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Written by Matt Kanner
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
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When cargo ships arrive in Portsmouth from all parts of the globe, the sailors can stand on deck and watch people stroll by on Market Street, or gaze at the brick buildings in downtown Portsmouth, but they can’t step foot on shore. Seafarer’s Friend is their only link to the local community.
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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adventures in social media, community, and instant information
The data cloud has dropped to street level, the barrier between the real and virtual worlds
has fallen, and the billion computer screens that once served as
discrete windows onto the Internet have calved and splintered. Six essays illustrate the changes taking place around us
every day, part of this ever-fascinating, ever-accelerating, and often
confounding historical transformation in which we find ourselves
unexpectedly taking part.
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Written by Matt Kanner
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
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The Seacoast is a horror hub, teeming with writers, artists and publishers of ghastly books, comics and anthologies.
It seems our love for zombies and ghouls knows no bounds. A resurgence of horror fiction—including some new local productions—proves that the undead have a special place in our cold New England hearts.
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Written by Matt Kanner
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
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As the N.H. Big Read celebrates “To Kill a Mockingbird” this March, community discussions focus on the Atticus Finches of our modern justice system. Though defending violent and unrepentant criminals can make them wildly unpopular, “The only one there to ensure that the government plays by its own rules is the defense attorney," says Lincoln Soldati.
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
The Seacoast’s theater scene is thriving—despite, or maybe because of, the economy. But while audiences have swelled, funding is plummeting. So what happens next?
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
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Stuck in a cold-snap and desperate to replenish our will to live, we’ve collected the best suggestions for making it through what’s truly the longest, darkest month of the year. There’s plenty of action, as long as you have a snowsuit and a sense of adventure (or, if you show up at the right events, maybe one will be provided for you).
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 |
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As the RPM Challenge turns five, longtime RPM participants describe how the month-long creative event has affected their music and lives—new bands, new fans and a new outlook.
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 |
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poet and activist Nikki Giovanni will headline multi-day MLK celebration, "Art as Struggle and Exultation"
Now a distinguished professor at Virginia Tech, Nikki Giovanni says she
believes humankind has made significant progress toward reaching King’s
vision for a just world, but there’s still a long way to go.
That work involves more than addressing race issues, alone.
Freedom is a planetary pursuit, one that applies to all people, not
just blacks and minorities. “Sometimes people forget that segregation
was hard on white people, too, because you had to remember to be
white,” she says.
The University of New Hampshire’s 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration begins with an art exhibit that opens Jan. 28 and ending with poet and activist Nikki Giovanni’s commemorative address on Feb. 4. All events are free and open to the public.
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Written by Matt Kanner
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Saturday, 23 January 2010 |
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When Mark Anastas was growing up in the 1970s and early ’80s, only a
handful of dedicated surfers frequented the waves off Long Sands Beach
in York, Maine. That has changed. Anastas estimates the area attracts
15 times as many surfers today as it did a couple of decades ago.
“There’s more surfers now than there ever has been,” said Anastas, who owns Liquid Dreams Surf Shop in York and Ogunquit.
As a York Beach business owner and surfer, Anastas keeps a close eye on
issues that affect the beach, including one recent proposal to significantly expand the beach’s surfing
zone, and another to dump hundreds of thousands of
cubic yards of dredged sand from the Piscataqua River off York’s coast.
Anastas is among those who want to know if the town is prepared to keep beachgoers happy.
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Written by Hilary Niles
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Friday, 08 January 2010 |
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a look at proposed legislation in New Hampshire in 2010
It was a landmark year for New Hampshire government in 2009—not only for the size of the budget deficit ($250 million) and the number of state layoffs it induced (200), but also for legislative action on some controversial social issues, like gay marriage, the death penalty and medical marijuana.
Gay marriage was the only clear winner among these debates, as the Legislature’s spring vote to legalize same-sex marriage took effect Jan. 1. The death penalty was nearly outlawed and remains under scrutiny by a special study commission. And Granite State legislators narrowly approved a statewide medical marijuana program—only to have it vetoed by Gov. John Lynch.
But these scores are far from settled, as evidenced in the new round of bills up for debate in Concord’s 2010 legislative session, which officially kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Both the House and Senate will meet every Wednesday until June, and they’ll be busy. So far, 819 bills have been proposed to create, repeal or otherwise change New Hampshire’s laws.
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Tuesday, 29 December 2009 |
2009’s for suckers. Ring in 2010 with a slew of local events! For those last-minute planners who still haven’t decided how to celebrate the countdown to the New Year, The Wire has compiled a list of 12 riveting entertainment options.
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Written by Nathan Groth
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Thursday, 24 December 2009 |
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Part Three: The leaders and the people
It’s not every day that a Seacoast resident travels to North Korea. In fact, it’s remarkably rare for any U.S. citizen to visit this eastern Asian nation. The socialist country’s nuclear ambitions have had American officials on edge for years, and sour relations between our two countries stretch back at least to the 1950s. U.S. envoy Stephen W. Bosworth’s brief trip to North Korea in early December marked the first visit by a high-level American official in more than a year.
When Seacoast resident Nathan Groth took a five-day guided tour of North Korea in October, however, he wasn’t there to discuss foreign relations with the government. Groth, who had previously visited nations like Iran and Cuba, traveled to North Korea to observe a culture and geography largely sealed from American eyes. The places and events he witnessed were at times awe-inspiring and at others disturbing, but always fascinating and educational.
Groth chronicled some of his experiences for The Wire. Click here for a full slideshow.
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Written by Matt Kanner
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 |
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composting programs are piling up on the Seacoast
The Seacoast doesn't have curbside composting yet, but a growing number of restaurants and businesses have
begun sending their waste back to the farm. In its first week of business this fall, EcoMovement—one of several new companies offering hauling services—recaptured nearly a ton waste from just four businesses, while restaurants like Beach Pea Baking Co. are diverting 90 percent of their waste from the landfill and slowing global warming. Find out why brown is so very green.
