John Harrigan
Inducted into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame
New England
Newspaper and Press Association
New England
Newspaper Hall of Fame
John Harrigan
Inducted into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame
John Harrigan has
received many honors in his storied 52-year career in journalism. In 2020 he
has added one more as the New England Newspaper and Press Association named him
to their New England Newspaper Hall of Fame. The Association calls him the quintessential
newsman. His column "Woods, Water and Wildlife", now called "Northcountry Notebook", has been continuously
running for 37 years, one of the longest-running columns in the state of New
Hampshire. In this episode of the New Hampshire Secrets, Legends & Lore
podcast, John reflects on the long arc of his career including its beginnings
at the Nashua Telegraph and the New Hampshire Sunday News, the tragedy of the
mass shooting, in Colebrook, by Carl Drega in 1997, that took the lives of four
close friends, including the Editor of one of his newspapers. John himself was
only spared because he had been called, at the last minute, to fill in for an
employee who had to leave his Lancaster paper - The Coos County Democrat - due
to the death of her father. Finally, he recalls a glorious day at Fenway Park
with Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey watching the 1967 World Series between the Red
Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals.
