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Welcome to our special ice cream issue of the Seacoast Scene. I thought I would look up some fun and interesting facts about ice cream and share them with you. Larry Marsolais Ronald Reagan dubbed July National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday National Ice Cream Day in 1984. It takes about 50 licks to lick away one average scoop of ice cream. Of all the days of the week, most ice cream is bought on Sunday. Kids ages 2 to 12 and adults over 45 eat the most ice cream. The largest ice cream cake in the world weighed 12,096 pounds. It was made by Carvel Ice Cream Co. to celebrate their 70th birthday on May 25, 2004. The largest ice cream sundae weighed
54,914 pounds. It was made by Palm Dairies in Alberta, Canada, in 1988. Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream was started in Vermont in an old gas station converted into an ice cream shop. It takes 12 pounds of milk to make one gallon of ice cream. Air is an important ingredient in ice cream; it keeps the ice cream from freezing solid. George Washington loved ice cream! He had two ice cream machines at his home. The average American consumes 23 quarts of ice cream per year. Now check out our cover story and pages 32 and 33! As always feel free to call me anytime at 603-935-5096 to discuss local issues or to place an ad. Larry Marsolais is the general manager of the Seacoast Scene and the former president of the Hampton Rotary Club.
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What started as a tradition in 1915 of crowning Hampton’s Carnival Queen has transitioned into a modern pageant with none of the fuss and all of the fun. Hampton celebrates the 71st Miss Hampton Beach Pageant on the Seashell Stage on July 31 at 2 p.m. For contestants, who have already been chosen, the pageant begins in the morning with a brief interview. Starting at 2 p.m., contestants will participate in two categories: swimwear and eveningwear. In the swimwear category, contestants will wear one-piece swimsuits. Between categories, dancers will entertain the crowd. The eveningwear category will close out the show. The pageant typically runs until 4 p.m., though the number of contestants can change whether the show runs shorter or longer than usual. “My favorite part of the pageant growing up was always interview, because I believe intelligence is the most powerful trait a person can have,” Miss Hampton Beach 2015 and this year’s pageant master of ceremonies, Victoria Soucy, said. “In the Miss division, the top five contestants have to answer an onstage question, which is always interesting to watch as a spectator. However, this is hands down the scariest part for a contestant.” Judging the pageant will be a panel of five professionals. “I try to always have five judges, with two or three in the pageantry field, i.e. former contestant, winner, state titleholder, pageant or entertainment field coach; two or three local to Hampton, [who] know the beach, [are a] business person, [or] town counselor; and maybe one or two judges that know nothing about pageantry,” Miss Hampton Beach Pageant Director Stephanie Lussier said. Those with no pageantry knowledge allow the playing field to be leveled out, she said. Contrary to today’s typical beauty pageant, the Miss Hampton Beach Pageant sets its sights on fun with the mix of the energetic boardwalk environment and looser regulations. “This is a lot more laid back, open and
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The winners of a past Miss Hampton Beach. Courtesy photo.
fun [than other pageants] and there’s so many events at Hampton Beach to be involved with,” Lussier said. “There’s some huge things around Hampton Beach. If you win the title to represent the Seacoast and Hampton, there’s so many events you can be involved in.” Contestants do not have to be Hampton residents; Hampton is a vacation destination and many Hampton Beach-goers are not locals, Lussier said. Regardless of where they’re from, she said, “I’m looking for the young lady that speaks with confidence, is enthusiastic about Hampton Beach and the activities here, wants to promote this beach, wants to be a good role model, is knowledgeable about the beach and wants to create a year of new memories for herself and to share with others.” Contestants who make it to the top five will all receive cash prizes and trophies. The overall winner of the pageant will receive a full circle crown in addition to $500. Following her, the first runner-up will get $300, the second runner-up will get $200, and the third and fourth runnersup each receive $100. All contestants who participate will get a Miss Hampton Beach Pageant beach bag filled with goodies from local vendors as well as a T-shirt. Beach-goers are invited to pull up a seat and join the crowd at this free event. “Hampton Beach has 200,000 people on it every day for three months in the summer when it’s beautiful out,” Lussier said. She hopes that bypassers get a glimpse of the show and stick around to partake in this
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traditional community event. For more information on the history of the Miss Hampton Beach Pageant, a book chronicling the pageant from its carnival days to today can be found on Amazon: The Queens of Hampton Beach, New Hampshire: The History of the Carnival Queens & Miss Hampton Beach Beauty Pageant 19152015. While Carnival Queens were crowned in the early 1900s, the Miss Hampton Beach Pageant did not formally begin until 1946. What is now a pageant where eligible young women compete for the highest scores administered by judges used to be a contest of who could sell the most admission tickets to the town carnival. Thus, the title of Carnival Queen was given to the woman who sold the most tickets. Soucy encourages the public to show their Hampton spirit by supporting this year’s pageant. “Come out and support these girls because they are putting themselves out there for an amazing opportunity. Being on stage can be scary, so I’m sure they’ll appreciate all the support they can get. Also, it’s a great excuse to spend the day at the beach and a lot of fun to watch.” — Nicole Kenney
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Hampton Beach’s Nothing screams summer on the beach like ice cream — and the Seacoast has plenty of options. From soft-serve to hard flavors, vanilla to Monkey Mess, cups to cones and giant sundaes to mega frappes, there’s something on the menu for everyone. The Scene talked to several local ice cream shops about how they got their start, how they’ve evolved over time, and what they’re offering now. Several Seacoast shops, like The Beach Plum in North Hampton, serve Richardson’s Ice Cream, which is made in Middleton, Massachusetts. Others, like Lago’s Ice Cream in Rye, make their own ice cream every day. Can’t decide which scoop shop or flavor to try? There’s plenty of summer left, and as they say, an ice cream a day is … delicious! Lago’s Ice Cream
71 Lafayette Road, Rye, 603-964-9880, lagosicecream.com How long it’s been around: Carol and Mike Lago bought the building that would become Lago’s ice cream shop in 1981. Their son-in-law, Steve Grenier, took over the business in 1986. Now, 37 seasons later, Grenier and his employees are still serving up the same homemade ice cream that’s kept them going for so long. Grenier finds himself adding more ingredients to keep up with his summer guests. “Over time, people have gotten so they want a lot of ingredients in their ice cream. It used to be that a nut was considered a gourmet ice cream back then,” Grenier said. Lago’s makes its own ice cream every day at the store with Hood dairy products delivered from Boston. The ice cream-making process starts with cream being dumped into a large mixer that freezes the dairy product into a soft serve-like texture. Then the ingredients are
worked in before the soft ice cream is put into a deep freezer at 20 degrees below zero to harden. Grenier estimates he makes about 100 gallons of ice cream a day. He said he has to balance his recipes between quality and cost. “I try and get the best quality product for a [decent] price for a family,” Grenier said. What’s on the menu: Sixty-five flavors of ice cream including their homemade, soft-serve, frozen yogurts, sherbets and nosugar-added ice creams. “My favorite flavor is straight black raspberry because you can taste the dairy, you can taste the fruit and it’s smooth. I don’t particularly care for a lot of ingredients in my ice cream. I want to taste the cream, I want to taste the dairy, I want to taste the freshness,” Grenier said. Coolest flavors: Last year Grenier was asked to make a flavor specifically for the Sail Portsmouth event, which showcased tall ships as they came into the harbor. Grenier gave it some thought and came 10
