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Summer reading program focus: ‘Build a Better World’

In New Hampshire, summertime means cookouts, beach days, hikes – and reading. Each year, New Hampshire librarians encourage readers of all ages to include reading as part of their activities. This year’s summer reading theme, “Build a Better World,” will focus on a wide range of ways to ...

Fish and Game offering Hike Safe cards for summer

CONCORD – Now that summer is almost officially upon us, the NH Fish and Game Department reminds outdoor enthusiasts to use caution on the trails and to support search and rescue by purchasing a Hike Safe Card. The card is valuable for anyone hiking, paddling, cross country skiing or engaging ...

Band, woman’s club to supply music, food for Strawberry fest

HOLLIS – The Hollis Strawberry Festival and Band Concert will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25 at Hollis Town Commons. The Hollis Town Band and the Hollis Woman’s Club provide the music and the food. The woman’s club role in this event starts, believe it or not, in January. The ...

New summer nature camps for the region

HOLLIS – Beaver Brook Nature Center in Hollis continues its 41-year tradition of welcoming young people to explore, play and learn outdoors during summer. Teaching children about respect for the natural world and cultivating joy during healthy outdoor activities has been a longstanding goal ...

Plants with purpose

LYNDEBOROUGH – People passing the J.A. Tarbell Library one evening in May might have seen about a dozen people wandering about picking weeds and showing them to one another as they waved away black flies. The peculiar-seeming group was foraging for local edibles such as dandelions, burdock ...

HB performing arts to hold first ever ATAM awards night

[Barbosa and I]The International Thespian Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society will be putting on the first ever Arts, Theatre and Music Awards on Friday, June 2. Established by ITS advisor Greg Parker, the Oscars-esque event will honor students throughout the performing arts department ...