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TRAVELING WITH COUNT RUMFORD A SPY • A LOVER A SCIENTIST • AN INVENTOR A DIPLOMAT

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help from the business community and the Friends, to engage some of the region’s most exciting performers.

Now the bands perform in the aptly named Angela Robinson Bandstand, gifted to the town by her husband, the late Walter Robinson.

Although Angela and Walter are no longer with us, the tradition and magic of music continues.

Be part of the magic—become a Friend. With a $100 donation, you can help keep this cherished tradition, celebrating its 45th season, alive and ensure we continue bringing talented performers to Henniker for the 2025 season.

Your support doesn’t just make the music possible – it strengthens our community by fostering connection, joy, and local pride. Let’s make 2025 another extraordinary year of music and connection. Become a Friend today and help us keep the music playing in Henniker! To become a Friend of the Henniker Summer Concert Series, send your check for $100 made out to Henniker Concerts Private Trust, c/o Ruth Zax, PO Box 486, Henniker, NH 03242.

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Every Tuesday night from June 10 to September 2, 2025, the Henniker Summer Concert Series fills Angela Robinson Bandstand in Community Park with music, fun, and connection.

With audiences of all ages, ranging from 200 to 700 people each week, it’s the largest community event in Henniker during the summer.

Last year generous support from the Friends of the Henniker Concert Series made it possible to add a 13th concert to the schedule. This year, we aim to do it again—and with your help, we can!

It all began modestly 45 years ago when New England College Professor of Music Angela Robinson revived a 19th century tradition of hosting outdoor community concerts. When volunteer musicians no longer were available, the town of Henniker provided funding for Angela to hire local bands so the series could continue. From those humble beginnings on the lawn of the New England College Administration Building, the series has grown over the years, with

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Registration will last from now until March 28 and can be completed at our website: https://nhdnh.weebly.com/.

The state competition will be held on Friday, April 11, 2025, at Plymouth State University. Competitors will be judged by panels to provide feedback on their work, but they are the experts on their topic. Those awarded first and second place in each category can then use that feedback to edit their projects before taking them to Nationals, held June 8-12, 2025 at the University of Maryland Questions? Please don’t hesitate to contact us!

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This is an opportunity for students of all levels and backgrounds to dig a little deeper into history and let their creativity shine. The skills developed in this competition can last a lifetime and impact any educational and career path they pursue. A number of special topic prizes can also mean cash awards for competitors, and this competition is an excellent addition to any college and/or scholarship application as well!

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ducers Association. “It’s the time of year when maple The annual celebration of sugarhouses across the state open their doors and welNew Hampshire’s sweetest come customers in to expeproduct will happen this rience a tradition that dates weekend.

More than 80 sugarhouses back multi-generations in – places where maple sap is New Hampshire of proboiled down to create syrup ducing some of the world– will be open to the public leading maple syrup in New Hampshire. on Saturday, March 15 and The event celebrates the Sunday, March 16 as part of New Hampshire’s annual time in early spring with warmer days but belowMaple Weekend. freezing nights when sap “Maple Weekend, for the flows up and down maple producers of New Hamptrees. During this period, shire maple, is kind of like our version of a SuperBowl, which traditionally lasts if you will, for the maple pro- about six weeks, although the schedule has been ducers,” said Andrew scrambled as the climate has Chisholm, president of the New Hampshire Maple Pro- changed, maple producers for the Insider

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Visitors stir maple sugar together at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner in 2015, the first year the museum hosted activities for Maple Weekend.

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MONITOR FILE Owner Roger Proulx takes a sample of syrup from the wood fired evaporator at Just Maple in Tilton on March 25, 2017, Two-year-old Landen Kingsbury takes on taste testing responsibilities as the “taste keister jr.” at Just Maple in Tilton on March 25, 2017, during New Hampshire Maple Weekend. during New Hampshire Maple Weekend.

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drill holes into trees and collect the sap that runs out, using systems as old as hanging buckets and as new as vacuum-pump-enhanced tubing.

The sap is carefully boiled down by a ratio of around 40-to-1 until the correct sweetness and viscosity is produced. It is then used for everything from traditional syrup on pancakes to maple candies and other delights.

“Residents, I hope, would get to experience something that they may or may not be aware that their neighbors do,” Chisholm added. “Some sugarhouses are only open during Maple Weekend throughout the year, and this is that one weekend of the year for neighbors and residents of New Hampshire to experience that New Hampshire maple tradition.”

