Best of 2025 — 04/10/2025

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10 The results are in for Hippo’s Best of 2025 readers’ poll! Where can you find the best pizza, the best happy hour hangout or the best bike trail? We asked you to name the “bests” and you picked your favorites!

Also on the cover Zachary Lewis gets the details for this weekend’s NH Indoor Scottish Festival (page 27). John Fladd finds out about Thai desserts (page 30). Michael Witthaus talks to organizers for this weekend’s Brooks Young memorial concert (page 38).

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Pappas runs Chris Pappas, four-term Democratic congressman for New Hampshire’s 1st District, will run for Senate in 2026. The seat ...
Photo of assorted sports equipment for football, soccer, tennis, golf, baseball, and basketball
The Big Story: By the time you read this we’ll know if Houston won its first ever basketball title or ...
A graphic the shape of the state of New Hampshire, filled in with the New Hampshire flag made up of the crest of New Hampshire on a blue field.
Share your two cents about sidewalks The Manchester public is invited to share ideas and feedback on the Downtown Sidewalk ...
A covered table filled with a wide variety of assorted items.
Saturday, April 12 Today is Record Store Day! You can score special releases including some that will only be sold ...
Hippo Best of 2025
Meet the big winners! This year’s picks for Best Ice Cream, Best Happy Hour Hangout, Best Ski Hill and Best ...
A collection of works from the Glimpse Gallery in New Hampshire.
Glimpse in Concord readies new show By Michael [email protected] For its inaugural show in February 2024, Glimpse Gallery featured four ...
A line of dancers perform in colorful plaid skirts at an indoor Scottish festival.
Music, craft & more at the Indoor Scottish Festival By Zachary [email protected] Claire MacPherson is the President of Scottish Arts ...
A photo of a cute pastel baby rug, adorned with daintily dressed animals.
Hello, Donna. I saw someone had some dishes and asked you their worth. That prompted me to reach out and ...
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News from the local food scene • Cheers and farewell: WineNot Boutique in Nashua has announced on its website that ...
Family fun for whenever Bunnies and eggs • The Easter Bunny will arrive in a student-built airplane when he visits ...
Brown Suger Boba Strawberry Roti and Coconut Cake.
New Dessert House satisfies a sweet tooth By John Fladd [email protected] Some of Vasita Saktanaset’s favorite memories of growing up ...
Jackie O'Dowd.
Owner and baker of The Sweet Spot, 353 Riverdale Road, Weare, 529-6667, thesweetspotnh.com “My grandfather was a Japanese chef in ...
Tangelo Madness. Photo by John Fladd.
The Sample Lady at the grocery store and I have an understanding. As long as I don’t block traffic and ...
Ingrid Laubrock, Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic Records) & Art Nation, The Ascendance (Frontiers Music s.r.l.)
Ingrid Laubrock, Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic Records) Her fully caffeinated handlers describe Laubrock as an “experimental saxophonist and composer interested ...
Waste Wars, by Alexander Clapp
Waste Wars, by Alexander Clapp (Little, Brown and Co., 341 pages) When you toss a plastic water bottle in a ...
• Join the band: On a tour that includes stops at five New England high schools, Dallas Brass performs music ...
Brooks Young
Friends and bandmates to perform tribute show By Michael Witthaus [email protected] The New England music scene suffered a huge loss ...

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