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Written by Chloe Johnson
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 |
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upcoming festivals carry on seasonal traditions
Dedicated volunteers are organizing festive celebrations around the Seacoast to build community cheer and charity fundraisers. It's like a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past, since scenes like these
turn back time to New England holidays before the era of Cyber Monday.
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Written by Matt Kanner
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Wednesday, 30 September 2009 |
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An upcoming vote on a contentious union contract will determine the
fate of thousands of state workers—and the services they provide.
The State Employees Association of New Hampshire represents about
10,000 state workers. They provide medical services, environmental
protections, prison security, highway maintenance, information
technology, employment security and a variety of other critical
functions.
But the SEA has not yet reached a contract agreement with the state for
the 2010-2011 biennium, which began on July 1. Both state employees and
politicians are anxious about the results of an upcoming vote on a
contentious proposal that will decide their fate.
The SEA sent out ballots to its 6,700 union members on Sept. 24, along
with copies of the proposed contract. If they reject the proposal, Gov.
John Lynch will move forward with a plan to lay off 750 state workers.
If they approve it, they will be forced to take 19 unpaid furlough days
over the course of the next two years—and many of them still might lose
their jobs.
The SEA’s bargaining senate has recommended rejecting the contract. But
the decision is now in the hands of thousands of individual workers,
many of whom already struggle to feed their families and are afraid of
losing their jobs. They must cast their votes by Monday, Oct. 12.
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009 |
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new tattoo shops advance an age-old art
Eighteen-year-old
Josh Prinopoulos winces and leans back in his chair as tattoo artist
Nick Filth colors in the full sleeve image on his inner forearm. It’s
the Somersworth resident’s first tattoo, an elaborate Asian design that
wraps around his right shoulder and down his arm to the wrist. The
dreadlocked teen already has a nose ring in his right nostril and
stretched earlobe piercings in both ears, but he is new to the art of
tattooing. It’s taken four separate sessions at Iron Works Tattoo to
get this far, and Filth says at least three more sessions will follow.
“You might get some tears,” Prinopoulos jokes as the fourth and most
painful session begins. But he and Filth chat casually throughout most
of the process, even as Filth wipes smears of blood from his client’s
arm. The atmosphere is like that of an old-time barbershop, except
instead of cutting hair, the barber drags a motorized needle across his
customer’s flesh.
People getting their first tattoos generally fall into one of two
camps, says Filth, who has been working at Iron Works since it opened
in downtown Portsmouth in May. Either they want an image with deep,
symbolic, personal meaning, or they just want cool looking artwork.
Prinopoulos belongs to the latter category.
“I’ve always been into the whole Asian style of tattooing. It’s just so sick,” he says. “I just love the images. It’s awesome.”
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Written by Larry Clow
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Friday, 28 August 2009 |
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fantasy gamers unite for fun and camaraderie around the Seacoast
On
a sticky, humid Friday night at Elite Hobbies in Dover, two five-man
squads of Death Copters and a horde of orks are moving into position
behind a blasted, crumbling miniature building. They’re not alone. A
few blocks away, three trucks idle full of even more orks, waiting for
something to attack. Caught in the middle of this ork invasion is a
squad of daemonhunters, vastly outnumbered, out-gunned, and minutes
away from being reduced to a greasy stain on the pavement.
Commanding the army of daemonhunters is 16-year-old Will Chapman
of Rye. A few minutes into the battle, Chapman’s soldiers destroy a
truck full of orks—but thanks to the fickle hand of fate and some
unlucky dice rolls, the orks in the truck make it out unscathed.
Meanwhile, the generals of the other two ork hordes, Mark Seamon, 23,
of Dover, and Rabbit, a 22-year-old on vacation from California, pull
out their tape measures and rulebooks and start plotting a
counterattack.
“(Will’s) army is geared toward fighting demons,” says Jonathan,
a 23-year-old from Manchester who frequents Elite Hobbies on Friday
nights. His prognosis for Will’s survival is grim. “And he’s not
fighting demons. He can’t win. But he can disrupt.”
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Written by Chloe Johnson
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Saturday, 22 August 2009 |
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the influential art colony of Ogunquit on display in Portland and Portsmouth
“Road to Ogunquit,” a painting by Clarence Chatterton, looks and
feels like the shortening days of summer in a New England coastal town.
There’s a row of colonial style houses and an abandoned white rowboat
along a dirt road. The light is still warm, but the long shadows are
turning blue.
“You immediately understand it’s August 25,” said Thomas
Denenberg, chief curator at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. He
spoke about the museum’s current exhibit, “Call of the Coast: Art
Colonies of New England,” during a recent visit to the Ogunquit Museum
of American Art.
The painting by Chatterton, dating back to 1940, graces the
cover of a book accompanying the exhibit, which runs through Oct. 12.
Images from New England art colonies, such as this one, define what the
quintessential American coast looks like in our minds, Denenberg says.
“The coast of New England really becomes the coast of America,”
he said. “That’s really the American landscape as it’s understood in
our imaginations.”
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Friday, 14 August 2009 |
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The last year of the 1960s saw many historic developments. Richard
Nixon became president of the United States and quickly expanded the
Vietnam War with secret attacks on Cambodia and Laos. The Apollo 11
landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong became the first human to set
foot on its surface. And, of course, there was Woodstock.
The four-day music festival from Aug. 15 to 18, 1969, included
more than 30 of the world’s biggest bands and brought some 500,000
attendees to the small town of Bethel, N.Y. It was the culmination of
the hippie movement that swept the nation during the latter half of the
’60s, a peaceful demonstration of young people fed up with war, greed
and governmental deceit.
