Photos and page design, pages 9-12. Had some fun putting together a special send off to our departing seniors from the Arts (page 12.)

Check out pages 6, 7 and 8 for TNH's inaugural "Poetry Issue". 

On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, the Bernie Sanders campaign made one final effort to encourage UNH students to exercise their right to vote. On Monday night, the Whittemore Center hosted the “Commit to Vote Concert,” a free event which featured several musical performances as well as Sanders himself. Despite the snowstorm that had resulted in curtailed operations at the university, students and community members began lining up outside the Whitt around 3:30 p.m. to await the event.

Local bicyclists already know the many advantages of their chosen mode of transportation: avoiding traffic jams and scrambles for parking, getting some good exercise, and doing right by the environment, to name a few. Recently, the Bicycle Benefits program has made the idea of pedaling around Portsmouth even more appealing. Local participants in the Bicycle Benefits program can get a free espresso or madeleine at La Maison Navarre, $20 off a tune-up at Papa Wheelies Bike Shop, or 25 percent off

Take a look around Bubs Skateboard Shop in Newmarket, and it’s hard to miss the artwork of owner Stephen Moran. From across the room, the shop’s counter is piled with what appears to be stacks of small cardboard squares. But, upon closer inspection, each square is adorned with detailed ink drawings. Moran, known to his friends and customers as “Southie,” laughed as he explained the source of his chosen medium — recycled boxes from his second job managing the produce section of the Newberry Farm

Most people probably don’t think very much about what goes into microwave popcorn. The convenience of opening a plastic bag and popping a package into the microwave has become so commonplace that most of these appliances come equipped with a “popcorn” button; within a few minutes you have a hot, buttery snack in your hands. But Julie and Marty Lapham, cofounders of Popzup Popcorn, were not convinced that this was the best way to make popcorn in the microwave. “Popcorn is a seed, it grows from

Despite ever-sunnier days, the trees on Durham’s Main Street are all bundled up, wearing what might at first appear to be an assortment of colorful, hand-knit sweaters. A closer look at the decorated downtown, however, reveals that the garb was provided not by sweater-weather holdouts, but by a local charity looking to bring fun and awareness to the area. Oyster River Womenade, serving the towns of Durham, Lee, Madbury, and Newmarket, is a nonprofit organization that provides short-term financi

Maine native Lauren Guptill was only sure of two things when she opened her first ice cream shop in 2012: She wanted to do something different, and she wanted to do it herself. “I knew I didn’t want to go work for someone else,” said Guptill, now the owner of Rococo Artisan Ice Cream, a bustling business based in Kennebunkport, Maine. “Whatever I did, I needed to create it.” And create she did.