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Our top choices from across the state in everything from restaurants to entertainment, to medical care and legal services.
From Seasonal Guides to Road Trips, plus our current calendar of events.
A street-level view of great places to find what you want and need.
Fine dining, new restaurants, recipes, specialty foods and potent potables.
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Interviews and profiles featuring the state's most fascinating folks.
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An close up look at the communities and neighborhoods of the Granite State.
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Essays on the political scene, local humor, Editor's notes and your lettters.
Articles on law and political issues in New Hampshire.
Calendar of events and things to do in New Hampshire.

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Rick Broussard
Executive Editor
624-1442 - Ext: 119 | editor@nhmagazine.com

Rick Broussard has been editor of New Hampshire Magazine since 1993. He is co-founder and chair of the NH Theatre Awards. He sits on the board of directors of New Hampshire Made, Inc. and of the New Energy Foundation. He is a member of the New Hampshire Humanities Council board of advisers and is entertainment chair of the annual Best of New Hampshire Party. He is a puppeteer and property designer for the Children's Theatre Project of the Concord Community Players. He lives in a 200-year-old house in Concord with his wife, three kids (when they visit on breaks from college), a parakeet and an old stray garage cat.

Barbara Coles
Editor
624-1442 - Ext: 129 | bcoles@nhmagazine.com

Barbara Coles is managing editor of New Hampshire Magazine and editor of the magazine's annual BRIDE issue. The veteran journalist started her career in print as a freelance writer for newspapers and returned to print eight years ago when she joined the magazine staff. In between she worked in the broadcast media - as an on-air reporter and talk show host for WOTW radio in Nashua, and as a producer and on-air talent for NH Public Television.

Candace Gendron
Creative Assistant
624-1442 - Ext: 137 | cgendron@nhmagazine.com

Candace Gendron has been working as Creative Assistant for New Hampshire Magazine since 2005. Along with her design skills she also enjoys illustrating the Road Trip article in the Upfront section each month. Born, raised and educated in New Hampshire, she finds that the state has so many different places yet to explore, along with events and experiences she has yet to partake in. Our state is so rich with resources that we have an endless supply of stories we have yet to cover.

Susan Laughlin
Creative Director and Food Editor
624-1442 - Ext: 128 | ssauer@nhmagazine.com

Susan Laughlin, creative director, has worked for New Hampshire Magazine for more than 10 years using skills ranging from graphic design to photography to writing. She stepped into the additional role as Food Editor to cover restaurant news at the same time the state began to bloom with bright dining destinations. She has traveled widely throughout the state and far flung destinations as France, Egypt and Indonesia, tasting all along the way. She sits on the board of New Hampshire Made, New Hampshire Farm to Restaurant Connection and Friends of the Nashua Symphony.

Erica Thoits
Assistant Editor
624-1442 ext. 130 | ethoits@nhmagazine.com

Erica Thoits has been the assistant editor at New Hampshire Magazine since January 2007. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in English/Journalism in 2006, and immediately began working as a reporter near her hometown of Yarmouth, ME. Erica now lives in Manchester with her two twin cats Pesky and Yaz, faithfully follows the Red Sox and the Patriots and in her spare time enjoys some friendly competition on her kickball and dodgeball teams.

Sharron McCarthy
President of McLean Communications
624-1442 - Ext: 117 | smccarthy@nh.com

Sharron McCarthy is President of McLean Communications. Sharron serves as publisher of New Hampshire Magazine, New Hampshire Business Review, New Hampshire Home Magazine and Parenting NH Magazine. Sharron has been in the publishing business for 24 years having held various Sales and Marketing management positions in the New England media market. She is a graduate of Nichols College with a B.S. in Marketing. Sharron has worked with a number of non-profit organizations including the American Heart Association, Adult Learning Center and others.

Tricia Baker Schmitt
Events & Marketing Manager for McLean Communications
624-1442 - Ext: 125 | tbaker@nh.com

Tricia Baker Schmitt, Events & Marketing Manager for McLean Communications, produces 15-20 events annually for NH Magazine, NH Business Review, Parenting NH and NH Home including: Best of NH, Best of Business (BOB's), Business Excellence Awards, The Family Fun Fair, and the NH Home Lecture Series. A UNH grad with over 13 years of marketing experience in the Granite State, Tricia is a mom to two high-energy daughters and shares a love of the outdoors with her husband Brian, both A/T thru-hikers in 2001.


Regular Contributors

Karen Jamrog

Karen is our regular contributor for "Staying Well," also contributed to an earlier incarnation of the magazine, New Hampshire Editions. As a freelancer, she often writes human interest stories and profiles, along with a vast assortment of corporate and healthcare industry pieces.

Stacy Milbouer and Tom Long

Our Insiders Guides, published every other month and combing the state for tips and trips, is written by the team of Stacy Milbouer and Tom Long - free-lance writers with 61 years combined daily newspaper experience. They live and work in a cottage overlooking the Merrimack River with their son Sam. Long does the laundry. Milbouer belongs to the PT O. Each has published a book and, if they can stop arguing about it, they have a plan for a book they will write together.

Martha Bauman

Martha, who writes "Senior Life," is well-credentialed with an extensive background in human services administration. And she's now a consumer board member of the national Medicare Rights Center and on the advisory council of the N.H. Endowment for Health. No rocking chair for her, she also writes weekly column on senior life for the Keene Sentinel. She wants her younger colleagues to know that age 75 is a hoot.

Brad Fitzpatrick

Brad's Bio: Each month our Last Laugh humor page is made even funnier by the art of Brad "Fitzillo" Fitzpatrick. He's a freelance illustrator, animator, & cartoonist who admits to spending most of his days drawing funny little cartoon pictures from his home studio in the deep woods of Maine where no one can physically find him. In his spare time Brad tries to make his family & friends laugh at inopportune moments. He's also an avid golfer, skilled beer-drinker, camping & outdoor enthusiast, and seasoned procrastinator. Not many people know this about Brad, but he's also a pretty darn good juggler after a few of those beers.

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