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Funny Man

Ask Juston McKinney to name the most incredible experience so far in his rise to the heights of the comedy world and he says it was his appearance on the Jay Leno show ("it was a goal of mine from…

Building on Hope

Whether you set out to change the whole world, rebuild a community or just improve one person’s life, the first thing you need is hope.A house is not a home, and in the world of social services, a group home…

Cover Magus - BJ Hickman

In 1969 Richard M. Nixon was president of the United States, man first landed on the moon, and 16-year-old magician BJ Hickman joined The International Brotherhood of Magicians. Some 41 years later The I.B.M. honored Hickman in a cover story…

Artist and Activist

When Jane Kaufmann took a pottery class at UNH in the mid-'60s, she had no idea where it would lead her. "It looked like a good way to keep busy at home while I raised my children," Kaufmann says. Today…

Light Swim - Gary Sredzienski

Although his primary claim to fame is his role as an accordion virtuoso and the long-time host (since 1987) of WUNH Radio's beloved Polka Party show, Gary Sredzienski is a man of many passions. Among them, year-round swimming and lighthouses.…

Piper Laureate

Paddy Keenan is a legendary Irish uilleann piper. He rose to international fame playing with the Bothy Band, perhaps the first group to take Irish "session" music, typically played in a circle, before a live audience, infusing it with the…

Good Sport - Tyler McGill

Remember the guy who walked 218 miles from Boston to New York City for Celtics tickets? No? Well, Tyler McGill, a 27-year-old surf shop owner from Rye, N.H., took a bet from his college buddies to make that walk in…