In this week’s cover story, we look at the 10 hiking spots Hippo readers voted as their favorite in the Best of 2023 readers’ poll. Find a new spot to hike — and some ice cream for after. (Photo on the cover and on page 10: a sunrise hike on Mount Major. Photo by Emily Lord and courtesy of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Photo above: Oak Hill main trailhead. Photo courtesy of the Concord Conservation Commission.)
Also on the cover The annual Discover Wild NH Day, presented by New Hampshire Fish & Game, returns on Saturday, April 15 (page 19). Michael Witthaus catches up with singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega ahead of her upcoming show this weekend at the new Nashua Center for the Arts (page 34). It’s a weekend of local eats as the Great New England Spring Specialty Food & Artisan Show and the Made in NH Expo both make their returns to Milford and Manchester, respectively. Matt Ingersoll brings you all of the details on both events in his stories on pages 26 and 27.
City cleanups The Manchester Urban Ponds Restoration Program hosts its 24th year of pond and park cleanups, with cleanups scheduled ...
Policing and building community with horses and a pony Officer Kelly McKenney of the Manchester Police Mounted Patrol, honored last ...
The Big Story – Celtics Start Playoffs: Stumbling coming out of the All-Star break, including truly awful non-effort losses like ...
Sweet sign of spring Dover Public Library has announced the winners of its annual “Peeps Show” contest held last month ...
Big Events April 13, 2023 and beyond Thursday, April 13 Prop comedian Tape Face has come a long way since ...
Great spots for hiking – as picked by Hippo readers We asked, you voted, and now it’s time to hit ...
NH Philharmonic brings Drawn to the Music back for 15th year For 15 years the New Hampshire Philharmonic has worked ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • New at the Currier: The photography exhibit “Seeing is Not ...
Walk gently and carry a soft rake Although I still have some snow around the house here in Cornish, New ...
Discover WILD NH Day celebrates the outdoors Saturday, April 15, is the annual celebration of wildlife and outdoor fun known ...
Family fun for the weekend Get outdoors • Check out the offerings at the New Hampshire Audubon’s Massabesic Center summer ...
Hi, Donna. I have this Huckleberry Finn clock made by Century. The clock tells time, and the fishing pole bobs ...
Maternity and newborn photographer Kim Shimer (kimshimer.com) is a newborn baby and maternity photographer. Sessions are done at her studio ...
News from the local food scene • Cheers! The final days of this year’s New Hampshire Craft Beer Week are ...
Great New England specialty food and artisan show returns More than 150 exhibitors will gather inside the Hampshire Dome in ...
Tasty eats, drinks at annual Made in New Hampshire Expo Artisan chocolates, scratch-baked goods and craft barbecue and hot sauces ...
Alan Milne is the head chef of the new full-service kitchen at Spyglass Brewing Co. (306 Innovative Way, Nashua, 546-2965, ...
I read a lot of travel books — mostly written by confused, bumbling Europeans trying to make sense of life ...
Dan Montgomery, Cast-Iron Songs and Torch Ballads (Fantastic Yes Records) The overall takeaway from “Start Again,” the opening tune from ...
The Promise of a Normal Life, by Rebecca Kaiser Gibson (Arcade, 266 pages) The pantheon of bad mothers is crowded, ...
Middle-aged dudes in the mid 1980s pin their career futures and their hopes for the financial future of Nike on ...
Boston Strangler (R) Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon. Two female newspaper reporters investigate the strangling deaths of several women in 1960s ...
Local music news & events • Throwback: Adding to her reputation for uncanny interpretive skill, Joan Osborne’s new LP, Radio ...
Nashua Center for the Arts welcomes Suzanne Vega On her 2020 live album, An Evening of New York Songs and ...
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