowing everything to heat through.
5. SERVE:
Transfer to a serving platter and garnish with fresh herbs like cilantro or basil if desired. Serve with steamed jasmine rice or noodles.
TIPS:
You can adjust the vegetable mix based on personal preferences or what you have available. If you prefer a spicier version, add more chilies or even a dash of chili paste to the sauce. For added protein, you can incorporate tofu or shrimp into the dish.
New England Typewriter in Merrimack gives old machines another chance
BY MIKE MORIN / PHOTOGRAPHY BY JODIE ANDRUSKEVICH
Imagine opening a piece of mail. Not a letter trying to sell you windows. And not just any letter, but a personally typed note from actor Tom Hanks. The Tom Hanks. It happened to Matt Snyder:
28 April 2021
Matt,
Astounding tales come through the mails.
Like yours.
At the age of 64, the likes of you and me and your employer – keep remembering what has made us. Bravo to the customers who keep you and Tom so busy. For you for learning a time-honored craft and rendering a service to the likes of the McCulloughs and Hanks of the world.
And I thank you for writing the likes of me. As with every typewriter letter one receives, I will keep it forever, barring a house fire.
Throw deep,
Tom Hanks
You see, Hanks sends typed letters to people who love creating words with a dinosaur of communication. And repairing them.
He especially appreciates people like Matt Snyder, who have learned the skills of repurposing expired typing machines by returning them to commission for a second chance at service.
In October, Snyder opened New England Typewriter in Merrimack, dedicated to restoring typewriters that still have more to give.
Snyder was pleased but not shocked to get the Hanks letter. This is what the star of “Saving Private Ryan” and “Apollo 13” does for those who, like him, have immersed their lives in typewriters and the unexpected
culture they inspire.
Snyder, 39, graduated from Penn State with a degree in chemistry, working in bioanalytical research. He and wife, Natasha, relocated to New England so she could complete her graduate degree.
Snyder partially credits the second U.S. president with the spark that lit his fire for typewriters.
“It was the John Adams mini-series,” Snyder says. “It was on HBO, and they did a behind-the-scenes kind of featurette on one of the DVDs in which David McCullough, author of the John Adams book, was being interviewed as he was typing on his Royal KMM. The second I saw him typing away I thought that’s interesting. I liked that there was something elegant and erudite and thoughtful about the way that he went about to create his books that I didn’t realize people still used.”
Much to his wife’s surprise, Snyder announced he wanted to buy a mechanical typewriter. Next stop was Cambridge Typewriter in Arlington, Mass., where he explained to owner Tom Furrier what he was looking for. That’s when the owner dropped a shocker, Snyder recalls.
“Tom, the owner, smiled, telling me David McCullough was a customer here. So, he had actually fixed David McCullough’s machines.” Snyder was a tinkerer, and Tom was in need of a typewriter apprentice.
“The owner was having to bear the brunt of everything by himself. So, I just asked him if he needed help of any kind, and if I could apprentice, and within a reasonable amount of time, I was apprenticing under him,” Snyder says.
As soon as pandemic quarantines lifted, Snyder drove roundtrip every day from New Hampshire and began working away on Furrier’s mountain of machines.
Though not a paid employee, Snyder says there were perks that meant a lot to him.
“So, while I was there, if I wanted typewriter ink, for instance, for one of my typewriters, I could have that,” he says. “I got fed on Fridays, I got discounts on typewriters that I wanted and if I brought in a typewriter for sale, he would reimburse me for that as well as a finder’s fee. And he would cover gas because it was about an 80-plus-mile commute there and back.”
Then there’s the invaluable training for a job very few can claim to have.
Six months passed, and even though Snyder still had a lot to learn, he expressed an interest in perhaps buying Cambridge Typewriter from Tom someday.
“And when the time came,” he says, “It was a little more (money) than I had expected, and I couldn’t afford it without having a bank loan. And nowadays with interest rates and things like that, it just wasn’t meant to be. And we had also purchased a house during the pandemic. So, it didn’t work out.” (Furrier announced in January that he was closing Cambridge Typewriter at the end of March. )
Matt and Natasha decided he would open his own showroom and repair shop in New Hampshire. Word began spreading about New England Typewriter, long before the store’s October opening. Timing was good for the new business as many people, often kids, request typewriters as Christmas gifts.
At a “Type-in” event hosted by the Nashua Public Library
September, New England Typewriter owner Matt Snyder brought along about a dozen of his personal vintage machines for attendees to try. He answered user questions and was pleased that his event drew a good crowd of typewriter fans with varying interests.
Librarian Holly Clump helped Matt set up the interactive experience. “Matt wanted to use the room for this purpose, and we thought it would interest some people so I’m glad to see it’s a good turnout today.”
People we met at Nashua Public Library’s Type-in:
Sabrina, of Nashua: One of several writers who took Matt’s collection for a test drive. “It’s very different from being on a laptop which I’m very used to. I’m not used to pressing the keys so hard. I was afraid I was going to break it.” There was added pressure as she was typing on Matt’s personal Royal machine.
Amy, of New Boston: Amy actually found three typewriters at a transfer
station, saying, “I was super excited to see that Matt was putting up a typewriter shop pretty close to my home, so I will definitely be using his services.” A good thing, as she had attempted to repair the abandoned machines found at the dump.
Marcus, of Mason, age 13: Admits it’s much cooler than typing on a computer. “This is my first time typing on one (typewriter). It feels cool especially cause sometimes the buttons don’t work and you have to pull it back and retry. It’s a lot of fun.”
Leo, of Nashua: A writer whose first story came out of an old Royal KMG that he nicknamed “Marlo” after Philip Marlowe ‘cause it’s the old noir style and that kind of got me in the [typewriter] hobby. Then I found Cambridge Typewriter, which is where Matt came from originally. That snowballed into a whole rabbit hole of YouTube videos, talking about Tom Hanks and (the film) “California Typewriter.” He says typing is very relaxing, adding, “you can scan what you type on a page right into a computer.”
You know Tom Hanks, the actor. Now meet Tom Hanks, called by some, the patron saint of typewriters. At last count, Tom owns 250 of them with 90% fully functioning.
He buys them, signs them, sends letters written on them and gives some away to people who love the old school machines as much as he does. If you’ve never actually used a typewriter, you can download Tom’s creation, Hanx Writer app, which turns your phone into a virtual typewriter with clicks, bells and sounds heard on the real thing.
In the 2016 documentary film, “California Typewriter,” the machine’s culture is explored with celebrities sharing philosophical to silly takes on typewriters. Singer John Mayer says, “A typewriter doesn’t judge you, it just says ‘Right away sir, right away, sir. Any way you want it to be.’” From the late David McCullough, historian, author and Pulitzer Prize winner, “There’s a tactile satisfaction. I think it is, part of our humanity.” And from Tom Hanks: “I try to foster a community of typewriter people.”
Tom Hanks takes a typewriter to baseball games. He is a Los Angeles Dodger season ticket holder. “I like to score the game … just to keep up a running commentary. You can wax a little more eloquent (than a box score would allow).” He saves those scoring papers and files them away at home.
A bit whimsical but always thoughtful, Tom answered Stephen Colbert’s question about taking one with him when he travels.
“I travel with two. I use them like cufflinks.” It’s what you’d expect from the patron saint of typewriters.
“I think for people under 30, they’re a little too young for the nostalgia bit of it, but they definitely see them in movies,” Snyder says. “Taylor Swift had one in a music video (featuring Post Malone), so there’s some interest because they see some of their favorite stars use it. At the same time, the younger generation has never had the ability to embrace something tactile the way that other generations have. Everything has always been digital, on screens. And one thing that a lot of kids say is that they just want to put the screens aside.”
There might even be more young repair wannabes out there.
“Somebody reached out to ask if I could mentor them,” Snyder says. “They wanted to be my apprentice. At the moment, I can’t afford to have any employees or anything to that effect, but it felt good to have somebody reach out to me and ask that question. But it was also kind of surprising.”
Snyder’s life has been filled with surprises. Sometimes all it takes is hard work, a major Hollywood fan and a keystroke of luck. NH
New England Typewriter is at 30 Daniel Webster Highway, Suite 5, Merrimack. Call 978-219-4133 or visit newenglandtypewriter.com.
‘End of an era’
In January, Cambridge Typewriter owner Tom Furrier announced on Facebook that he planned to retire and would be closing March 31 after a 45-year run.
“Thank you to all my customers and friends of the shop. It’s been an incredible career. Way beyond my wildest dreams,” Furrier wrote under the headline “END OF AN ERA!!!”
Cambridge Typewriter was founded in 1968 by Ed Vanderwalle as a typewriter rental company on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Mass., according to cambridgetypewriter.com.
In 1980, Furrier began working as one of Vanderwalle’s four repair technicians, benefiting from the success and demand of the IBM Selectric. After 10 years with the company, Furrier took over Cambridge Typewriter following Vanderwalle’s retirement and moved the business to Arlington, Mass.
While other typewriter companies had difficulty keeping up with the computer age, Cambridge Typewriter continued to thrive through the ’90s.
For her latest standup tour and Netflix special, Bedford native Sarah Silverman is getting real.
BY ELISA GONZALES VERDI / PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBYN VON SWANK
Following the loss of her father and stepmother, Sarah Silverman took her comedy in a new direction — bringing it all the way back home. Expect material the Bedford native recently unleashed at the Capitol Center for the Arts as part of "The Post Mortem Tour" to evolve by the time she records an upcoming Netflix special. (This story originally appeared at nhmagazine.com in advance of the Jan. 22 Concord performance.)
New Hampshire Magazine: You’ve just started “The Postmortem Tour,” which is your first tour in about two years. Why call it “Postmortem,” and what made you want to tour again?
Sarah Silverman: I usually have many years between specials, and I don’t really work on stand-up with a special in mind usually. Just as my last special (“Someone You Love”) came out, both of my parents died nine days apart. When I started doing stand-up again after that, I had no material because my special had just come out. My material was just naturally all about them, and it all just kind of vomited out of me. I started touring because Netflix wanted to make it a special. I had about 37 minutes of material when I started on the road and now, I’m chipping away at a little over an hour trying to get it tighter. It’s postmortem because it’s literally that. It’s processing my parents dying. I know that doesn't sound very funny at all, but it is a comedy. I’m definitely trying to make it more hardcore comedy than one-woman show, but there’s death in it.
NHM: Has forming this show helped you process your grief? How has this process been for you as you're moving through the motions of everything?
SS: It’s been so different from any other set or show I’ve put together. The tour started in September, so I’ve been on the road for
a while. I had an element of dread going into each day (during the first part of the tour) heading towards the night of the show and rehashing it, reliving it and bringing it up. Even though it’s comedy, it was just so personal. This is the most personal thing I’ve done in stand-up, and as I figured it out and pulled it together and it got shape, I was able to kind of separate myself from it a little bit. (Now) it’s become like a real joy, where I can’t wait to tell the audience each night about these people and this ridiculous family.
NHM: What has the reaction been so far?
SS: I think people are really connecting with it. Friends said like it was the most relatable they’ve seen me be. I will tell you: New Hampshire is the absolute star of this hour.
NHM: And what do you mean by that?
SS: Half the time, I’m talking as my dad with his very thick New England, ‘New Hampsha’ accent, and all the things about growing up there and having such a New Hampshire dad and a mom who says croissants (with a French accent).
NHM: Bringing the tour to New Hampshire is a big homecoming moment for you. Are you more nervous bringing this tour home, or does it feel like any other show?
SS: It’s scary going home on tour, and this is the first time I’ve done it. I’m going to have so many people in the audience and I’m really excited about it. It’s definitely the one I’m like most nervous and excited for. I talk about the store my dad had in Concord, Crazy Sophie’s Factory Outlet. So much (of the show) is about that. It’s going to be interesting, because every night of the tour, I’m talking about New Hampshire to people who really don’t know New Hampshire. It’s going to be interesting when I’m in Concord,
Medford and Boston to be talking about New Hampshire to people who know New Hampshire.
NHM: You work pretty much nonstop, and have been go, go, go for your whole career. What keeps you going and inspired?
SS: I’m never really thinking about the future. I think that’s my gift and my cross to bear. I’m pretty good at being in the moment, and I never think about the big picture. I don’t feel like nearly as productive as I guess I am. Any other time I’m not working, I’m desperately sleeping, watching TV and playing Call of Duty, which are like my three passions.
