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News & Notes 25/09/04

A hunting season

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department issued a reminder for the furbearer hunting season, which opened on Sept. 1 in New Hampshire for some species, according to a press release at nhfishgame.com. “Furbearers with a hunting season include coyote, fisher, raccoon, red fox, gray fox, opossum, mink, weasel, skunk, and muskrat. Registration is now required only for furbearers taken by hunting and does not include animals taken by trapping, Wildlife Control Operators, or any other means of take,” the release said. The seasons for red and gray fox, opossum, skunk and racoon opened Sept. 1 and coyotes may be hunted year-round. The hunting season for other animals opens in October or early November and the fisher hunting season opens Dec. 1, the website said. See eregulations.com/newhampshire/hunting and wildlife.nh.gov/hunting-nh/furbearer.

Musicians help out

Musicians for Meals, a benefit concert for Meals on Wheels of Hillsborough County, will be held Saturday, Sept. 13, noon to 10 p.m., at Riley’s Place in Milford, according to a press release. Bands slated to appear include Granite Sunset, Creosote, Acoustic Beatles, Unnamed Trio, Violet Tendencies, ZeppHalen, Hot Velvet and Stone Hill Station, the release said. The event is free to attend with donations encouraged and the day featuring raffles as well as food available for purchase from Riley’s, the release said. See hcmow.org.

Break-ins

Manchester’s West Side saw break-ins to vehicles parked on at least 15 different streets between Aug. 4 and Aug. 26, according to an Aug. 26 press release from the Manchester Police. Items were taken from cars, some of which were unlocked, with most incidents occurring during the early morning hours, the release said. “During the course of the investigation, detectives also learned that security cameras in the affected neighborhoods were tampered with,” according to the release. Streets involved include Montgomery, Dubuque, Cleveland, Blodget, Amory, McGregor, Rimmon, Bremer, Putnam, Kelley, Boynton, Youville, Cartier, Alsace and Amory Court, release said. Police are asking residents in these areas to review any home surveillance footage for suspicious activity, such as individuals looking into vehicles or entering private property during the timeframe mentioned. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Manchester Police Department at 668-8711; Detective Amber Sosa-Aquino at 792-5513 or the anonymous Manchester Crimeline at 624-4040, the release said.

The Dover Public Library, at the McConnell Center, 32 St. Thomas St. in Dover, will hold a program about green burial practices and death doulas with Sarah Clark of Lotus and Lavender Natural Burial on Monday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m., according to a library press release. The event is free.

The Derry Public Library will hold a Zoom program about Joan Chen, an actress whose work includes 2025’s The Wedding Banquet and 2024’s Didi as well as 1987’s The Last Emperor and the TV show Twin Peaks. Sign up at derrypl.org for the program on Monday, Sept. 15, at 6:30 p.m.

The Nashua Historical Society will hold an “Old Souls of the Old South Cemetery Tour” on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., featuring costumed reenactors portraying real colonial and Revolutionary War-era figures who are buried in the city’s oldest burial ground at 217 DW Highway in Nashua, according to a press release. The tour also includes a visit to the 1841 Suburban Red Brick Schoolhouse No. 1, the release said. The event is recommended for ages 10+ and tickets cost $20 per person, plus fees, at nashuahistoricalsociety.org/event-list.

This Week 25/08/28

Thursday, Aug. 28

The Hopkinton State Fair starts today and runs through Monday, Sept. 1, at the fairgrounds, 392 Kearsarge Ave. in Contoocook. In addition to the midway with a selection of rides (see the list at hsfair.org), the fair will feature the Demolition Derby (Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 6:30 p.m), Dialed Action Sports (Thursday at 6:30 p.m.), the New England Lawn Mower Racing Association (Friday 6 p.m.) and Dialed Action Sports BMX (various times Friday through Monday). The fair will also feature dog events such as Disc-Connected K9s (shows Thursday through Monday) and Dockdogs (daily) as well as live stock shows, pulling competitions, home arts and NH 4-H show and auction, the website said. Get juggling and magic performances daily on the Country Porch Stage and find live music on The Ag Stage including Linda Nelson (Thursday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m), Dan Morgan (times Friday through Monday), April Cushman (Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and Brad Myrick (Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), the website said. Fair hours are 5 to 10 p.m. today; 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday. Buy admission passes, admission and ride mega passes and special show tickets through the website.