Part of the reason Woodstock remains a cultural beacon 40 years
later is the music. There was Jimi Hendrix; Janis Joplin; Santana; Joe
Cocker; The Who; the Grateful Dead; Creedence Clearwater Revival;
Jefferson Airplane; Joan Baez; Arlo Guthrie; Richie Havens; Sly &
the Family Stone; Country Joe McDonald; Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young; The Band; and many others.
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Written by Matt Kanner
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Friday, 07 August 2009 |
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N.H. Eat Local Month promotes fresh food in August
It
should come as no great surprise that the eat local movement has grown
exponentially over the past few years. People are becoming more
conscientious about what they eat, and that means knowing where their
food comes from. Local food is fresher and usually tastes better than
the stuff you get at grocery chains, and the farmers who produce it are
your neighbors, so there’s a bit more accountability.
What’s more, consuming locally produced foods is better for the
environment and the local economy. By getting food from nearby farms,
you cut back on harmful emissions associated with transporting
truckloads of food from all corners of the country. And purchasing from
local, independent outlets keeps more money circulating through the
local economy. All in all, a pretty good bang for your buck.
Last year, the inaugural N.H. Eat Local Week took place with
special dinners and events during the first week of August. Like the
eat local movement itself, this celebration has expanded significantly
in 2009. Gov. John Lynch has declared August N.H. Eat Local Month.
Lynch, his wife Susan and Agriculture Commissioner Lorraine Merrill
joined farmers and shoppers at the Concord Farmers’ Market on the
morning of Aug. 1 to officially kick off the festivities.
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Thursday, 30 July 2009 |
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a guide to Seacoast mini golf
Golf is hard. And
expensive. And there’s usually a dress code. Not the case with
miniature golf. On the contrary, mini golf requires little money and
even less skill. You don’t have to bring your own clubs, and you
usually get to choose your ball color. Goofy pants are optional.
There are a number of mini golf courses on the Seacoast with
various themes and levels of difficulty. In two marathon sessions, we
visited all five courses in this area and assessed them based on a
number of factors, including difficulty, creativity, ambiance, price
and strength of theme.
While none of the courses around here are quite as wild as that
one in “Happy Gilmour” with the taunting clown, they’re still good fun
for families and friends of all ages. Like other mini sports, such as
ping pong, foosball and air hockey, it’s a near injury-proof activity
that requires little energy. And yet, it can still be highly
competitive.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009 |
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Nitrogen pollution is killing eelgrass and threatening aquatic life in Great Bay, and environmental groups are taking action.
In 1972, under increasing pressure to protect the nation’s vital
waters, the federal government passed the Clean Water Act. Section
303(d) of that statute requires states to develop lists of “impaired
waters.” These are waters in which existing regulations are not
stringent enough to maintain water quality standards.
The N.H. Department of Environmental Services has identified the Great
Bay Estuary as impaired, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
is expected to approve that designation within the next couple of weeks.
“We’re still in the about-to-do-that category, but it’s kind of a given
that that’s going to be the result,” says Paul Currier of the DES.
“We’re under the gun, so it’s going to be shortly.”
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Written by Chloe Johnson
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Friday, 10 July 2009 |
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yard sales offer good deals in a bad economy
Like literal signs of spring, hand-drawn yard sale posters appear around the Seacoast in warm weather.
We meet our neighbors and handle the discarded contents of their
lives, exposed to the sunlight and priced cheap. We pass by the toys
their children outgrew and the furniture their loved ones left them. We
look curiously at the “as seen on TV” gadgets, the record collections
and Atari games, and take home a used book.
People always have yard sales in the summer, but this year the
motivation may be different. “More out of necessity,” said Brian
Gottlob, principal of PolEcon Research in Dover.
After a rainy week, the weather on the first Sunday of July was
ideal for yard sales. Some people advertised in advance in newspapers
and online, while others acted spontaneously, like Michelle Mayo and
Lynette Nicholas in Portsmouth.
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Written by Karen Marzloff
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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A new N.H. Seafood brand will help residents purchase local fish. Can it help preserve our local fishing industry?
Travel
anywhere on the Seacoast and you’ll see fishing boats along the shore.
But where to eat their fresh fish? Good luck with that. About 11
million pounds of fish, including just over 3 million pounds of fin
fish, landed on the New Hampshire coast last year, and nearly all of it
left the state after being unloaded on the pier.
Like most of us, I didn’t have a clue that our fish are heading
down the interstate. But for those who’ve been watching the industry
consolidate over the last 30 years, it’s like standing by while trucks
full of money disappear down the road. And seeing 400 years of
tradition being sold to out-of-staters. And, for some reason, saying
“no, thanks” to an affordable supply of fresh healthy food, only to buy
it back a few days later and older, at a higher price.
The math doesn’t make sense to a small group of people who have
been meeting at Portsmouth City Hall since October working to turn the
tide. This week, they’ll launch “NH Seafood Fresh and Local,” a new
brand intended to help consumers identify locally landed seafood,
species that are both fresh and managed to sustainability.
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 |
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as Congress debates Obama's health plan, the fight for reform spills into New Hampshire
To
explain the dauntingly massive, multi-faceted, all-encompassing reach
of the U.S. health care system, Everett Page pointed to the term
“reification.” It means regarding something abstract as a physical,
material thing. Health care, he said, is a living, breathing organism,
a giant anthropomorphous creature that crawls across the nation,
constantly consuming and growing and swelling. Picture an overweight
komodo dragon towering over the country, flicking its forked tongue and
getting bigger every second. That’s health care.
Page is the former CEO of Matthew Thornton Health Plan, a
Manchester-based health insurance company. His experience gives him a
unique perspective on one of the most vilified aspects of the health
care system. And, indeed, Page characterized insurers as a crew with
precious little compassion for families struggling with high premiums
and health care costs. “Frankly, Scarlet, we don’t give a damn,” he
said.
