63 awesome things to do this spring — 03/16/23

Spring is awesome! Even if you’re looking out your window thinking “what spring?” (technically, it starts Monday, March 20), a season of awesomeness has already begun with events for the arts lover, comic book fan, gyro-hungerer, hockey fan, beer aficionado (NH Craft Beer Week in early April), music lover and more. Check out our ideas for 63 reasons to get excited about the next few months.

Also on the cover Speaking of seasonal fun, it doesn’t get sweeter than New Hampshire’s Maple Weekend, which runs this weekend. See the story on page 26.

Film-lovers can check out the lineup at the New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival, which starts March 16 and features screenings across the state. See page 17.

And, looking to make some St. Patrick’s Day (Friday, March 17) plans? In this issue, see page 19 for details on a Celtic flute concert and other Irish music events. Find a rundown of the music planned for area bars and restaurants on Friday in our Music This Week, which starts on page 36. Check out Michael Witthaus’ story about some New Hampshire Irish pubs and the musicians that will be playing them on page 34. And get your fix of corned beef, cabbage and other specials by checking out page 25 of the March 9 issue of the Hippo.

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Feedback on schools For the fourth consecutive year, the New Hampshire Department of Education is inviting parents, educators and community ...
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Granite VNA gets a new director of hospice Meet Kristin Jordan, Granite VNA’s new director of hospice. What is your ...
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The Big Story – NFL Free Agency Begins: The quest to fill the holes the Patriots have for 2023 began ...
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Spring! This week’s Hippo highlights events happening as the calendar turns to spring, which officially begins Monday, March 20. Last ...
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Big Events March 16, 2023 and beyond Thursday, March 16 Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the Intown Concord St. Patrick’s ...
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Compiled by Matt Ingersoll, Angie Sykeny and Amy [email protected] Spring is awesome. Sure, it can be blizzardy or flower-filled, muddy ...
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The New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival begins March 16 Eleven feature films, a five-film shorts package and a kids’ event ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Spring youth theater classes: Palace Youth Theatre’s (palacetheatre.org/pyt) Palace Academy ...
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They’re born to keep on blooming Reclining in an easy chair on a recent cold and snowy day, I imagined ...
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The Great Northeast Boat Show is back for the 13th year Granite State boaters are being summoned to the Great ...
Family fun for the weekend Showtime! • The Peacock Players’ (14 Court St., Nashua) youth mainstage production Once Upon a ...
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Digital/flexographic hybrid print specialist Michael Brochu runs a specialized printing press at Amherst Label, a custom label manufacturer in Milford ...
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News from the local food scene • Wine in the dark: Join LaBelle Winery for a blindfolded wine tasting at ...
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New Hampshire Maple Weekend returns with sugarhouse tours, syrup samples and more March is prime maple season in New Hampshire, ...
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Nicole Chalfant of Derry is the owner and founder of Bungalow Bakes (bungalowbakes.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @bungalowbakes), offering ...
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Spring means a lot of different things to different people: Flowers Mud Taxes Bunnies Spring Break When I was a ...
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Creye, III: Weightless (Frontiers Music) Some epic melodic metal from Sweden here, in the vein of bands like Heat and ...
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Maame, by Jessica George (St. Martin’s Press, 320 pages) There’s a lot to like about 25-year-old Maddie Wright, the main ...
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Scream VI (R) Another sequel, another spate of Ghostface killings in Scream VI — or, wait, is it a franchise ...
Local music news & events • Going places: The arc of her first three singles has Rebecca Turmel on the ...
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Family pub celebrates St. Patrick’s Day After two years more or less on the sidelines, St. Patrick’s Day revelry returned ...

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Time to get chickens? — 03/09/23

Looking for chicks? Or pullets? Or, if you’re really ambitious, unhatched fertilized eggs? If egg inflation or a DIY backyard farmer spirit has you thinking about adding chickens to your spring and summer outdoor plans, check out this chicken primer by Angie Sykeny, who discusses chicken chores, chicken costs and some of the hazards.

Also on the cover: Saint Patrick’s Day is next Friday, March 17, so make those plans for corned beef or colcannon now; see page 25 for a rundown of area eateries and their Irish cuisine plans. Beyond chickens, a place to consider your spring and summer outdoor plans may be the New Hampshire Outdoor Expo this weekend in Milford; Mya Blanchard has the details on page 17. And, the Amherst Fire and Ice festival of chili and ice cream this Friday in Amherst; Matt Ingersoll explains on page 24.