Maple Weekend will kick off with Governor Kelly Ayotte participating in a ceremonial tree tapping at Journey’s End Maple in

calendar March 13 ■ Adult Drop In Basketball: Noon to 2 p.m. Green Street Community Center, 39 Green St., Concord.

■ Author Ariella Isabella, A Secret Shared with Sirens: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. “A Secret Shared with Sirens” Free. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. 603-2240562. gibsonsevents@ gmail.com.

■ Bach’s Lunch: A Celtic Journey: 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.

Free. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. re-

■ Evening Storytime: 6 to 7 p.m. Concord Public Library, 45 Green St., Concord.

■ TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds: 7:30 p.m. BNH Stage, 16 S. Main St., Concord.

■ Drop in Pickleball: 8 to 10 p.m. Green Street Community Center, 39 Green St, Concord.

■ The Search for Affordable Healthcare: Shifts in Federal and State Policies: 5:45 to 7:15 p.m. Avital discussion on the crisis in affordable healthcare.

Free. Registration is required. .

UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, Room 282, 2 White St., Concord. 603-264-0801. ellen.grimm@law.unh.edu.

■ Warsaw to Berlin: Cruising Along the Elbe River: 10 to 11 a.m. Presentation on iconic European cities and cruise down the Elbe River on an unforgettable experience. $5. GoodLife Programs & Activities, 254 N. State St., Concord.

■ Drop In Volleyball: 6 to 8 p.m.

Gymnasium, 14 Canterbury Rd., Concord.

■ Simply Nature Exhibit: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Rd., Concord.

■ The Beyoncé Experience: 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. McAuliffeShepard Discovery Center, 2 Institute Dr., Concord.

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■ BIA - 2025 Meet the Commissioners & Executive Councilors: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Hotel Concord, 11 South Main Street, Concord.

■ Drop In Pickleball: Noon to 2 p.m. Gymnasium, 14 Canterbury Rd, Concord.

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■ CCMS Student Recitals: 6 to 7 p.m. Free. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. reception@ccmusicschool.org.

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■ Drop in Pickleball: 9 to 11 a.m. Green Street Community Center, 39 Green St., Concord.

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■ Monthly Matinee: 2 p.m.

Free. Concord Public Library, 45 Green St., Concord. jsalemy@ concordnh.gov.

■ Open Studio Art: 10 a.m. to noon. Spend time getting to know other local artists and their craft while working on your own.

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■ Red River Theatres’ Oscar® After Party Trivia Night Fundraiser: 5:30 p.m. Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main St, Concord.

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■ Simply Nature Exhibit: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord.

March 15 ■ Concord contra dance: 7 to 10 p.m. Byron Ricker with Audrey Budington & Anders Larson. City-Wide Community Center, 14 Canterbury Rd., Concord. 225-4917. Ages 16+ is $10, 15-25 is $5 and kids under 15 are free. City-Wide Community Center, 14 Canterbury Rd., Concord. 603-225-4917. concordnhcontra@gmail.com.

■ Juston McKinney: 8 p.m.

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■ Storytime Stations at the Heights: 9:30 a.m. Enjoy books, crafts, activities, and felt board/manipulatives at your own pace with our self-guided stations. (Recommended for ages 0-9) Free. Heights Branch Library, 14 Canterbury Rd, Concord. jsalemy@concordnh.gov.

March 16 ■ Björn Wennås: 7 p.m. The Rex Theatre, 23 Amherst St., Concord.

■ Countering Christian Nationalism Community Conversation - Hybrid event: 4 p.m.

Free. General Admission. TBA Hybrid event, Concord. info@ nhchurches.org.

■ Healing Through Art: A Day of Grief Support for Adults: 3 to 4:30 p.m. USD. Capital Art Therapy LLC, 85 Manchester St., #suite 1 b, Concord.

■ Capital City Fine Spring Craft & Artisan Show: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $5 entry fee valid both days, ages 14 and under are free of charge. Capital City Sports Complex, 10 Garvins Falls Rd., Concord. GNECraftArtisanShows@ gmail.com.

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■ Baystate Financial Workshop - LiveWell: Preparing for Uncertainties Through Your Future: 4 to 5 p.m. 49 S. Main St., Suite 104, Concord.

■ Cuddle Babies Lapsit: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Concord Public Library, 45 Green St., Concord.