NHM: Even though you don't look at the big picture, has there been anything that's happened, career- or life-wise, that’s just taking you the most by surprise?
SS: Kind of all of it. I think of myself as having odd jobs. The best is when you have work coming and stuff, and it’s like, “Oh, I can relax.” I just love making stuff and laughing. This is the dream, right? I’m so lucky I get to make stuff, and people seem to still be interested in it.
NHM: Now that you’re getting more personal on stage, and in your podcast, is that something you want to explore more going forward?
SS: I guess I don’t know. We don’t usually stand outside of ourselves and look at ourselves and our trajectory. I mean, there’s such evidence that there’s no one way to go about anything in the arts. I had never wanted to do a podcast. Then the pandemic happened, and I couldn’t do stand-up, and I had no outlet to express myself, so I was like “OK, I’ll do a podcast.” Interviewing people isn’t my joy, and I didn’t want to have celebrity guests and ask friends for favors.
Instead, I said let’s have a phone line, and anyone can call in and say anything, and that will dictate the trajectory of the show. And boy, that’s exactly what happened! It’s become this incredibly helpful, super loving, weird, silly community that is just so special, and I didn’t expect it to go in this direction. That, and being in therapy have affected
What’s your favorite song right now?
I love so much music. I change my alarm to my favorite song, and right now it’s “I and Love and You” by The Avett Brothers.
What’s a meal you can't live without?
It's a sandwich with avocado, cheese (could be Munster, could be provolone, could be jack), some banana peppers, tomato and mustard on white or wheat.
What is your favorite thing about New Hampshire?
The air, the water and the fact that, like, in seventh grade, we just tapped trees and got maple syrup. It’s magic.
my comedy, because it’s affected my brain. My brain does my comedy; it definitely has influenced it. I always try to have the funny angle, but you can always sneak some veggies in there. The things I talk about are the things that interest me; those are always changing.
NHM: What is one thing that even a brief trip back to New Hampshire wouldn’t be complete without?
SS: Either going to the Red Arrow Diner or the Airport Diner. The Airport Diner was my dad’s favorite diner. Whenever he walked in, they’d give him a hat, and he’d wear it the rest of the day. Anytime I came home, that’s the first place we’d go. We buried (my parents) together, and they have one picture of the two of them at the Airport Diner on their headstone. We’re a diner family. NH
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARSHALL HUDSON
I’m reading the surveyor’s field notes from the 1915 official town line perambulation for the town of Winchester. It reads as though the perambulators were having quite an adventure, and I’m wishing I had been there with them.
The participating towns were taking turns providing lunch for the crew, and on the final day, it was Winchester’s turn. Selectman Walter Sawyer broke into his knapsack and produced crusty thick bread sandwiches full of flavorful meat, wrapped in wax paper, which he passed around to the rest of the team. He also shared blocks of sharp cheese, pucker-up pickles, doughnuts and a thermos of not-so-hot coffee. Except for the coffee, everything was homemade, delicious, and the hungry perambulators chowed down on it.
Winchester is in the southwestern corner of New Hampshire and bounded by Hins-
dale, Chesterfield, Swanzey and Richmond. To the south, it is bounded by Warwick and Northfield, Massachusetts. New Hampshire law requires that selectmen of abutting towns jointly walk, or “perambulate” their common boundary once every seven years and renew or replace any missing boundary markers.
This 1915 perambulation team was fulfilling that statutory obligation. Along with the selectmen of the various towns, there was also a young surveyor named Prentiss Taylor with the work party. Taylor was 25 years old and recently graduated as an engineer from Tufts University. Armed with a staff compass, he was responsible for keeping the crew plunging straight ahead along the invisible town line through the dense woods, up the steep hills, across the mucky swamps and through the isolated terrain of the Pisgah wilderness. Taylor
also penned the quirky comments I’m now reading almost 110 years later.
Taylor not only kept track of the compass bearings and number of feet surveyed each day, he also recorded the names of the individuals present and anything unusual that happened or that he found amusing. On the second day, Taylor wrote, “Selectman Walter Sawyer came prepared for all emergencies. Strapped to his belt were a woodsman’s hatchet and a 38-caliber revolver. While replacing a marker south of Fullam’s Pond a shot sounded. On investigating, I found Sawyer holding a huge porcupine on a crotched stick. Bounties were paid on these animals, and to collect the fee it was required to show the nose of the carcass. Walt declared, ‘I want to show the size of this kill and carried it home.’”
On day three of the adventure while in the dense woods of Pisgah on the Chesterfield-Winchester line, Taylor writes, “Selectman Reed expressed a strong and greatly concerned opinion that we were off course and lost. I checked the compass heading, and it appeared correct. The Winchester Selectman persisted and proceeded to climb the tallest tree to prove his location. From that vantage point he shouted down,
‘I can see Mount Monadnock,’ which proved nothing but did satisfy his anxiety. A few days later, on the Richmond-Winchester line, we were having difficulty locating a marker. Walt Sawyer, another Winchester selectman, said, ‘No problem, Reed will climb a tree and look at Mount Monadnock and then all will be well.’”
It wasn’t just the Winchester selectman that Taylor found amusing. He records that a Chesterfield selectman named Albert Post was so “allergic” to snakes, that he wouldn’t venture into the Pisgah Wilderness and instead sent his brother Harold to represent him. Harold was a hardy outdoorsman and not allergic to snakes, but he was allergic to certain people. At the end of a long hard day of brush-busting and trekking many rough miles, the perambulation party emerged from the woods onto a road and were delighted to be offered a ride by a man named Qualters. Harold Post was “allergic” to Qualters and preferred to walk back alone in the dark, through the wilderness, rather than ride with him. Post turned and went back the way he had just come without discussion or saying goodbye.
A Hinsdale selectman named Stearns also earned a mention in the surveyor’s field notes. Stearns was reconnoitering the line north of Kilburn Pond ahead of the main party who were working their way toward him. In a dry matter-of-fact manner, Taylor writes, “A loud shout for help rang out. We rushed forward and found Stearns waist
deep in Baker-Hubbard swamp. With the combined effort of all and the help of a fallen tree after great exertion we managed to lift the two hundred-forty-pound Stearns onto dry land.”
Prentiss Taylor may have had a unique inherited gene in his DNA that enabled him to lead this team through the swamps and unbroken woods. Taylor’s sixth great-grandfather, Thomas Taylor, was a
sergeant at Col. Ebenezer Hinsdale’s fort when the township of Hinsdale was first being settled by English colonists. In 1748 during the French and Indian War, Sgt. Tom Taylor was leading a patrol of 16 soldiers when they were ambushed and attacked by over 100 French and Native American foes. In the running battle that ensued, four of Taylor’s men were killed, two escaped to the Connecticut River and swam across to Fort Dummer (Brattleboro, Vermont), two made it back to Fort Hinsdale, and, nine including Sgt. Taylor, were captured and taken to Canada to be sold to the French or ransomed back to the family. After being held prisoner in Canada for almost two months, Sgt. Taylor escaped and made his way back to Hinsdale. In 1871, a monument was erected at the site of this ambush, and on it are the names of those killed and captured.
A final amusing incident is recorded on the last day of the perambulation as the men were finishing their lunches. Taylor writes, “I finished the repast of sandwiches Walt Sawyer kindly offered from his knapsack. I thanked Walt and praised the good flavor. ‘Yep,’ he replied, ‘porcupine is good eating. That was the one we shot at Fullam’s Pond on the second day.’”
Hmmm...I’m still thinking I would have liked to have been with them on this adventure, but I’d be packing my own lunch. NH
SEVENTY YEARS AFTER A DOUGLAS D c 3 SLAMMED INT o A MOUNTAIN ON A FLIGHT TO BERLIN, ITS WRECKAGE REMAINS A SOMBER SCENE FOR HIKERS
BY MICHAEL WEJCHERT / PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE KLEMENTOVICH
TAKE A DRIVE on the Kancamagus Highway or past Pinkham Notch Visitor Center on any summer day and cars are bound to overflow the parking lots of popular trailheads, spilling out onto narrow roads as hikers jockey for space on sought-after trails. But on the humid day Joe Klementovich and I drive his Toyota Rav 4 up past Berlin's paper mill and onto Success Pond Road, a solitary car is tucked in the teeny pullout for the Mount Success Trail. Cicadas trill in the heat, and it’s the kind of long, sticky summer day that’s perfect for a hike in northern New England.
Most hikers in New Hampshire hope to tag summits like the legendary Mount Washington, or add a peak to their tally of 4,000-footers — the list of 48 mountains over that elevation in the state. While Mount Success falls below that benchmark, clock-
ing in at just 3,565 feet above sea level, it boasts a unique viewpoint and history: one borne from a much colder day than what Joe and I are experiencing.
AT 10:37 A.M. ON NOV. 30, 1954, Northeast Airlines pilot Peter Carey and co-pilot George McCormick throttled their Douglas DC3 down the small runway in Laconia, planning on yet another routine 100-mile flight to the Berlin airport. Wedged between the pair in the aircraft’s jumper seat was flight superintendent John McNulty.
Before the plane taxied down Laconia’s runway, Mary McEttrick, a 23-year-old stewardess, ensured the three passengers, James Harvey, William Miller and Daniel Hall — all businessmen who often hopped on short flights throughout New England — were comfortable for the short trip. Snow flurries peppered the air.
As the plane crossed North Conway, where Cranmore Ski Resort had just reported an early snowfall of 17 inches on its summit, it made its final routine radio check before continuing north through the mounting bad weather.
Approaching the Berlin runway, Carey and Miller banked the plane east to circle around for a landing. All of a sudden, the DC3 was hit by a violent downdraft that threw it 500 feet down toward the Mahoosuc Range, the low-slung string of peaks lining the border of Maine and New Hampshire.
Reacting fast, Carey yanked the nose of the aircraft up as the gray summit cone of Success rushed into view through the dense cloud. The plane, its wheels already down for landing, slammed into the side of Mount Success, severing the small alpine trees as it jolted to a violent halt. Then, the left wing and propellor engine burst into flame.
AFTER THE CRASH, McNulty, McCormick and Carey, all badly injured, were slumped together in the cockpit. Miller enlisted the other passengers’ help in dragging the three men to the relatively undamaged section of the plane. McEttrick had been thrown on the floor during impact, but she soon regained consciousness and tended to the badly injured men while Harvey, Miller and Hall fought the engine fire, frantically shoveling snow onto the wing with pieces of the wreckage.
Snowflakes swirled around them in the wind, and when the fire was out, the air cooled rapidly. A few hours after impact, McNulty and McCormick quietly died, almost simultaneously, a result of their severe injuries. Carey, the pilot, had regained consciousness, and despite his badly lacerated face, made a gallant effort to shut off the plane’s battery to conserve it while trying to raise help on the radio. But it was McEttrick, the young stewardess, who roused everyone’s spirits.
“She was terrific,” passenger Miller told the
Burlington Free Press in 1954. “She held us all together.”
In the gathering darkness, the survivors huddled together for warmth inside the damaged cabin. McEttrick, whom the passengers dubbed Merry Mack, divvied up the plane’s scant supplies: a few blankets, two saltine crackers per person, and a bit of sugar, pilfered from packets of tea. The night grew colder still. Most worrying, a low-lying cloud still shrouded Success. No one in the outside world knew where they were.
AFTER THE FLIGHT failed to land or radio in, New Hampshire Fish and Game wardens and search and rescue volunteers gathered in downtown North Conway while Northeast Airlines president George Gardner flew in from New York. There were few leads. A pair of duck hunters reported hearing a large bang that seemed to come from Mount Kearsarge, just outside North Conway, and the game wardens centered their efforts there — a full 25 miles south of Success. The weather, as it often does in New England, eliminated the possibility of a
search by air until the following day.
For 45 hours, the survivors huddled together for warmth, tending to the small fire as McEttrick served them tea and a few cookies each and sang and joked to lift everyone’s spirits. Carey tried in vain to raise authorities on the wireless. After a second night out on Success, a helicopter flew over the area, finally cleared of snow and cloud, and spotted the silhouette of the crashed plane. Soon, an Air Force helicopter thundered toward the crash site, and the
survivors, rescued after two days, stumbled through the flash bulbs and questions of local reporters.