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17 Ocean Boulevard, North Hampton, 603-964-7451, thebeachplum.net How long it’s been around: The Beach Plum is across the road from the North Hampton public beach and the walk-up window is great for sandy visitors looking for a scoop. The shop has been in business for 22 years and is run by a crew of young people who said they enjoyed the fast- paced ice-cream-scooping whirlwind of a job. Emma Gootee and Ryan Lee are college students who run the store most days. The shop has been open for more than two decades; Lee started working at the store as a teenager four years ago. His mom opened the store before he was born and now he
works there over the summers. The shop is called The Beach Plum because the plants tend to grow in the area. The front of the store is decorated with hanging flower baskets that harken back to the store’s roots. “When my mom first opened the place, she was looking at it and there were tons of beach plum flowers out back,” Lee said. Locals start to wander in from the beach just before 11 a.m. because they know the windows of the shop will open soon. Lee said that from April to October the Beach Plum regulars tend to try to get a head start on the lines that form around 2 p.m. What’s on the menu: The ice cream shop has gained a following because of its convenient location and large menu. In addition to the 76 flavors of Richardson’s Ice Cream, The Beach Plum has a full menu of seafood snacks including fried clams, hot dogs, salads, wraps, and lobster rolls in various sizes. “That’s our two big things, the ice cream and the lobster rolls,” Gootee said. Coolest flavors: Lee and Gootee see their fair share of ice cream trends. The Phantom Berry is one ice cream flavor that Lee finds unique this year. It’s a black raspberry ice cream combined with crushed Oreos and hot fudge swirls. Gootee likes the Totally Turtle ice cream flavor, which is vanilla-based and has caramel swirls, cashews and brownies. She said the shop orders what they want from Richardson’s extensive catalog of ice cream flavors depending on the season and what is popular that year. Peach-flavored ice cream is popular in the spring, and then in the fall, Gootee said, they will order an apple pie-flavored ice cream with chunks of real apple and cinnamon crust. “There [are] definitely consistently popular flavors, certain flavors that stay really popular,” Gootee said. 12
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59 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton, 603-926-0888 How long it’s been around: 2017 marks Buc’s Lagoon’s 21st year in business. Before that, the shop was a minigolf business called Go Go Putt. When current owner John Schertell bought it in the 1990s, he kept the minigolf theme and added ice cream. What’s on the menu: Buc’s Lagoon has over 124 flavors of ice cream, according to store manager Maura Twomey. “It’s hard to believe it but it’s because we do flavored soft-serve as well as hard ice cream,” Twomey said. The hard-serve ice cream is supplied by Hershey’s and the soft-serve is from Hood.
The soft-serve ice cream can be mixed with a large variety of syrup flavors like chocolate, caramel and coffee. There are 44 traditional hard-serve ice cream flavors as well as gluten-free, dairy-free, frappes, shakes, sundaes and more. “We like to cater to the community, basically, and give them everything we have,” Twomey said. The minigolf course has 18 holes that wrap around a waterfall and a stream. The water at Buc’s Lagoon is dyed blue; Schertell designed the course to have a pirate theme complete with coves, gallows and a giant pirate statue. “He had the vision of having a pirate’s haven,” Twomey said. Coolest flavors: The Shipwreck is 19 scoops of hard-serve ice cream. The customer can choose from any of the hard-serve ice cream flavors. Twomey recommends choosing just four, but she said most people end up wanting one of every flavor. Toppings include mini M&Ms, Reese’s peanut butter cups, gummy bears and cookies. “We sold quite a few this summer. We actually had one guy come in and buy one just for himself,” Twomey said. Flavors come and go as Hershey’s makes new ice creams. Twomey said Midnight Caramel River might be a hit this summer because of its simplicity. The flavor is a mix of chocolate ice cream with caramel swirls. Green Mint Chip is also very popular, according to Twomey. Hours: Buc’s Lagoon is open 24/7 from late spring to early fall.
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fudge and caramel. There are vanilla and chocolate softserve that are served alone or twisted together. The banana split has three scoops of hard-serve ice cream, three toppings, a banana, whipped cream, nuts and a cherry. The menu also has 95-percent fat-free yogurts, sugar-free ice cream, sorbet and Italian ice from Richie’s of Everett, Mass. “We have a little something for everyone,” Laycock said. Laycock said that Italian ice is popular in the summer because it is more like a fruit juice and not a thick desert. “It’s more refreshing. There is no dairy, so it’s not as heavy,” Laycock said. Every morning, Laycock and her workers take waffle cones and dip them into melted chocolate before rolling them in colored sprinkles or jimmies. Stillwells also offers gluten-free plain and sugar cones. “Occasionally I’ll get crazy and make M&M cones or Oreo cones,” Laycock said. Coolest flavors: Frozen Pudding is a flavor of hard ice cream that Laycock said gets people’s attention. It’s a rum-flavored ice cream with frozen dried fruits like apricots, peaches, maraschino cherries and raisins. Grape Nut Custard is one of Laycock’s favorites. The custard-flavored ice cream is combined with Grape Nuts cereal pieces and she said she makes everyone try it. “It’s honestly, in my opinion, one of the best, even if it’s a little scary-sounding,” Laycock said. The Milky Way flavor is Laycock’s alltime favorite. It is a chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips, chunks of Milky Way bars and caramel swirls. Hours: Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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112 Wentworth Road, Rye, 603-4313086, theicehouserestaurant.com How long it’s been around: Ownership has changed over the years but the location has been serving ice cream since the 1950s. The Ice House officially opened in the summer of 1980 and was renovated to what it is today in 2002. What’s on the menu: Forty-two flavors of Richardson’s ice cream along with sundaes, frappes, sherbet, ice cream sodas, banana splits, floats and malts. There is also an extensive food menu including hand-cut fried onion rings, fried seafood and sandwiches. Coolest flavors: The Butter Pecan Sundae has butter pecan ice cream topped with warm caramel sauce and pecans. The Snickers-flavored ice cream is a vanilla ice cream with peanuts, chocolate chips, caramel swirl and chunks of real Snickers bars. Hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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418 Route 286, Seabrook, N.H., 603474-7272, find Dunlap’s on Facebook How long it’s been around: 13 years. What’s on the menu: Along with 30 flavors of Blake’s Ice cream, Dunlap’s has cake, slush and fried dough. Coolest Flavors: The Cookie Jar is vanilla ice cream with peanut butter cookie swirls and Oreo. The Boston Blackout is chocolate ice cream with brownie chunks and chocolate swirls. Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekends.
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69 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton, N.H. How long it’s been around: Since 2005. Coolest Flavors: Pistachio and Strawberry are their most popular flavors. Hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day weather permitting.
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814 Lafayette Road, Hampton, N.H., 603-926-5011, smallgolf.com What’s on the menu: Captain’s Cove Adventure Golf serves Richardson’s Ice Cream as well as smoothies, mini melts and soft-serve ice cream. Coolest Flavors: Cotton Candy and Cake Batter. Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. weather permitting.
