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• After his hysterical “Crossfire” performance on the State House lawn last month, calling CNN’s Tucker Carlson a twerp would be an insult to all the other twerps. • Who’ll have to wait longer before they actually get the cash in their…

Whoever said too many cooks spoil the broth obviously wasn’t a team player, because that is exactly what Chez Boucher’s Cooking School is trying to do - build teams through Culinary Adventures cooking classes. “Participants will have to choose a…

Matthew Gregg, co-founder of the New Hampshire Theatre Awards and longtime member of the McLean Communications family, has been hard at work on a Broadway musical, “Nine 11,” based on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In his passion…

Most of us are stymied when faced with the monolithic walls of wine bottles at the grocery store or the state liquor shop. It gets even worse if you attempt to go to one of the very few wine cellars…

Perhaps it’s in the interests of budget-cutting that various news outlets have apparently been reducing their political coverage by dispensing with the primaries. A case in point - THE case in point, in fact - is the apparent decision to…

While on the stump, John Lynch, the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, has taken to telling voters an anecdote from four years ago. When he was being interviewed for a spot on the University System of New Hampshire board of trustees, he…

Considering the state of politics in New Hampshire, perhaps Senate President Tom Eaton and Majority Leader Bob Clegg shouldn’t have taken offense at outgoing Sen. Burt Cohen’s recent commentary comparing them to “party bosses in Soviet Russia.” They don’t bare…

“I have bad luck hitting them but good luck not getting hurt.” - Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson after hitting a moose for the second time in his driving career, this one while in a Mazda Miata convertible. “We heeded the…

Far be it from F&J to stir up trouble, but we’d love to have an answer to this question: To whom was Governor Benson referring when he told Kevin Landrigan of The Telegraph, while complaining about being held to a…

A Child’s Gift Golf Tournament, Aug. 20, Nippo Lake Golf Club, Barrington. Proceeds to benefit Wide Horizons for Children’s Adoption Subsidy program which provides financial assistance to those looking to adopt a child. Cost: $100 per golfer. Contact: Rob Secinaro,…