The survivors are long gone — McEttrick died in 2015 after a long career with Northeast Airlines — but the DC3 remains where it plunged that icy night, 70 years ago.
A FEW CLOUDS slide across the sky as Joe and I break free of the trees on the Outlook Trail, the small viewpoint that gives glimpses of North Bald Cap Mountain
(formerly known as Mount Success) and its dramatic cliff. The humidity cedes to a light breeze as we pass above treeline, and soon we’re zigzagging the alpine landscape on bog bridges past blueberry fields, with views of the Northern Presidentials, south of Success, as our constant companions. A clandestine junction, marked on my phone GPS, takes us to a well-worn goat path. After five minutes, we emerge through the woods to what is left of the plane, settled skeletal and ghostly in the woods, 50 years of tree growth concealing the aircraft’s final resting place.
Joe and I peek into the fuselage, now covered with graffiti, the leather seats and upholstery long since taken from the wreck: a husk of aluminum being slowly reclaimed by the forest it had razed 70 years ago during Carey’s ill-fated emergency landing.
Now, Joe works as a freelance photographer, and I work as a writer. But when we met, I was a newly minted guide, and Joe was a member of the Mount Washington Valley Avalanche Center stationed at Hermit Lake on Mount Washington. Neither of us are strangers to mountain accidents. We’d assumed that investigating one that was decades-old wouldn’t phase us too much. But we both admit, as we crawl through twisted metal, there’s something altogether haunting about the DC3.
Emerging from the undergrowth and back out in the open, Joe and I breathe a little easier, retreating back on bog bridges toward the car and a well-earned burrito in Berlin, having checked a box we’ve both wanted to investigate for a long time.
Flight 792 isn’t the only airplane to have crashed in the dense tumble of the White Mountains, but it’s the one most visited, thanks to Success’ position on the Appalachian Trail, and the plane’s accessible resting point just beyond that. No official marker designates the departure from the summit toward the DC3, and there’s something exciting about sleuthing out the wreck for yourself.
Although not hard to find, it requires a little bit of research and a willingness to take a turn off the beaten path. The plane, in many ways unchanged over seven decades, is an attraction unique among the many peaks of New Hampshire.
The quiet and beautiful Mount Success is a worthy adventure in its own right: devoid of the crowds now clambering over nearly all the 4,000-footers. But it’s this little piece of human history, just a turn away in the trail, that makes it truly special. NH
Our second reader-submitted photography contest features animals in Granite Staters' homes and in the wild
IT'S TIME TO GET WILD. In our first reader-submitted photo contest, we wanted to showcase the natural beauty of the Granite State. In our second, we wanted to take our readers into the wild and see the animals that live in those beautiful places. In our Pet & Wildlife reader-submitted photo contest, we asked you to send us your best shot of New Hampshire's furrier residents.
Our talented photographers — Jenn Bakos, Brittany Grimes and Jared Charney— took on the difficult task of judging submissions, which included more than 300 photos of animals living in the wild, and in our homes.
All of our winning photos and honorable mentions have captured breathtaking images of our wildlife and of our pets. Along with being featured in print, our winners received a cash prize (1st place: $500; 2nd place: $300; 3rd place: $200, plus our Editor's Pick/Cover cover: $500). All winners and honorable mentions will also receive a one-year subscription to New Hampshire Magazine.
it worthwhile to get out of your home to explore even in winter
WILDLIFE, 2ND PLACE WINNER ← Jonathan Waage
From New London, NH
Shot with: Canon EOS R5, 100-500 mm lens
Taken in New London, NH naturalreflections.smugmug.com
"This was one of those lucky moments! (I was) in a friend's backyard photographing a butterfly, when a hummingbird showed up in the same plane."
Corey
| Shot with: Nikon D850 | Taken in the White Mountains, NH | @coreyjmckean
"Fox kits pause from playing to pose for a picture! This was an early morning where I got to sit and watch this family of foxes in their natural habitat for nearly an hour. Take the time to witness nature — it's truly incredible!"
Sally
and
from
| Shot with: iPhone 13 Pro Max |
in Hampstead
They are about 1 and 1/2 years old and were adopted 4 months prior to this photo being taken. If their photo is chosen for a prize, the money will be donated to the cat shelter which hosted them prior to our adopting them, so more cats can find their forever homes."
PETS, 2ND PLACE WINNER ← Nina Warden from Concord, NH | Shot with: Nikon Z6 Taken at Turee Pond in Bow, NH @ninavwarden
“My flat coated retriever, Vigo, was in his element! He was leaping for joy, ready to retrieve anything and everything — sticks, toys, you name it. His drive to swim and fetch is incredible as it is unstoppable, and he doesn’t just run — he flies through the air, as captured in this moment. It was one of those perfect days where the energy was high, and the water was calling!"
PETS, 3RD PLACE WINNER ↑
Brett Marden from New Boston, NH | Shot with: Canon Power Shot s100 | Taken in New Boston, NH
"After visiting the grocery store, we often reuse the empty bags for recyclables. Kitty Mikey likes to jump into the empty bags to make sure all his treats have been accounted for — he doesn’t want his snacks to get mixed up with the trash! Mikey is our dumpster-diving kitty!"
WILDLIFE, HONORABLE MENTION →
Arthur Coy
From Webster, NH
Shot with: Sony A7iii
Taken in: Boscawen, NH at Beaver Dam Brook | @arthurcoy.jpg
“I was driving to Concord, and I saw this beaver sitting on the ice. He was still there when I grabbed my camera, and we had a little photoshoot. After about 15 minutes, he jumped in the water for a swim, and then he climbed back onto the ice where he shook himself."
PETS, HONORABLE MENTION ↑
Jill Crane from Contoocook, NH | Taken in Contoocook | @crane913
"Morgan and Jethro are featured in the photo — I am their Auntie Jill and have been caring for them for almost 12 years! I totally took advantage of beautiful dogs and a beautiful foggy day. We wandered around until I found the exact location I was searching for. It just shows that even the simplest of places can show the true beauty of NH."
WILDLIFE, HONORABLE MENTION ↑
Alan Evans from Somersworth, NH | Shot with: Canon 7D with a Tamron 28-300 mm lens | Taken
"I was taking a walk one evening, and there she was looking at me!"
PETS, HONORABLE MENTION →
Jack McCrossan from Groton, Mass.
Shot with: iPhone 13
Taken at Ossipee Lake @uniquelynewengland
"This photo of Annie (left) and Linda (right) was taken near the entrance to the Ossipee Lake channel leading from Broad Bay to the main lake. It was Annie's first time in a boat and she loved it."
| @awevans
WILDLIFE, HONORABLE MENTION ↑
Andrea Dicunzolo from Pelham, NH | Shot with: Canon 760D with Sigma 150-600 mm lens Taken in: Pelham, NH | @andrea_dicunzolo
"This was my first time seeing an owl, and they now reside in the land behind my house!"
WILDLIFE, HONORABLE MENTION ↑
George Carmichael from Rindge, NH | Shot with: Sony A1 camera paired with the Sony 600 mm f/4 GM OSS G Master lens | Taken in Pittsburg, NH | @geo_carmichael
"A family of river otters swimming at First Connecticut Lake."
Jenn Bakos is a Portsmouth-based photographer whose work often appears in the pages of New Hampshire Magazine. She loves to document and capture the special moments in life, and she specializes in food, product, lifestyle, editorial and brand photography. Check out more of her work at jennbakosphoto.com and instagram.
Jared Charney is a north-of-Boston photographer specializing in editorial and portrait photography. He can often be found drinking coffee wherever there's a good pour. His work can be viewed at jaredcharney.com
Brittany Grimes received her bachelor's degree in Journalism and Art at the University at Albany, NY, after finding her love for photography at 14. She married a NH native in 2019 and now mainly works for the Union Leader and Mark Lawrence Photographers, but does freelance and weddings on the side. brittanygregory.org
For the 2025 Top Doctors Poll, we selected national research firm Castle Connolly to conduct the survey process. Included are more than 650 doctors in their chosen 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.
Addiction Medicine
Mitchell G. Cohen, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
Addiction Psychiatry
Luke J. Archibald, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Adolescent Medicine
Keith J. Loud, MD Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Allergy & Immunology
Amitha Harish, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
John N. Kalliel, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Amit Kumar, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Kevin Roelofs, MD
Sarah A. Taylor-Black, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Concord dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Anesthesiology
Carrie D. Ayers, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Myles D. Boone, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Kathleen H. Chaimberg, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Laura M. Chiang, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
William Ennis, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Dean Galatis, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Kiran Guthikonda, MD/PhD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Kylene E. Halloran, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Simon C. Hillier, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Robert J. Laflam, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Brian C. Spence, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Bariatric Surgery
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About 1 in 8 women will receive a breast cancer diagnosis in her lifetime. The earlier doctors are able to detect breast cancer and treat it, the better chance of survival. According to the National Breast Cancer Association, the 5-year relative survival rate for cancer diagnosed at the localized stage is 99%.
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“Despite all of the technology and innovation that has been employed in mammography, we still see about 20-40% of cancers missed on an initial mammography screening,” says Jeremy Bennett, vice president of marketing at iCAD.
Founded in Nashua, iCAD’s industry-leading ProFound Breast Health Suite provides AI-powered mammography analysis for improved breast cancer detection, density assessment, and risk evaluation. The company’s ProFound AI tool uses advanced deep learning technology to analyze 3-D mammography images, giving doctors a second set of eyes when analyzing their patients’ images. The ProFound algorithm was developed from 6 million training images, 8,000 biopsy-proven cancers, and from images originating from more than 100 centers to ensure data diversity.
iCAD introduced its first 3-D mammography algorithm for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) in 2016, and since then, has worked to increase its specificity and sensitivity, resulting in greater accuracy and a 52% reduction in reading time for radiologists. iCAD (NASDAQ: ICAD) was founded in the
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early 2000s, and initially released its PowerLook Tomo Detection product, an earlier version of the ProFound AI Breast Health Suite, which was granted FDA approval in 2017. The New Hampshire Technical Alliance recognized the PowerLook Tomo Detection as Product of the Year that same year.
In November, 2024, iCAD’s fourth-generation ProFound algorithm received FDA clearance. Today, doctors can look a patient’s previous mammogram and import that patient’s
“Identifying calcifications in the arteries of the breast provides some data that may be an early indicator of cardiovascular disease.”
data into a current ProFound mammography analysis to quickly detect any changes in their condition. ICAD is now working on receiving FDA approval for an algorithm that can predict the likelihood of a person developing cancer in the short term and is also developing an algorithm that looks at mammogram data to determine the likelihood of a woman developing cardiovascular disease.
About 20% of the time, women who undergo lumpectomies for breast cancer treatment must return to the operating room after cancer is found at the margins of their tumors.
“That’s a problem because we really want to get the cancer out completely to minimize the chance of it coming back later,” says Dr. Richard Barth, surgical oncologist and Professor of Surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Barth performs about 200 breast cancer operations annually and is also a cofounder of Cairn Surgical, Inc. in Lebanon. Cairn Surgical develops patient-specific surgical guidance devices using patient imaging data and state-of-theart 3-D printing technologies, now commercially available in Europe and being studied in a pivotal U.S. trial.
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“Identifying calcifications in the arteries of the breast provides some data that may be an early indicator of cardiovascular disease,” Bennett says. “So a single mammogram could now look at cancer detection, cancer risk, and potentially provide insights into heart health and cardiovascular disease as well.”
To lower positive margin rates, Barth and his medical colleagues looked at ways surgeons could better locate breast cancer and ensure the cleanest margins possible. Typically, MRIs are done with women lying on their bellies, with their breasts hanging down to capture images. Meanwhile, doctors operate on women laying on their backs. This makes it difficult for doctors to apply MRI data as accurately as possible.
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Barth first did a study that looked at a way to conduct MRIs of women’s breasts while they were laying on their backs, similar to how doctors would operate on them — called a supine MRI. Then, a subsequent Dartmouth study looked at how well supine MRI data helped guide tumor excision, and found that it cut positive margin rates from 19% down
“A single mammogram could now look at cancer detection, cancer risk, and potentially provide insights into heart health and cardiovascular disease as well.”
to 9%. But because surgeons only used MRI data in that study to mark the skin’s surface, it made it more difficult for them to apply excision guidelines to larger breasts, deeper tumors, or irregularly shaped cancer cells.