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136 Rabbit Road, Salisbury, Mass., 978463-0214, facebook.com/Hodgiestoo How long it’s been around: Since 1992. What’s on the menu: Hodgies makes over 50 of their own flavors with rotating specials. They also serve sorbet and softserve. The soft-serve comes in vanilla, chocolate, black raspberry, coffee and peanut butter yogurt. Coolest Flavors: Coffee Cookies and Cream is a coffee-flavored ice cream mixed with crushed Oreo cookies. Brickle Pie is a vanilla and chocolate twist with caramel and marshmallow swirls mixed with chocolate chips and Heath bar. Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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81 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton, N.H., 603-601-6665, sweethannahs.com How long it’s been around: Seven years. What’s on the menu: Twenty flavors of Hood premium hard ice cream and chocolate, vanilla or twist soft-serve. Coolest Flavors: Superman is a fruit punch-flavored ice cream with lemon, cherry and blue raspberry flavors. Snickerdoodle is a vanilla-based ice cream with cinnamon swirls and snickerdoodle cookie pieces. Hours: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day during the summer. 18
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133 Exeter Road, Hampton Falls, N.H., 603-926-3721, applecrest.com How long it’s been around: In May 2015 the orchard opened the creamery. What’s on the menu: The creamery orders ice cream from Memories Ice Cream, which uses the orchard’s fruits for some of the flavors, like the strawberry ice cream. Hours: May through August seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Beach Hut
1191 Ocean Boulevard, Rye, N.H. How long it’s been around: Since 2013 What’s on the menu: Twenty-five flavors of Annabelle’s Natural Ice cream from Portsmouth as well as fried seafood snacks and sandwiches. Coolest Flavors: Yellow Brick Road is a vanilla ice cream with roasted pecans, praline pecans and caramel swirl. Minty Minty Cookie is a vanilla ice cream with all-natural mint flavoring and Girl Scoutstyle thin mint cookies. Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. all summer long
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Getting ready to serve a banana split at Lago’s. Photo by Ethan Hogan.
931 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton; 95 Exeter Road, Kingston, memoriesicecream.com How long it’s been around: Memories Ice Cream’s Kingston location has been in business since 1992; in 2017 they opened their first separate location in Hampton. According to Memories Ice Cream’s website, they make their own ice cream every day at at the Kingston location. Built on an old farm, the Kingston loca-
tion has a family-friendly atmosphere with a porch and rocking chairs. You can watch the ice cream machine churn out five-gallon batches of ice cream. What’s on the menu: There are more than 35 flavors including traditional favorites like cookie dough and coffee as well as monthly and weekly specialty flavors. The shop also makes ice cream sandwiches and ice cream cakes daily.
Coolest flavors: Buncha Crunch is a vanilla ice cream with chocolate-covered crispy rice treats. French Toast is a cinnamon- and maple syrup-flavored ice cream with pieces of cider donuts inside. The maple syrup is Memories’ own. White Gold is a vanilla ice cream with chocolate chip cookie dough and caramel swirl. Hours: From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.
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How long it’s been around: For 21 years Donna Wright and her husband Gary have been making their own ice cream in Stratham and they like to experiment with new flavors. What’s on the menu: More than 30 flavors of hard-serve ice cream that is made in house every day. There are four flavors of soft-serve including vanilla, chocolate, chocolate yogurt and specials that change every week. Last week’s special was Mudslide, a mixture of Kahlua and Baileys coffee creamer and chocolate chunks. Coolest flavors: Just the Wright Place for Ice Cream has new flavors every day as they experiment with ingredients. Vanilla Fudge Surprise is a vanilla ice cream with chocolate fudge and peanut butter swirls. Purple Zebra is a black raspberry ice cream with milk chocolate and white chocolate chips. Hours: From noon to 10 p.m. every day.
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How long have you been there? Fifteen years — a long time. You like it there at the Seacoast Science Center? I hands-down have the greatest job on the Seacoast. I oversee all the education programs here — our camps, school and group programs, distance learning and visitor programs. I also write grants, and spend a lot of time collaborating with other organizations. I have a fun job. I have a background in Marine Science, but always kind of found myself as the educational part of any research team, translating and communicating to the public. In my late 20s, I transitioned from research into environmental education. Have you always loved the ocean? I was a Navy brat growing up — we always lived on the water. The ocean always drew me in. I went to UNH for marine science and then worked with sea turtles in Texas. Everything I have done has been marine-related. Seacoast Science Center is a fantastic place. Practically every school kid in the state comes through our doors, which is a great thing. We have a lot of general visitors as well—about 80,000 visitors each year total.
What do you want people to remember about your operation? Ocean education is what we do. We are so lucky to be inside Odiorne State Park, a New Hampshire State Park. We have a great combination of tanks and exhibits that focus on ocean conservation and ocean health. Plus, we have an incredible outdoor resource to teach visitors about both. We can take kids into the tidal pools and get their feet wet and provide that hands-on experience with nature. That is what is so special and magical about this place. With seven habitats in the park and a building full of fun tanks and exhibits, we are perfectly poised to inspire and connect people to their local environment. We want to help people appreciate the beauty and fragility of this coastal environment and connect the dots between its health and their own. We have naturalists here who provide indoor and outdoor hourly 22
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21 programs throughout the day. People can touch lobsters, explore tide pools, learn about our marine mammal rescue team and have all kinds of hands-on facilitated experiences.
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Do you see a lot of tourists, and if so, how do you add to their Seacoast experience? This time of year, we get a lot of tourists. We have a 250-gallon touch tank with urchins, sea stars, crabs, seaweeds and other rocky shore tide pool animals. We also have a smaller touch tank with sharks, skates and horseshoe crabs. We talk about diurnal tides and other things that are not on people’s daily radars, so we can orient them to the seacoast. Most people are not familiar with a rocky shoreline, so our programs are designed to be adaptable to each unique group and meet them at their own entry point of background and interest. What is the outcome you want from people’s experience here? My goal is to always inspire a sense of wonder. We want to teach visitors about
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why a healthy ocean matters. We want people to understand how the ocean’s health is connected to their daily health — the health of the ocean drives our own quality of life. I hope that by inspiring and exciting, we can empower people to take action to conserve and protect. What’s one sort of tidbit you can relay about how the ocean is so important? Over 50 percent of the oxygen in each breath we take is produced by algae in the ocean. Whether you live here in New Hampshire or in Ohio, your daily life is connected to the ocean. It is a powerful thought. We try to tie everything back to people’s daily lives and show those systemic connections. What do you like to do for fun? I like to be on the water. I like to kayak, boogie board and snorkel. I have two kids. We like to go to the beach and hike a lot. I’m brainwashing them into becoming the next generation of marine scientists, but they haven’t caught on yet. Anything new for Seacoast Science Center? This year is our 25th anniversary — it is a fun and special year for us. We will celebrate on Sept. 9 with a huge family fun day. It’s a big free family event. We have 25 weeks of special programs leading up to that. Another thing we have is a new Blue Steward Badge Program that guides people through exploring the Center and Odiorne State Park. We educate to motivate, so our hope is to motivate people to action in terms of ocean conservation. It’s #healthyoceanorbust for us! — Rob Levey
HARRY POTTER DAY Muggles rejoice; you can still stroll down Diagon Alley, buy a wand at Ollivanders and collect Hogwarts school books at Flourish and Blotts. It all happens at the Dover Public Library, 73 Locust St., Dover, Saturday, July 29, from 9 a.m. to noon, in early celebration of Harry Potter’s birthday. Attendees will receive their own Hogwarts acceptance letters and partake in all these activities, plus stop in Quality Quidditch Supplies (to play Quidditch), Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions (to fingerknit a scarf) and Magical Menagerie (to decorate a dragon egg). Witch and wizard wardrobes are encouraged (costume contest winners earn a Harry Potter gift basket) and at the end of the day is a Harry Potter trivia competition. The event is free and open to the public. Visit library. dover.nh.gov or call 516-6050. 116160
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We talked to people on the beach and asked them some tough questions... If you were guaranteed the answer to one question, what would it be?