Thursday, Aug. 28

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats will play Game 3 of a six-game home series against the Erie SeaWolves tonight at 6:35 p.m. at Delta Dental Stadium (1 Line Drive, Manchester, 641-2005, milb.com/new-hampshire). Come early for a Space Potatoes Koozie Giveaway. Tickets start at $17. Games continue Friday and Saturday (when the team plays at the Space Potatoes and there is a Space Potato socks giveaway) nights at 6:35 p.m. and Sunday at 1:35 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 28

Post-grunge rock band Creed takes the stage at the SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester, 644-5000, snhuarena.com) tonight at 7 p.m. with special guests Daughtry and Mammoth will open. Tickets start at $49.

Saturday, Aug. 30

Cruising Downtown returns to downtown Manchester today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., organized by the Rotary Club of Manchester. The day will feature cars on display, along with food, local vendors and live music with Off Duty Angels, Linda Lane Band, Speed Trap and Permanent Vacation, according to the club’s Facebook page. See cruisingdowntownmanchester.com.

Saturday, Aug. 30

Today is the Clear the Shelter Finale at Pope Memorial SPCA of Concord Merrimack County (94 Silk Farm Road, Concord, 856-8756, pmspca.org) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a 50 percent off pet adoption fees for adult pets.

Sunday, Aug. 31

Temple Mountain plays an afternoon solo set today at 3 p.m. at Contoocook Cider Co. in Contoocook. The Peterborough-based singer-guitarist mixes originals with fun covers. Sunday, Aug. 31, 3 p.m., Contoocook Cider Co., 656 Gould Hill Road, Contoocook, templemountainmusic.com.

Save the Date! Friday, Sept. 19
The annual celebration of Scottish culture, music, food and sports returns to Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln. The annual New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 19, through Sunday, Sept. 21, according to nhscot.org. See events such as stone lifting and caber toss, historical reenactments of life in the Highlands, “Try It” classes, kids’ events and more. Purchase tickets for a single day or the weekend on the website along with tickets for special musical performances and food events, such as the Cape Breton dinner and whisky master classes.

Quality of Life 25/08/28

Welcome, Titan

Manchester’s most recent police horse has a name. As reported by WMUR in an Aug. 21 online article, there was an online contest earlier in August to find a name for the Mounted Patrol’s 6-year-old equine officer and voters picked Titan.

QOL score: +1

Comment: Titan is the equine officer’s working name; his official registered name is Tally Ho Alphie’s Fritzmon.

Back to school, looking sharp

For many families, back-to-school shopping puts a strain on already strained budgets. This year, local businesses and organizations have stepped up to lend a hand. As reported by WMUR in an Aug. 24 online article, for the third year, Get Faded Barbershop (282 W. Hancock St., Manchester, 628-2867, getfadedbarbershop.com) organized a back-to-school event to provide returning students with free haircuts, braiding and other services. School supplies were also given away. Meanwhile, for the 30th year, the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter (2 Quincy St., Nashua, 889-7770, nsks.org) held its annual Backpacks for Back-to-School program last week. As reported by Nashua InkLink in an Aug. 24 article, “Each backpack is loaded with age-appropriate school supplies”

QOL score: +1

Comment: According to the InkLink story, the NSKaS distributed 1,600 backpacks this year, and 42,000 since 1995.

Nature in Nashua

As part of this year’s City Nature Challenge (citynaturechallenge.org), communities across New Hampshire took time out to count how many species of wildlife they could find, and register them on a smart-phone app. According to an Aug. 15 article on Nashua InkLink, the Challenge “is a bioblitz-style competition where cities embark to find and document the most observations of plants and wildlife in their city.” This year, the article continued, Nashua residents found the most species: “405 observations of 184 species, such as staghorn sumac, American toads, blue herons and barred owls,” the InkLink article read.

QOL score: +1

Comment: See citynaturechallenge.org for information about 2026.

Last week’s QOL score: 63

Net change: +3

QOL this week: 66

What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire?

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Sox yank top WC spot from NY

The Big Story – Sox and Yanks Do Battle: Well, it wasn’t much of a battle, as the Sox won three of four over the weekend in NY. That made it six of the last seven vs. their rivals and 8-2 overall in 2025. We start the week with the Sox in the top wild card spot by a half game at 71 and 60. Next up is playing 16 straight games against bottom-feeding Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Arizona, Oakland and under .500 Cleveland. If they take care of business, they’ll give themselves a cushion by the time they see the Yanks next on Sept. 12. The only caution is nine of the games are on the road, where they’re 30-35 in 2025.

Sports 101: What MLB team has had the most no-hitters broken up in the ninth inning?

News Item – Pats’ Pre-season Game 3: They lost. No one of interest played. Being forced to pay full price for a ticket to that game was a joke because it told us absolutely nothing.