“It was during that time I came up with this idea for the Breast Cancer Locator™ (BCL). It’s a 3-D printed plastic bralike form that’s placed on the breast right before surgery,” Barth says. “It has ports sticking up from it that allow me as a surgeon to place wires into the breast, while the patient is under anesthesia, that bracket the cancer.”
Instead of relying on markings at the skin level, the BCL allows surgeons to use a 3-D form to more accurately insert bracketing wires in the
breast about one centimeter away from the edges of the cancer. This allows them to decrease the chances of having a positive margin without taking away too much surrounding tissue. An interactive 3-D computer model of the tumor in the breast showing tumor shape, size, and location is also provided to the surgeon.
In 2015, Barth began organizing clinical studies for the BCL with Cairn Surgical co-founders Venkat Krishnaswamy, a former faculty at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth; and Keith Paulsen, scientific director of the Center for Surgical Innovation at DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center. The company’s BCL was recognized by New Hampshire Technology Alliance in 2021 as Product of the Year.
So far, Cairn Surgical has completed three pilot trials as it seeks FDA clearance. Across those trials, only two patients out of 66 treated with the BCL reported positive margins —cutting the overall positive margin rate down to 3%. Right now, the company is conducting an ongoing clinical trial at 22 sites across the United States, Canada, Austria, and the United Kingdom. In Europe, some surgeons involved in the pilot studies have already ordered customized BCLs for patients and are seeing success.
“If we can demonstrate that we can cut the positive margin rate by a third or 40%, it’s a pretty big deal because no other technique has been able to show that it can significantly decrease the positive margin rate in a randomized, prospective clinical study,” Barth says. NH
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Jeffrey M. Adler, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Vincent Aguirre, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Jack T. Bueno, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua and Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Christopher N. Dainiak, MD Parkland Medical Center Catholic Medical Center parklandmedicalcenter.com
Aristotle J. Damianos, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Roger M. Epstein, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Timothy B. Gardner, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Leyla J. Ghazi, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Michael J. Gilbert, MD Monadnock Community Hospital monadnockcommunity hospital.com
Stuart R. Gordon, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Andrew C. Gorske, MD Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
Marylyn V. Grondin, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Brian Hyett, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Michael R. Kaczanowski, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Dmitriy Kedrin, MD
Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Arathi R. Komarla, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
L. Campbell Levy, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jennifer M. Lewis, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital York Hospital wdhospital.org
Sean P. Lynch, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital wdhospital.org
William E. Maher, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Trinh B. Meyer, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Elliot Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Srikrishna Nagri, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua
St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Scott Oosterveen, MD
Concord Hospital Elliot Hospital concordhospital.org
Matthew J. Rockacy, MD Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
Robert A. Ruben, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital wdhospital.org
Timothy D. Scherer, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Elliot Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Corey A. Siegel, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Mark J. Silversmith, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Robert D. Thomson, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Arifa Toor, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Geriatric Medicine
Masooma Athar, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Samuel J. Goldman, DO Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Sung E. Jang, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Gynecologic Oncology
Ilana E. Cass, MD Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Hand Surgery
Roderick Bruno, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Robert J. Heaps, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH snhhealth.org
Nicholas J. Horangic, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua and Manchester Elliot Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Anthony V. Mollano, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
H. Matthew Quitkin, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Jinsong Wang, MD/PhD Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Hematology
Barbara S. Civiello, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Kenneth R. Meehan, MD Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Mary K. Eckert, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Linda Kornfeld, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Lisa A. Leinau, MD Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
Sarah J. Macduffie, DO Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Charles S. Mills, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Gregory Bonci, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Gregory Bonci, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Constantine Brocoum, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Constantine Brocoum, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Elizabeth Clemente, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Elizabeth Clemente, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Matthew DImasi, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Matthew DImasi, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Anthony DInizio, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Anthony DInizio, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Steffen Haider, MD, mph
Top Doctor: Interventional Radiology
Steffen Haider, MD, mph
Top Doctor: Interventional Radiology
Marianne PEtruccelli, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Marianne PEtruccelli, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Ari Salis, MD
Top Doctor: Interventional Radiology
Ari Salis, MD
Top Doctor: Interventional Radiology
Jesse Smith, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Jesse Smith, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Michael Stella, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Michael Stella, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Alexander Stetsyuk, md
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Alexander Stetsyuk, md
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Joseph Venus, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
Joseph Venus, MD
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
D.Tyler zapton, md
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
D.Tyler zapton, md
Top Doctor: Diagnostic Radiology
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Concord Hospital Campus Pillsbury Building
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Lung Cancer Screening
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Truly Open MRI
Truly Open MRI
Colon Cancer Screening
Colon Cancer Screening
3D Mammography
Ultrasound CT Scan
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3D Mammography
Lisbeth Murphy, MD
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Elliot Hospital
❛❛It is a unique privilege and humbling honor to provide full spectrum compassionate care for women at some of the most joyous, as well as some of the most trying, times in their lives. The strong bonds and shared experiences that are created with my patients are what motivates me to continue my lifelong learning journey to provide medical care of the highest order to our community.❜❜
Infectious Disease
Nida Arif, MD Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Medical Center elliothospital.org
Michael S. Calderwood, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Roma L. Cruz-King, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Elliot Hospital snhhealth.org
Alexander Granok, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Elliot Hospital snhhealth.org
Colleen M. Kershaw, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
James T. Noble, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Gus G. Emmick, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Sarah H. Finn, MD Weight Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester and Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Timothy S. French, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Andrea H. Greenfeld, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Virginia Hassett, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Heather L. Marks, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Todd Mellish, DO
Patricia L. Min, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jennifer P. Packard, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Kevin Y. Pho, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
Donald E. Reape, MD
St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
Rebekah L. Reeves, MD Littleton Regional Healthcare littletonhealthcare.org
Andrew R. Rosen, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Pamela R. Schultze, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Kevin A. Silva, MD
Littleton Regional Healthcare littletonhealthcare.org
Lijun Song, MD/PhD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Vijaya Upadrasta, MD
Geetika Sharma, MD Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Medical Center elliothospital.org
Internal Medicine
Jeffrey T. Calegari, DO Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Anne G. Chehade, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Paul R. Clark, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Jeffrey F. Bleakley, MD
Catholic Medical Center
Speare Memorial Hospital catholicmedicalcenter.org
Paul Boffetti, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Jonathan Bridges, MD
York Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital yorkhospital.com
Jeffrey Colnes, MD
York Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital yorkhospital.com
James T. DeVries, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Cheshire Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
James M. Flynn, MD
Catholic Medical Center
Speare Memorial Hospital catholicmedicalcenter.org
Fahad S. Gilani, MD
Catholic Medical Center
St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH catholicmedicalcenter.org
Stephan Heo, MD
Catholic Medical Center
St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH catholicmedicalcenter.org
Aaron V. Kaplan, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Johny Kuttab, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Shahab Moossavi, MD
Concord Hospital
Concord Hospital – Laconia concordhospital.org
Christopher T. Pyne, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center snhhealth.org
Xiaoyu Yang-Giuliano, MD
E. Rebecca Pschirrer, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Bedford, Concord and Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Michelle A. Russell, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Medical Oncology
Cherif Abdelmalek, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Elizabeth M. Bengtson, MD
Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon
Dartmouth Cancer Center St. Johnsbury dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Michael S. Buff, MD
Concord Hospital Elliot Hospital concordhospital.org
Peter H. Crow, MD
Concord Hospital Elliot Hospital concordhospital.org
Gina M. DiVenuti, MD
Concord Hospital Elliot Hospital concordhospital.org
Konstantin H. Dragnev, MD
Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Kathryn C. Hourdequin, MD
Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Gautami S. Rao, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
Massachusetts General Hospital snhhealth.org
Meredith J. Selleck, MD Concord Hospital Elliot Hospital concordhospital.org
Keisuke Shirai, MD Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Tanja VanderLinde, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Salvatore J. Vella, Jr, DO
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Craig P. Widness, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Yvonne F. Wilson, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Catholic Medical Center
Speare Memorial Hospital catholicmedicalcenter.org
Michael N. Young, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Emily R. Baker, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Bedford and Concord dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Zachary S. Spigelman, MD Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Parkland Medical Center lahey.org
Jeanna Walsh, MD Concord Hospital Elliot Hospital concordhospital.org
Douglas Jay Weckstein, MD
Concord Hospital Elliot Hospital concordhospital.org
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Craig L. Donnelly, MD
CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon
❛❛As a child & adolescent psychiatrist, my work with children, adolescents and their families has been an enduring source of energy and satisfaction. I am fortunate to have a career that requires playfulness and a sense of humor; a profession that melds science-based medical care with technology, education and health; that values humanity, artfulness, history, the dynamics of culture and collaboration with teams of other really smart and dedicated people. After more than 30 years of work in the field, I continue to be charmed, amazed, often intrigued, surprised, and awed by the life stories that patients trust to share with me. I see my work with children is an investment in our collective future. It is a daily exercise in optimism for what lies ahead and an opportunity to help leave the world a bit better than I found it.❜❜
James E. Gray, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Lauren M. Priolo, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Steven A. Ringer, MD/PhD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Nephrology
Kulli M. Barrett, MD
Frisbie Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital frisbiehospital.com
Peter Cheung, MD
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Michael Casimir Danielski, MD Frisbie Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital frisbiehospital.com
Sean W. Fitzpatrick, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH snhhealth.org
David S. Friedenberg, DO
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Charles W. Hopley, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Sucharit Joshi, MD
Frisbie Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital frisbiehospital.com
Shiv Kumar, MD
Frisbie Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital frisbiehospital.com
Naresh Matta, MD
Frisbie Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital frisbiehospital.com
Kevin B. Meyer, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Krupa S. Rajur, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH snhhealth.org
Ana Stankovic, MD Parkland Medical Center parklandmedicalcenter.com
Neurological Surgery
Katharine M. Cronk, MD/PhD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Gareth M. Davies, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Alexander J. Gamble, DO
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Neal Luther, MD
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Hulda B. Magnadottir, MD
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital alicepeckday.org
Tung T. Nguyen, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Henry F. Pallatroni, III, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Harold J. Pikus, MD
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital alicepeckday.org
Nathan E. Simmons, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Paul P. Wang, MD Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Neurology
Krzysztof A. Bujarski, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Catholic Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Ann C. Cabot, DO Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Khosro Farhad, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital wdhospital.org
Alexandra Filippakis, DO Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Jason Fleming, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Valerie E. Gendron, MD Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
Barbara C. Jobst, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Ana G. Lizama, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Keith J. McAvoy, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Aleksandra C. Stark, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Geoffrey Starr, MD Androscoggin Valley Hospital Weeks Medical Center avhnh.org
Leslie Suranyi, Jr, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Vijay M. Thadani, MD/PhD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Rebecca J. Thompson, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Gary D. Usher, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Roya Vakili, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Neuroradiology
Clifford J. Eskey, MD/PhD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Rihan Khan, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Corey N. Sides, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester, Concord and Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Nuclear Medicine
Jeffrey B. Mendel, MD Parkland Medical Center Portsmouth Regional Hospital parklandmedicalcenter.com
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Danielle Albushies, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Jenny G. Backman, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Rebecca Banaski, DO Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Kristen L. Bannister, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Colleen M. Barber, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Valerie A. Bell, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
The Elliot is proud to recognize our 2025 Top Doctors.
Thank you for setting the highest standards of health care and for your unwavering dedication to your patients, colleagues, and our community.
View the entire list at: SolutionHealth.org/TopDocs2025
We are honored to have you on our team.
