Sugar & Stripes — 12/22/22

With Christmas just days away, food writer Matt Ingersoll takes a deep dive into one of the holiday’s most iconic sweet treats: the candy cane. Find out what goes into making candy canes by hand and where you can get them locally, from traditional red and white peppermint canes to those in all different colors and flavors.

Also on the cover Ring in 2023 with a special meal or midnight Champagne toast at a local restaurant or bar (page 24). Find live local music this weekend and beyond in our Music This Week section (starting on page 35). Katelyn Sahagian explores the magic behind some of New Hampshire’s largest holiday light shows (page 16).

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No TikTok Gov. Chris Sununu signed an executive order on Thursday, Dec. 15, adding New Hampshire to the growing list ...
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Prepping the beard & putting on bells for the season Santa Mark (Marc Nozell in the off season) gives us ...
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As the world championships and duck boat parades were piling up during the first decade of the 21st century, Boston ...
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Like toilet paper all over again… QOL was unfortunately in the market for some children’s fever medicine (your acetaminophen, your ...
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Big Events December 22, 2022 and beyond Wednesday, Dec. 28 Recycled Percussion, the legendary drumming group from New England, opens ...
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Local confectioners discuss candy cane creation Christmas may be days away, but at Nelson’s Candy in Wilton, it’s not uncommon ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Last-minute art shopping: The big craft fairs are finished for ...
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A look at light shows across southern New Hampshire By Katelyn Sahagian [email protected] There’s something magical about the twinkling of ...
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Dear Donna, We have accumulated inherited Christmas balls and other decorations from family. It’s time now for a new look, ...
Family fun for the weekend Library activities • The Nashua Public Library (2 Court St.) is hosting a seasonal craft ...
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Pruned trees for outside, cut branches for inside Normally at this time of year I can go out to the ...
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Window treatment specialist Ernie Dascoli is the owner of Made In The Shade, a custom window treatment business in Windham ...
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News from the local food scene • Celebrate with wine: Winemaker Amy LaBelle of LaBelle Winery in Amherst and Derry ...
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Get ready to welcome 2023 at a local restaurant or bar Ring in 2023 with a special multi-course meal or ...
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Megan Sampson of Hudson and her aunt, Vicki Abbott, are The Soup Ladies (thesoupladies.com, find them on Facebook), offering a ...
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I am back to thinking about snacks again this week. Why not? December is basically a month-long eating festival. In ...
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A hot drink for the holidays I’ve got a rule of thumb that makes a deceptive amount of sense. When ...
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Sarah Pagé, “Méduses” [single] (Forward Music) You might remember this Montreal, Canada-based harp-experimentalist from her 2019 album Dose Curves, or, ...
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A Christmas Memory, by Richard Paul Evans (Gallery, 183 pages) Thirty years ago, Richard Paul Evans was 29 years old ...
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Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) James Cameron takes us on a three-hour-and-change trip back to the lush moon Pandora ...
Local music news & events • African sound: Enjoy a listening room experience as Wangari Fahari, a Kenyan-born Afro-jazz vocalist, ...
Era-evoking New Year’s Eve gala in Concord A retro vibe will blend with entertainment spanning decades, as the Bank of ...

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Power to the People — 12/15/22

With heat and electric bills taking a bigger bite out of household budgets, we talk to local energy professionals about why and what to expect this winter. They also discuss how you can pay less now and in the long run, and detail steps you can take to seek out assistance and meet your family’s needs.

Also on the cover Celebrate 2023 with NHSCOT’s Hogmanay, a traditional Scottish New Year’s celebration, at LaBelle Winery in Derry (page 14). Loon Chocolate and 603 Charcuterie present a two-day holiday market filled with all kinds of last-minute gift-giving opportunities (page 25). It’s the end of an era for Manchester’s culinary scene, as longtime chef Edward Aloise and his wife, Claudia Rippee, owners of Republic Cafe and Campo Enoteca on Elm Street, get ready to step away from the kitchen and enter retirement (page 24).