A few months ago my husband and I were in Illinois visiting my 82-year-old mother. We pulled into a burger ...
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Clean water funds U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, alongside Reps. Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas, welcomed $23,186,000 to ...
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Canterbury Shaker Village has a new education manager Canterbury Shaker Village’s new education manager, Kyle Sandler, talked about his vision ...
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The Big Story: I awoke from my annual hockey hibernation last week and was shocked to see that the Bruins ...
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Doc talks The Timothy & Abigail B. Walker Lecture Fund has contributed $6,000 to support the Concord Hospital Trust’s popular ...
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Big Events March 9, 2023 and beyond Saturday, March 11 It’s a day of hockey games at SNHU Arena (555 ...
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The basics on adding hens, chicks and roosters to your backyard farm Perhaps the fluctuations in egg prices have you ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • At the Currier: Catch singer-songwriter Rebecca Turmel performing on Thursday, ...
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New Hampshire Outdoor Expo returns By Mya Blanchard [email protected] Spring will soon be upon us, and with it plenty of ...
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Time to start those seedlings indoors Starting seeds indoors under lights is a good treatment for the winter blues. It ...
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Hi, Donna, I’m trying to find out anything I can about this lamp. It’s been in my parents’ home for ...
Family fun for the weekend Indoor adventures • Learn all about Japan at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 ...
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Tractor dealer Katelyn Ryan works as a managing partner at Concord Tractor (164 Dover Road, Chichester, 798-0101, concordtractornh.com), a family-owned ...
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News from the local food scene • Mixing it up: Join Tuscan Market (9 Via Toscana, Salem) as it debuts ...
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Amherst chili cook-off and ice cream social returns Although initially postponed a month due to pandemic concerns, last year’s Amherst ...
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Corned beef and cabbage, Irish desserts and more special eats for St. Patrick’s Day Ready for St. Patrick’s Day? Whether ...
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Tony and Laurie Lomuscio of Goffstown are the owners of TOLA-Rose Italian Eats (704-906-8894, [email protected], and on Facebook @tola1228 and ...
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Bruschetta is a wonderful appetizer for a gathering. You assemble all of the toppings but leave your guests to build ...
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Treedeon, New World Hoarder (Exile On Mainstream Records) Recently I watched an interview with former Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James ...
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Hidden Mountains, by Michael Wejchert (Ecco, 256 pages) Granite State residents are used to hearing about rescues — from the ...
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Creed III (PG-13) Adonis Creed fights childhood trauma in Creed III, a thoroughly engaging entry in the Creed offshoot of ...
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Multiverse bagel, a dance battle song and other Oscar nominees worth rooting for If I can find a “Team Pamela ...
Local music news & events • Great pipes: Though their name is often confused with another band’s, the sound of ...
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John McEuen traces a musical path Along with his musical prowess, John McEuen could give a master class in networking ...

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Birria Tacos — 03/02/23

Meet the birria taco! Looking for a new way to taco Tuesday? Try these tacos made with slow-stewed meat packed into a tortilla and grilled with a coating of the consommé the meat was cooked in, producing a golden-red color. In this week’s cover story, Matt Ingersoll explains this trending taco dish.

Also on the cover It’s a big weekend for theatrical performances. Little Women begins its run at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, Bedford Off Broadway’s Skin Deep starts its two-weekend run (see the story on page 16), Vanities at the Hatbox in Concord begins a three-weekend run and Radium Girls from Cue Zero Theatre Company has three shows this weekend; find details in the arts listings, which start on page 14. Also this Sunday, Symphony NH joins with two area choral groups to present Mozart’s Requiem (page 14). The guitar duo of Nicola Cipriani and Brad Myrick hit the Bank of NH Stage in Concord on Sunday (see page 34). And, on Saturday, the Bank of NH Stage will host SouperFest, featuring soups, chilis and chowders from Concord-area restaurants (page 26).