Julie A. Braga, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Monica J. Chun, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Mark A. Conway, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
Jennifer M. Donofrio, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Jillian K. Dulac, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Rebecca H. Evans, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Heather Feltmate, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Heidi Hallonquist, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Lara C. Hanlon, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Kristine Henneberry, DO Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Courtney B. Jones, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Janine Keever, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Kelly M. MacMillan, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
Karen K. Maynard, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Heidi Meinz, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Deborah A. Mueller, MD Huggins Hospital hugginshospital.com
Lisbeth A. Murphy, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Joshua M. Nathan, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Sonja Nelson, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Samantha R. Pawlowski, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Timothy Pinard, MD Huggins Hospital hugginshospital.com
Adili L. Shay, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Brenna Corbett Stapp, DO Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Jennifer Weidner, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Fletcher R. Wilson, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Occupational Medicine
Phillip B. Collins, MD
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital alicepeckday.org
Ophthalmology
Claudia Bartolini, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Exeter Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Kinley Beck, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Timothy D. Blake, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH snhhealth.org
Anthony J. Correnti, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Sonalee M. Desai-Bartoli, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH snhhealth.org
Janine R. Eagle, MD Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Maxwell D. Elia, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Ahad A. Fazelat, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Erin S. Fogel, MD
Eliot D. Foley, MD
Warren Goldblatt, MD Frisbie Memorial Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital frisbiehospital.com
Jason A. Hall, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Amy L. Hennessy, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Marsha Kavanagh, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Richard J. Lasonde, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
David P. Lawlor, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Vasilios P. Lazos, DO Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Kimberly Licciardi, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Donald M. Miller, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Christiana E. Munroe, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Paul S. Musco, MD
Speare Memorial Hospital spearehospital.com
Purak Parikh, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Newton T. Peters, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Patrick Joseph Riddle, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH snhhealth.org
Erin M. Salcone, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Douglas R. Scott, MD Concord Hospital – Laconia concordhospital-laconia.org
Timothy Sullivan, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Lucian Szmyd, Jr, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
David A. Weinberg, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Melissa M. Wong, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Michael E. Zegans, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org Orthopaedic Surgery
Uri Michael Ahn, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
James B. Ames, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Eric Arvidson, MD
Holy Family Hospital - Methuen Parkland Medical Center holyfamilyhospital.org
John-Erik Bell, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Eric R. Benson, MD Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Daniel P. Bouvier, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH Southern New Hampshire Medical Center stjosephhospital.com
Patrick Casey, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Avnish N. Clerk, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Jeffrey Clingman, MD Frisbie Memorial Hospital frisbiehospital.com
Marcus P. Coe, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center New London Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Mark C. Cullen, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital wdhospital.org
Alexander D. Davis, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Robert F. Davis, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Neil T. Dion, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Tahsin Ergin, MD Holy Family Hospital - Methuen Parkland Medical Center holyfamilyhospital.org
Frances D. Faro, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center New London Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Andrew T. Garber, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH Parkland Medical Center stjosephhospital.com
Mark J. Geppert, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital wdhospital.org
I. Leah Gitajn, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Ricardo A. Gonzales, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Douglas M. Goumas, MD
Catholic Medical Center
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Eric R. Henderson, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester and Concord dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Cherie Holmes, MD, MSc Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
Jeffrey I. Kauffman, MD Littleton Regional Healthcare littletonhealthcare.org
Heather C. Killie, MD
Catholic Medical Center
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Bryan Lawless, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Gregory Leather, MD Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
Glenn S. Lieberman, MD Frisbie Memorial Hospital frisbiehospital.com
Timothy J. Lin, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Thomas F. McGovern, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Kevin J. McGuire, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Marc J. Michaud, MD Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Wayne E. Moschetti, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Mayo Noerdlinger, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Jason A. Oliviero, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Elliot Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Alexander R. Orem, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Gifford Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Robert C. Parisien, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Ira M. Parsons, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Adam M. Pearson, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Anthony H. Presutti, MD Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
Akhilesh Sastry, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Paul Scibetta, Jr, DO Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Joshua A. Siegel, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Edward A. Sirlin, III, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Gregory W. Soghikian, MD Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Mary-Lee Sole, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Michael B. Sparks, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
William S. Sutherland, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Adrian J. Thomas, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Benjamin M. Thompson, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
David C. Thut, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital wdhospital.org
Lance G. Warhold, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Gavin R. Webb, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital wdhospital.org
Tyler P. Welch, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Jeffrey W. Wiley, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Catholic Medical Center; Speare Memorial Hospital
❛❛During my first year of medical school, I observed an interventional cardiologist save a patient’s life, sparking my passion for the field. Over time, I found fulfillment not only in performing complex procedures but also in building long-term relationships with patients. Last fall, I joined eight colleagues to launch Cardiovascular Specialists of New England, an independent practice focused on patient access and comprehensive care. We offer same-day clinic visits, and outpatient echocardiograms, stress PET and SPECT tests, as well as wearable cardiac rhythm monitors. Our emphasis on convenience and choice has significantly improved patient satisfaction. I am proud to be part of a talented group of physicians and hardworking staff dedicated to our mission.❜❜
Otolaryngology
James P. Bartels, MD
Eunice Y. Chen, MD/PhD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Colin R. Edwards, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Peter Soon Ihm, MD Exeter Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital exeterhospital.com
Keith Jorgensen, MD Parkland Medical Center parklandmedicalcenter.com
Christopher Knox, DO Frisbie Memorial Hospital frisbiehospital.com
Joseph A. Paydarfar, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
James E. Saunders, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Sarah S. Seo, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Mark C. Smith, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Andrew R. Spector, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Jeffrey M. Zimmerman, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics
Manchester Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Pain Medicine
Musa Aner, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Mark A. Horton, MD Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
James A. Mirazita, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
Concord Hospital – Laconia snhhealth.org
Syed A. Razvi, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Praveen Suchdev, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
Concord Hospital – Laconia snhhealth.org
Michael L. Baker, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jessica L. Bentz, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
John P. Bissonnette, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Elliot Hospital snhhealth.org
Candice C. Black, DO
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Heather L. Crowley, MD
Elliot Hospital
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center elliothospital.org
Anil K. Dewan, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
Elliot Hospital snhhealth.org
Nancy M. Dunbar, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jorge L. Gonzalez, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Edward J. Gutmann, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Prabhjot Kaur, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center New London Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Darcy A. Kerr, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Robert E. LeBlanc, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Mikhail Lisovsky, MD/PhD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Xiaoying Liu, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jonathan D. Marotti, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Shabnam Momtahen, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Kristen E. Muller, DO
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jason R. Pettus, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Weldon W. Sanford, MD
Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
James Samuel Smoot, MD
Elliot Hospital
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center elliothospital.org
Kremena V. Star, MD/PhD Elliot Hospital
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center elliothospital.org
Arief A. Suriawinata, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Zbigniew M. Szczepiorkowski, MD/PhD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Karen N. Wu, MD
Shaofeng Yan, MD/PhD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
George J. Zanazzi, MD/PhD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
Robert W. Hickey, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Christopher J. Clarke, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester and Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
David I. Crowley, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jenifer A. Glatz, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester and Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Thomas B. Johnson, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester and Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Kimberly Molina, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Julie A. Vincent, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Kelly L. Corbett, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pediatric Dermatology
Julianne A. Mann, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jillian F. Rork, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Maia S. Rutman, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Emily A. Zajano, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Pediatric Endocrinology
Robert C. Gensure, MD/PhD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester, Nashua and Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Amer Al-Nimr, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Marc A. Hofley, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Julie L. Sanville, DO
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Julie Kim, MD/PhD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon
Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Angela M. Ricci, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon
Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Nadine P. SantaCruz, MD
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center northernlighthealth.org
Pediatric Nephrology
Matthew M. Hand, DO Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
William J. McKinnon, Jr, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pediatric Pulmonology
Brian P. O’Sullivan, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pediatric Surgery
Daniel P. Croitoru, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon, Nashua and Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Eileen M. Duggan, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Meghna V. Misra, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Elizabeth S. Soukup, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Pediatrics
Thomas M. Albushies, MD
Cheryl E. Anderson, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Alexandra D. Bonesho, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Candice L. Camacho, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Charles T. Cappetta, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Leslie S. Dick, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Concord dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Keith R. Dominick, MD
Danielle L. Dunetz, DO Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Eileen Forrest, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Mitchell Frumkin, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Matthew J. Hajduk, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
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❛❛Many patients are unaware of all the behind the scenes work we do on their behalf to overcome the many barriers we need to provide the care that they deserve. For example, tests must be ordered and often need prior approval from insurance companies. This is frustrating for doctors and patients alike. My goal as a physician is to do what I can to break down the barriers to access of patients to the care that they need. It often means putting in long hours and advocating on their behalf, but it’s worth it to help my patients live healthier, happier lives.❜❜
John R. Hollister, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Samantha A. House, DO
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Nancy S. Husarik, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Jessica P. Jacobs, MD Weeks Medical Center weeksmedical.org
Kristen C. Johnson, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Ryan C. Johnson, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital wdhospital.org
Jennifer L. Jones, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Gregory Kaupp, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
John Klunk, MD Elliot Hospital Southern New Hampshire Medical Center elliothospital.org
Tessa J. Lafortune Greenberg, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Concord dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Terri L. Lally, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital wdhospital.org
Steven P. Loh, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Michele D. Mandel, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Heather A. Mane, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Lila H. Monahan, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Rebecca H. Murphy, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Mark D. Myers, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Theresa M. Oliveira, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Concord dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Andrea Palumbo, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Jessica S. Payton, MD
Cheshire Medical Center
Dartmouth Health Children’s cheshiremed.org
Mitchell N. Pivor, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Todd M. Poret, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Concord dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Christopher M. Riccio, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Geraldine Rubin, MD
Cheshire Medical Center
Dartmouth Health Children’s cheshiremed.org
Donald E. Salvatore, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Andrew J. Schuman, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Erik M. Shessler, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Manchester and Bedford dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Catherine D. Shubkin, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Marni A. Silverstein, MD Cheshire Medical Center
Dartmouth Health Children’s cheshiremed.org
Alyssa R. Smith, MD
Sandra F. Truebe, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Pamela S. Udomprasert, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Linda A. Williams, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Hilary A. Yehling, MD Elliot Hospital
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center elliothospital.org
Denise E. Youssef, MD
Dartmouth Health Children’s Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Thomas M. Frates, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Aron M. Jeffrey, DO Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Bruce Myers, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Daniel S. Zipin, DO Exeter Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital exeterhospital.com
Plastic Surgery
Cecil W. Bean, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Frisbie Memorial Hospital wdhospital.org
Steven L. Brown, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Todd E. Burdette, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Gary L. Freed, Jr, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Michael K. Matthew, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jeremy Waldman, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
Psychiatry
Paul F. Belliveau, MD
Eduardo Andres Calagua Bedoya, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Matthew S. Duncan, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Julia R. Frew, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Patrick A. Ho, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Sreenivas Katragadda, MD H. Landsman, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Gillian L. Sowden, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Devendra S. Thakur, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Cheshire Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Pulmonary Disease
Haitham Al Ashry, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Graham T. Atkins, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
John P. Brennan, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
James L. Carroll, Jr, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Christopher C. Daigle, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
Paul Deranian, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Sunil Dhunna, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Richard I. Enelow, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Joseph C. Hou, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Catholic Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Amit Joglekar, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Brian L. Jones, MD/PhD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Harold L. Manning, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Vinia Madonna C. Mendoza, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Muhammad Mirza, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Richard N. Read, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Catholic Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Radiation Oncology
Jeffrey V. Brower, MD/PhD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Elliot Hospital wdhospital.org
Nirav S. Kapadia, MD Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Brian R. Knab, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Jeffrey Lemons, MD
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center wdhospital.org
Su K. Metcalfe, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Bryan P. Rowe, MD
Concord Hospital
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital concordhospital.org
Himanshu Singh, MD
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Bassem I. Zaki, MD
Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon Dartmouth Cancer Center St. Johnsbury dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Reproductive
Endocrinology/ Infertility
Joseph A. Hill, III, MD Winchester Hospital winchesterhospital.org
Thomas L. Toth, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Boston bidmc.org
Kristen Wright, MD
Elliot Hospital
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Boston elliothospital.org
Rheumatology
Daniel A. Albert, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Christopher M. Burns, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Todd F. Dombrowski, MD Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
Kalyani Govindaraju, MD
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center snhhealth.org
Daniel Kunz, DO Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Douglas F. Marks, Jr, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Brian McKinley, MD
Naureen Mirza, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Aparna Raju Padmaraju, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Hoke H. Shirley, III, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Robert W. Simms, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Sleep Medicine
Brooke G. Judd, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Heater Road dartmouth-hitchcock.org
David C. Picard, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Michele G. Rush, MD Speare Memorial Hospital spearehospital.com
Sports Medicine
Adam Androlia, DO
Christopher J. Couture, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital wdhospital.org
Peter M. Loescher, MD
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital alicepeckday.org
Jonathan Mack, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
John Andrew McMahon, DO
Portsmouth Regional Hospital York Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Erika Sadeghi, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Surgery
Stacey A. Abbis, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Alexandra Briggs, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
H. E. Guy Burman, MD Cheshire Medical Center cheshiremed.org
David J. Coppola, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
David A. Gould, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester Elliot Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Rajan Gupta, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is proud to celebrate our Top Doctors!