As more than one observer has noted, most Americans behave with respect to political campaigns and elections as they do ...
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Mental health help Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is working with Aspire365 to create a new mental health program ...
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They tell you never to make decisions when you’re emotional. So maybe it’s fortunate I had a few days before ...
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NH representation Twenty-one upperclassmen from the Arts Academy of New Hampshire in Salem have painted, photographed and drawn unique pieces ...
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Big Events December 15, 2022 and beyond Thursday, Dec. 15 The 11th annual Tower of Toys Cocktail Party is today ...
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Keeping the lights and heat on this winter — and what it will do to your wallet The skyrocketing costs ...
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NHSCOT’s Hogmanay event returns By Mya Blanchard [email protected] As 2022 comes to a close, we will soon be celebrating New ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Still time for The Nutcracker: Manchester-based professional dance company Ballet ...
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Volunteers honor deceased veterans with Wreaths Across America By Katelyn Sahagian [email protected] Volunteers across southern New Hampshire are taking time ...
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Today’s veggie scraps makes tomorrow’s soil When I was a boy it was one of my many jobs to take ...
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Dear Donna, I have a few old gloves from when my dad was a kid. Can you advise me how ...
Family fun for the weekend Getting crafty • Make your own cocoa mug at Voices of Clay (16 Meetinghouse Hill ...
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DJ Joey Bolduc is a DJ with his own business, Joey Bolduc Entertainment, based in Manchester. Explain your job and ...
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News from the local food scene • Festive eats: There may still be time to order your holiday dinners and ...
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Republic Cafe, Campo Enoteca to be put up for sale as owners retire By Matt Ingersoll [email protected] They’ve been James ...
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Loon Chocolate, 603 Charcuterie present holiday market Nearly a year after opening their first joint retail shop in Manchester, Loon ...
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Virtual golf and coal-fired pizza at new Salem eatery A new full-service restaurant and bar now open in Salem is ...
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I know we are deep into the season of snacking, and yet I am sharing a soup recipe. There is ...
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Melissa Dolpies of Northfield is the owner of Twelve 31 Events (twelve31.events, and on Facebook and Instagram), a catering business ...
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A lot of us feel a crisis of confidence in December. We like to think of ourselves as imaginative, creative ...
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Wolfgang Haffner, Silent World (BMG Records) Jumping the gun a bit on this one, as it’s not out until the ...
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Screaming on the Inside, by Jessica Grose (Mariner, 197 pages) Every decade or so there emerges a new book by ...
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (PG) The tale of the wooden puppet gets the Pan’s Labyrinth-but-animated treatment in Guillermo del Toro’s ...
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (R) Emma Corrin, Jack O’Connell. In this adaptation of a book that I feel like I should ...
Local music news & events • Christmas nuts: Like most suburban American kids, piano player Eric Mintel got his first ...
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April Cushman and Brad Myrick team up On paper, the pairing of April Cushman and Brad Myrick is unexpected. At ...

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Gift Guide — 12/08/22

It’s a season of gifts and giving. Looking for gift ideas? Find suggestions for theater and concert goers (page 12), kids (page 16), gardeners (page 18), foodies (page 22), wine-lovers (page 30) and music fans (page 36). And we get some advice from a United Way of Greater Nashua official (page 6) about how to help community members in need.

Also on the cover The Majestic Theatre presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever this weekend in Derry (page 14). Find out where to go to have a festive holiday feast on and before Christmas (page 26). Looking to order holiday pies, pastries and dinners now? Get some ideas for what to order and where to order from in the listing which starts on page 23.