What is the biggest or fanciest word you know that makes you feel smart?
“What will the world come to in 2200? Because I feel like we are falling apart and we are taking over our planet.”
“Aforementioned, which means, like, what was mentioned before. I learned it in grad school but I think I’ve only used it once.”
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What is the best gift you have ever given? “Well I guess my heart because I am a nurse. I take care of patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia.” ANDREW SNOW OF CALIFORNIA
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Bust out those muscle tanks and get ready to hit the sand at the Hampton Beach Wrestling Tournament. Wrestlers of all ages and skill levels are eligible to enter for a chance to win a medal on Sunday, July 30. From 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., registration will take place at the beach for $15 per wrestler. After registration, weight classes will be created based on the registered contestants. The divisions will be separated by age: Elementary (kindergarten through fourth grade), Middle School (grades 5 through 8), High School (grades 9 through 12), Adult Division (ages 18 through 30), Veteran Division (ages 31 through 44), and Senior Division (ages 45 and up). Winnacunnet High School Physical Education teacher and wrestling coach Eric Larcomb will be orchestrating and coaching the Hampton Beach Wrestling Tournament for his second year, though it’s the fifth year for the event. “[Wrestling] is a great physical activity,” Larcomb said. “It’s a fun thing to do at the beach, it’s unique, it only happens once a year and if you’ve done wrestling or if you haven’t and you’re interested, or done any kind of combat or jiu jitsu, it’s a kind of relative sport for you to do in the sand.” He said wrestlers sign up the day of the event. “We’ve got three rings set up and they participate in a modified wrestling game that’s similar to wrestling, but … away from the ground,” he said. “Pretty much as soon as they hit the sand, they stop — it’s on their feet only.” At 10:30 a.m. the wrestling matches will commence; the tournament will be roundrobin style. Each match consists of one period that lasts three minutes. Takedowns or push-outs are worth one point and takedowns with back exposure are worth two points. The wrestler who gets three points wins and moves on. Winners in the top three will be awarded medals. “We group by experience, too, so we put the beginners with the beginners and the experienced with the experienced to our best ability,” Larcomb said. When asked what has driven this tournament to come back for the past five years, Larcomb said, “It’s just a unique Hampton Beach Wrestling Tournament When: Sunday, July 30, at 10:30 a.m. (Registration 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.) Where: Hampton Beach Registration: $15 to participate Admission: Free to watch
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Hampton’s wrestling tournament returns July 30. Courtesy photo.
way of promoting the sport of wrestling; [it’s] an off-season opportunity for anyone. It’s an open tournament, so it’s all the way from kindergarten all the way to the older groups. It’s [also] an opportunity for people who used to do wrestling to participate in a modified way that’s not so hard on your body.” Each year, the tournament receives overwhelmingly positive feedback. Despite the rainy forecast during last year’s tournament, 120 people participated. “Imagine, if [the weather] this year is even better it’s going to be even bigger than that,” Larcomb said. “I’m hoping that we get close to 200.” Spectators who are unfamiliar with the world of wrestling will be in for a treat. “You’ll see constant people … wrestling in three different rings, one match after
another. … It’s pretty physical. … There’s no punching or anything, but it’s a lot of throwing. They throw each other in the sand and try and take each other down,” Larcomb said. As the tournament will take place on the sands at Hampton Beach, swimmers and suntanners alike are welcome to join the audience and cheer on the wrestlers. Larcomb hopes that locals and visitors make it to the beach on game day. “I encourage everyone to come out and either watch or participate; it’s a fun, unique event [and] everyone that participated had a blast last year and it’s something that can be an annual event they participate in.” For more information on the tournament and to view the full list of rules, visit hamptonbeach.org. — Nicole Kenney
ACT ONE GETS STARTED The ACT ONE Festival starts up Friday, Aug. 4, with Matthew Barber’s comedy, Enchanted April, based on the novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim, at the West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. The story takes place in post-war London the winter of 1922 and follows two housewives, Lotte and Rose, who conceive a plan of escape to a magical place of warmth and beauty. The show spans through Aug. 12, with showtimes Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m., plus one Sunday, Aug. 13, at 7:30 p.m. Other shows part of the festival happening this summer include Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun (Aug. 25-Sept. 2), Ballads of a Grateful Heart (Aug. 17 & Aug. 31), Ed Gerhard in Concert (Aug. 27) and True Tales Live Onstage (Sept. 3). Tickets are $20, $18 for students. Visit actonenh.org or call 300-2986.
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Personal trainer shares exercise expertise I think one of the coolest things about fitness is that there are many ways to get fit. For instance, I run and lift weights. I hike, kayak and ride a mountain bike, too. One thing I have not done, however, is try a boot camp, which is why I turned to a former colleague, Samantha Lyford of Get Fit with Sam, for how this form of fitness works. For her, it all starts on North Beach in Hampton. “The tide kind of determines where we do it but it’s either right down on the beach or we do it up on the wall when the tide is high,” she said. “Either way, you can see the waves and watch the sunrise.” Noting she also offers pop-up outdoor classes around the Seacoast, she said part of her enjoyment in fitness is “looking for fun spots” at which to hold her classes. “My goal is to work your full body in about 45 minutes,” she said. “My classes are fit for everyone — ladies, gents, all ages and all fitness levels.” For those who may be nervous about trying a boot camp or any form of new fitness, Lyford offered words of encouragement as well as perspective. “Simply moving and getting to a class is an accomplishment in itself,” she said. “The Seacoast is filled with amazing gyms and knowledgeable trainers. Don’t be intimidated. Be proud of yourself for wanting to make a positive change in your life.” Acknowledging that the first couple weeks are always the most difficult, she said she has found that many people are surprised to find that fitness can become part of their daily routine. For her own classes, she said she is happy to make any sort of modifications for people. “I have clients I need to turn it down a notch for and then some I need to turn it up for,” she said. “I will always make it work for you.” When it comes to her own workout, Lyford is all about creating challenges. “I like to prove myself wrong and show my mind what my body is capable of,” she said. “I feel grateful every day that I can work out so I get out and I move. It is also my therapy and happy place — nothing clears my mind or boosts my mood like a good sweat session.” For those looking for general fitness advice, Lyford said she asks people to consider working out as a celebration of their bodies. She suggests people not work out to simply fit into a smaller article of clothing.
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“That mindset won’t stick,” she said. “It always bums me out when I train someone who is so driven for a specific event or milestone but stops once that happens. Your biggest goal with fitness should be to make staying active and being healthy a lifestyle — not a quick fix.” She said with this idea in mind that people should not think that fitness is simply a “one size fits all” endeavor. She said the key for sustainable fitness success is to find what you like and what works for your body and your personality. “It may not be the same thing your friend or relative found to work for them, and that is OK,” she said. “Find a workout you like to do, show up, keep it fun, challenge yourself but be realistic, listen to your body and keep going. You deserve it.” You never know what or who might inspire your fitness goals. It could be a friend or a trainer or someone you meet while trying a new fitness class or joining a fitness-oriented club. For Lyford, inspiration started at home with her father, whom she described as “the biggest fitness junkie” she knows. “His love for working out was passed on to my siblings and me,” she said. “He would always joke with us when we were little about how people take such good care of their lawns, their homes and their cars but will neglect their body. It is a little backward, if you ask me.” To learn more about Get Fit with Sam, find her on Facebook, or email Lyford at getfithampton@gmail.com. — Rob Levey
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The Six03 Summerfest Race is one hill of a race! This race is the only 10K in the Dover Race Series. The race starts at the Dover Ice Arena and proceeds from the event will go to the Jenny Thompson Outdoor pool, which is owned by the Dover Recreation Department. There will be a 5K alongside the 10k, and both will start at 9 a.m. Bib pick-up will be at the Dover Ice Arena between 7:30 and 8:45 a.m. To register online go to six03endurance.com The 10K will take runners up the legendary Portland Avenue Hill. A special award will be given to the runner who has the fastest time up the hill. The hill marks the very last leg of the course and will test runners’ stamina. The first-place male and female finishers will win $100 , second place will win $75 and third place will win $50. After the race there will be music, activ-
ities and beer. All registered runners will get Smuttynose beer following the race. If you are not a runner you can still purchase beer when the race is over. This is one for the books! The second annual Lane Memorial Library One-Mile Family Fun Run is on Friday, July 28, at 8:30 a.m. at the Winnacunnet High School track. There will be prizes for the best costume and race winner, and everyone will get a fun run sticker. Bill Teschek of Granite State Race Services will be timing the event. Strollers are not allowed on the school track; there will be an alternative route for those runners. Everyone is welcome, even spectators, and the race is open to all ages and abilities. First run in 1982, the One for the Books was a 5K organized by Bill Teschek, former assistant director who worked for the library for 37 years. Last year the library revived the run as a one-mile fun run.
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• Fairy house builders are wanted for the 13th annual Friends of the South End Fairy House Tour, which will be held on Sept. 23 and 24. Interested builders must register their entry by Aug. 15. • The Portsmouth Fairy House Tour is the world’s largest fairy house tour and features more than 200 handcrafted fairy houses made by local artists, florists, garden clubs club members, businesses, families and local school children. • Fairy houses are great projects for grandparents, parents, babysitters and children to build together over the summer. From collecting natural materials to delivering the finished fairy house during the Tour weekend, families can experience the magic that comes with creating an enchanted home for a fairy or gnome. • Inspired by local author Tracy Kane’s Fairy Houses Series and produced by Friends of the South End with the assistance of Canoe Harbor Consulting, the annual Fairy House Tour attracts 6,500-8,000 families and fairies each year. • For more information about the 2017 Portsmouth Fairy House Tour or to sign up to build a fairy house, visit portsmouthfairyhousetour.com.
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CAR TALK
What makes some cars last longer than others? Dear Car Talk: Reading the recent question from Coop about his ‘95 Mini that’s crapping out after 99,500 miles made me wonder why some brands of cars start fallBy Ray Magliozzi ing apart at 100,000 miles, and others (Hondas, for example) trundle along with few problems for 200,000 or even 300,000 miles. — Steve It’s mostly good design and good manufacturing. I remember as recently as 10 years ago, we’d have a Toyota Camry in the shop with 180,000 miles on it, and the engine would be running as quietly as if it had 18,000 miles on it; you might not even know it was running. And in the next bay, there’d be a Chevy Cavalier with 80,000 miles on it that was rattling like a loose set of false teeth on a cold morning. Now, all cars have gotten better in the past few decades. It’s important to give credit where it’s due. Overall, all cars are more reliable, better made and last longer than ever. But some still are better than others. Consumer Reports lists the 10 most reliable cars every year. And in its most recent list, Toyota (which also makes Lexus) took five of the top 10 spots.
Why is that? Well, we know that Toyota long ago decided to stake its reputation on reliability. It made that the top priority. It could have prioritized styling — and if you’ve seen a Camry in the past 35 years, you know it didn’t do that. It could have emphasized exciting performance — and if you’ve driven a Camry in the past 35 years, you know it didn’t do that, either. What it did do is put a lot of effort into designing parts that last, manufacturing them well and assembling them so that the spaces between the moving parts (called “tolerances”) are tiny. That makes engines run quietly and run longer, since the pieces aren’t knocking the heck out of each other a thousand times a minute. In some cases, those improvements involved better design and engineering. In some cases, they involved training and incentivizing employees. And in other cases, they involved spending a little more money on parts or materials. Other manufacturers had other top priorities. Some focused on performance, some on styling, some on the next quarterly return for their shareholders. Toyota bet that if it could gain a reputation for building cars that were reliable and lasted a long time, it would eventually pay off. And it did.
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Now, there still are people for whom reliability is not the first thing on their wish list. Some are moved more by styling, some by fuel economy, comfort, safety or performance. And some just say, “Screw reliability, I want that cute little Fiat!” And there’s nothing wrong with that. Caveat emptor. But the reason Toyotas and Hondas have long been leaders in reliability and durability is because they made those things priorities over many years. While others have gotten closer, they’re still working to catch up. Dear Car Talk: The mass air-flow sensor on my beloved 1999 VW Eurovan camper has been replaced three times, and now it’s gone bad again. The mechanic who looked at it said there was oil on the sensor. What would cause that and what would it cost to fix? — Meredith It sounds like you have an affliction we call “blow-by”: When enough motor oil sneaks by worn-out piston rings and then gets combusted in the cylinders, oily vapors can get blown back into the air-intake area, where the mass air-flow sensor lives. And if you get enough oil on it, you can muck up the sensor’s electronics and cause it to stop working. If you do have blow-by that’s that serious, an oily air-flow sensor won’t be the only
piece of evidence: Your mechanic would see an oily film all over the air filter, too. The best-case scenario for you is that whatever blow-by your engine is producing is being exacerbated by a bad PCV valve. The PCV is supposed to remove combustion gases from the crankcase, and recycle them through the air intake so they don’t build up and blow back. If your PCV system isn’t working anymore, that could explain why those gases, and the oily vapors, are getting blown backward and fouling your airflow sensor. A PCV system might cost you a couple of hundred bucks to repair. The worst-case scenario is that your PCV system is working fine, which means it just can’t keep up with the massive amount of blow-by your engine is producing. That would mean you’re on a countdown to an engine rebuild. That’s thousands. If you’re looking for a shorter-term solution, you also could try cleaning the sensor that failed. Normally, they fail because a wire breaks. But if yours is just smothered with oil, you can try using contact cleaner (not the stuff made for your contact lenses, the stuff that cleans electronic contacts) to clean your sensor and see if you can get it working again. Visit Cartalk.com.
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ADVENTURE
By Ethan Hogan
VROLOGY VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE Where I went: I went to Hampton Beach this weekend and looked into the eye of a giant blue whale as it passed by the remains of a sunken ship while I was standing on the bottom of the ocean. After that I found myself surrounded by a school of hundreds of bioluminescent jellyfish. Then I fought off an onslaught of Nazis in the streets of a European city during World War II. And I did it all with a pair of virtual reality goggles. What it is: VR has existed in some form since the 1980s, but recent advances in technology ushered in by the smartphone era have made the experience more accessible and more immersive. I visited the VRology Virtual Reality Experience located on the main boardwalk at Hampton Beach this weekend and got to try out a few of their most compelling experiences. You pay $10 per experience and they last about six minutes. If you buy one experience you get the 9DFX motion ride for $5. My Experience: The first experience I tried was the shop’s most ambitious
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demo. It was the 9DFX VR motion simulator, which had me sitting in an egg-shaped white chair. I donned the virtual reality goggles and held on to two joysticks on the armrests. I’ve read about virtual reality extensively in the last few years and figured I would be able to handle even the most extreme motions while wearing the goggles. I was wrong. The chair tilted and moved as air shot at me to simulate a pendulum pirate boat ride that you would find at an amusement park. The simulation took advantage of the fact that it did not have to follow the rules of physics that exist in reality by swinging me in every direction. I couldn’t make it through the whole ride and had to take the goggles off. It really did feel like I was on a ride going hundreds of feet in the air. That feeling of being the edge of something overwhelmingly realistic. I decided to move on to a calmer underwater standing experience. As I moved to a different station, I looked on as two middle-aged women strapped into the egg seats and hardly flinched on the ride I’d just had to leave. For the next demo I was standing, in real life, on a room-sized foam mat with goggles and headphones on and two controllers in my hand. The controllers were tracked inside the headset so I could see exactly where my hands were moving. The headset booted up and suddenly I was standing at the bow of a sunken ship looking out into the dark abyss of the ocean. As I walked around in real life, my perspective in the game moved accordingly. A stingray calmly glided past me and the sense of scale became clear. I knew a whale was going to swim past eventually. I just didn’t know when. When the blue giant finally came by, I honestly felt a little bit scared. It was so big and moved so slowly that I felt it
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Ethan experiences a virtual world.
could easily move the ship, whose stillness I had grown accustomed to. The whale never moved me; it simply came in very close to get a look at me. Its massive eye blinked and focused in on me as I stood there apprehensively, not knowing whether or not I should reach out and interact with it. Just as I did, some rumble from deep inside the whale made it clear it was leaving. As it turned away it exposed its ribbed underside and I watched in awe as the demo ended. Then I was at the bottom of the ocean again, but this time I got the sense that I was much deeper. The controller in my right hand was represented by a flashlight in the game and all around me were rocks and giant bones that I could examine with the light. Bobbing and scurrying in and out of holes and crevices all around my feet were crabs and fish that glowed in the dark. As I went to reach for them they pulled away and disappeared into a darker corner or hole. Then, slowly, the number of bioluminescent creatures increased and little glowing jellyfish started moving around me. I could plop them on their tops and they would ripple and gently move away. Then hundreds surrounded me and I spun around slowly, in real life and in the game. The last demo I tried was a World War II shooter. This experience was much more interactive as I had to pick things up and engage with them. The first thing I did was reach out and grab a lighter by holding my hand out and clicking a trigger on the controller. A soldier to my right leaned in and I lit his cigarette.
We were stationed in city, presumably in Europe, where the streets were cobbled stone and the buildings all around us were five stories high. When the enemies started running out of the alleyways and standing up in the windows, I was unarmed. I had to remember to pick up the guns I wanted and even reload when I ran out of ammo. I happened to be a very good shot in the game. I pulled the controller close to my cheek like I was aiming down the sights of a real gun. I knew I was a good shot because I was hitting the enemies high on their bodies and getting more points. I tried my hand at a bazooka and some grenades before I got overrun. Who should try this: If you get motion sickness easily you should avoid the roller coaster ride. Otherwise, I think most of the experiences would be fun for anyone. There are many other demos that I didn’t get to try, ranging from interactive zombie shooters to calm passive landscape experiences. You can choose what experience you want based on the level of immersion you are comfortable with. Want to see your photo in the Scene? If you have a great photo that shows off the cool people, places or things in the communities of Hampton, Rye, Seabrook or Salisbury, send it to the Scene and we could run it in a future issue! Email your photo to editor@ seacoastscene.net, along with a description of the photo and the name of the photographer and then look for it in an upcoming issue of the Seacoast Scene!
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FOOD
Bountiful blues Blueberries ready for picking If you’re in search of a summertime superfood with both tremendous health benefits and flavor, look no further than your local blueberry patch. Despite their small size, blueberries contain a significant amount of vital nutrients. “Blueberries have the highest antioxidant capacities among all fruits, vegetables, spices and seasonings,” Ryan Wilson of Demeritt Hill Farm said. Blueberries are also high in fiber, vitamins C and K, and manganese, according to Julie Butterfield from Berrybogg Farm. So there’s no doubt that blueberries are beneficial to your health, but not all blueberries are created equal. Like other fruits, some of the blueberries sold in grocery stores today were sprayed with pesticides and other chemicals before they were picked. You can purchase certified organic berries at most stores or buy them directly from a local farm that does not use any sprays. Or, for more of a challenge that has the Pick your own Here are a few local farms that offer PYO blueberries. Blueberry Bay Farm, Stratham 603-580-1612 Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. DeMeritt Hill Farm, Lee 603-868-2111 Call for hours of operation Berrybogg Farm, Strafford 603-664-2100 Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
potential to reap delicious benefits, you could grow your own blueberries. “Blueberries are a perfect plant for the homeowner,” Butterfield said. “They are a great edible landscape plant with pretty white flowers in the spring, blueberries in the summer and red foliage in the fall. In the winter their branches are a beautiful red.” Here are some popular varieties of blueberries. Duke: Early-ripening, medium-sized fruit that is slightly tart Blue Crop: Mid-season, large fruit that is very sweet and easy to harvest Jersey: Late-season, medium- to smallsized berries that are sweet and great for freezing According to Leslie Stevens, owner of Sidewalk Farms in downtown Portsmouth, blueberries are one of the easiest fruits to grow. Working with only a fifth of an acre of land, Stevens maintains several fruits and vegetables on her front lawn, including eight highbush cultivated blueberry bushes. “I find they are the easiest to pick and have nice plump berries,” Stevens said. “I have early, middle and late season bushes to extend the season as long as possible.” If you’re interested in growing your own blueberries, these hints and tips from Stevens and other local seacoast farmers can help you get on the right start: “Pick a spot that has at least six hours of sun each day,” Stevens said. “Blueberries like acidic soil, so if you are able to plan ahead you can dig the holes in the fall, add some garden sulfur to help acidify the soil a bit, and then let it sit over the winter. Another trick to help further acidify the soil is to heavily mulch in the fall with pine needles.” “The blueberry bush is shallow-rooted, so watering is key to having a successful plant,” Butterfield said. “Also, it’s very important to provide plant material for pol-
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linators — no bees, no food!” “Buy a book on growing blueberries,” Wilson said. “This will be a great resource on types of soil, ideas for layout of the fruit block, and pruning and management. Also, be sure to invest in some high-quality netting, because birds love blueberries.” Growing your own blueberry bushes can be a rewarding experience, but you might prefer the taste of lowbush wild blueberries. These berries are much smaller and compact in comparison to their cultivated counterparts, and they have a more intense
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and tangy flavor. They are also excellent for freezing, which is recommended if you plan on using them for baking. If you’re on the hunt for a fresh patch of wild blueberries, good areas to explore are fields, mountaintops and roadsides. Picking your own blueberries is a fun and relaxing summer activity, and the season is now in its prime. If you’d rather not scavenge for berries in the wild, several farms in the Seacoast area offer PYO blueberries until the end of August. — Molly Brown
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Bruschetta chicken with balsamic glaze I’ve been writing this column for more than five years, and while food trends and fads have come and gone, one thing has remained constant: the simplicity of pantry ingredients. While pantry ingredients may typically be simple, they can be transformed into some delicious dishes. This recipe, for example, is very basic, but the combination of dried herbs and other seasonings, along with a sweet and savory glaze, turns it into an impressive meal. I imagine I’ve made something similar to this over the past few years, but this was the first time I tried my hand at making a balsamic glaze. I’m not a huge fan of balsamic vinegar, but add a little sweetness and I’m sold. Before looking it up, I imagined balsamic glaze to be something that would take more time or more ingredients than I had, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. Balsamic glaze came together using only two very pantry-friendly ingredients: balsamic vinegar and brown sugar. That’s it. I’m foolish. I should have been making this glaze for years to drizzle on everything from chicken and salads to bruschetta and grilled veggies. Now that I know how simple it is to make, balsamic glaze is going to be popping up on my dinner table more frequently. I was so excited to try the glaze that I couldn’t decide what to serve it with. So
I opted for a combination of a couple of things that I knew it would pair well with: grilled chicken and bruschetta. Variations of this recipe have been floating around for years, but I decided to make it with what I had on hand. For the bruschetta: dried basil, onion, Roma tomatoes, garlic salt and a squeeze of lemon. For the chicken: Italian seasoning, salt and a squeeze of lemon. I seasoned the chicken with the Italian seasoning and a pinch of salt, squeezed some lemon juice on top, and tossed it in a resealable bag to marinate for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, I started making the glaze, which mostly consisted of pouring some balsamic vinegar into a pan, scooping in some brown sugar, bringing it to a boil and then letting it simmer until it reduced. The smell of boiling balsamic vinegar is potent, so I’d make this ahead of time if you’re having company for dinner. Once I tossed the chicken on the grill, I prepped my bruschetta topping, finely chopping the onions and tomatoes and seasoning with basil, garlic and a squeeze of lemon. With the chicken nearly finished, I topped each piece with a slice of provolone cheese and let it melt before removing the chicken from the heat. The bruschetta mixture went on top of the chicken and cheese, and the balsamic glaze was the perfect finishing touch on it all. This dish was savory and sweet, with a burst of freshness from the onion and tomatoes to offset the char from the grill. Overall, it was simple, pantry-friendly and delicious. — Lauren Mifsud
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ator, for at least 30 minutes. Meanwhile, over medium heat, add balsamic vinegar and brown sugar to a small saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring until sugar is completely dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer until mixture is reduced by about half, about 15 minutes. Remove chicken from refrigerator and drain excess liquid. Grill over medium-high heat, until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Top each piece of chicken with a piece of provolone cheese, if desired, and let stand until cheese melts. While chicken is cooking, prep bruschetta topping. In a small bowl add onion, tomatoes, basil, garlic salt and a squeeze of lemon juice; toss to combine. Spoon generous servings of the bruschetta topping over each piece of chicken. Before serving, drizzle with the balsamic glaze.
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts Salt, to taste Italian seasoning to taste 1 lemon 4 slices provolone cheese 2 Roma tomatoes, chopped 1 small onion, finely chopped Dried or fresh basil, to taste Garlic salt, to taste 1 cup balsamic vinegar ¼ cup brown sugar Begin by marinating the chicken: Season the chicken breasts with Italian seasoning, salt and a squeeze of lemon juice. Toss to coat and put in a resealable plastic bag, in the refriger-
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I have a love-hate relationship with summer brews. On the one hand, the typical “summer wheat beer” can be light, crisp and refreshing and usually features a reasonably subtle citrusy burst — think Samuel Adams Summer Ale. But on the other hand, summer brews can be overly tart, overly sweet and downright syrupy — I’m not naming names, but you know who you are. Simply put, when it’s hot out, most people want a lighter beer, though perhaps not a light beer. (There is a distinction.) People typically want a beer with a little less alcohol and they want the beer to essentially “scream summer.” That last piece is what gets us the array of unique fruity-flavored summer brews. For instance, my wife recently tried and loved New Belgium Brewing’s Juicy Watermelon Lime Ale. Admittedly, upon hearing the name, my first thought was “that’s a glass full of nope.” But the brew is refreshing, crisp and definitely not overly juicy. That’s also my personal take on not judging a book by its cover. In summer, we want crisp and refreshing beer. If there are notes of lime or blackberry or watermelon, great, as long as those flavors are not overpowering and not too sweet. I happen to think most craft beer enthusiasts do not want a summer beer that clings to the back of their throats and refuses to let go. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. Thankfully, there are plenty of New Hampshire-made brews to quench your summertime thirst. Here are five New Hampshire brews I’m planning to enjoy this summer: Soggy Donkey is a Brett White India Pale Ale (IPA) by Throwback Brewery in What’s in My Fridge
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A Soggy Donkey Brett White India Pale Ale from Throwback Brewery in North Hampton. Courtesy photo.
North Hampton. At 7.1-percent alcohol by volume (ABV), it is a bit stronger than some might prefer for a summertime beer, but the juicy IPA is decidedly summery with its notes of orange peel, coriander and chamomile. According to Throwback Brewery, it has a funky nose with a “slightly earthy tang.” A good choice for the IPA-lover in search of something a bit different this summer. Busty! Farmhouse Blonde by Burnt Timber Brewing in Wolfeboro is another higher-alcohol summery offering featuring a medium body and a “slightly sweet honey-wheat malt character.” I know I said people usually want something lower in alcohol during the summer, but we have to break some rules. Admittedly, I’ve never tried anything from Burnt Timber, but I know people who have and they can’t stop singing its praises. Thaizenheimer is an “offbeat and unusual hybrid” from the Portsmouth Brewery, which is brewed with ginger, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves. Portsmouth Brewery says this is a “refreshing summer wheat beer.” Perfect. Sounds like a beer for the beach. The Gooseberry Wit by the Flying Goose Pub in New London is a light blonde summer ale brewed with gooseberry puree. The brew has a subtle tartness, which I appreciate. Also, the Flying Goose Pub has a special place in my heart as I got “stuck” there waiting
out a snowstorm a couple years ago — not a bad place to be stuck. SummaLIME is an India session ale by 603 Brewing in Londonderry boasting juicy West Coast hops and fresh lime. I’m intrigued. I think you should be too. Here’s one more: Budweiser. I forget sometimes Anheuser-Busch is located right in Merrimack. Don’t be afraid to just have a Bud. Jeff Mucciarone is a senior account executive with Montagne Communications, where he provides communications support to the New Hampshire wine and spirits industry.