But Page said there’s no point blaming health insurers for the
myriad problems associated with a system that has left at least 45
million Americans without coverage. Insurance companies are not solely
responsible for driving up prices and leaving millions uncovered, he
said.
“We can beat on insurers all we want,” Page said. “The rate of growth
is coming from an aging population and what’s happening within the
health care system.”
Speaking to a group assembled at the Hobbs House for a health
care forum hosted by the Hampton Town Democratic Committee, Page said
reform must come from medical providers—not insurers. Like other expert
panelists at the forum, Page agreed that reform is sorely needed, but
he is skeptical of President Barack Obama’s proposal to offer a public
plan option. The president hopes to sign a bill by October, but taming
the aforementioned health care beast by then may prove an unrealistic
goal.
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 |
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the darker side of summer; or, reasons to stay inside
At
the onset of summer in 2007, The Wire issued a stern warning to readers
about the various perils of the great outdoors. We warned of ticks
carrying Lyme disease, mosquitoes transmitting EEE, timber rattle
snakes, black bears, mako sharks and even brown recluse spiders.
We did not run a guide to summer dangers last year, but watched
in horror as a menacing giant red ant conquered Market Square in
Portsmouth. A local hero’s efforts to decapitate the ant were foiled
when it simply grew a new one, also sprouting spikes on its back to
discourage future acts of bravado.
There have been no giant insect sightings so far this year. But
there have been numerous incidents of other terrible bad summer
dangers, a few of which are outlined here. We generally try to avoid
pontificating at The Wire or telling anyone how to live their lives,
but trust us on this one: Don’t go outside. It’s dangerous out there.
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 |
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Double-A Fisher Cats and Sea Dogs offer baseball at its purest
The
sharp crack of wood against packed leather reverberated through Hadlock
Field in Portland, Maine, as New Hampshire Fisher Cats second baseman
Bradley Emaus smacked a foul ball into the leftfield stands.
“I love that sound,” remarked a fan in one of the stadium’s
7,368 seats, on hand to see the Cats take on their division rival
Portland Sea Dogs.
As right-handed pitcher Jarod Plummer gazed in toward home
plate, leadoff hitter Adam Calderone took a few steps off first base.
Calderone had reached when Plummer hit him with a pitch to open the
game, and now he was looking to swipe second. When Plummer wound up to
deliver his next pitch, Calderone dug his cleats into the dirt and took
off, sliding in safely beneath the tag.
Emaus then lofted a fly ball toward the gap in right field. Sea
Dogs fans cringed, thinking it would fall in for a hit and score
Calderone for the game’s first run. But right fielder Reid Engel made a
graceful sliding catch that sent Calderone scampering back to second
base. The next batter grounded out, advancing Calderone to third, and a
subsequent walk put runners on the corners. But Plummer hunkered down
and induced an inning-ending grounder to escape the top of the first
unscathed.
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Wednesday, 03 June 2009 |
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community art project leads Rochester in new direction
“The
Shoes of Rochester” not only celebrates the city’s significant mill
history, but also paves the way for a future in which Rochester is
recognized for its talented artists.
The community art exhibit is the first project by Art Esprit, a
group of about 40 visual and literary artists who have been planning it
for more than a year. Together, they created and decorated 11
over-sized, sculptural shoes, which will double as planters and
beautify the downtown area. The shoe styles include a Zodiac brand
western-style boot, of a variety once produced in one of five Rochester
shoe mills.
From the early 1700s to the mid 1900s, Rochester had a long
history in shoe manufacturing. As factories moved overseas, the
shoemaking industry disappeared, but the history and many of the
workers’ families still live in the city.
The sculptures will be revealed in their various locations around the
city at a kickoff event on Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
shoes are arranged in a walking tour, with signs for each one that
include a poem relating to it. Brochures with a map can be found online
or at many area businesses. “The Shoes of Rochester” will be in place
until Sept. 26.
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Thursday, 28 May 2009 |
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Seacoast revelers have plenty of chances to celebrate summer
Temperatures
have finally snapped the 90-degree mark, and the sultry weather brings
thousands of visitors to the Seacoast to absorb the cool ocean breezes
that massage the beaches and docks. Residents and tourists alike can
find plenty of outdoor gatherings over the next few months, celebrating
the area’s diverse foods, art, music and history. Summer is festival
season on the Seacoast, and there are well over 20 to choose from this
year. What follows is The Wire’s annual summer festival guide.
Prescott Park Arts Festival
begins June 6
Portsmouth’s summer-long attraction in
Prescott Park kicks off with the 25th annual WOKQ Chowder Festival on
Saturday, June 6. When the gates open at 11 a.m., thousands of
residents will flood the waterfront park and sample fresh chowders from
a record number of area restaurants. Judges from Taste of the Seacoast
magazine and local food critic Rachel Forrest will award the finest
selections.
And with that, the 35th annual Prescott Park
Arts Festival gets underway. Ben Anderson, entering just his second
year as the festival’s executive director, has announced some
intriguing developments for 2009, including an impressive array of
local and national musical acts. The Wednesday night concert series
begins on July 1 with a set from songwriting legend Tom Rush, and the
series will feature other sets from David Francey (July 8), Richie
Havens (July 29), Jonathan Edwards (Aug. 12) and others.
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Thursday, 21 May 2009 |
Terminator Salvation (May 22)
director: McG
stars: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington
The previous Terminator films have all famously involved a very simple
formula—killer robots sent back in time to knock off that pesky Connor
kid who would eventually overthrow the oppressive machine regime of
their post-apocalyptic future. This brutal, war-torn vision of a
technological wasteland yet-to-come was memorably, if briefly, teased
in occasional flashback forwards (or was it flash forward backs?