By Jeff Rapsis Every time New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary is in jeopardy, boosters cite many reasons for keeping the ...
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Scholarship New Hampshire Federal Credit Union has announced a call for applicants for its Credit Union College Scholarship Program. According ...
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Manchester Chamber awards SNHU president The Greater Manchester Chamber has named Dr. Paul LeBlanc, president and CEO of Southern New ...
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The Big Story – Fixing the Patriots: With free agency opening in less than two weeks it’s time to look ...
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See the student plane! The first-ever aircraft produced by the student plane-building partnership between the Aviation Museum of NH, Manchester ...
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Big Events March 2, 2023 and beyond Wednesday, March 8 The high-energy a cappella group Ball in the House is ...
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On the streets of Jalisco, Mexico, in the small town of Degollado, three generations of family members prepare large simmering ...
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Classical groups join to present Requiem With the 100th anniversary of Symphony NH happening in April, the organization wanted to ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Update: The Manchester Community Music School’s faculty performance of “Chanson ...
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Bedford Off Broadway presents Jon Lonoff’s Skin Deep By Mya Blanchard [email protected] Almost everyone has faced insecurity or felt down ...
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Bring the colors of summer inside Winter drags on, even though the days are getting longer. The sun is often ...
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Hi, Donna, I hope you can help me identify my antique oak chair. I would like to know the era ...
Family fun for the weekend Library happenings • The Nashua River Watershed Association will be leading a hands-on Nashua River ...
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Ranch owner Mollie Skuse is the owner of Chasing Dreams Ranch in Hollis. Explain your job and what it entails ...
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News from the local food scene • Liquid gold: It’s New Hampshire Maple Month, and several farms and sugarhouses across ...
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Annual tasting benefit moves back indoors for its 14th year For one day only, Concord’s Bank of New Hampshire Stage ...
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Lighthouse Local, Bedford Baking Co. now open A new cafe and market now open in Bedford aims to be a ...
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Rachel Mack and Sara Steffensmeier are the new owners of Laurel Hill Jams & Jellies (laurelhilljams.com), a Bedford-based producer of ...
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It was my bragging that brought on my most recent identity crisis. It was Monday morning, and someone asked what ...
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Mona Mur, Teen Icon (Give/Take Records) Having kicked off her rebelliously edgy career during the punk explosion of the ’80s, ...
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Weightless, by Evette Dionne (Ecco, 245 pages) Are doctors who lecture their patients about their weight “fat shaming” them or ...
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A bear does cocaine in Cocaine Bear, a movie that is 100 percent exactly what you think it’s going to ...
Babylon (R) Margot Robie, Brad Pitt. Writer-director Damien Chazelle gives you three hours and nine minutes of 1920s and 1930s ...
Local music news & events • Sound & vision: One of New England’s great musical resources, Mark Erelli performs an ...
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International guitar duo performs in Concord The best guitar duos carry on a conversation with their instruments, but Nicola Cipriani ...

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Ready for camp — 02/23/23

If you’ve got school-age kids you’re probably already thinking about what they’ll be doing this summer. Find camps for every interest in our big listing of area summer day camps (plus a few spots for overnight adventure). The summer excitement starts on page 12.

Also on the cover It’s your last! chance! to! vote! Vote in Hippo’s Best of 2023 readers’ poll through Tuesday, Feb. 28. Go to hippopress.com to vote for your favorite New Hampshire brewery, the eatery with the best burgers, the spot scooping out delicious ice cream and so much more. Vote now!

Looking for some live music this weekend? Check out our Music This Week listing of bands and performers at area restaurants, breweries and other locales. Or for a bigger show check out our listing of ticketed concerts on page 46.

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Money for outdoor amenities The New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation is now accepting proposals for the 2023 Land ...
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Concord software developer discusses his new app Concord entrepreneur Russ Willey talked about his new company Crypto-Charities and how its ...
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The Big Story: With the All-Star game history, the NBA begins what it calls the second half of its season ...
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We love our teachers The New Hampshire Department of Education received a record-setting 322 nominations for the 2024 Teacher of ...
Big Events February 23, 2023 and beyond Thursday, Feb. 23 LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst) is bringing Takin’ It ...
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Compiled byMatt Ingersoll, Mya Blanchard, Katelyn Sahagian and Angie Sykeny [email protected] Whether your kids are looking to boost their creativity ...
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Poetry Society hosts virtual session with displaced Ukrainian poets As the first anniversary of the start of the war in ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Meet the Marches: The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in ...
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On a cold and snowy day I paused to think back a few years to a conference I attended run ...
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Authors at the Vineyard event returns By Mya Blanchard [email protected] Local authors, illustrators, publishers and book-lovers will gather at Zorvino ...
Family fun for the weekend Vacation at the museum • The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Drive in Concord; starhop.com, ...
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Medical aesthetics provider Jen O’Brien is an advanced practice nurse who provides aesthetic injections and skin treatments from her medspa ...
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The Hidden Pig opens in downtown Nashua New life has been breathed into a Nashua restaurant building that has sat ...
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Sue Poulin is the co-owner of Bouillon Bistro (123 Union Square, Milford, 718-3305, bouillonbistro.com), known for its rotating menu of ...
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Sometimes you want chicken Parmesan — a hearty, filling meal that makes you think a nap is a good idea ...
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Nite Skye, Vanishing (Sonic Ritual Records) I’m like 100 percent positive I’ve talked about this father-son duo before, unless it ...
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The Moon Over the Mountain, by Atsushi Nakajima, illustrated by Nekosuke (Vertical, 56 pages) The Moon Over the Mountain is ...
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Eternally youthful Paul Rudd returns for an adventure in the tinyverse in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Rudd) ...
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Local music news & events • Poetry slam: The weekly poetry open mic night hosted is headlined by Ryk McIntyre, ...
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Teddy Thompson plays solo in Manchester At the end of a benefit show in New Jersey last month, Richard Thompson ...

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Find your dog — 02/16/23

Looking for a pet? Area shelters have oodles of adoptable dogs, cats and other furry friends. In this week’s cover story, we find out what it takes to give a local pet a new forever home.

Also on the cover Vote now in Hippo’s Best of 2023 readers’ poll. Go to hippopress.com to vote for your favorite pizza, salon, ski hill, coffee spot, doughnut purveyor and so much more. Voting runs through Tuesday, Feb. 28.

And in this week’s food section, Matt Ingersoll looks at two upcoming events: Friday’s Crafts, Drafts and Barrels event in Concord (page 26) and Saturday’s Mardi Gras wine festival in Derry (page 27).

One of my favorite childhood memories is of those family Thanksgiving dinners when, after everyone had finished the meal, the ...
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First in the nation The New Hampshire Senate voted to approve various bills on Feb. 9, including SCR 1, which ...
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Merrimack Cribbage League moves to larger venue For more than two decades, the Merrimack Cribbage League has provided opportunities for ...
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The Big Story: It wasn’t quite the Patriots coming back in dramatic fashion to beat Atlanta in SB 51. But ...
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Test for lead The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health Services has released some ...
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Big Events February 16, 2023 and beyond Thursday, Feb. 16 Join the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road ...
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Local shelters talk about their dogs, cats and other pets looking for new homes Compiled byMatt Ingersoll, Mya Blanchard, Katelyn ...
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Nashua Community Arts receives another gift With the smell of sawdust lingering in the air and the first layer of ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Schedule change: The Community Players of Concord’s production of The ...
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It starts with a trip to the lumber yard As I write this, the wind chill factor is well below ...
Family fun for the weekend Night out • Parents can get a night to themselves while kids enjoy activities like ...
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Hello, Donna. Can you help identify my glasses? They were at our table growing up. I now have inherited them ...
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Memorial and gravesite caretakers Jessicca Mahoney and Sonia Virgue are the co-owners of Stone Stylist (see “Stone Stylist” on Facebook, ...
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News from the local food scene • Diner days: Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord) welcomes longtime New Hampshire ...
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Crafts, Drafts & Barrels tasting benefit returns to Concord February is American Heart Month, a time to raise awareness of ...
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Mardi Gras wine festival returns to Derry Early in the fall of 2021, the Rev. Chris Gaffrey of St. Thomas ...
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Justin O’Malley is the chef de cuisine of Greenleaf (54 Nashua St., Milford, 213-5447, greenleafmilford.com), a seasonally inspired farm-to-table restaurant ...
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“Hi,” the lady in the apron says to me. I look up from a pile of tangerines. “Hey. How are ...
Dudes, Eternal Is The Fruit (Dudes Music) OK, so I wasn’t even aware there was any such thing as a ...
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Dinner with the President, by Alex Prud’homme (Alfred A. Knopf, 400 pages) Before this week, if you’d asked me to ...
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Channing Tatum’s Mike takes his skills to London in Magic Mike’s Last Dance, a movie about abs. Sure, there’s other ...
Local music news & events • Border rock: One of the quirkier hits of the early 1990s was Crash Test ...
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Hard work and tenacity define Jordan Quinn Settling behind an electric keyboard to play covers for the dinner crowd at ...
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News from the local food scene • African eats at the library: Join the Nashua Public Library (2 Court St.) ...