■ Drop in Pickleball: 9 to 11 a.m. Green Street Community Center, 39 Green St., Concord.

■ Drop In Pickleball: Noon to 2 p.m. Gymnasium, 14 Canterbury Rd., Concord.

■ Family Open Gym: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Gymnasium, 14 Canterbury Rd., Concord.

■ Meet the Mountain Kings: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Library, Blanchard Room - 45 Green Street, Concord.

March 18 ■ Adult Drop In Basketball: Noon to 2 p.m. Green Street Community Center, 39 Green St, Concord.

■ Betsy Small - Before Before: A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free.

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■ Cat Kid Comic Club: 4 p.m.

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ollowing a highly productive five-month interim leadership term, the board of directors of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen have named Kate Saunders to become the full-time executive director, a role she was previously filling in an interim capacity. Saunders has impressed League members with her personable style and her collaborative approach to tasks and challenges. She has already completed a full update to the strategic plan, and, working with the League’s front office staff, Saunders has overseen the renovation of the Concord fine craft gallery near the League’s headquarters, which will open next month.

LEAGUE OF NH CRAFTSMEN “Her deep experience in Kate Saunders is the new full-time executive director of the the nonprofit field, her pasLeague of NH Craftsmen. sion for craft and education, and her positivity and leadership abilities are going to be huge assets to the whole League community as we head into our next chapter,” said Zack Jonas, chair of the Drivers & Shoppers board of directors Needed

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During her interim term, Saunders made sure the strategic plan reflected updated League values, including the following: craft is an essential human expression that contributes to the language and culture of our times while inspiring, enriching, and building community; craftsmen are the engine that drives this expression and provides the creative energy to spark the emotional connection that gives craft its potency; and community is both the impetus for and the result of the inspirational, educational, and experiential interaction of craftsmen, craft, and their audience.

She also improved on the League’s governance and administration to strengthen its foundation of leadership through alignment with best practices, strong standards, and increased clarity of leadership.

Saunders recently initiated the celebration of the Concord premiere of “A Handmade Life,” a film featuring some of the League’s

craftsmen, which will have a second screening in March. This next screening will bring together arts leaders from across the state to advocate for and educate about our creative economy and find ways for groups to work together to elevate grant funding as an investment in a vibrant culture and tourism opportunities for the state.

“My top priority is to ensure the League thrives going forward, while prioritizing supporting the craftsmen who are the creators of exceptional work,” Saunders said. “Strong organizations are built on the strength of their people, on quality relationships, and on their integrity.”

Moving forward, Saunders plans to build on the momentum of the past five months. She intends to focus on areas including the creation of educational networks throughout the state for members, professional development through peerto-peer programs, an improved advocacy and branding campaign to communicate how fine craft is relevant in the broad context of both economics and culture. She will also soon begin planning to celebrate the League’s centennial anniversary.

“I am deeply honored by the faith invested in me by the Board of Directors and by the many members who have offered their best wishes and congratulations,” says Saunders.

“Working together, we will contribute to both the cultural spirit and the economic fabric of this wonderful state.”

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tivities and puzzles related to pi (which is the ratio of a There’s a total lunar eclipse circle’s circumference and happening early – very, very ratio and which also shows up in a myriad of unexpected early – on Friday, March 14, mathematical places) plus and it’s the first one visible free pizza. here since 2022.

For details, check the webFrom New Hampshire’s site point of view the moon will www.starhop.com/lunarenter the edge of Earth’s eclipse-pi-day. shadow starting just at midLike most places, New night Thursday and spend Hampshire sees a full lunar hours getting progressively eclipse every two or three darker and redder with toyears. Lunar eclipses, when tality – the period that it is the Earth gets between the completely within our shadow – lasting from 2:26 to sun and the moon, are much more common than solar 3:31 a.m. eclipses, when the moon gets To celebrate, the between the sun and the McAuliffe-Shepard DisEarth. That’s mostly because covery Center will host an each one is visible to far more eclipse-watching party people. starting at midnight that A lunar eclipse can be overlaps with another geeky event: Pi Day. Friday is March watched by anybody who can see the full moon, roughly 14 or 3/14, during which people can also have fun with half the planet. A solar eclipse the mathematical constant pi, can only be seen by people within the small area covered which has the value of 3.14 by the moon’s shadow, much plus a bit. smaller than New HampThe free event is called Umbra and Pizza on Pi Day – shire, for the short period that umbra being the official term it travels across the surface.

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he Concord Community Concert Association welcomes pianist Ilya Yakushev to Concord as its Northeast Delta Dental Youth Outreach artist who will perform both at Bow High School on Friday, March 14 in a free performance for public school students and then on Saturday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium as part of the CCCA 2024-25 Concert Series.

Winner of the 2005 World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio, Yakushev received his first award at age 12 as a prizewinner of the Young Artists Concerto Competition in his native St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1997, he received the Mayor of St. Petersburg’s Young Talents CONCORD COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION award, and in both 1997 and The Concord Community Concert Association will bring pianist Ilya Yakushev to the Concord City Auditorium on March 14-15, 2025.

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March 13, 1993: People hunker down for what television has hyped as the “storm of the century.” Concord gets 17 inches of snow.

Most roads will be clear by morning.

March 13, 1929: Ray Barham is born. In 1981, he will murder his estranged wife’s boyfriend in Wolfeboro, earning a life sentence in New Hampshire State Prison. Six years later, he will begin writing a Monitor column that will earn

him several honors including the state columnist of the year award in 1996.

He will die in prison Jan. 28, 2002.

March 13, 1782: The Legislature meets in Concord for the first time. The site is “the Old North,” the First Congregational Church. The building will burn in 1870.

It was on the site of the current Walker School.

March 13, 1852: For the third time in three years, local voters reject a plan to turn Concord from a town to a city. The vote is 458 in favor and 614 against.

March 13, 1996: A private dam collapses in Alton, killing a woman and destroying homes and a highway.

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March 14, 1660: William Leddra is hanged in New Hampshire “for being a Quaker.”

March 14, 1968: Thomas J. Saltmarsh, a 19-year-old paratrooper from Concord, is killed in action near Saigon. He is the 16th local man to die in combat during the Vietnam War. March 14, 1837: The town of New Chester is renamed Hill, in honor of Gov. Isaac Hill.

March 14, 1939: The Monitor reports that the task of renaming city streets has been turned over to the city planning board by an aldermanic committee which has had the job for nine months and renamed just

one street.

March 14, 1947: The Monitor editorializes in favor of the construction of a city swimming pool - and a plan to charge swimmers a fee: “It is no more unreasonable to expect swimmers to pay something for this privilege than it is to expect golfers at Beaver Meadow or tennis players at Memorial Field to pay enough to cover the costs of their sport.”

March 15, 2002: Nearly 50 years after the concept of a Northwest Bypass emerged, the city of Concord has received a wetlands permit needed to build a portion of the road, the Monitor reports.

March 15, 2000: A 22year-old single mother of twins from Franklin is one of the contestants on the new CBS television series Survivor, the Monitor reports. When the show airs this summer, Jenna Lewis will become a household name and a cause celebre

throughout her home state.

March 15, 1878: After two trials, Joseph Lapage is executed for the ghastly murder of Josie Langmaid.

Miss Langmaid, a student at Pembroke Academy, was dragged into the woods, raped and decapitated the morning of Oct. 14, 1875. A prison historian remarks: “The evidence against him at the best was scant, but his guilt was black as night.” In his last hours, Lapage reportedly says: “Me kill girl.”

March 16, 1680: New Hampshire’s first colonial assembly meets in Portsmouth. Legislature members that year, just 11.

March 16, 1918: In Ossipee, the 80-year-old Austin H.F. Quimby, veteran of the USS Kearsarge of Civil War fame, tells reporters he’d like to join the navy and take a shot at a German submarine.

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March 17, 2001: Many Bow residents wake up to a surprise, learning that the school bond they defeated the night before isn’t dead just yet. Hundreds of voters went home after a proposal to build a $5.9 million elementary school had failed.

Much later in the meeting, however, the issue was reopened when a motion to reconsider was approved by the remaining voters. Ultimately, the initial vote will stand.

March 17, 2000: The attorney general announces a breakthrough in the 1981 murder of Concord resident Yvonne Fine. Joseph Whittey, who’s been in prison on an unrelated attempted murder conviction since 1990, is now charged with first-degree murder in

the death of the 81-year-old woman.

March 17, 1999: A report on how state agencies are preparing for possible computer problems on Jan. 1, 2000, finds so many deficiencies a key legislator suggests the governor appoint a Y2K czar. Ultimately, the New Year will come and go without disruption.