Forward flashbacks? Backward flash forwards?). After three features and
a spiraling TV series, it took the director of “Charlie’s Angels” to
finally take us into the future. Set in the desperate years after the
brainbots of Skynet unloaded our own nuclear arsenal on us (making the
story both a sequel and a prequel), we find a hardened, embittered John
Connor (Christian Bale) at the center of the machines’ escalating
conspiracy to harvest human flesh to perfect their own designs, and, in
a fabulously recursive paradoxical loop, embarking on a mission against
insurmountable odds to rescue the very man he would later send back in
time to become his own father.
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
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Green Commute Week, Bike/Walk to Work Day, and the Seacoast Bike Tour bring attention to our increasingly bike-friendly state
In
1971, Belgian cyclist Gustave Van Cauwenberghe founded Gus’
International Bicycle Shop in North Hampton. Twenty-eight years and two
owners later, the shop still does good business on Lafayette Road.
According to current owner Jeff Latimer, who took over the store in
December, many shoppers are now buying bicycles as part of a general
shift in their lifestyles.
“They’re not coming in for expensive road bikes, they’re just
looking to get started,” Latimer said. “It’s being done in tandem with
a lifestyle change.”
Seacoast residents are looking to lose weight and get healthier,
Latimer said, while also being environmentally conscious. That means
more and more people are commuting to work on bicycles instead of in
cars, getting exercise while saving money on fuel and keeping harmful
emissions out of the air.
“It’s great to see people making a commitment to make a change for the better in their lives,” Latimer said.
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Wednesday, 06 May 2009 |
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a weekend of festivals and open studios in New Hampshire
The second weekend in May is filled with opportunities to see and support the arts on the greater Seacoast.
On Friday, May 8, ArtsFest combines an eclectic mix of theater,
dance and music performances in one show at the Rochester Opera House.
On Saturday, May 9, another creative collaboration makes up the second
annual Arts Festival at One Washington Center in Dover. That same day,
artists at the Salmon Falls Mill in Rollinsford will open their studios
and offer other entertainment to visitors.
ArtsFest Showcase is an innovative performance that includes
hip-hop, reggae, Broadway, African drumming, visual arts, modern dance,
comedy skits and more. “It’s so entertaining that everyone’s going to
like it,” said artistic director Erin Lovett Sherman.
The artists featured this year are Mango Groove Steel Band,
reggae group Revelation, Arts Rochester Dance Ensemble, Franklin
Footlight Theatre Company, visual artist Katy LeMay, and the ArtsFest
Dance and Performing Arts Company and Percussion Ensemble. Guest
musician Kiernan McMullen also appears at the show as part of his
national tour.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 |
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churches new and old vie for members as New Hampshire’s social atmosphere changes
People
of all ages milled about the lobby of Newington’s Regal Cinemas at 9:30
a.m. on a recent Sunday, sipping coffee, munching doughnuts and
chatting amiably. Some guests were in their 20s and arrived with
friends, while others were whole families with parents and children.
Some wore T-shirts that said “No Perfect People Allowed.” Rock music
blasted through the sound system as a couple of hundred guests filed
into one of the theaters and took their seats. The atmosphere of
anticipation seemed more typical of a rock concert than a church
service.
And indeed, a six-piece rock band soon took the stage beneath
the movie screen. The band leader, who played acoustic guitar and sang,
instructed audience members to rise to their feet and sing along as the
group energetically rolled through three songs, the lyrics scrolling
across the screen.
But this was not a concert or a movie—it was a gathering of Next
Level Church. When the band finished its set, pastor Joshua Gagnon
bounded up to the stage in a pair of jeans and a black T-shirt. After
an enthusiastic introduction, during which he expressed amazement at
the church’s rapid growth and informed audience members that they can
sign up for NLC updates on their cell phones, he dived into a fiery
sermon focused on Christians who practice “phony faith.”
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Friday, 24 April 2009 |
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Pontine Theatre marks 100th anniversary of author Sarah Orne Jewett’s death with ‘Dunnet Landing Stories’
Downtown
South Berwick does not look terribly different today than it did 150
years ago. A framed photograph hanging in the Sarah Orne Jewett House
museum shows the town square as it appeared in 1870, and other than a
group of cows clogging the dirt road, the landscape hasn’t changed
much. Many of the wood buildings that surrounded the intersection of
Main and Portland streets are still standing, lending this southern
Maine community on the New Hampshire border enduring charm.
The house, constructed in 1774 by a wealthy sea merchant named
Tilly Haggens, is also remarkably unchanged. Sarah Orne Jewett was born
in this luxuriant Georgian home in 1849 and lived there, on and off,
until her death in 1909—exactly a century ago. Jewett’s second-story
bedroom is just as she left it, with various trinkets and pictures on
the fireplace mantle, her reading glasses hanging from a wood-framed
mirror. Not far from her bedroom door, an old writing desk sits beside
a sunny window that overlooks the square. It was here that Jewett
penned some of the locally set novels that earned her a permanent place
in the nation’s literary canon.
Pontine Theatre is commemorating the 100th anniversary of
Jewett’s death with an original stage adaptation of the “Dunnet Landing
Stories,” which represent some of the famed local author’s final works.
The two-person ensemble of Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers, along
with an arsenal of handcrafted puppets, will offer performances at West
End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth beginning on Friday, April 24. Five
stories will come to life with the integration of two live actors,
intricate puppets and other homemade props.
Mathews and Gathers are already well acquainted with Jewett’s
work. The pair adapted her 1896 masterpiece “The Country of the Pointed
Firs” for the stage in 1994, and it has remained part of their touring
repertoire.
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Thursday, 16 April 2009 |
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second annual Record Store Day arrives amid growing vinyl resurgence
Polyvinyl
chloride records nearly fizzled out of existence in the 1980s and ’90s.
