People

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…

Want to reach a country star? Ask a country DJ.It's an epic tale, but to make it short, when Taylor Swift was still a lanky pre-teen, she just happened to appear on stage at the 2004 New Hampshire Magazine's Best…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

Our quest for the country's most elusive author ends where it began, but along the way, lessons are learned.If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where he was born, and…

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…

A Portsmouth family — living with the challenges of mitochondrial disease — lets us venture into their world.“Deaf Perception” opens with the title, “This film has been captioned for the signing impaired,” ushering the hearing into the world of 16-year-old…

When a Hollywood casting call with hundreds of cute contenders is narrowed down to just one, you know that's got to be a cool kid. And Jackson Nicoll, 7, who makes his movie debut alongside Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg…