A is for Apple — 09/17/2026

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A is for apple, one of the many foods you might associate with the good eats of a Granite State autumn. John Fladd takes an alphabetical tour of some of the fall foods of New Hampshire.

Also on the cover It’s Glendi weekend! Load up on pastries, lamb, gyro and more Friday through Sunday at Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Manchester (and see the story on page 22). And between meals of Greek eats, check out the Granite State Comic Con, also happening in Manchester this Friday through Sunday (see page 12). Or head up north for all things Scottish at the Highland Games and Festival (page 18).

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Vax up The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is “encouraging Granite Staters to take steps to protect ...
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Did he drop it in the book drop out front? As reported in a Sept. 12 online article by New ...
The Big Story — Patriots’ First Game: For the folks who don’t see the paper until Thursday, the Patriots will ...
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Friday, Sept. 11 Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St. in Concord, gibsonsbookstore.com, will hold a pajama party storytime with author ...
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An alphabetical look at the tasty fall foods of nh Fall is a great time for food in New Hampshire ...
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At 24th Granite State Comicon, downtown’s role grows Chris Proulx is already planning next year’s Granite State Comicon, even though ...
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Concord Multicultural Festival celebrates the community Concord will hold its annual Multicultural Festival on Sunday, Sept. 20, from 11 a.m ...
Family fun for whenever Space and sky • The annual AerospaceFest at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord will take ...
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‘Haggis’ toss, Scottish eats and music at the Highland Games By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com If the Tartan Army’s New England takeover ...
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• Cookie news: The Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, the local sales force during the upcoming Girl ...
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Giant Greek food fest is a labor of love Each fall St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Manchester hosts Glendi, ...
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Downtown Dirty Shirley Crawl brings book series to life Alex Pellerin, the event coordinator for Bookery in Manchester, said that ...
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Traditionally the most fall-ish dish in New England was arguably this pudding. Over the past few decades it has slipped ...
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Josiah Queen, Mt. Zion (Capitol Records) Some weeks I take ’em as they come, and even though I reviewed the ...
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(Berkley, 373 pages) You’d never know it from the title, but Tessa Yang’s The Jellyfish Problem is a good, old-fashioned ...
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Alan Ritchson is always good for an Alan Ritchson type Playing into that one character you always play might not ...
• High time: With an uncanny resemblance in both looks and voice, Remembering John Denver features singer-guitarist Ted Vigil paying ...
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Jay Chanoine headlines Queen City Center afterparty As his comedy special Chanoinigans hit YouTube on Halloween Day last year, Jay ...

2026 Fall Guide — 09/10/2026

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This issue is a keeper! In our annual Fall Arts & Entertainment guide we check out the festivals, fairs, concerts, theater, arts events, classical music happenings, book events and more between now and Thanksgiving. Did we miss your favorite fall event? Let us know at adiaz@hippopress.com.

Also on the cover Continue the world-travel-via-food possible here in southern New Hampshire with the Egyptian Food Festival this Friday through Saturday in Nashua (see page 40). And Michael Witthaus talks to Din Check ahead of their concert on Sunday in Nashua featuring musical greatest hits of Bollywood from the 1980s through today (page 46). And check out Hippo’s Harvest map, which you can find in the center of the paper on pages 28 and 29.

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Sept. 11 memorial Milford will dedicate its new 9/11 Freedom Memorial in Memorial Park (at Union and Elm streets) on ...
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Hopeful signs In a Sept. 2 online article WMUR reported that in August, Manchester had its first month without a ...
The Big Story — Patriots’ First Game: For the folks who don’t see the paper until Thursday, the Patriots will ...
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Friday, Sept. 11 Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St. in Concord, gibsonsbookstore.com, will hold a pajama party storytime with author ...
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It’s fall! Or, you know, it’s “fall” — as in, calendar aside, we have pumpkin spice flavored everything and kids ...
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Andres Institute of Art month-long symposium opens “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the ...
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Manchester Citywide Arts & Kids Festival returns By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com The staff of Manchester’s Palace Theatre and the Rex will ...
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We’ve already had some chilly nights here in Cornish Flat, New Hampshire. Frost is still a long way off, but ...
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Hillsborough County Fair, with a focus on 4-H The 68th Annual Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair will be held at the ...
Family fun for whenever Season finale The New Hampshire Fisher Cats play their final stretch of regular-season games at Delta ...
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Sending off summer with the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival 2026 marks the 37th year the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce ...
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Egyptian Food Festival in Nashua For the past nine years the St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church in ...
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3/4 ounce Campari 3/4 ounce scotch, or maybe Buchanan’s Pineapple Drink (see below) 1/2 ounce simple syrup 1/2 ounce fresh ...
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Melissa Auf der Maur, BASS WOMB ROOM: My ‘90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings (Envision Records) Pointless postmodern self-indulgence ahoy, ...
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(Thomas Nelson, 352 pages) Courtney Walsh’s newest novel, Brighter Than Before, was the right escape at the right time for ...
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A look at new Netflix flicks Two new Netflix releases don’t demand your close attention but are acceptable relax-the-brain watches ...
• SNL Pals: John Mulaney plays the Lakes Region with a bill includes Fred Armisen, who was on hand the ...
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Din Check performs for India rural school charity Many members of the Boston-based Bollywood band Din Check come from a ...