Compact discs, with their conveniently portable size and polished
sound, became the preferred package for recorded music. But vinyl has
experienced a steady resurgence in recent years, as more and more
collectors dust off old record players and drop the needle down to the
sweet sound of amplified crackles and pops.
Local collectors attribute the vinyl resurgence to a variety of
factors. For one thing, the album art is much bigger on a record sleeve
than on a CD case. “It’s more of a piece of art at that size. It’s like
the difference between a painting and a postcard,” said Alden Ulery,
manager of the Loaf & Ladle in Portsmouth.
Others point to the general vogue of vintage items in American
culture. “The technology has gotten so far, people just kind of want to
revert back and be nostalgic,” said Michael Bray, manager of Bull Moose
in Portsmouth.
Still others insist that the purity of the vinyl sound exceeds
all other forms of recording. “There’s nothing that sounds like vinyl,
really. It has a much warmer sound,” said Bruce Pingree, manager of The
Press Room.
But Pingree, who never stopped collecting records during decades
of near fanatical music listening, doesn’t pretend to fully understand
what spurs a new trend—or revives an old one. “Who knows. Why do fads
happen?” he said.
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 |
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2009 RPM Challenge participants step forward to host global listening parties
Every
month or so, multi-instrumentalist Taylor Weston clears out all the
furniture from his living room in Seattle and hosts a concert for area
artists. Weston lives with the three other members of his metal band,
Gladiators Eat Fire. Their spacious living room has capacity for up to
60 people, and they have hosted as many as four bands on a single
night, sometimes expanding their jams to the rooftop or the backyard.
“We’ve had bands all the way from England,” Weston said.
On Saturday, March 28, Weston will host a different kind of
musical house party in the Emerald City. His home will serve as one of
at least 16 venues for RPM Challenge listening parties taking place
around North America and beyond.
For Weston, who completed a CD under the endearing band name
B!tch McGrueger and the Sunshine Stallions, the listening party offers
an opportunity to mingle with other RPM participants and, perhaps,
learn a few tricks of the recording trade.
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 |
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UNH researchers seek regional, renewable solutions
In
the state-of-the-art Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory on the
University of New Hampshire’s Durham campus, students and researchers
test their designs in huge tanks of water with simulated waves and
currents.
They are mindful of all the ways an experiment could go wrong, because outside, they don’t have that kind of control.
A team of engineering students and professors recently tested a
tide turbine in the Great Bay estuary. They moored off the old General
Sullivan Bridge between Newington and Dover, led by Martin Wosnik, an
assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
Wosnik said the turbine had to be lowered from a 35-foot
floating platform in just the right place and time. There’s a limited
area, between the water’s width and depth, where the current is fast
enough to properly spin the turbine while remaining outside of the lane
of marine travel. There were only about 10 minutes to catch the slack
water from the incoming tide.
If something were to go wrong, it would happen “quickly and
badly,” Wosnik said. But professor Ken Baldwin, director of the Center
for Ocean Engineering, who watched from the bridge above, said it
looked as though nothing at all was happening.
“It may not look treacherous from shore, but it’s quite dangerous,”
said Wosnik. He said the platform was struck by an “iceberg” during the
February test (really just a floating layer of ice) and one of the crew
members was humming the theme song from the “Titanic” movie.
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Friday, 13 March 2009 |
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Kittery’s Buoy offers alternative space for experimental music and art
Nat
Baldwin played a dangerous set. Standing alone with his double-bass, he
lurched from his written material, to guttural free jazz. The rhythm to
“Enter the Light Out” was askew; the bow against his strings sounded
raw. The half-hour or so set was searching at worst and exhilarating at
best. And the audience, rapt as they sat on the floor or leaned against
the dark walls, worked with him the whole way.
Baldwin had already played at Buoy, in downtown Kittery, Maine,
several times. And that night, Feb. 7, he was also responsible for
roping in the night’s headliner: the Dirty Projectors, a Brooklyn band
still soaking up acclaim for its 2007 album, “Rise Above.” Baldwin, who
has recorded and toured with the band members, brought them to Buoy for
rehearsals. But while they had the full lineup in attendance, front man
Dave Longstreth opted for a low-key performance. He took the stage,
which is really just the corner of the room where bands tend to play,
with two other singers and a guitar. Amber Coffman and Angel
Deradoorian joined Longstreth in high, heart-tripping harmony vocals.
Aside from the applause, the crowd didn’t make a sound.
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Friday, 06 March 2009 |
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Seacoast bowling alleys offer inexpensive entertainment for all ages
There
are few sounds more satisfying than a 12-pound ball colliding with a
set of wooden pins and scattering them off the floor and walls. The
savory clatter echoes down the lane and through the entire alley,
overlapping with the noise of other collisions and contributing to the
general din of strikes, spares and gutters. The sonic texture is
strangely soothing to the ear. It’s the sound of people setting aside
their assorted quandaries and having fun despite it all. It’s the
unmistakable sound of bowling.
The number of bowling alleys on the Seacoast has shrunk slightly
in recent years, with Bowl USA vanishing from Newington more than a
year ago. But other alleys in the area have adapted to the times,
finding new ways to draw people to an age-old sport. Even with the
economy in shambles, some alleys report that business has remained
relatively steady, as people of all ages seek inexpensive forms of
entertainment.
“Bowling’s been pretty resilient,” said Nicholas Genimatas,
co-owner of Bowl-O-Rama on Lafayette Road in Portsmouth. Where else, he
wondered aloud, can you find an elderly woman and her 4-year-old
grandson actively engaging in a physical sport together? “It’s one of
those things that everybody can do,” he said.
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 |
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with alcohol driving local crime, police, legislators and bar owners seek fair and effective policies
On
a Saturday evening in late December, a car hit a female pedestrian at
the intersection of Market and Bow streets in downtown Portsmouth,
outside Fat Belly’s Bar and Grill. Emergency personnel rushed the
victim to the hospital with serious leg injuries. According to police,
she is still in a wheelchair.