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Give flowers! — 02/09/23

Let flowers brigten up your day — on Valentine’s Day (Tuesday, Feb. 14) or any day. We look at the bouquet situation from the state of roses to what might be harder to find this season. We also take a look at potted plants, a good solution if you’re looking to get some longer-lasting blooms.

Also on the cover Vote now in Hippo’s Best of 2023 readers’ poll. Go to hippopress.com to vote for your favorite pizza, salon, ski hill, coffee spot, doughnut purveyor and so much more. Voting runs through Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Dozens of local soup, chili and chowder makers will be vying for your palate during Epsom Central School’s annual cook-off on Monday, Feb. 13. Matt Ingersoll has all the details in his story on page 23.

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Historic awards The Manchester Historic Association has selected five honorees for its 31st Annual Historic Preservation Awards. According to a ...
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A new commissioner joins the DOT Meet the New Hampshire Department of Transportation’s new commissioner, William Cass. What is your ...
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Brrr, cold, part 1 The bitter cold temperatures last weekend posed challenges for firefighters across the state. WMUR reported that ...
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The Big Story – Super Bowl: If I make it to Sunday I will have seen all 57 of them ...
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Big Events February 9, 2023 and beyond Friday, Feb. 10 If you’re in the mood for flowers, check out the ...
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Bouquets for Valentine’s Day and blooming plants to brighten every day Roses are red … Valentine’s Day bouquets and custom ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • The big 2-0: Manchester Community Theatre Players will be “Celebrating ...
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Camps for the February vacation week Winter break (Feb. 27 through March 3 for many area schools) is coming on ...
Family fun for the weekend Kids in history • The Millyard Museum (200 Bedford St. in Manchester; manchesterhistoric.org, 622-7531) will ...
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Hi, Donna. I recently purchased this cute dresser/desk from a furniture re-seller. The second ‘draw’ down opens to a desk ...
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Read the packets, don’t buy hybrid As a boy in the 1950s I knew there were two kinds of tomatoes: ...
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Halotherapy provider and wellness entrepreneur Deb SanSoucie is the owner of The Copper Cave, a halotherapy salt cave and wellness ...
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News from the local food scene • Food is love: Still haven’t made plans yet for Valentine’s Day? There may ...
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NOFA-NH’s annual winter conference returns — in person! For the first time in three years, the Northeast Organic Farming Association ...
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Epsom soup/chili/chowder cook-off returns Dozens of local soup, chili and chowder makers will be vying for your palate during Epsom ...
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Mike Brieger of Northwood is the general manager and chef of Woods Grille (284 First New Hampshire Turnpike, Northwood, 942-9663, ...
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It’s less than a week to Valentine’s Day! What better way to show someone you care than by delivering (or ...
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A different way to sparkle on Valentine’s Day It’s Valentine’s Day, and you want to create an amazing dinner for ...
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Nervous Eaters, Monsters + Angels (Wicked Cool Records) If you’re old enough to have been part of the Boston rock ...
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Ms. Demeanor, by Elinor Lipman (Harper, 304 pages) I’ve never before finished a book and thought, “That was delightful,” but ...
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80 for Brady (PG-13) Four talented actresses deserve better than the bland oatmeal that is 80 for Brady, a Girls ...
Shotgun Wedding (R) Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel. Though she’s solidly in a supporting role, this movie gives a lot of ...
Local music news & events • Music & Art: The Currier’s weekly Art After Work series continues with a Songwriter ...
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Singer-songwriter kicks off concert series A three-weekend original music concert series at a Hopkinton art gallery offers buoyant pop, jazz-infused ...

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