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Business info The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s Corporations Division has launched a new dashboard web page allowing the public ...
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What people need most now — and how to help Sara Ceaser, Director of Volunteer and Community Engagement for United ...
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I never listen to talk radio or even read the papers much after a Patriots loss. Especially a bad one ...
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Golden Girls The Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains honored dozens of Girl Scouts at the Young Women ...
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Big Events December 8, 2022 and beyond Friday, Dec. 9 Catch SNHU Penmen basketball this weekend. The women’s team takes ...
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Give the experience of a live performance this year By Katelyn Sahagian [email protected] Theaters, orchestras and cinemas are offering gift ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • The next generation of actors: The Palace Youth Theatre (Palace ...
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Two local productions bring holiday classics to the stage By Mya Blanchard [email protected] Two Christmas classics will be brought to ...
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This year, give kids the gift of activities, adventures and experiences. [email protected] For the holidays, give a gift to kids ...
Family fun for the weekend The big guy • It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s Santa Claus in ...
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We have inherited this fish. It belonged to my uncle, who had many stuffed fish. Are there local collectors for ...
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Tools, books and other ideas for the grower in your life By Henry Homeyer [email protected] First on my list for ...
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Wood floor refinisher Dan Auditore is a wood floor refinisher and owner of Renaissance Hardwood Floors, based in Manchester. Explain ...
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News from the local food scene • Garden feasts: Longtime television chef Mary Ann Esposito will be at Tuscan Market ...
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Delicious gift-giving ideas this holiday season Make it a holiday season to remember for the foodie in your life, with ...
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Where to get your full meals, desserts and more to go Whether you’re bringing home festive pies and cookies or ...
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Where to go to have a festive holiday feast Several Granite State eateries will have their doors open for limited ...
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Carlos Dorado of Hollis is the chef and owner of Effin Sauces Co. (effinsauces.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @effinsauces), ...
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Another weekend, another social gathering, right? If it is an at-home occasion, you may need to bring an appetizer to ...
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Give the gift of bubbles or reds At this “most wonderful time of the year,” there will be plenty of ...
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-(16)-, Into Dust (Relapse Records) Come to think of it, it’s been a while since I covered a sludge-metal album, ...
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Now is Not the Time to Panic, by Kevin Wilson (Ecco, 243 pages) It’s another mundane day in the suburban ...
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Santa Claus gets bloody in Violent Night, an entertaining oddity of an action dark comedy holiday movie that is, despite ...
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (TV-14) Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista. And in addition to Quill (Pratt) and Drax ...
Local music news & events • Songbird: Along with writing achingly beautiful songs, Antje Duvekot is a talented animator who’s ...
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Music fan gift guide From modest to massive, local to legend, light fun to heavy tomes, there’s a great gift ...

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Old Threads, New Looks — 12/01/22

From upcycling discarded materials to shopping secondhand stores for vintage or high-end finds, learn about how local businesses are giving clothing and jewelry a second fashion moment.

Also on the cover Find out where kids can visit with Santa Claus this weekend and other holiday fun in this week’s Kiddie Pool (page 18). Get a head start on your holiday shopping at the Made in New England Expo, a two-day event returning to Manchester this weekend (page 25). Find live music at area restaurants and breweries for the weekend and beyond in our Music This Week listing, which starts on page 35.

by Jeff Rapsis In London, visitors to St. Paul’s Cathedral who approach the tomb of architect Sir Christopher Wren are ...
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Ray Wieczorek Former Manchester mayor Raymond J. Wieczorek died on Nov. 22 at Catholic Medical Center at the age of ...
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Families in Transition has revamped its food pantry Families in Transition, in partnership with Hannaford Supermarkets, launched a newly remodeled ...
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With the Thanksgiving Day extravaganza in the books, the stretch run for the 2022 NFL season has begun. It offers ...
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Spreading holiday cheer The New Hampshire Federal Credit Union’s Santa for Seniors holiday donation drive is now underway, according to ...
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Big Events December 1, 2022 and beyond Thursday, Dec. 1 The American Independence Museum will host a Holiday Tavern Open ...
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How upcycled pieces and secondhand finds give clothes and jewelry their next fashion moment Out with the old, in with ...
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Concord Chorale honors founder of Concord Community Music School with scholarship By Katelyn Sahagian [email protected] The first Peggy Senter Scholarship ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Joy of the season: The Nashua Choral Society will present ...
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Pruning makes them pretty Living in New England is a joy, but we gardeners do have some challenges: cold winter ...
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Dear Donna, I Enjoy reading your articles in The Hippo. Can you give me some advice? I just started collecting ...
Family fun for the weekend Book fun • Toadstool Bookshop (Somerset Plaza, 375 Amherst St. in Nashua; 673-1734, toadbooks.com) will ...
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Music therapist Sarah Smith is a licensed mental health counselor and board-certified music therapist at C.R.E.A.T.E., the Center for Expressive ...
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News from the local food scene • Food and brews for a cause: Join The Common Man Roadside Millyard (451 ...
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Smokin’ Spank’s food trailer rolls into Litchfield Kevin Anctil of Litchfield grew up on family-owned farmland in Lewiston, Maine, where ...
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Made in New England Expo returns New England-based businesses will gather at the DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown’s Expo Center ...
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Christina Wormell of Hillsborough is the owner of Queen of Tarts Pâtisserie (find her on Facebook and Instagram @queenoftartspatisserie), specializing ...
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Over the next month, odds are likely that you will be hosting or attending a gathering where you are requested ...
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Monster Magnet, Test Patterns: Vol. 1 (God Unknown Records) Holy cats, a new Monster Magnet album, folks — there’s a ...
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Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press, 352 pages) Celeste Ng’s latest novel is a depressing dive into a ...
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The Menu (R) Diners at an exclusive, multi-thousand-dollar-per-diner restaurant realize their evening is about more than foams and locally sourced ...
Tár (R) Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant. Lydia Tár (Blanchett) is the conductor of a symphony in Berlin. She has professional ...
Local music news & events • Song Circle: A series focused on singer-songwriters, Come On Up To The House has ...
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Amanda McCarthy duos for hometown show On a Thursday afternoon in late October, Amanda McCarthy played a set at Bobby’s ...

