When the Granite Thaws

Growing a stronger New Hampshire together

By: James McKim

Outlets: 603 Diversity

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 1,002

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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The days are getting longer, the sidewalks are doing their annual impression of melted marshmallows, and you can almost smell the first whiff of mud season in the air. Yes, spring is returning to New Hampshire.

Somewhere between the last frost and the first maple run, something else is thawing, too: a sense that this little Granite State is opening up — not just to sunlight, but to possibility. As New …

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