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Slow down and take notice

By New Hampshire Union Leader

RiverRun Bookstore welcomes Christian McEwen on Wednesday, May 16, at 7 p.m. to read from and discuss her new book, 'World Enough & Time,' published by Peterborough's Bauhan Publishing. Read More
Godsmack headlining Mass Chaos Tour

By MARK QUIRK New Hampshire Union Leader

More than a decade ago, Godsmack cut its teeth by playing clubs and bars across New England, including some here in Manchester. Read More
Full schedule for Opera North's anniversary

By MEGHAN PIERCE Union Leader Correspondent

Start with a 30th anniversary and throw in a dash of Hurricane Irene, and you get Opera North's 2012 season. Read More
A new old favorite comes to Bedford

By Our Gourmet New Hampshire Union Leader

There are quality restaurants in the neighborhood where River Road Tavern has settled in, and the new pub brings a distinctive flair to rank right among them. Read More

Arts and Entertainment

9-year-old’s book about U.S. foods paired with goodies from overseas is a tasty treat

Wyatt Dodd's mother always said he had a great imagination, and now the third-grader has tapped into that imagination to write a book that has received statewide recognition.

0 Monadnock Music seeking to match $50,000 challenge
Monadnock Music has been awarded an anonymous $40,000 matching grant for enhanced programming in 2012. ... more

0 Tupelo fundraiser to help send team to Cooperstown

Niobe statue now stands tall atop Great Wall of Sandwich

1 NH Guard to host reception for Laconia artist

Win tickets to see the legendary Lindsay Buckingham at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom!

Win tickets to see The Cult at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom!

Outdoors and Recreation

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For the first time, elementary students from South Berwick, Maine will visit the historic lower mill in Rollinsford, N.H. during their annual Hike Through History.

Maine students’ field trip includes Rollinsford Mills

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Elementary students from Central School are getting ready to take a Hike Through History and will visit several key stops in the downtown as well as cross the state line to learn about the nearby...

Free fishing is June 2 at Wildcat

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GORHAM — A “Kids Free Fishing Day” event is scheduled for Saturday, June 2, at Wildcat.

The Blueberry Crossing Campground is open for the season, please obey the rules.

0 Hikers: Thieves want what’s in your car

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The NH Angle

NH news from around the web - Updated 5/15

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> Former NH fire chief to serve 90 days for burning down barn of man dating ex-wife
> Sex slave ring with NH victim focus of TV episode
> Four Pinkerton seniors dismissed from lacrosse team
> GT Advanced Technologies CEO on solar war with China
> NRC rejects petition for rule change from anti-Seabrook advocates
> Rye health aid charged with stealing hundreds of thousands in jewelry from elderly client
> Phone call in booking room yields additional drug charges
> ACLU decries Obama's election-year crackdown on immigration
> U.S. Supreme Court refuses to resurrect lawsuit brought by family of alleged Bulger victim
> Six sex offenders stand in the way of Laconia land buy
> Salem business makes blood glucose meter for iPhone
> Jenny Thompson to be inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

Dining & Food

A new old favorite comes to Bedford

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There are quality restaurants in the neighborhood where River Road Tavern has settled in, and the new pub brings a distinctive flair to rank right among them.

Tasting featured some old, some new

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The Saunders family is still going strong at the Wine Society in Nashua, where we stopped in for their Saturday afternoon tasting recently.

The venerable cast-iron skillet can be used as a braising dish, frying pan or baking dish for making foods such as Pastel de Choclo, a Bolivian-style corn pie.

Practical and tough, the cast-iron skillet remains the favorite for Southern cooks

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AS INTEREST continues to grow nationwide in all things Southern food — restaurants, chefs, cookbooks — there's a “natural curiosity” about the humble yet iconic cast-iron...

Contests

Win a pair of tickets to see Joe Walsh at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom!

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Best known for his powerful guitar licks, Joe Walsh has entertained the masses and captivated his peers for more than three decades with such classics as “Funk #49,” “Walk...

Win a family 4-pack of tickets for WWE Smackdown!

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The stars of WWE return to the center ring at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH on Tuesday, June 12th at 7:00 pm for WWE Presents SmackDown.

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Health and Family

Town Engineer David Cedarholm walks carefully along the new fish ladder at the Wiswall Dam in Durham on Tuesday, as thousands of river herring make their way up to the reservoir for the first time in 200 years.

Fish ladder extends route for river herring

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For the first time in more than 200 years, river herring are traveling past the Wiswall Dam into the upper reaches of the Lamprey River thanks to a new $1 million fish ladder.

Wiley 'Chip' Souba, dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, walks with students on the campus.

Dartmouth Medical School renamed in honor of Dr. Seuss

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The legacy of children's author and illustrator Theodor 'Ted' Geisel — Dr. Seuss — lives on through his books and the movie adaptions. And now, Dartmouth College announced it has renamed...