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Bringing the Holiday Fun — 11/24/22

From town parades and tree lightings to Nutcracker and Christmas Carol productions, arts markets, comedy events and more, find holiday events to pack your seaonal calendar.

Also on the cover Katelyn Sahagian talks to three members of the same Nashua area family who currently have their art on display as part of St. Joseph Hospital’s Healing through the Arts gallery (page 31). Michael Witthaus highlights some concerts to look forward to throughout the month of December (page 48). Matt Ingersoll catches up with the owners of Cafe la Reine and New Hampshire Doughnut Co., who respectively have opened new locations in Manchester (page 38) and Bedford (page 39).

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Money for more broadband Gov. Chris Sununu submitted a letter to the members of the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee on ...
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The Nature Conservancy gets a new director Meet Rachel Rouillard, the new state director of The Nature Conservancy in New ...
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If you are a Celtics fan you wake up this Thanksgiving morning thankful for how the season has started. That’s ...
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Scouting for Food Scouts from the Daniel Webster Council – Boy Scouts of America participated in the recent Scouting for ...
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Big Events November 24, 2022 and beyond Friday, Nov. 25 Shops across the Granite State are participating in Small Business ...
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Your Guide to the 2022 Season of Festive Events Welcome to Hippo’s Holiday Guide — our annual listing of fun ...
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Back to Categories Wobble for a landing This year’s pre-Thanksgiving options The night before Thanksgiving is often called Drinksgiving. It’s ...
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Back to Categories Race through the holidays 5Ks on Thanksgiving and beyond Lace up those sneakers Thursday morning — there ...
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Back to Categories Dickens & Tchaikovsky Get your A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker The classic holiday season productions of ...
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Back to Categories Holiday happenings Twinkling lights, seasonal parades and holiday festivals to set the mood By Katelyn Sahagian [email protected] ...
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Back to Categories Santa Claus is coming… Holiday events for junior Granite Staters, including meeting Santa and Mrs. Claus By ...
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Back to Categories Santa in the Gate City Nashua’s Winter Holiday Stroll returns By Mya Blanchard [email protected] The Winter Holiday ...
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Back to Categories Festive flavors All kinds of holiday fun for foodies From holiday-themed cooking classes and wine tastings to ...
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Back to Categories Decking the halls Holiday arts, crafts, and more across Southern New Hampshire By Katelyn Sahagian [email protected] Holiday ...
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Back to Categories Holiday sounds Symphonies, choral performances and more By Angie Sykeny [email protected] • The Granite State Ringers handbell ...
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Back to Categories ‘Fra-gee-lay!’ See holiday classics at a theater near you Movie theaters will be filled with would-be blockbusters, ...
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Sarah Larson, her mom and aunt talk about their family history as artists By Katelyn Sahagian [email protected] Some things are ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Shop art: Two Villages Art Society (46 Main St. in ...
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Eating from your garden is possible even in December I personally think that the Canadians have the right idea: They ...
Family fun for the weekend Getting crafty • Head to Bookery (844 Elm St. in Manchester; bookerymht.com) on Saturday, Nov ...
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Hello, Donna, Can you help me by telling me what this is? My wife says a wax stamp for envelopes ...
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Painter Ryan Aloise is an independent professional painting contractor and the owner of Painting Perfection, based in Nashua. Explain your ...
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News from the local food scene • Grab a pint: The New Hampshire Brewers Association is once again promoting breweries ...
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Café la Reine opens second spot in Manchester’s North End Nearly a decade after Saint Anselm College alum Alex Horton ...
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NH Doughnut Co. opens in Bedford, expands menu offerings When Amanda Baril opened the first New Hampshire Doughnut Co. on ...
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Alan Frati of Derry is the co-owner and co-founder of Crack’d Kitchen & Coffee (327 S. Broadway, Salem, 212-1511, crackdkitchen.com), ...
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Welcome to eating season! I’m embracing it wholeheartedly with this cookie recipe. Who doesn’t want to bake cookies with cold ...
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There are two great scenes in 1947’s Miracle on 34th Street: “Hey, Lou! How many letters do we have to ...
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Soen, Atlantis (Silver Lining Music) With Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s traditional holiday tour coming soon, our thoughts turn of course not to ...
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Novelist as a Vocation, Haruki Murakami; translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen (Knopf, 224 pages) The career of Haruki ...
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New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor investigate reports of sexual harassment and assault by Harvey Weinstein in ...
Local music news & events • Hail queen: Basking in the glow of a New England Music Award for Country ...
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Step out for a musical December From big stages to small, national touring acts and regional heroes will fill the ...

