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By RAY DUCKLER

She went around to the side of the building, bypassing the media and chaos out front.She knocked on her father’s window at the News and Sentinel office in the North Country. John Harrigan opened the door to let Karen Doolan in, then quickly moved back...

By RAY DUCKLER

Steve DeStefano looked terrific. He wore a blue button-down shirt in his real estate office on Pleasant Street, highlighting his deep blue eyes. His hair was silver, but his hairline remained at the front line like a good soldier, unwilling to...

By RAY DUCKLER

The staff meeting began as a mere formality, a chance to meet the newest hire at the Capitol Center for the Arts.The staff wanted to know more about Vivian Trimble, where her skills lay, where she grew up, how much experience had she had in the...

By RAY DUCKLER

Sanbornton Fire Chief Paul Dexter was proud that he had built a strong mailbox to replace the weather-beaten one that his children had given him eight years ago on Father’s Day.But he’s certainly not happy that someone placed firecrackers in his...

By RAY DUCKLER

At 84 years old, Fran Philippe earned the right to change the name of the hiking groups she’s been leading for years.After all, Philippe runs three to four miles each Monday through Friday. She was instrumental in saving 272 acres at Broken Ground,...

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Lynn Colby wants high school students to remember that it’s not too late to avoid a catastrophe that will forever alter the course of many lives.It altered Colby’s. Her brother, Skipper Kingsbury, got drunk and drove into a tree three days before...

By RAY DUCKLER

Betsy Phelps had the eyes of a grieving mother this week.Sometimes, she gave a warm and understanding gaze. Other times she just looked plain sad.Never happy, though.Phelps lost her son, Charles, at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. She spoke to a...

By RAY DUCKLER

Spitfire crouched low behind a wall of women, her eyes scanning the rugby-like traffic jam on the oval’s narrow straightaway at Everett Arena.She waited for her teammates – in this case blockers with names like Peppermint Catty, Enis Fly Trap,...

By RAY DUCKLER

Mother’s Day was meant to honor people like Cyndi Magee.Magee has navigated through life juggling responsibilities like a circus performer. She’s a registered respiratory therapist who works through the night, treated patients with COVID at the height...

By RAY DUCKLER

Ignore, for a moment, his endless rocking, minus the rocking chair.And forget about his white, outsized long-sleeved shirt, which he uses to hide the damage caused by his obsessive urge to scrub his hands to kill germs and calm his fears.Instead, just...

By RAY DUCKLER

Special Olympics bocci ball coach Karen Steele didn’t know much about bocci ball, but she wasn’t going to let that stop her.She’s learning on the fly, adapting, and figuring out the best way to proceed, no matter the obstacles. It’s something she’s...

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After years of searching for some clarity, former Pembroke Academy basketball star Noah Cummings of Epsom knows his anxiety attacks will return.And that took a while to accept.Cummings doesn’t know when it will strike again, nor can he possibly...

By RAY DUCKLER

Tomie dePaola – the affable local author and illustrator whose children’s books have sold 25 million copies worldwide, but whose book about a benevolent witch was banned in several U.S. school libraries for its positive views on witchcraft – will...

By RAY DUCKLER

Brooke Mills paid her dues on the way to this year’s Miss New Hampshire crown.In fact, she’s suffered greatly over the past decade, after an accidental kick to her face during gym class left Mills with a concussion that continues to affect her life to...

By RAY DUCKLER

Alex Ray feeds lots of people, both in the Granite State and a war zone thousands of miles away.He’s the founder and owner of a restaurant juggernaut in New Hampshire, building a chain of establishments that’s most commonly referred to as the Common...

By RAY DUCKLER

When Calle Walton lost her sight for good 10 years ago, she began to change her dreams of acting, and focus on teaching instead.Typically positive and optimistic, Walton felt beaten, fearing that her blindness had ended her hopes of acting...

By RAY DUCKLER

His eating establishment is different from the family’s typical modus operandi, but Andreas Georgopoulos made sure to keep an old name intact.His new restaurant, housed in the former cozy home of the Yellow Submarine sandwich shop at 192 North State...

By RAY DUCKLER

Peggo Horstmann Hodes wants the world to sing, no experience necessary.That’s been one of her jobs at the Concord Community Music School. She’s conducted the all-female Songweavers Chorus the past 12 years and at one time had about 100 singers, before...

By RAY DUCKLER

Alex Ray, who prides himself on being a common man, has shown uncommon skills while building an empire within the state’s always-challenging restaurant business.His Common Man logo – a farmer working in his field, pushing and leaning hard on a tiller...

By RAY DUCKLER

Some people like their job. And then there’s Ruthie Nichols of Penacook.“I can’t wait until the alarm goes off in the morning,” Nichols said, “so I can get ready for school.” She’s worked in the Merrimack Valley School District for 33 years, both as a...

By RAY DUCKLER

They mentioned Grateful Dead songs and lyrics.They cited his rough-and-tumble past that reads like a fallen rock star’s life, emphasizing how he overcame substance abuse and homelessness for a brief period.And they spoke of his gentle nature and his...