We are grateful for your unwavering dedication to professional excellence and exceptional patient care.
Thank you!
Melissa Hoyt, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Curtis J. Kloc, MD Concord Hospital – Laconia concordhospital-laconia.org
Daiying Lu, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Christopher Lundquist, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Patrick Mahon, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Sabine Manoli, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
Eric D. Martin, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Kurt K. Rhynhart, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Alice Rocke, MD Speare Memorial Hospital spearehospital.com
Meredith J. Sorensen, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jay W. Swett, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Richard Joseph Tomolonis, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Ted L. Trus, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Christopher M. Weinmann, MD Concord Hospital – Laconia Concord Hospital concordhospital-laconia.org
Andrew Wu, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Surgical Oncology
Richard J. Barth, Jr, MD Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Kari M. Rosenkranz, MD Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Jessica L. Ryan, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Gerald L. Sardella, MD The Elliot catholicmedicalcenter.org
Benjamin M. Westbrook, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Thoracic Surgery
David J. Finley, MD
Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Cheshire Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Joseph D. Phillips, MD Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Curtis C. Quinn, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Elizabeth C. Chase, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Deeptha Sastry, MD
Portsmouth Regional Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Kris Strohbehn, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Veronica Triaca, MD Concord Hospital Concord Hospital – Laconia concordhospital.org
Urology
Hernan Altamar, MD Portsmouth Regional Hospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital portsmouthhospital.com
Christian Bartels, MD Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Lawrence M. Dagrosa, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Gary N. Dunetz, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH Southern New Hampshire Medical Center stjosephhospital.com
Scott J. Fabozzi, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Christopher R. Girasole, MD Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
E. Ann Gormley, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Martin S. Gross, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Cheshire Medical Center
New London Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Cullen M. Jumper, MD Exeter Hospital exeterhospital.com
Amichai D. Kilchevsky, MD
Concord Hospital Springfield Hospital - Springfield, VT concordhospital.org
Shilpa Lamba, MD
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital wdhospital.org
Sarah J. McAleer, MD Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Robert E. Mitchell, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
John J. Munoz, MD
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Cyrus B. Noble, MD
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Cormac E. O’Neill, MD
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital wdhospital.org
Vernon M. Pais, Jr, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Eric Raffin, MD
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital wdhospital.org
William Farber Santis, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
William A. Selleck, MD
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Samuel T. Snipes, MD Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH snhhealth.org
Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Thomas Alberico, MD
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Jeffrey P. Chapdelaine, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
John M. Gemery, MD
Dartmouth Cancer Center
Lebanon
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Steffen Haider, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Eric K. Hoffer, MD
Dartmouth Cancer Center
Lebanon
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester and Nashua dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Nancy J. McNulty, MD
Dartmouth Cancer Center
Lebanon
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Javier Perez-Rodriguez, MD
Catholic Medical Center
Elliot Hospital catholicmedicalcenter.org
Ari I. Salis, MD Concord Hospital concordhospital.org
Daniel Sheibley, MD
Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Vibhor Wadhwa, MD Elliot Hospital Catholic Medical Center elliothospital.org
Vascular Surgery
James M. Estes, MD Wentworth-Douglass Hospital wdhospital.org
Patricia C. Furey, MD Catholic Medical Center catholicmedicalcenter.org
Philip Goodney, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Chelsey N. Lewis, MD Elliot Hospital elliothospital.org
Richard J. Powell, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital dartmouth-hitchcock.org
David H. Stone, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center dartmouth-hitchcock.org
Laurence P. Young, MD St. Joseph Hospital - Nashua, NH stjosephhospital.com
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Douglas Phelan, DO (Windham)
James Fitzgerald, MD (Bedford & Goffstown)
John Daley, MD (Derry)
Alexia Strzalka, MD (Bedford)
John Wheeler, DO (Derry)
Katharine Wetherbee, DO (Londonderry)
Anne Barry, DO (Windham)
Adam Androlia, DO (Bedford & Derry)
Douglas Dreffer, MD (Concord)
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Douglas Phelan, DO (Windham)
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John Daley, MD (Derry)
Alexia Strzalka, MD (Bedford)
John Wheeler, DO (Derry)
Katharine Wetherbee, DO (Londonderry)
Anne Barry, DO (Windham)
Adam Androlia, DO (Bedford & Derry)
Douglas Dreffer, MD (Concord)
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Discover Hyla Brook Estate: your new go-to for modern farmhouse elegance! Nestled on 9 beautiful acres in Derry, NH, our stunning private garden estate is perfect for weddings, corporate events, showers, anniversaries, and more. With multiple indoor and outdoor spaces, we create the ideal backdrop for unforgettable celebrations. Experience laid-back luxury like never before—where every occasion becomes a
Spring is just around the corner, and we all are itching to get our hands dirty — but starting too early is worse than starting too late
BY ROBIN SWEETSER / PHOTOS BY RAWPIXEL
It is tempting to get outside on a nice day and start digging as soon as the ground has thawed, but don’t. Never step in or work wet soil; it compacts easily, ruining its structure. To tell if it is ready, take the Cake Test:
• Try to squeeze a handful of soil into a ball.
• If it crumbles easily (like cake crumbs) it is good to go.
• If it stays in a ball, wait a few more days.
Soil is the Key
Old Farmer’s Almanac Digital Editor and Master Gardener Catherine Boeckmann reminds us of the importance of getting a proper soil test. “This will be your guide. It will determine what your soil is lacking and how to improve it.” Find more info at extension.unh.edu/resource/soil-testing-forms.
• Soil needs to drain well and have good texture – not heavy clay or too much sand.
• Depth – not too rocky or on a ledge. Roots need to be able to spread out and down at least 12 inches.
• Compost improves all types of soil by adding organic matter.
Grow what you eat! Don’t waste time, space and effort on things that are difficult to grow or nobody in your family likes. To save more money on your grocery bill, plant expensive, hard-to-find, or unique items that you use regularly. Herbs take up little room but make a meal special. Organic food can be pricey to buy but is not any harder to grow. Boeckmann’s list of vegetables that are easy-to-grow from seed include peas, beans, radishes, cukes, squash, lettuce and other greens.
If purchasing online, get your order in now. The good stuff goes fast. Split packs with a gardening friend or make an order together to save on shipping costs. (Baker Creek has free shipping.) Better yet, buy local.
Don’t go overboard! A 10 x 10 plot or a couple of 4 x 8 raised beds can yield a lot of food while being easy to maintain. Boeckmann offers this beginner’s tip: “Most of us don’t want all of our harvest to appear at the same time. How much lettuce can you eat? Spread out the harvest by staggering your plantings. For lettuce, sow every few weeks. After you have harvested a crop, use that nice warmed-up space to plant more seeds and keep the harvest coming!”
Draw up a plot plan or use an online garden planner. Save from year to year to help with next year’s rotation.
If you are starting from scratch, look for a site that is:
• Close to the house and has access to water.
• Sunny – 6-8 hours is considered full sun. If you only have half-day sun, you can still successfully grow greens, root crops, peas, potatoes, and brassicas.
• Not too windy or in a frost pocket.
• Orient beds to run from east to west when possible.
• On a hill, go across the slope to keep seeds and plants from washing downhill in a heavy rain.
Timing is everything when you have a short growing season. Resist the urge to start your seeds too soon. Indoor plants will be leggy and stressed and suffer a greater setback when finally planted out. Seeds will sit and sulk, and many will rot.
• Read your seed packets. They often tell you when to start your seeds, indoors and out.
• Wait for the soil to warm up even if the seed packet says they can be planted as soon as the soil can be worked.
• Soil temps below 40 degrees are not conducive to germination, even for cool weather plants.
• Invest in a soil thermometer. Take soil temp at 9 a.m. for a week and average it.
Use 50 degrees as a minimum for planting those cold weather crops.
• Follow nature’s lead and look at conditions around you. When the forsythia blooms it is usually safe to plant your peas, but wait for the apple trees to bloom before planting beans. The Old Farmer’s Almanac has more examples of phenology.
• Use an online seed-starting calculator. Just plug in your zip code or last frost date.
Speaking of last frost date – according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, it is May15 for Concord, but you know best the conditions at your house. I would love to push the season but that seems early for my garden so I am using May 25 as my estimated safeto-plant date.
If you decide to try growing your own transplants indoors, first invest in lighting. A sunny windowsill is not going to give you strong, stocky plants. The rule of thumb for growing sturdy transplants is to germinate the seeds in warmth and darkness, and as soon as they pop up, switch them to a cool bright spot under lights. Plants to start indoors include tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, brassicas, herbs, and many flowers.
We have grown excellent seedlings under cheap fluorescent shop lights for years, but leaving them on for the required 16 hours will impact your electric bill. Last year, I gave an LED grow light a try. The plants thrived under the weirdly colored light, and the electric bill hardly registered a blip! NH
You have spent most of your adult life creating wealth and assets for you and your family. If you are like most people, you probably believe that your final wishes will be carried out without much difficulty. Those who fail to manage their estates and create rock solid wills are leaving themselves wide open to a plethora of troubles that will make it very difficult for your loved ones and others to receive what you intended. We reached out to one of New Hampshire’s most prestigious law firms to learn more about wills and estate planning and why they are critical to protecting your assets.
QWhat is the purpose of a will and what happens if you die without one?
AA will is a legal document that allows you to direct the probate process after you pass away. This document can allow you to do the following: chose how your funeral/ burial expenses and debts will be paid, direct how assets in your name at death will be distributed, elect an executor or personal representative to manage the process, and, if you have minor children, nominate a guardian for those minor children, if no other parent is still living.
When someone dies with a will, we say that person died “testate.” The person’s will is then filed with the probate court, and any assets held solely in the deceased person’s name will go through the probate process, in accordance with the provisions of the will.
When someone dies without a will, we say that person died “intestate.” If a person dies without a will, then all assets that go through probate, are directed by the NH Intestacy Statute (NH RSA 561:1). This statute directs how probate
assets will be distributed based on several factors, including: if there is a surviving spouse, if there are surviving children and whether those children are shared with the surviving spouse, or if there are surviving parents. Most people do not wish for their estate to be governed under the NH Intestacy Statute, as it may not follow the distributions that they would have preferred.
It is important to note that just creating a will is not enough to avoid the NH Intestacy Statute. The will must conform to the legal requirements set forth by the New Hampshire Legislature (NH RSA 551:2). If a will is deemed to be lacking the requirements, then a person’s estate could be treated as if the will was never made at all. To avoid such issues, it is recommended that you consult an estate planning attorney to help you create your will and ensure it complies with all legal requirements.
Finally, it is important to note that only assets held solely in the person’s name at death will require probate and therefore be governed by a will. Some people choose to avoid the time and expense of probate by titling their assets in joint ownership with another person or in a trust, or they may designate a pay on death beneficiary (for those assets that allow this), which would also avoid probate. As always, it is important to discuss these options with your estate planning attorney to determine which plan is best for you.
Stephanie Thomson Partner, Estate Planning, Upton & Hatfield
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rock ‘n’ roll adventures in “Waiting on the Moon”
BY MIKE COTE
The Woofa Goofa has written a memoir, and it flows like the fasttalking rap of a late-night DJ.
In “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses,” the solo artist and former J. Geils Band singer recalls encounters with marquee artists throughout his career, including fellow musicians Van Morrison, Mick Jagger, Aretha Franklin and John Lennon and Hollywood icons Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Peter Sellers and Faye Dunaway, to whom he was married for five years in the 1970s.
Wolf visits the Portsmouth Music Hall on March 18 to talk about the memoir as part of the “Writers on a New England Stage” series in partnership with New Hampshire Public Radio. (The appearance is advertised as a discussion only, but we hear there’s a chance he might sit in with the house band.)
While Wolf devotes a few chapters to his upbringing in New York, the book is organized primarily as a series of episodes with other artists who influenced his career, including blues legends Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, whom Wolf got to know when they performed in Boston. Wolf tells these tales from the perspective of a fan, which underscores his deep love for the blues, soul and R&B that would anchor the sound of the J. Geils Band in its early years.