Cheers to Summer — 09/03/2026

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A toast to the waning days of summer and the fast-approaching fall! In this week’s cover story, John Fladd talks to some local mixologists about drinks to get you through the change of season. The drink in the photo above and on the cover is a Maine Squeeze (Lull Farm blueberries, citron vodka, mint syrup and lemonade) made by Krista Fisher at Local Street Eats in Nashua. Courtesy photo.

Also on the cover It’s a trio of end of summer traditions. Exeter holds its annual UFO Festival this weekend (see page 16), Cruising Downtown fills Elm Street in Manchester with classic cars (page 15) and get ready for rides, live entertainment and fried everything at the Hopkinton State Fair (page 17).

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Moose money The 2027 Conservation License Plate grant round is open with “letters of intent to apply” due Sept. 30, ...
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Offline kids An Aug. 24 report by thecannyvulture.com said, “In Hillsborough County, 2,253 children live in a home with no ...
The Big Story – September Baseball Arrives: The best month in sports got off badly for the Sox. In their ...
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Thursday, Sept. 3 Visit the SEE Science Center, 200 Bedford St. in Manchester, this weekend before it closes for its ...
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Cocktails to toast the change of season The calendar says it’s still summer, but customers are already on Rachael Jones’s ...
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Wakeman is latest New London Barn NEST production New London Barn Playhouse has long staged revivals of Chicago, Fiddler on ...
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By mid-August many of us have sighed with relief and settled into a comfy chair in the shade. Planting is ...
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Manchester sends off summer with Cruising Downtown According to Brad Fournier, this weekend’s Cruising Downtown event is New England’s biggest ...
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The aliens come marching in at UFO Festival By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com In the summer of 1965 Norman Muscarello saw a ...
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Hopkinton State Fair offers fair season excitement The Hopkinton State Fair kicks off this year’s fall fair season. It begins ...
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• Farmers market: The Pittsfield Farmers Market will run this Saturday, Sept. 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the ...
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Conquered Bread gets creative The thing about black sesame tomato bread, Alex Brown explained, is that you can’t find it ...
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1 cup (120 g) all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons (= 1 Tablespoon) baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ cup (1/2 stick) ...
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Swae Lee, Same Difference (Eardrama/Interscope Records) Aw, there’s nothing horribly wrong with this LP, the second one perpetrated by the ...
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(MCD, 240 pages) Cory Doctorow writes with a cynic’s eye about the frontiers of technology, with titles including Information Doesn’t ...
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A look at Coyote vs. Acme and Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie “It’s a limited number of signs,” as a ...
• Country pair: As summer approaches its unofficial end, Red Daisy Revival performs outdoors in the Lakes Region. Led by ...
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Peter Asher tells stories ahead of The Fixx and Zombies singer Blunstone From lending Paul McCartney his family’s piano to ...

Bread* — 08/27/2026

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Options have improved for those who love bread and baked treats but don’t want the gluten that usually comes as part of these foods. In this week’s cover story, John Fladd talks to the bakers helping apple pie-lovers and bread addicts still enjoy their favorites, but gluten-free. Above photo: Gluten-free loaves at Dishon Bakery. Photo by John Fladd.