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Thanksgiving Showdown — 11/17/22

Apple pie or pumpkin pie? Mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes? We tackle some of the tastier debates of Thanksgiving with local livestock farmers, butchers, restaurateurs, chefs and bakers who offer tips and recipes for getting the feast you want.

Also on the cover Hippo gardening columnist Henry Homeyer tells you how to prep terrariums to grow indoors this winter (page 20). Michael Witthaus catches up with Trans-Siberian Orchestra drummer Jeff Plate ahead of their annual holiday show at the SNHU Arena in Manchester (page 38). Longtime television chef Mary Ann Esposito returns with her newest cookbook Ciao Italia: Plant, Harvest, Cook! (page 28).

Like most Americans, I am ready to move beyond the 2022 midterm elections. Votes are still being counted, with the ...
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School projects The State Board of Education has approved a list of 17 New Hampshire school districts seeking funding for ...
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New program for mental illness, substance use disorder WestBridge, a mental illness and substance use disorder treatment service in Manchester, ...
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After a week off to recharge the batteries and give injuries more time to heal, the Patriots begin the second ...
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Lending a helping car In honor of Veterans Day, Progressive Insurance donated two vehicles to support the local veteran community ...
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Big Events November 70, 2022 and beyond Thursday Nov. 17 This week’s Art After Work at the Currier Museum of ...
APPLE PIE VS. PUMPKIN PIE! TURKEY VS. NOT TURKEY! IT’S A FACE-OFF OF THANKSGIVING FAVORITES! What makes up the perfect ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Friends in art: Artists Denise Green and Terri St. Laurent ...
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How to make a wildlife terrarium from your backyard When I was in the third or fourth grade, way back ...
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Hi there, Donna. My name is Jessica, and I happened to catch your section in the Hippo. My father-in-law, who ...
Family fun for the weekend Pancakes, hamsters & more book fun • Early childhood education author Nancy Lessard Downing will ...
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Bike tour coordinator Diane Kolifrath is the owner of Great American Bike Tours, a bike touring company based in Raymond ...
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News from the local food scene • Giving thanks: Depending on when you’re reading this, there may still be time ...
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Television chef Mary Ann Esposito presents new cookbook Chef and University of New Hampshire graduate Mary Ann Esposito isn’t just ...
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Meet the cooking, singing and dancing Calamari Sisters Celebrities of Brooklyn, New York’s public access circuit, the duo performing as ...
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Lauren Collins-Cline of Bedford is the owner of Slightly Crooked Pies (slightlycrookedpies.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @slightlycrookedpies), offering home-baked ...
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Applesauce is one of my favorite easily made dishes. On a weekend afternoon, the smell of simmering apples adds warmth ...
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How to pair red wines with the Thanksgiving feast Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, a gathering of friends and family ...
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Enuff Z’Nuff, Finer Than Sin (Frontiers Music) Early holiday present for me; new albums from long-irrelevant (at least in the ...
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Mad Honey, by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, 450 pages The new novel by Jodi Picoult, co-written with ...
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) Marvel says goodbye to Chadwick Boseman, his T’Challa and his version of Black Panther while ...
Sassy girls in olden times edition Rosaline (PG-13) Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced. Before there was Romeo and Juliet, there was ...
Local music news & events • Listen & learn: Given the recent focus on her career and a summer return ...
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s big show returns Few acts usher in the holiday season quite like Trans-Siberian Orchestra, with its Christmas cocktail ...

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