March 17, 1681: The Governor’s Council proclaims this a day of public fasting and prayer for John Cutt, New Hampshire’s first colonial governor, who has fallen ill. Cutt soon dies, but New Hampshire will observe Fast Day for more than three centuries.

March 18, 2003: Safety officials across the state respond to an increased terror alert with random vehicle searches at Manchester Air-

port, additional security along the coast and a request that people report suspicious activity to their local police.

March 18, 2002: At least a dozen top state officials earn retirement benefits meant for police officers and firefighters with hazardous jobs, even those administrators rarely - and in some cases, never - get called into the line of fire, the Monitor reports. Lawmakers recently extended the benefits to additional administrative positions within the Department of Safety. But legislators, saying they have to draw the line somewhere, denied the benefits to workers with potentially dangerous jobs at the state hospital and state prisons.

March 18, 1949: Concord

native Edward H. Brooks wins promotion to lieutenant general in the U.S. Army. From a second lieutenant of cavalry during World War I through his post-World War II service in the Caribbean, Brooks has had a distinguished military career. He won the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in World War I and the Silver Star, Bronze Star and French Croix de Guerre, among other decorations, during World War II. March 19, 2002: In Concord after less than three hours of deliberation, jurors decide that Dwayne Thompson murdered his longtime roommate Robert Provencher, the man known

by Main Street regulars as “Cigar Bob” for his ever-present smokes of choice.

March 19, 1967: The calendar says spring is about to start, but few believe it. The low temperature in Concord falls to 16 below zero, tying the record for the coldest March day in the 20th century. This follows a reading of 13 below the day before and 10 below the day before that.

March 19, 1998: Gov. Jeanne Shaheen proposes putting about 2,500 video gambling terminals at the state’s four racetracks as part of her school funding plan. Anti-gambling leaders are quick to criticize the governor’s suggestion. “It targets the politically weak for tax increases, and it feeds children’s food money into gambling machines,” says state Sen. Jim Rubens, a Republican who will run against Shaheen in the fall.

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Jason and Quenby Lunt of Somersworth help their son Everett, MONITOR FILE PHOTOS 1, navigate a trail through the sugar maples during maple weekend at Maple Ridge Sugar House in Loudon on March 22, Ted Young, 80, pours syrup over snow outside the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner on 2014. Visitors could see maple syrup being made, tour the March, 28, 2015. The museum hosted activities for Maple Weekend for the first time ever that farm, visit with a horse, a cow and pigs and taste maple treats. year. Young used to own the property where the museum is located.

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Full Time Fortinet, Inc. has a job opening in Concord, NH: Sr. Software Development Engineer (250305): Identify, test, and correct code issues within a large network security system with over 3 million lines of code. To apply, email resume to hekim@fortinet.com. Must reference job title with job code.

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IMMEDIATE FULL TIME YEAR ROUND OPENINGS Licensed and Apprentice Electricians All jobs located in New Hampshire We offer competitive wages and a comprehensive benefit package including Health, Life and Dental insurance, Paid vacation and holidays.

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Health is Our Greatest Wealth Invest in your family with corrective chiropractic care

The nervous system (brain, spinal cord and nerves) controls and coordinates all functions of the body, making its proper functioning essential for overall health. Structural shifts in the spine can obstruct the nerves and interfere with their function.

Chiropractors refer to these obstructions as vertebral subluxations, and they are at the core of chiropractic care.

”Coming to Crossroads has helped so much over the past 6 months.

Every time I get adjusted I feel better...Coming here has made me hold myself accountable to take care of myself.”

- Mark W. Crossroads Practice Member of the Month

BEFORE

AFTER

For over 23 years people have come to us for help with: Sciatica Neck Pain Low Back Pain Digestive Problems

Enhanced Performance Headaches and Migraines Chronic Ear Infections Numbness/ Tingling in Hands

Colic Asthma ADD/ADHD Overall Wellness

Crossroads Chiropractic

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For adult health and pediatric development

*results may vary

Find out if chiropractic care can help you!

$59

Initial exam with x-rays, if necessary Route 104 & 3 3 Annalee Place

Route 106 & 3 556 Pembroke St.

MEREDITH PEMBROKE

Village Shoppes Route 101

BEDFORD

Route 125 & 155 629 Calef Hwy

EPPING

Call (603)575-9080, book online using QR code or at CrossroadsChiropractic.com