About a month later, authorities responded to The Page on
Hanover Street after receiving a report of an unresponsive woman in the
bar. That woman was only 19 years old and had to go to a hopsital
emergency room to get her stomach pumped.
Both cases led to arrests. The 27-year-old driver who struck the woman
outside Fat Belly’s faces felony charges of driving under the
influence, reckless conduct and vehicular assault. The 19-year-old
patron of The Page faces one count of unlawful possession of alcohol.
But they’re not the only ones facing charges. Almost two months
after the Fat Belly’s crash, on Feb. 15, police arrested a bartender at
Fat Belly’s and charged him with prohibited sales of alcohol, a class A
misdemeanor. According to police, the bartender had served the driver
beer, “even though he was obviously intoxicated.” On Feb. 3, police
arrested a bartender at The Page for allegedly serving alcohol to the
19-year-old.
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Thursday, 19 February 2009 |
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area collaborations bring the arts to uncustomary venues
An
upcoming event at The Red Door in Portsmouth will stir booze,
superheroes, comedy and literature into one potent cocktail of
entertainment. As part of a new reading series co-sponsored by RiverRun
Bookstore, the State Street bar will present humorist G. Xavier
Robillard, author of the new superhero satire “Captain Freedom,” on
Tuesday, Feb. 24.
It’s not every day that a Port City bar
hosts an author reading, but RiverRun events coordinator Michele
Filgate hopes it will be “the perfect mix of booze and books.” Filgate
modeled the idea after a similar literary series in Massachusetts
called Four Stories. She attended a recent installment of the series at
a martini bar in Boston.
“I was sitting there and I
thought, ‘Why can’t we do something like this on a smaller scale in
Portsmouth?” Filgate said. She later approached Red Door manager Cresta
Smith about hosting the series, and a new arts partnership was born.
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Friday, 13 February 2009 |
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UNH commemoration examines whether prisons are obsolete
Late
last month, police in Manchester arrested a 43-year-old man for
allegedly stealing a number of unattended purses, wallets, checkbooks
and credit cards from several homes and businesses. A brief article
about the arrest posted on the Union Leader’s Web site spurred a short
chain of comments from readers.
“And it’s one, two, three strikes he’s out!” wrote Rob, of Manchester.
“Lock him up and throw away the key!” added Jim, also of Manchester.
According
to Cesar Rebellon, a professor of sociology at the University of New
Hampshire, these sorts of reactions are prevalent. When a person is
convicted of a crime—or, in this case, simply charged with a crime—the
public’s first impulse is to throw the defendant behind bars for as
long as possible. The common perception is that the threat of enhanced
penalties and longer sentences will deter potential criminals and keep
society safe.
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Thursday, 05 February 2009 |
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a glimpse into the music scenes at RPM communities around North America
February
has arrived, and close to 2,000 musicians around the globe are now
holed up like hobbits in their bedrooms, basements, attics,
garages—wherever they managed to clear out some space for a makeshift
studio—recording new albums for the 2009 RPM Challenge. Although their
methods may vary wildly, each band’s ultimate goal is the same: to
write and record 10 songs or 35 minutes of original music by March 1.
The Seacoast marked the fourth annual challenge with a kickoff
party at The Press Room in Portsmouth on the evening of Jan. 31. By the
end of the next day, around 2,000 artists had signed up to participate
in Record Production Month.
This year, The Wire encouraged other alternative news and
culture publications around North America to promote the challenge in
their communities. Regional hubs were established with East Bay Express
in Oakland/Berkeley, Calif.; Flagpole magazine in Athens, Ga.; The
Scope in St. John’s, Newfoundland; Jackson Free Press in Jackson,
Miss.; and Philadelphia Weekly in Philadelphia, Pa. The Austin
Chronicle in Texas, is also advertising the challenge.
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Friday, 30 January 2009 |
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martial arts flourish in academies around the Seacoast
Only
once has sixth-degree black belt Matt Randall been forced to use his
martial arts training outside the ring or classroom. He was at a bar in
Durham while in college when he accidentally bumped into another
patron, spilling some of his beer. The man became “quite irate” and
grabbed Randall’s shoulder. In a flash, Randall swept the assailant’s
arm and locked up his wrist. He then calmly advised the man that
accosting him was a “bad idea.”
During a recent lesson at Matt Randall’s Black Belt Academy in
Dover, Master Randall showed his students how to use similar
techniques. During a demonstration for the class, Randall fended off a
young student’s downward hammer fist with a high X block. “Now I can
sweep his arm and trap it very easily,” he explained.
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 |
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how New Hampshire could benefit from President Obama’s stimulus plan
As
the U.S. Congress considers one of the costliest bills ever to hit its
desks, many state officials and citizens are wondering what New
Hampshire stands to gain from President Barack Obama’s proposed $825
billion economic stimulus plan.
The latest version of the
proposal put together by Obama’s economic team and House Democratic
leaders reportedly calls for federal spending of $550 billion and tax
cuts totaling $275 billion over the next two years. Votes on the
controversial bill known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan
should come within the next few weeks, kicking off the freshly
inaugurated president’s first term with a mighty big bang. The plan is
intended to generate up to 4 million jobs nationally.
Because the bill has not been finalized, it’s unclear how much money
would funnel into New Hampshire or how it would be distributed within
the state. But many state agencies and municipalities already have
their stimulus wish lists drawn up—including Portsmouth and Dover.
City officials in Portsmouth last month drafted a letter to U.S.
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter outlining a number of priority projects totaling
$165 million. Dover officials sent a similar letter to U.S. Sen. Jeanne
Shaheen with requests totaling more than $517 million.