Wolf parted ways with the J. Geils Band more than 40 years ago, but the Bronx-born singer will forever be associated with the group, who as recently as 2014 reunited to open for Bob Seger at TD Garden. He got his start in Boston hosting an overnight show for WBCN, where he adopted the Woofa Goofa moniker most famously used in the live version of the J. Geils Top 20 hit, “Musta Got Lost.”
Despite various reunion shows with his former bandmates over the years, Wolf devotes just a single chapter to them. After years of playing college gyms and hockey arenas, the J. Geils Band finally hit the big time in the late 1970s, culminating with the chart-topping 1981 album “Freeze Frame,” featuring the No. 1 single “Centerfold.”
Just as the band was finally flush with cash and success, a battle for creative control between Wolf and his songwriting partner and keyboard player, Seth Justman, ended in a standoff, with Wolf leaving the band for a solo career. Wolf says he was kicked out after the group refused to record material he had written with outside musicians. The result led to Wolf’s successful “Lights Out” album and a final J. Geils disc without Wolf that flopped.
“For the Geils Band, success took its bite with razor-sharp teeth, causing a divide between me and my bandmates,” Wolf writes. “They chose to change course and follow a captain whose blind compass would
soon have them smashed hard against the rocks.”
Wolf writes with more affection for Dunaway, who introduced him to the wild world of Hollywood parties, including one with Jack Nicholson (who starred with Faye in “Chinatown”) that would cause serious damage to their relationship.
“I was conflicted and hurt but still in love with Dorothy Faye and contemplating whether our relationship was worth fighting for,” Wolf writes.
Wolf ends “Waiting on the Moon” on a high note with a story about chasing down country legend Merle Haggard to record a duet with him on “It’s Too Late for Me,” which appeared on Wolf’s 2010 album “Midnight Souvenirs.”
“In seeking him out, I fulfilled a dream. His voice connects me to a long line that wind its way through music history, like a river running through time.”
Spoken like a true fan, if not a late-night DJ. NH
Peter Wolf appears March 18 at 7 p.m. at the Portsmouth Music Hall for “Writers on a New England Stage.” Tickets, which include a copy of “Waiting on the Moon,” are $54.50 and available at themusichall.org.
March 8
On Tap for CASA > At this fundraiser for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of New Hampshire, participants aim to keep their teams’ barstools occupied for 10 hours without abandoning the post while competing in a variety of fun competitions to gain points, including trivia, stein hoisting and more. Come for the cause, stay for the friendly competition. All participant spots will likely be filled by early March, but interested persons can donate and drop by the event for music, raffles and libations offered throughout the 10-hour event. All proceeds go toward recruitment and training of CASA volunteer advocates, ordinary women and men advocating for abused or neglected children in New Hampshire’s court system. New England Tap House and Grille, 1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett; donate.casanh.org
March 1-2
57th annual New Hampshire State Home Show > Mark your calendars for the home event of the year. Produced by the professionals at the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, this is the one show of the year to attend and interact with builders, remodelers, decorators, landscapers and all types of home solutions providers. The latest in home-related products and services will be showcased — everything from air quality to mortgages, hot tubs to custom home builders, and custom closets to fabulous kitchens and baths. The event includes over 200 vendors and exhibitors covering all aspects of the home building/remodeling industry, plus items in the “Made in New England” and “Beer & Wine Garden” areas. $10, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Doubletree by Hilton, 700 Elm St., Manchester; nhstatehomeshow.com
March 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 & 23 Maple Express > Step into the sweet splendor of March in New Hampshire by embarking on the Maple Express at Charmingfare Farm, a highlight of the state’s Maple Weekend celebrations. The horse-drawn or tractor train ride transports you
into the heart of maple sugaring, all set within the scenic beauty of a thriving farm. Designed for enthusiasts of all ages, this maple event promises not only a taste of the freshest maple syrup but also a hands-on journey through its creation, just in time for the much-loved Maple Weekend. $29, times vary. Charmingfare Farm, 774 High St., Candia; visitthefarm.com
March 14-15
Murder at the Pie Auction Mystery Dinner Theater > After years of trying unsuccessfully, the small town of Mynute, Alaska, finally lands the famous Mother Mabel’s Pie Baking Competition — but it was all due to a typo, mistaking Mynute for Minot. The contest looks to be a disaster with no media or publicity. To add to the tension, one of the contestants is writing a tell-all book about the seamy side of competitive pie baking. Making matters even worse, just hours before the competition begins, the pie judge goes missing. Has he been murdered? And what about a missing celebrity baker? With an ample serving of motive
and all the right ingredients for murder, this is the perfect “dessert theater” recipe for big laughs, lots of wordplay, outrageous characters, and hilarious audience participation. Includes an ACTUAL pie auction! Ticket prices vary. 6:30 p.m., Franklin Elks Lodge 1280, 125 South Main St., Franklin; franklinoperahouse.org
March 15-16
Maple Weekend > Celebrate all things maple this Maple Weekend. Plan a weekend that celebrates and supports NH’s maple producers. Visit a sugarhouse, and learn about the process that brings delicious NH maple syrup to your table. With special events, and samples of mouthwatering maple products, this build-your-own maple weekend is one you won’t want to miss. Locations vary; nhmaplemap.com
March 16
2025 Battle of the Badges Hockey Championship > The Battle of the Badges presented by the Elliot Perry Foundation, will bring together police officers, firefighter and first responders on the ice at SNHU Arena to celebrate 17 years of hockey and philanthropy in support of Dartmouth Health Children’s and the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD). This competitive event fundraises for critical programs and services that children and families rely on every day at Dartmouth Health Children’s and CHaD. Funds from Battle of the Badges support the Child Life Program, Pediatric Mental Health Access Initiative, Child Advocacy and Prevention Program, Molly’s Place family resource center, and the CHaD Social Work Team, among others. Annually, Dartmouth Health Children’s and CHaD sees over 90,000 unique patients, many of whom benefit from funds raised through fundraising activities such as the Battle of the Badges. $16, 1 p.m. SNHU Arena, 555 Elm St., Manchester; snhuarena.com
March 22
Family Fun Day with the NH Historical Society > Bring the whole family to the New Hampshire Historical Society for an afternoon of games, crafts, and storytelling. Explore our historic building, tour our exhibits, test your knowledge of Granite State trivia, and make a New Hampshire-themed craft to take home. Introduce your kids to the special things that make New Hampshire a wonderful place to live! Family Fun Day is geared for families with kids ages 6 to 10, but all ages are welcome. Admission is free thanks to the generosity of Concord Pediatric Dentistry. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This is a drop-in program, and registration is not required. 10 a.m. to noon. 30 Park St., Concord; nhhistory.org
March 2
Cranmore Women’s Program > Inclusive Ski Touring’s Cranmore Women’s program creates an inclusive, empowering space for women and nonbinary individuals to learn ski touring or split-boarding, as well as for individuals looking to connect with others in the touring community. Running on March 2 at Cranmore Mountain, the program fosters a supportive environment where no one is rushed or left behind. With subsidized costs, free gear rentals through Mountain Sports Lab, and a no-apology policy, this program fosters a welcoming environment for all skill levels. Participants must be comfortable descending green circle terrain. $20, Sunday, 8:15 - 11 a.m. Cranmore Mountain, 239 Skimobile Road, North Conway; inclusiveskitouring.org
April 10
Beginner Gardener Series: Easy to Grow Vegetables > Learn how to start growing vegetables without getting overwhelmed. What are the “easy” vegetables to grow? How do you pick healthy plants from the garden center? What should we be observing in our gardens? All these questions, and many more, will be answered to help you maximize early successes, learn by doing, and have fun growing vegetables. If you are just starting as a gardener or need some tips to improve your basic gardening skills, you’re sure to gain some great information. This event is presented by Jason Phelps, UNH Extension Master Gardener. $10 for NH Audubon members/Extension Master Gardeners; $15 for non-members, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn; nhaudubon.org
April 12
Upcycle Paper Making with Larry Frates > This workshop will provide you with the materials, tools and instructions to make your own sheets of paper. You will learn the art of creating
and processing your own pulp and dipping a screen stretched across a frame into a vat of pulp made from recycled paper. You then lift the screen out of the vat. The entire process includes dipping which will yield some handmade sheets that can be used once dried and pressed. $25 non-members / $10 members, 10 a.m. to noon, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia; prescottfarm.org
April 12- April 13
NH Philharmonic Presents “Drawn to the Music – The Planets” > Drawn to the Music returns with an astronomical theme, featuring Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.” Students will create their own artistic impressions of the astronomical and mythological basis of this popular symphonic score. In addition, we will present another opportunity for the students to unleash their inner artist with interpretations of Mason Bates’ “The B Sides”, with its out of the world orchestration depicting space walks. Prices and times vary. Seifert Performing Arts
Center, 44 Geremonty Drive, Salem; nhphil.org
April 13
Sunday Supper with Live Fiddle Music and Silent Auction > Enjoy a home-cooked Sunday Supper that includes everything from soup to dessert. Starters include tomato cheddar soup, tossed salad, and pumpkin fritters. Dinner will include New England pot roast with gravy, baked haddock, green beans and mashed potatoes. Dessert includes apple crisp and brownies with vanilla ice cream. Listen to live fiddle music by Randy Miller, and browse and bid on silent auction items to benefit Monadnock High School Softball. $17-36, 5 p.m., The Inn at East Hill Farm, 460 Monadnock St., Troy; east-hill-farm.com
Find additional events at nhmagazine.com/ calendar. Submit events eight weeks in advance to Elisa Gonzales Verdi (events@nhmagazine.com). Not all events are guaranteed to be published either online or in the print calendar. Event submissions will be reviewed and, if deemed appropriate, approved by a New Hampshire Magazine editor.
BY SARAH PEARSON
Sleeping in cabins. Paddling on the lake. Hiking in the woods. Making crafts. Building a campfire.
In many ways, summer camps have not changed much since the 1880s, when New Hampshire’s first programs began. They connect young people with nature, provide space to test independence and teach skills kids aren’t learning in the classroom.
Now, there’s an added component: getting kids away from their phones.
“A lot of the parents can’t wait for the girls to get away from social media, from screens, get back to just being a kid, being out in nature, just being with their friends,
working on independence, building resilience,” says Susan Hild, president of the NH Camps Association and director of Camp Merriwood, a girls camp her grandmother founded in 1949.
“If you look at how kids interact these days, it’s on mobile devices, it’s through game platforms, and there’s always the sort of hum of technology,” says Nick Robbins, director of Camp Mowglis, a boys’ overnight camp. “Camp is an opportunity to totally step away from all that and have quality interpersonal interactions, real friendships, to be partaking in activities in the great outdoors.”
Those qualities all come together through the overnight summer camp experience. Children are introduced to cabinmates they’ve never met before and work out living together, without parents, for weeks at a time. They learn activities they may have never been exposed to yet. The school-year regimented schedule with classes, sports and lessons falls away.
All the while not having access to Google for an instant answer or entertainment a click away.
“Sometimes things are difficult,” Hild says. “They’re hard. You have to push through. Whether it be somebody missing home or getting up on water skis. You just got to have to push through and build that resilience.”
Sleepaway camps force youth to advocate for themselves and work hard for the things they want to achieve.
Tammy Fortune, director of Camp Wa-Klo for girls, explains that camp activities are pathways to more intangible skills.
“What camps are doing, we’re building the skills that you don’t see,” Fortune says. “We’re using archery and all these activities to help build grit and perseverance. And the kids think that they’re just there to have fun.”
Mastering a sport or activity isn’t the end goal itself, but a means for opportunities, many of which children can’t access during their day-to-day, school-year life.
“In archery class, they are learning how to shoot a bullseye, but they’re not going to shoot a bullseye the first week or two or even sometimes three. So we’re sitting there teaching them how to build grip and how to persevere and how to push through, and also how to fail and be OK with it,” Fortune says. “Every teacher I ever worked with wanted to build kids up, but they are having to split their time because academics are the larger focus at school.”
Many campers find that time without their phones isn’t so bad when there are so many other things to experience. They have the opportunity to explore activities that they’re interested in.