Also on the cover, Chocolate baklava is just one of many treats you can find at this year’s Greekfest at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Manchester this weekend (see page 17). Shop plein air at this weekend’s Greeley Park Art Show (page 13). Search for monsters in downtown Manchester on Saturday during the annual Monster Hunt (page 14).

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Movie theater closing O’Neil Cinemas will be “closing our Londonderry location,” according to an Aug. 23 post on the theater’s ...
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More fun than Connecticut, anyway According to a recent study released by online economics website Wallethub.com, New Hampshire is the ...
The Big Story – Devers Back in Town: Well, it couldn’t have gone much better when the recalcitrant one returned ...
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Thursday, Aug. 27 The New Hampshire Fisher Cats continue their stretch of games against the Hartford Yard Goats with a ...
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A look at the bakeries turning out gluten-free breads and treats Lisa Withrow had pretty much run out of patience ...
Beautiful bombs
Songs from Broadway duds take center stage Every theater fan remembers a musical that closed early or got mauled by ...
Two days of art in Greeley Park
Music, contests and demonstrations under the tents By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com The annual Greeley Park Art Show will be held Saturday, ...
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Find downtown treasures with Studio 550 Monster Hunt By Chelsea Spearlistings@hippopress.com Now in its 14th year, the Monster Hunt, which ...
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The Canterbury Shaker Village opens its Bee House One of our newest looks at the daily life of the Canterbury ...
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Hello, Donna! In September of 1988, I attended a convention that was hosted by The Titanic Historical Society at the ...
Family fun for whenever Music and fun • Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St. in Concord, will hold a ...
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• Pours for Paws: According to an Aug. 13 press release, LaBelle Winery has announced that in partnership with Tito’s ...
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Assumption Greekfest offers the favorites plus some variations The Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Manchester will hold its annual Greekfest ...
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Mesozoic Tiki Bar brings tropical-ish vibe “So this is my inner monologue about this bar,” Josh Migliore said. “Imagine what ...
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Ingredients 1 small peach 3 ounces jalapeño-infused tequila – I like Tanteo 1 lime Ice Plain seltzer or club soda ...
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Stryper, Throne Of Thorns (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) Oh, sure, I remember these guys from their hair-metal heyday in the ’80s ...
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(Alfred A. Knopf, 234 pages) Richard Russo labors in the shadow of another Maine novelist who shall go unnamed. He’s ...
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Capturing the fun of a big man and his fists By the time you read this the TV show Reacher, ...
• Hip-harp: The penultimate Levitt AMP Manchester Music Series event has Küf Knotz & Christine Elise melding hip-hop and classical ...
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Singer-songwriter John Gorka performs in Manchester Even if he’s performed since the late 1970s, winning the prestigious Kerrville New Folk ...

Adventure After School — 08/20/2026

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Back to school! But also back to soccer, piano lessons, art class and so much more. In this week’s Hippo, we offer our annual guide to extracurricular activities — sports, music, gymnastics, dance, martial arts, theater and other classes, clubs, teams and lessons to get kids excited about the new year.

Also on the cover Enjoy the Lebanese food at the Mahrajan Festival of Middle Eastern food and culture in Manchester this weekend (see page 22). In Milford, the Wildflower Festival brings the music (see page 30). And Nashua’s Gate City Brewfest offers fun for beer lovers and families (page 22).

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Next season New Hampshire Fisher Cats fans can start planning for the 2027 season. “The Fisher Cats kick off 2027 ...
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Not here, fanwort - not today! According to an Aug. 17 press release by NH LAKES, “a vigilant Lake Host ...
The Big Story – Red Sox Struggles: After winning 24 of 27 they came back to Earth last week as ...
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Friday, Aug. 21 Live Free and Take Five, a documentary about community theater featuring two New Hampshire companies, will screen ...
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Your guide to sports, arts, music and other extracurricular happenings A new school year means a new chance for after-school ...
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Ernest Thompson talks new novel at BNH Stage Though he’s a multi-hyphenate — Oscar-winning screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker, actor, author and ...
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Monarch Festival studies migration to Mexico This year’s New Hampshire Monarch Festival will be a treat for butterfly enthusiasts. “We’ll ...
Family fun for whenever Beach week • The Annual Hampton Beach Children’s Festival continues at the Hampton Beach Seashell stage ...
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• A new buffet: As reported in an Aug. 11 online article by the Concord Monitor, a new buffet restaurant ...
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Gate City Brewfest offers beer of course, but also family fun Each August the Gate City Brewfest draws brewers and ...
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Middle Eastern food made for all As it says on the website for this weekend’s Mahrajan Festival in Manchester, Mahrajan ...
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We have a peach tree and are thus up to our noses in peaches right now. If your husband brought ...
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Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte del Bolero Vol. 3 (Miel Music) Relevance check: The Hispanic and Latino community ...
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(Bloomsbury Sigma, 273 pages) At first glance, Unseen looks like a typical make-your-life-better book, a compilation of research distilled for ...
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The End of Oak Street and more shorties Here’s to the under-two-hour movie. I hung in there with The Odyssey’s ...
• Big aughts: Though best known for their early 2000s hits, The Fray, currently on tour with Dashboard Confessional, are ...
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Wildflower Festival returns with a louder sound and a bigger garden When Griff Comtois and two friends threw the first ...

