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Front Door Politics: Redistributing prescriptions
News - general
Written by Hilary Niles   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Unused prescription drugs could soon be donated to some uninsured or underinsured patients in New Hampshire. The Board of Pharmacy is working with three test sites in Hanover, Rochester and Exeter to roll out the new program.
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Memorial Bridge denied grant funding
News - general
Written by Matt Kanner   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Transportation officials in Maine and New Hampshire collectively groaned recently when they learned their joint application for $70 million in federal grant funding to rehabilitate Memorial Bridge failed to make the final cut.
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Presumptions of guilt
Cover Stories
Written by Matt Kanner   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
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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Ancient tones
Music - general
Written by Matt Kanner   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
The Seacoast succumbs to mandolin mania with an upcoming concert from David Grisman and weekend Mandolin Festival.
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'Shutter Island'
Film reviews
Written by Larry Clow   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010

rated R

It’s apt that “Shutter Island,” a pulpy thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opens on a ferry, where DiCaprio is battling a raging bout of seasickness. He’s trembling, unsteady on his feet, and his Boston accent sounds as unsettled and tenuous as the contents of his stomach. That accent doesn’t get any better, but eventually Scorsese takes command and delivers a thriller that, though imperfect, is luridly fun.

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'Honeymoon Horror'
Tales from the Video Vault
Written by Larry Clow   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Omega Cinema Productions, 1982

Elaine’s business venture as the new owner of "Honeymoon Island" goes awry as soon as the three couples venture onto the resort. In no time at all, bodies begin to pile up, but the county’s bumbling sheriff spends his days eating, smoking cigars and adamantly refusing to investigate the goings on.

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What's growing on?
Food - general
Written by Chloe Johnson   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Corn and soybean crops were harvested in record-breaking amounts last year, but what will farmers plant in 2010? The March Agricultural Survey, conducted annually by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, answers this question, giving local farmers an idea of what they'll pay for grain this year.

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Meet your local food producers at the Winter Farmers’ Market
Food - general
Written by Chloe Johnson   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
It's time for the Seacoast's annual CSA + CSF fair, enabling people to meet the farmers and fishermen who grow their food and catch their fish.
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Grabbing life by the horns
Literary - general
Written by Matt Kanner   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010

best-selling author and Seacoast resident Joe Hill unveils new book in Portsmouth

Joe Hill traveled through a fierce snowstorm to find a patient crowd of several dozen fans, many of them wearing plastic, light-up devil horns to celebrate the launch of "Horns." Hill described his new novel as a supernatural thriller. “It’s also a really, really filthy book,” he warned the crowd at RiverRun.

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Kittery Salon Night combines poetry and music
Literary - general
Written by Chloe Johnson   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Salon Night returns to the Red Door Pottery Studio in Kittery, with featured readings from poets Anna Birch and Tammi Truax, plus music by violinist Sam Goodall and guitarist Chris Volpe.
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Art, in brief: Rocks in Rochester, classes in Newfields, and free admission in Manchester
Art - general
Written by Chloe Johnson   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010

This week, school vacation brings art classes in Newfields and free admission to the Currier Museum in Manchester. Looking ahead: this summer's public art project in Rochester will take inspiration from the state's eponymous granite. 

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On stage, in brief: 'Peter Pan' in Prescott Park, robots wanted, and Carpe Diem at WEST
Stage - general
Written by Chloe Johnson   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
This week, we learn that “Peter Pan” will take Prescott Park visitors to Neverland this summer, actors are invited to audition the parts of zombies, robots and more traditional roles in 'How to Survive the Strange,' and Carpe Diem presents the final week of 'Gumshoe Diaries' at WEST.
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N.H. residents consider expanded gambling
News - general
Written by Matt Kanner   
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Eleven communities in New Hampshire have held small-group dialogues about the pros and cons of expanded gambling including Portsmouth and Rochester. Results from the “What’s at Stake?” community conversations will be presented to the governor’s Study Commission on Expanded Gambling. Their final report is due to the public on April 20.
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Front Door Politics: competing (or not) for renewable energy funding
News - general
Written by Hilary Niles   
Tuesday, 16 February 2010

New Hampshire could see new jobs and renewable energy initiatives this summer, if a newly proposed amendment to a Senate bill is approved. But some think it gives an unfair advantage to large utilities over small business. Debate heats up at the public hearing on March 4.

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Play on
Cover Stories
Written by Matt Kanner   
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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Forty years of blues
Music - general
Written by Matt Kanner   
Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Harpist James Montgomery still loves to play. He talks with The Wire about jamming with legends, hanging with Kid Rock, and bringing Boston greats with him to Rochester.

By the time he was in his 20s, James Montgomery had already set the course for the Boston rock scene of the 1970s and achieved far more as a musician than most harmonica players do in their entire careers. Since then, he's gone on to really make a name for himself.

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The art of the tribute
Music - general
Written by Matt Kanner   
Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Local musicians get together and gear up for Morrissey cover show, one in a series highlighting their favorite influences

An active musician in a variety of contexts, Tim Fife has led several tribute shows to different artists over the last year, and their upcoming Morrissey show is part of a fun trend for fans. Local rocker Tim McCoy and his various outfits have been known to play sets of The Who, The Guts and The Lanterns have performed blocks of songs by The Ramones, and The Funky Flunkies even played Michael Jackson’s entire “Thriller” album at The Barley Pub in November.

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'The Wolfman'
Film reviews
Written by Trevor F Bartlett   
Tuesday, 16 February 2010

rated R

Tales of civilized people struggling to reconcile themselves with their beastlier impulses have been prowling the tree-line of rational thought since, well, the dawn of rational thought. This week, the ritual carries on with “The Wolfman,” directed by Lucas/Spielberg protégé Joe Johnston.

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'The House Where Evil Dwells'
Tales from the Video Vault
Written by Larry Clow   
Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Cohen, 1982

Even the afterlife must get dull for Japanese samurai ghosts after almost 150 years, but that’s no reason for three spirits to act like they’re stuck in some sort of unbearable committee meeting.

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'House of Sand and Fog'
Tome Raider
Written by Matt Kanner   
Tuesday, 16 February 2010

by Andre Dubus III
W.W. Norton & Company, 1999, 365 pages

In “House of Sand and Fog,” the central characters all have reasonable goals and desires, but they all confront problems that are largely beyond their control.

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Crackskull’s Open Mike set to close without weekend host
Literary - general
Written by Karen Marzloff   
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
“Yes, folks, you read that right—after nearly three years the upcoming Evening of the Spoken Word open mike at Crackskull’s may well be the last, at least for now,” says Arlon Chaffee of the Lamprey Arts and Culture Alliance.
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