“We’re offering things like woodworking, rock climbing, fencing, theater, photography, nature studies, stuff that’s really kind of new and different. Kids are going to come and learn a new skill, and they’re going to feel good about that,” Robbins says. “Then they’re going to come home with that newfound confidence: ‘I can learn new things.’ ”
“There’s something about goal setting. It’s not instant gratification,” Robbins says. “You might hit the target in archery, right? But to get a qualifying score, you’ve got to stick with it. It’s definitely an opportunity for kids to learn persistence and patience and resilience.”
And even if kids aren’t having fun every second of every day, that’s OK. It’s just another lesson.
“Being bored is all right,” Hild says. “It’s OK to be kind of lost in your thoughts, being lost with your friends, just hanging out down by the lake and reading or playing a game of Apples to Apples or UNO.”
For parents interested in exploring what options are available for their children, NH Camps has a directory of the many day and overnight camps that give youth access to new opportunities in picturesque New Hampshire locations.
“It’s just such a wonderful opportunity for kids to gain independence,” Hild says. “Kids need to be with other kids. They need that time to interact with other kids out in nature, and the mental health and the physical health benefits are really important.” NH
Bare Knuckle Murphy’s
163 Lake Ave., Manchester, NH
603-623-6066
http://www.bareknucklemurphy.com
Berwick Academy
31 Academy St., South Berwick, ME
207-384-6112
https://www.berwickacademy.org/ summer-camps
Camp Glen Brook
35 Glen Brook Road, Marlborough, NH
603-876-3342 glenbrook.org
Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains (888) 474-9686
www.girlscoutsgwm.org/en/ camp/our-camps.html
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
2 Institute Drive, Concord, NH
603-271-7827
www.starhop.com
New Hampshire Audubon
84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH 603-224-9909
https://nhaudubon.org
NH Climbing & Fitness 10 Langdon Ave., Concord, NH 603-715-9171
www.nhclimbinggym.com
The Palace Theater
80 Hanover St., Manchester, NH 603-668-5588
https://palacetheatre.org
Scouting America New Hampshire
300 Blondin Road, Manchester, NH
603-625-6431
www.603summercamp.org
SEE Science Center
200 Bedford St., Manchester, NH 603-669-0400
www.see-sciencecenter.org/ see-camps-and-programs
The Granite YMCA
117 Market St., Manchester, NH 603-782-2801
www.graniteymca.org/camps
World Academy
138 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, NH 603-888-1982
www.worldacademynh.com/ programs/camp#intro
YMCA of Greater Nashua 10 Cotton Rd., Suite 1, Nashua, NH 603-598-1533
www.nymca.org/summercamps graniteymca.org/camps
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Why you need it and how to find it
BY KRYSTEN GODFREY MADDOCKS / ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN R. GOODWIN
If you can’t find a primary care provider, you’re in good company. Like the rest of the country, New Hampshire faces a shortage of doctors and nurse practitioners who are able to see people for annual checkups and other general medical concerns. Your primary care provider helps you assess patients, manage referrals to health care specialists, and refill patient medications — and most health insurance providers require one.
“Your PCP is like the anchor of your health care team,” says Dr. Nancy Pettinari, regional medical director of the Mass General (MGB) Medical Group. “They coordinate your care from one entity to another — from specialty care to primary care and from the emergency room to inpatient care. That person is the link that holds all of your care together.”
Wentworth Health Partners, part of the MGB Medical Group on the Seacoast, just launched a new program that helps patients waiting for primary care providers get seen more quickly. Melisa Bartlett, regional executive director for MGB Medical Group (North Region), said the group’s patient navigation team is actively establishing primary care connections for several hundred new patients in their 11 practices.
The group has locations in Barrington, Dover, Durham, Rochester, Portsmouth, Somersworth, and South Berwick, Maine. Bartlett estimates the need for primary care is high in the general Seacoast and outlying population, consistent with national trends.
In response, the group launched Primary Care Connect, which allows patients to see a provider before their first PCP appointment. The designated Primary Care Connect
provider can see up to five patients daily, virtually and in person.
“Sometimes patients have an appointment five months out, and they need care in between that time,” Bartlett says. “The idea is that this provides a bit of bridge care for that patient until they can establish their care with their long-term primary care provider.”
Primary Care Connect also prevents patients from seeking care in busy emergency rooms or urgent care centers when primary care would be more appropriate. Emergency and urgent care costs more and can pose long wait times for patients. Of course, if patients are experiencing an emergency, they should call 9-1-1.
“Even our emergency room has been at a very, very high census for months and months,” Pettinari says. “That is in part attributable to the lack of primary care physicians in the area in general.”
According to Dr. Holly Mintz, senior vice president and chief medical officer of the Elliot Medical Group, several primary care providers in the Elliot group are accepting new patients. Of the 18 offices the group manages, 14 were accepting new patients as of January.
Appledore Medical Group (affiliated with Portsmouth Hospital and Frisbie Memorial Hospital): appledoremedicalgroup.com/specialties/primary-care
Beth Israel Lahey Health Core Physicians: corephysicians.org/Home
Catholic Medical Center: catholicmedicalcenter.org/find-a-doctor
Concord Hospital: concordhospital.org/find-a-doctor
Dartmouth Health Primary Care: dartmouth-hitchcock.org/primary-care/find-primary-care-provider
DMC Primary Care: dmcprimarycare.com
The Elliot: elliothospital.org/providers
Southern New Hampshire Health: snhhealth.org/primarycare
Wentworth Health Partners: wdhospital.org/whp
Patients looking for a provider at Southern New Hampshire Health or Elliot Health System can call Provider Match at 833-920-7473 to find a provider who is accepting patients.
“We’ve brought on a lot of new providers over the past five years. I think we’re getting better at anticipating retirements and trying to hire people before other providers retire,” she says. “There can often be a six-month lag between providers, but it used to be years.”
Like Wentworth Health Partners, Elliot Medical Group will also see patients while they wait for their first PCP appointments. The group has offices in Allenstown, Bedford, Hooksett, Londonderry, Manchester, Raymond and Windham.
In New Hampshire, nurse practitioners can serve as primary care providers who manage their own patients independently from a doctor, which helps open up access to more patients, Mintz says. Many of the Elliot Medical Group providers are nurse practitioners with specific training in primary care.
“I think we will continue to see more and more advanced care providers taking (patient) panels because so many physicians are specializing,” she says. “We need more doctors to go into primary care. In a dream world, there would be specific medical schools that train for primary care at a lower cost point, because people come out of medical school owing hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
In 2024, Concord Hospital recruited 14 new PCPs throughout its health care system, totaling 144 providers at 19 primary care locations in Belmont, Concord, Epsom, Franklin, Gilford, Hillsboro, Hopkinton, Laconia, Meredith, New London, Pembroke and Warner, says Dawn Beers, public affairs manager at Concord Hospital. Several PCPs at the practices are accepting patients, although new patients can expect to wait more than six weeks for an appointment if they don’t have emergent needs, she says.
Dr. Terry Buchanan, a primary care provider at Downtown Medical Associates in Nashua, a part of the Southern New Hampshire Health System, has worked in family and internal medicine for more than 25 years. He’s enjoyed caring for patients and their families with whom he’s formed deep relationships, but agrees the system must adapt to better meet patients’ primary care needs. Buchanan can see up to 17 patients a day on the three days he cares for patients. Not only are there more patients to see, but often their health care needs are more complex, he says.
“Back in the day, you had a lot more sinus infections and sore throats so you could keep your schedule balanced, but today there are typically 16 complicated patients in a day,” Buchanan says.
The old model placed the physician as “the captain of the ship,” but Buchanan says that’s not sustainable anymore. That’s where physician assistants can work closely with doctors to serve more patients.
Although it can be challenging to find a provider, you should feel comfortable with the person you ultimately choose as your PCP. While doctors may have different training than advanced care providers, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, you shouldn’t just focus on titles when you’re shopping for a new PCP.
“Most people are looking for someone with whom they can have a long relationship,” Pettinari says. “And that might not be the first person (you choose.) You should look for someone who has a similar philosophy to yours and somebody with whom you can really share decision-making.”
Many practices use a team approach,
where other providers can see you if your PCP isn’t available. If you have a more complicated case, nurse practitioners and other health care providers can access your PCP if needed. And for those people who really need to be seen immediately, Wentworth Health Partners has a nurse triage system that will send patients to urgent care or the emergency room if necessary, Pettinari says.
Most hospital systems that manage primary care practices offer phone numbers, websites and even support staff who can help patients find and select providers.
If you’re still struggling to find the right health care system or provider that meets your needs, your health insurance company might be able to help, too. According to Stephanie DuBois, director of public relations for Anthem Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire, Anthem member service representatives can help subscribers select a PCP at any time.
“You should look for someone who has a similar philosophy to yours and somebody with whom you can really share decision-making.”
Some health plans also offer the support of Anthem Health Guides, customer service experts who can offer personalized support to help you find a PCP, address questions and coordinate care. In cases where members are required to have a PCP under their health plan and do not actively select one, Anthem can assign them to a PCP accepting new patients based on geographic location. Members can update their PCP in their profile at any time, DuBois says.
“We also offer a full suite of digital tools, such as our online portal at anthem. com and our mobile app, Sydney Health, where members can search for high-quality PCPs accepting new patients and make their selections,” she says. “Members can set search criteria such as geographic area, language preferences, and gender to sort search results. We also offer a sort option called “personalized match” that can match the member to a list of providers best able to treat the member based on the member’s medical profile.” NH
BY MARK HAYWARD
What is the value of a single word? As a writer, I have suffered while editors eliminated phrases, sentences, even entire pages. So the deletion of a mere, likely superfluous, word is acceptable, even welcome.
Yet, in other circumstances, the loss of a single word can destroy any nuance, any poetry, any mystery in a message.
That happened last fall to New Hampshire’s most famous piece of graffiti, which is located on a granite outcropping beside Route 103 in the western Merrimack County town of Newbury.
Gone is the five-letter word “still” from the previously time-honored proclamation “Chicken farmer I still love you.”
To me, the word “still” generated mystery and speculation. What transgression had prompted the adverb? Had the chicken farmer lost the farm? Had he been pecking around in another’s hen house?
To others, it meant that love had withstood the test of time. Or as Newbury selectmen described the graffiti back in 1997, a “message of faith, love and endurance.”
Now, the word that made the message of love beloved is gone.
The message falls as flat as the tags and bubble letters sprayed onto highway sound walls in Manchester.
A statement worthy of Steinbeck or Hemingway diminished to something like a ChatGPT regurgitation.
A golden anniversary reduced to a onenight hookup.
“I don’t know what happened. It just changed for no reason,” said Heather Chvala, owner of Rainbow Garage, which is about a quarter mile east of the ledge. She wants the “still” back.
“That’s what it always said.”
Aesthetically, the revision is hideous. L O V E is spaced out in glaring white letters on a glossy black background, while the remainder of the message features the warm, rust-colored background.
Town officials confirmed that the revision took place in November but declined to discuss anything else.
The message first appeared in the 1970s, according to some reports, and has achieved legendary status.
A Google search finds articles, including a 1998 take in Yankee magazine. Google Maps calls it a historical landmark. There’s a fiddle tune named after it. The town hosts a Chicken Farmer 5K in the summer.
You can find a podcast episode, social media discussions and a short film.
In 2017, New Hampshire Public Radio’s Page Sutherland put her investigative
reporting skills to task. She came up with two possible explanations.
Also reported by Yankee Magazine, one version said the original message was written by a teenage boy infatuated with a girl who lived across the street from the ledge. Sutherland tracked down the muse, whose family raised chickens in the ’70s. She didn’t know who her secret admirer was.
Sutherland kept scratching around. She found another tale, and a well-placed source who gave names and dates. But confirmation was impossible; both the chicken farmer and his love interest had died.
In her piece, Sutherland stressed that several in town don’t want to know the origins, preferring the mystique of a legend to the certainty of journalism.
I like that idea, so I won’t repeat that version here. If you want, you can find it in a Google search.
Yet there are some details that are part of the official record. By 1997, complaints surfaced about the original message, which read “Chicken farmer I love you.”
The state Department of Transportation painted it over. Outraged, Newbury residents signed petitions, and selectmen petitioned the DOT to keep the message intact.
The DOT obliged, and when the message reappeared, it included the word “still.”
Which adds another wrinkle to the story. Apparently, the “still” does not modify love, but the fight to keep the message up.
Not so much romantic endurance, but righteous obstinance.
And what could be more New Hampshire than that? NH
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