Casey McDermott

New Hampshire

Senior News Editor at New Hampshire Public Radio

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Articles

Authors on Main: Jodi Picoult

Dec 11, 2024 | nhpr.org | Casey McDermott |Sara Plourde |Dan Cahill

Authors on Main brings world class authors to Concord, N.H, and in this episode, best-selling author Jodi Picoult comes to the Capital Center for the Arts for a literary discussion of her new novel "By Any Other Name."Click on the red 'LISTEN' button above to hear this conversation.
Noah Kahan Celebrates His Favorite Upper Valley Restaurant

Sep 11, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Casey McDermott

Earlier this summer, singer-songwriter Noah Kahan posted a TikTok of himself dancing backstage at a major music festival to a performance by Chappell Roan, another breakout pop sensation. Naturally, people in the comments were eager to take note of his dance moves and his appreciation for a fellow budding superstar.
New Hampshire Magazine

Aug 13, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Casey McDermott

Growing up in rural Maine, June Baker didn’t get a chance to see many big-name pop stars perform in person. One of her first concerts was a tribute to the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears, but it might as well have been the real thing. “That was really special for me,” she says. Call it “The Prophecy,” an “Invisible String” or a dose of good “Karma” — but a few decades later, Baker’s now the one making the “Wildest Dreams” of adoring Swifties come to life.
Deep Secrets from The Lonely Island

May 22, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Casey McDermott

Take it from this millennial: If you were anywhere in the vicinity of a computer in the mid-2000s, it was hard to escape The Lonely Island. (Not that we wanted to!)The trio — made up of childhood friends-turned-“Saturday Night Live” personalities Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone — catapulted to fame through a series of bite-sized digital comedy sketches, often anchored by an absurdist but undeniably catchy musical number.
Derry Mom Keeps Home Life Real on TikTok

Apr 12, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Casey McDermott

Stephanie Murphy has had a long relationship with social media. She joined Facebook during her freshman year of college in 2005 — when the fledgling website was still limited to students. In 2017, she started using Facebook to sell clothes. In 2020, she opened a storefront for her business, Blue Violet Boutique, in her hometown of Derry — and that same year, she started turning to TikTok as another promotional tool. “I grew my account in those two years from 0 to 42,000 followers,” she said.
The Ice Cream Secret’s Out

Feb 22, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Casey McDermott

A few years ago, Kristina Zontini started making ice cream out of her home kitchen in Bethlehem. It started as a creative outlet, a way to share something sweet with family and friends. “I thought ice cream was this really great canvas that tells the story of the ingredients that you put in it,” she says. “And I think that’s like a lost craft.”As she dove in, it didn’t take long for her to find lots of inspiration in other small-batch ice cream artists working around the country.
Biden’s campaign is snubbing NH. But we sure are popular with his Cabinet lately.

Jan 12, 2024 | mainepublic.org | Olivia Richardson |Casey McDermott

President Joe Biden hasn’t visited New Hampshire since 2022. And his reelection campaign is acting as though the state’s presidential primary doesn’t exist: He's declined to put his name on the New Hampshire primary ballot, as national Democrats continue to spar with their local counterparts over the Granite State’s place in the nominating calendar.
New Hampshire Magazine

Dec 26, 2023 | nhmagazine.com | Casey McDermott

Back in early November, as “The Holdovers” was debuting in theaters nationwide, a crowd packed the 7 p.m. showing at Red River Theatres in Concord to the brim. Not surprising, perhaps, for a critically acclaimed film set at a New England boarding school — not to mention the buzzy return of director Alexander Payne and his “Sideways” muse, actor Paul Giamatti.
‘Billy Madison’ Returns to the Playground

Nov 15, 2023 | nhmagazine.com | Casey McDermott

Lauren Foucher knew something was up when she heard the commotion outside her front window in late September. A chorus of kids’ voices was carrying louder than usual from just across the street at Webster Elementary School, in Manchester’s North End. When she walked over to investigate, it soon became clear why. “All of the kids were surrounding this guy,” she recalled.
Going Local in the Green Room

Sep 14, 2023 | nhmagazine.com | Casey McDermott

Nicole Vernon and her husband, Jeremiah, regularly send poultry raised on their Newfields farm to shops and restaurants across the region. But it’s not every day that the Vernon Family Farm birds find their way ontosuch a rarefied menu. “It’s very exciting to get an email in your inbox that says Dave Matthews wants your chicken,” Nicole Vernon recalls.