News Item – Juan Soto: I know few in these parts care about the NL. But after the Mets outbid the Yankees and (supposedly) Red Sox let’s take a look at the impact his 32 homers, 76 RBI and .249 average has had on the team. In the Bronx, even though they’re just a half game behind Boston, the team that went to the 2024 World Series is considered a mess by the media and fans alike. In Flushing it’s had less impact than you’d think. At the moment the Mets’ record is 69-60 for a .539 winning percentage. That’s lower than last year’s .549 WP in an 89-73 season. However, it’s a different story at the box office as with a month still left to go in the season their attendance stands about 200,000 ahead of 2024 at 2,522,264 compared to 2,329,299, while the Yanks are down 522,000 with 15 home dates left.

The Numbers:

49 – after hitting two Sunday homers, Seattle’s Cal Raleigh has moved past Salvador Perez for most by anyone who caught 50 percent of his games, and with 40 he’s two behind Javy Lopez’s record 42 while just catching.

14 – career high and AL leading wins for Garrett Crochet against five losses with a MLB-leading 207 k’s and a second best in the AL 2.38 ERA.

… Of the Week Awards

Alumni News: Mookie Betts: Starting with his lingering illness this spring that has him still looking to find his stroke in late August, it’s been a rough year for the Mookster, as in a career-worst year where he’s hitting .244 with 13 homers and just 54 RBI.

History Made – Yankees: The Yanks matched their own record set earlier this year with nine homers in a 13-3 drubbing of Tampa Bay. Most notable was Aaron Judge hitting his 40th, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton each hitting two and that trio starting off the game with back-to-back-to-back homers to give them a 3-0 lead after just four batters.

Random Thoughts: Alex Cora is going to have to explain to me why taking one of the fastest and most dangerous men on the bases in baseball out of the leadoff spot to bat Jarren Duran in the power third spot and put the more powerful Roman Anthony at leadoff makes sense. However, from the RBI perspective, moving Ceddanne Rafaela back to ninth to hit in front of both guys makes a lot of sense, as does moving Rafaela and Duran to 8 and 9 respectively if you want Anthony’s .400+ OBP since July 1 at the top of the order.

What makes the Brewers having the best record in baseball even more impressive is that they have the 11th-lowest payroll in the NL.

Sports 101 Answer – The all-time leader for ninth-inning no-no’s broken up against their pitchers is Cleveland with 11 after Soto homered to break up Gavin Williams’ bid with one out in Cleveland’s 4-1 over the Mets two weeks ago.

Final Thought – Waiting For Jerry Jones’ Latest Contract Screw-up: It’ll probably wind up just costing the Cowboys owner a lot more money than it should have instead of what it would have if he’d gotten it done earlier. But if it doesn’t and Micah Parsons goes on the trade block the Patriots should be ready to open the wallet and give up two first-round picks and other later picks if needed, as I stand by what I said prior to the draft: that the Patriots should have done what was needed to move up to get Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter. An elite pass rusher added to what they brought in during free agency would likely have made them a Top 5 defense. Parsons would do that on Day 1. So they should be ready to act if they get lucky and he becomes available.

Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress.com.

News & Notes 25/08/28

Remembering 9/11

Glenn Carlson, a Laconia resident and a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, will talk about his experiences as an active duty Air Force officer at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on Sept. 11, 2001, on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m. at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire, 27 Navigator Road in Londonderry, aviationmuseumofnh.org. Carlson was a B-52 crew member who was stationed at Barksdale, the “undisclosed location” that President George W. Bush, who was at an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida, was taken to after learning about the 9/11 attacks in New York City and on the Pentagon, according to a museum press release. Carlson had “just returned from a Red Flag exercise in advanced aerial combat training — and … suddenly found himself part of the unfolding response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,” the release said. “Carlson will speak about his perspective from the air surrounding the horrific events of 9/11, and how that day shaped his military career and U.S. air power from that point forward,” the press release said. Admission to the talk costs $10 per person.

Teen talk

The Upper Room, a family resource center at 36 Tsienneto Road in Derry, has classes for teens and parents of teens on its fall schedule. The center will offer a six-week program called Mindful Teens for teens that “focuses on relationships, consent, decisions making” and more, according to a press release, with facilitator Val Mazzola starting Monday, Sept. 8, from 3 to 4 p.m. The program will run through Oct. 27 on Mondays and is offered at no cost. On Thursday, Sept. 18, the Upper Room will host an internet safety class with Derry Police detectives 6:30 to 8 p.m. where parents can “learn a little more about what access your children have, and the potential safety concerns it poses for them, including possible legal implications,” the release said. Register for either program by calling 437-8477, ext. 110.

