Pick your pumpkin – 10/07/21

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Surround yourself with gourds big and small at local pumpkin festivals, and pick your own at a farm near you!

Also on the cover, follow the Great New Hampshire Autumn Tour with the Hippo’s exclusive pull-out map, p. 24 & 25. And find live music for your long Columbus Day Weekend in Music This Week, starting on p. 39.

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Not that we didn’t know it already, but the outcomes during last week’s huge sports weekend once again showed how ...
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Back-to-school stress... According to the Back to School Stress Index created by online learning platform Brainly, New Hampshire was the ...
Big Events October 8, 2021 and beyond Friday, Oct. 8 The Milford Pumpkin Festival has all kinds of gourd-ertainment planned ...
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CELEBRATE YOUR FAVORITE GOURD AT LOCAL PUMPKIN FESTS PLUS WHERE TO PICK YOUR OWN Flavors of fall Milford Pumpkin Festival ...
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New photo exhibition, book capture 21st-century life in NH The “New Hampshire Now” statewide photographic exhibition and accompanying book could ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Together again: Don’t miss the final weekend of Greater Tuna ...
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Family fun for the weekend Fall fun This week’s cover story (starting on page 10) looks at the pumpkin fun ...
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Ty Snitko Prop maker Ty Snitko of Dublin builds props and sets for films being shot in New Hampshire and ...
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News from the local food scene • Greek eats to go: The next boxed Greek dinner to go, a drive-thru ...
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The Kitchen opens in Warner Chefs Mike Prete and Matt Greco found success in 2011 with The Kitchen, a casual ...
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Brad Pare of Nashua is the general manager of Moulton’s Kitchen & Market (10 Main St., Amherst, 673-2404, moultonsmarket.com), a ...
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I have to confess that I have never been a big fan of the name “puppy chow.” However, if you ...
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Local music news & events • Northern soul: On his NEMA-nominated album Chesty Rollins’ Dead End, Charlie Chronopoulos observes everyday ...
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Willy Porter back in NH for two shows Though he’s a native of Wisconsin, Willy Porter feels a strong connection ...

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