Smoking Hot Comdey — 08/13/2026

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Need some laughs? The Hampton Beach Comedy Festival runs next Tuesday, Aug. 18, through Sunday, Aug. 23, and is packed with comedians who will be familiar to fans of New Hampshire comedy shows. Michael Witthaus talks to Jimmy Dunn about this annual event and to comedian Jody Sloane, who will do hosting duties one evening. And he looks at more upcoming comedy shows. On the cover and above, comedian Jody Sloane in a photo image (photo by Chuck Shaw) given to us by her.

Also on the cover John Fladd brings you a trio of fests: The Boot Scootin’ Boogie 5K & Brewfest (page 17) this Saturday in Londonderry; the We Are One Festival this Saturday in Manchester (page 16) and the Franco Fest next weekend in Concord (page 17). Michael Witthaus gets the details on the new exhibit “Art & Poetry: Dwelling Places” at Kimball Jenkins in Concord — catch the artist reception this Thursday and the Poetry & Pie event next Saturday (page 12). Michael also talks to Mountain Grass Unit ahead of the bluegrass/newgrass band’s Saturday show at The Range in Mason (page 23).

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Primary ballot Absentee ballots for the Sept. 8 state primary “have been mailed out to every city and town clerk’s ...
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Jalapeños alert According to an Aug. 8 press release, “Hannaford Supermarkets is recalling a limited number of deli and produce ...
The Big Story – Red Sox Actually Do Have a Plan: After two years of public doubts and much caterwauling ...
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Thursday, Aug. 13 Londonderry Old Home Day’s week of events continues today with a Color Run in the Town Common ...
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A talk with comedians Jody Sloane and Jimmy Dunn plus a look at upcoming shows Last summer, the official story ...
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Words inspire art at Kimball Jenkins An upcoming exhibition at the Kimball Jenkins Estate will pair works of art with ...
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Pull them, freeze them, dry them, eat them Pull them, freeze them, dry them, eat them My vegetable garden is ...
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Battles and more reenacted at History Alive 2026 in Hillsborough “We give people a chance to experience history, first hand,” ...
Family fun for whenever Farm party • Charmingfare Farm, 774 High St. in Candia, will hold a Kids Farm Party ...
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Donna, I purchased this at a local thrift store for $5. It was on a Saturday morning when they were ...
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• New tacos in Concord: Boston-based Mexican chain Anna’s Taqueria (annas.com) has opened its first location in New Hampshire, at ...
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The new Franco Fest has big plans One of the first hurdles the Franco-American Centre and organizers of next week’s ...
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We Are One Festival brings together African, Caribbean and Latino communities Sarah Georges is one of many Manchester residents who ...
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First a race, then concerts and brewfest Londonderry’s Old Home Days will be capped off by a 5K road race ...
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2 frozen strawberries 2 ounces jalapeño-infused tequila 1 1/2 ounces pineapple juice 3/4 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice dash cardamom ...
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Litvar, Being Here (self-released) As anyone who’s ever tried to achieve it knows, going internet-viral in a positive way through ...
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The Last House joins a vaguely defined but fun genre I think I like this genre that seems to be ...
• Free green: Enjoy traditional Celtic music in a bucolic setting as On The Lash performs a show courtesy of ...
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Mountain Grass Unit brings acoustic brilliance to The Range On Aug. 26, Mountain Grass Unit will make its Grand Ole ...

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