Scouting history

Amherst Girl Scouts Troop 60162 of girls in grades 4 and 5 has earned a Girl Scout Bronze Award for a project that involved finding the graves of 48 Revolutionary War soldiers in Amherst and creating a booklet and website with each grave’s location, according to a Girl Scout press release. The website also features audio recordings of short biographies of each soldier, the release said. See their work at girlscouts60162.wixsite.com/patriotsamherstnh.“The troop worked with the Daughters of the American Revolution to get the monuments and headstones cleaned, which took place recently. The public can now enjoy a walk through the newly freshened cemeteries,” the release said.

See girlscoutsgwm.org for more about Girl Scouts.

Head to Kimball Jenkins Mansion, 266 N. Main St. in Concord, through Sept. 27 to check out “Old Friends, New Works,” an exhibit of paintings by local artists Tricia Gibbs, Betsy Holmes, TylerAnn Mack and Christine Ryan, according to a press release. The gallery is open for viewing Tuesdays through Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Wednesdays through Sept. 24 (except for Sept. 17) 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursdays through Sept. 25 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 5, for an artist reception from 6 to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 6, 10 a.m .to 4 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Joppa Hill Educational Farm in Bedford will hold a “Living Land: Field and Farm Walks and Talks” event on Thursday, Aug 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. focused on “Growing Grass for Healthy Herds” with UNH Extension’s Carl Majweski, according to jhef.org/events-at-the-farm. The program is free and starts at the farm stand. Upcoming talks include “From Feed to Field: Behind the scenes look at livestock care” on Thursday, Sept. 18.

The Nashua Garden Club will hold a free fall program, “Native Plants for New England Gardens,” with speaker Jane Raymond, a Master Gardener and Goffstown Conservation Commission member, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 121 Manchester St. in Nashua, according to a club email. See nashuanhgardenclub.org.

This Week 25/08/21

Friday, Aug. 22

Classic heavy metal band Queensryche performs at the Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com) tonight at 8 p.m. as part of their All Sinners Open tour. Tickets start at $70.

Friday, Aug. 22

As part of its Locally Sourced concert series, the Capitol Center for the Arts hosts hard-rocking bands Doug, the Worst, and Grub Lord tonight at 7 p.m. at the BNH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com). Tickets are $18 , $21 at the door.

Friday, Aug. 22

Join a 120-minute DIY watch-making workshop at Skyrim Watch Studio (427 Amherst St., Nashua, 810-9528, skyrimwrist.com). Learn to assemble your own timepiece step by step, with all parts provided, and take your dream watch home. Workshops are tonight as well as Saturday, Aug. 23, and Sunday, Aug. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. The cost starts at $46 per person; tickets are available through eventbrite.com.

Saturday, Aug. 23

The 13th Annual New Hampshire Monarch Festival takes place today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its new location, Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road in Canterbury. The day will feature exhibits and presentations about butterflies and other pollinators as well as children’s activities and walking trails, according to the event’s Facebook page. Visitors can take home free milkweed and flower seeds, according to a press release. Admission is free for children under 2 years old (and for kids ages 2 to 12 years old if wearing an appropriate costume); admission is $4 for ages 2 to 12 is $4 and $7 for ages 13+, the release said.

Saturday, Aug. 23

The Nashua Center for the Arts (201 Main St, Nashua, 800-657-8774, nashuacenterforthearts.com) hosts a night of soul-stirring music at the Devon Allman Blues Summit tonight beginning at 8 p.m. Joining blues great Devon Allman will be the legendary Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie and Jeff Beck fame, blues icon Larry McCray, and New Orleans singer Sierra Green. Tickets start at $43.

Sunday, Aug. 24

Merrimack High Schools FIRST Robotics Team hosts its second annual Cars, Robots and Coffee event this morning from 8 a.m. to noon. The event is a blend of a traditional Cars and Coffee event mixed with demonstrations from local FIRST Robotics teams. The event will take place at Merrimack High School (38 McElwain St., Merrimack).

Sunday, Aug. 24

The Summer Silent Boxing Film Series concludes with a screening of Buster Keaton’s Battling Butler (1926) today at 2 p.m. at the Town Hall Theatre, 40 Main St., Wilton. Admission is free; a donation of $10 per person is suggested. There will be live musical accompaniment by organist Jeff Rapsis.

Save the Date! Thursday, Aug. 28
Post-grunge rock band Creed will take the stage at the SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester, 644-5000, snhuarena.com) Thursday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. as part of their Return of the Summer of ’99 tour. Special guests Daughtry and Mammoth will open for them. Tickets start at $49.

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