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Last Laugh

Keys to Survival
By Jennifer Carsen Thursday, February 25, 2010

The lessons of winter led to a final exam.When I returned to my native New Hampshire after seven years in Chicago, I foolishly remembered it being less snowy here than it is there. But it was only a few days into winter when I looked out the window and saw just a tiny corner of my traction-challenged Honda Prelude; the rest was buried beneath an enormous snowdrift.


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NH Magazine Inches From Doom
Monday, February 1, 2010
How I survived hip-deep sidewalk snow piles. It seems to me that, in the last couple of winters, the sidewalks in my fair city have …
NH Magazine Chop “Sticks”
Monday, February 1, 2010
Small-town life comes with a side of riceI find it curious, but strangely comforting, that even in New Hampshire’s small, rural towns one can often …
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The real Hanukkah miracle? That there aren’t more clogged arteries Of all the tricks that God has performed for the Jewish people over the years …

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Capitol Offenses

NH Magazine Tea Time?
Thursday, February 25, 2010
A movement may be brewing in our state. If the 1994 elections were about the angry white man, the 1996 elections were about soccer moms, …
NH Magazine Love It/Love It Not
Monday, February 1, 2010
Two sides of the state’s population boom. If “New Hampshire” and “Population Growth” had a Facebook relationship status it would be “It’s Complicated.” For decades …
NH Magazine Strategic Stops
Friday, December 18, 2009
Advice for Palin on the path to the presidencyA few months back former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin released a book that was either …

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Features

NH Magazine Live at the Red Arrow Diner
Thursday, April 2, 2009
“April is the cruelest month,” wrote T.S. Eliot in “The Wasteland.” Talk about a guy with no sense of humor.In New Hampshire, when a sunny …

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Editor's Note

NH Magazine An Ode to Mud
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Dirt is not a glamorous substance. And when the snow melts and that dirt turns to mud, its lack of charm becomes so legendary that, …
The Girls Next Door
Thursday, February 25, 2010
With the fully informed consent of my wife, I’ve been carrying on a 20-year “affair” with my next door neighbor. It started shortly after we …
Imaginative New Year
Monday, February 1, 2010
The 21st century may have gotten off to a bad start, but there’s always reason for optimism, especially if you’ve got a good imagination. For …

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NH Magazine Letters to the Editor
Monday, February 1, 2010
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Letters to the Editor
Monday, February 1, 2010
Spot four newts hidden on ads in this issue, tell us where you found them and you might win an assortment of great gifts. To …
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
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