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Thursday, 15 January 2009 |
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cheap winter sports can be found not far from your backyard
Forget
the $70 lift tickets, gas money for the two-hour trek to the slopes,
airport-priced resort food, lessons and equipment. No doubt, there are
things to be depressed about financially right now, but the exorbitant
cost of winter sports does not have to be one of them. Alpine skiing
and snowboarding are merely two options among a long list of winter
sports that rival in adventure and win in affordability.
cross country skiing
Long before the days of gondolas, groomed trails and manmade
snow, people in northern latitudes set out on skis as a mode of winter
travel. Invented by the Nordic peoples of Norway and Sweden 1,000 years
ago, cross country or Nordic skiing exists today as a sport of
worldwide popularity.
Hillary Behr, a Dover resident and long-time skier, says she loves cross country because it can be done almost anywhere.
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Friday, 09 January 2009 |
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in a world gone askew, the International Year of Astronomy offers wonder and exploration
In
a world battling with bombs, aching with hunger, plagued by AIDS
epidemic, and rampant with deforestation and desertification, why is
2009 the International Year of Astronomy? While many of us are
fretting about problems here on Earth, the United Nations General
Assembly, the major governing body responsible for linking particular
dates with international meaning, has endorsed space as a focal point
for international attention in 2009.
The choice highlights the 400-year anniversary of the first
scientific use of the telescope by Galileo, an event that empirically
debunked the widely held belief that the Earth was the center of the
universe. By refining the spyglass used by sailors, Galileo constructed
the telescope from which he was able to observe craters on the moon,
the phases of Venus, the four biggest moons orbiting Jupiter and
individual stars in the Milky Way, all of which were previously unknown.
Undoubtedly this is a notable moment in science, but the
International Year of Astronomy is also celebrating a shared history,
as Galileo’s scientific approach led to innumerable contributions to
society and culture. With a strong emphasis on education, public
participation, and the involvement of young people, IYA2009 aims to
stimulate worldwide interest in astronomy by presenting it as relevant
and accessible.
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 |
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officials ponder what to do with the aging Memorial Bridge
At
85 years old, the characteristic sea foam green that the Memorial
Bridge wore so well in her youth is being replaced with signs of old
age. Deep red blotches pattern her once smooth skin. Her life has been
dedicated to public service, and a wonderful hostess she has been. She
welcomes travelers by foot, car or ship, assuring a safe journey to all
who approach.
The bridge works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. So, at the
respectable age of 85, it should come as no surprise that specialists
are calling for major surgery. The procedure is far more expensive than
anyone anticipated, but unless the operation is performed, our dear old
Memorial Bridge may have less than five years to live.
The bridge, which carries Route 1 over the Piscataqua River
between Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine, is in desperate need of
extensive repairs. Red-listed by the N.H. Department of Transportation
since 1994, the metal truss lift-bridge now ranks number one on the
list, meaning it is the state’s top priority for restoration. But the
lowest bid to restore the bridge recently came in at $59 million—more
than $15 million over the estimated cost state officials had projected.
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 |
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managing N.H.’s whitetail deer population
Eric
Waleryszak was 14 years old when he took down his first deer. It was
before 7 a.m. on Oct. 13, 1962, when he spotted the doe in the woods of
Norwich, Vt. From a distance of 30 feet, he pulled his bow taut and
launched a single arrow that lodged in the animal’s side, and with
that, the young teen had bagged himself a 100-pound whitetail deer.
Since then, Waleryszak has killed a total of 26 deer, most of
them with a bow and arrow. His most recent kill came in Kensington on
the icy-cold morning of Nov. 22, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, when
he got a small spike horn buck with a shotgun. With the 50 pounds of
meat the animal yielded, Waleryszak made steaks, chops, roasts,
tenderloin and venison stew, which he shared with his family.
As much as he loves venison, Waleryszak’s enthusiasm for hunting
stems even more from his love of nature. The activity gets him outside
for hours at a time, allowing him to observe wildlife theatrics that
most people never witness.
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 |
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extra cheer for spicing the eggnog of your life
tree lighting, parades & santa
Dec.
4 Exeter Open House and Festival of Trees: The tenth annual festival
takes place during the annual downtown Open House, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
at local stores. The event includes hay rides and tree lighting at 5
p.m. with Santa. More than 40 dazzling live trees will adorn Town Hall
from 2 to 8 p.m., then will be auctioned off to benefit the Exeter Area
Chamber Children’s Fund, which provides warm clothing and bedding for
local children during the winter. Other events include an art show at
the Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and a Gift Bazaar and
performances by a handbell choir every twenty minutes at the
Congregational Church from 4 to 8 p.m. For more information, call
603-772-2411.
Dec. 5 Light Up Durham tree lighting with Santa,
bonfire and dessert, starting at 5:45 p.m. on the Main Street stage.
See “Festivals” (below) for a full schedule of events.
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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with food and heating prices up and the economy down, area food drives scramble to feed needy families
If Holly Balch was getting paid to be a stay-at-home mom, she’d be earning overtime.
Most days start around 5 a.m., getting the older children ready
for school, followed by cleaning the five-bedroom apartment in Dover,
filling appointments and caring for the toddlers into the afternoon.
Then, there’s supervising homework and chores, making dinner and,
finally, getting the kids to bed.
The holidays are even more chaotic than other days for a family
with eight young children, she said, but Balch and her husband make
sure the family sits down together and says a prayer before each meal.
They share what they’re thankful for, and she says they’re “healthy and
happy.” This year, though, she’s especially thankful for a food basket
from Cornucopia Food Pantry with a turkey and all the trimmings.
“There’s just no way we could afford a dinner like that,” Balch
said. Her husband has a part-time job and she would get one, too, but
the kids are too demanding. The six girls and two boys are between the
ages of 1 and 11. Also, she said, they can’t afford transportation or
professional childcare. They receive food stamps for groceries, but
it’s not enough.
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