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91-year-old author and her daughter talk about their new kids’ book Having started as a project in 2014, Sammy the Seahorse: Is He a Horse or Is He a Fish? involved over three years of research, edits and revisions from local mother-daughter writing duo Martha and Ann Driscoll of Dover. “We thoroughly believe [in] and understand the importance of editing and revision,” Ann Driscoll said. “Frankly, [we] think that the success of the last book and what we hope will be the success of this one is because of the marriage of words and imagery; the two together are what make the book.” That first book, Nosey’s Wild Ride on the Belle of Louisville, was published when Martha Driscoll was 88 years old, and the authors immediately got started on research for Sammy the Seahorse. “Ann and I are both nuts about seahorses. We just like them and I like to write things for children that will entertain them as well as educate them,” said Martha Driscoll, who’s now 91. Sammy the Seahorse: Is He a Horse or Is He a Fish? follows Sammy as he and Lily the Lobster explore the ocean. Thanks to award-winning illustrator Susan Andra Lion, children can easily follow along as the science behind seahorses and their habitats is explained. “We’re really aware of the impact of climate change and concerned about habitat loss, and seahorses are something beloved to us, so it’s a really personal connection between seahorses and just [being] aware of what’s happening to our oceans, coral reefs and to our planet,” Ann Driscoll said. The book includes information on various species of seahorses and characteristics of seahorse habitats, as well as the anatomy and reproductive system of the seahorse.
In addition, Sammy the Seahorse provides a hidden picture activity and a detailed glossary of terms used throughout the book. The authors hope that, along with enjoying the book as a fun story, kids and parents will recognize its important message. “[We want to convey] the notion that each of us can do something on small or large scales to protect seahorses and the environment,” Ann Driscoll said. The writing process for Martha Driscoll, who is vision-impaired, is not an easy one, but her daughter assists as much as she can to make sure her mother’s ideas and words do not go unheard. “We had a really interesting writing process. Well, the whole mother-daughter
team has been a really interesting [process, too],” Ann Driscoll said. “She does everything; [she] writes everything down on a big white legal pad with a thick, black pen in long hand … and I type it up and so we go back and forth between reading what’s on the screen and talking about it [and then] printing things out at a size 38 font so she can actually work with the words on the page.” Martha Driscoll was an elementary school teacher for nine years and taught at Spalding University in Louisville for 27 years. “I want things to be accurate and I’m very careful about the vocabulary so that we can be sure children will understand,” she said. Originally from Jeffersonville, Indiana,
Martha Driscoll spent much of her life in Louisville, Kentucky, with Ann Driscoll before planting roots in the New England seacoast. Their time by the ocean greatly influenced the production of Sammy the Seahorse, especially for Ann Driscoll. “I love walking on the beach and treasure living on the seacoast and being so close to water and to that liminal space as well between land and water,” said Ann Driscoll. While her career as a published author only began a few years ago, Martha Driscoll has been passionate about reading and writing for far longer. “I’ve been involved with other authors and illustrators for many years,” said Martha Driscoll. “I was closely associated with Bill Martin, who has written the Sounds of Language books, but most people [know him for] Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? … I think I learned a lot by working with him. … It made me realize that maybe I could write a book.” Martha Driscoll actually wrote Nosey’s Wild Ride on the Belle of Louisville 50 years before its release in 2014. The story was dusted off and proudly published that year to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Belle of Louisville, the oldest operating steamboat. Today, Nosey’s Wild Ride has won four awards including the Mom’s Choice Award, Story Monster Books Worth Devouring Award, Creative Child Magazine 2017 Seal of Excellence Award, and the Gold Medal Seal of Approval from Literary Classics. To purchase a copy of Sammy the Seahorse or Nosey’s Wild Ride on the Belle of Louisville, visit DriscollPublishing. com or email Ann.Driscoll@comcast.net. — Nicole Kenney
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Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin (Little, Brown and Co., 323 pages) For anyone who grew up in the 1970s, Steve Rushin’s new memoir, Sting-Ray Afternoons, is your childhood as lived by someone else. For everyone else, it’s history as history should be recorded: throbbing with life and with humor. Rushin, a longtime sports writer, grew up in a family of seven in Bloomington, Minnesota, son of a nature-averse salesman and a mother who wielded cleaning supplies like weapons. “Mom might not have torn the hole in our ozone layer on her own, but she substantially enlarged it with her Cool Lime fumigations of the bathroom,” Rushin writes. His memoir of childhood has been compared to Jean Shepherd’s In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, from which the classic movie A Christmas Story was derived. It doesn’t quite rise to that level, if only because in Rushin’s chapter on Christmas he bizarrely recites the entire index of a Sears catalogue, beginning with accordions and ending with zithers. While this might be useful for some future historian who needs to know what people purchased in the 1970s, it seems a waste of two perfectly good pages that could be better spent on original thought. That and the length of book work against it. Taken sentence by sentence, Rushin’s prose enthralls, but the book feels long, which is never a good thing. Halfway through, I started wishing the ’80s would get here already, and 14 pages of color photographs in the center seem bewilderingly self-indulgent. Rushin, however, is a gifted storyteller and humorist who says the point of boyhood is “to look and act as old and as hard-boiled as possible against all evidence to the contrary.” One way to do that was to possess the Sting-Ray, the “bewitching” bicycle, with handlebars shaped like an oversized V, that came in what Rushin calls “candy-shop colors” — Flamboyant Lime, Kool Lemon and Radiant Coppertone. The bike, designed by a Schwinn employee who took his inspiration from curved fins of the namesake fish, was a hit the first year it hit the market, 1963. Seven years later, the Sting-Ray and its imitators, called hi-rise bicycles, dominated the market, becoming the status symbol du jour of the 12-and-under set for whom bike ownership was synonymous with freedom. Rushin skillfully weaves the history of things into his own memories. We how the Sting-Ray came to be, but we also get an education on such disparate things as the 3M Company (for which Rushin’s dad sold eight-track tapes), the Weber kettle grill and the iconic Indian chief in the “Keep America Beautiful” commercials (you will be dismayed to learn the teardrop
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was made of glycerin, not sorrow). Also we learn a lot about Sears, which once dominated the world of retail and, in addition to its Chicago tower, used to have its own radio station, WLS, which stood for world’s largest store. Also, Rushin conveys a bit of knowledge useful for trivia games: that the creator of the Pringles can (or at least his ashes) is interred in one. There are cameos from every corner of the 1970s here: Scooby and Shaggy, lemon-scented Pledge, Johnny Carson and Carnac the Magnificent, Tahitian Treat, Certs with Retsyn, and Topol, “the smoker’s tooth polish.” To read Sting-Ray Afternoons is to be cast back in time to a world in which smoking was something to be emulated and half of Americans freely admitted to littering. It is a window onto another world that most people living today either cannot
fathom or have forgotten. Take, for example, Rushin’s description of one particular recess in first grade, in which children play “King of the Mountain” in the school parking lot: “The older boys throw the younger and smaller boys off the top of the snow hills. A routine repeats itself for twenty minutes: I ascend to the summit, get dwarf-tossed off by a fifth grader, and begin to make another icy ascent of this parking-lot Everest. The air is thick with flying children. We are frightened, thrilled, adrenalized, alive — sliding down on the fronts of our furfringed parkas like penguins.” In the few schools that still have recess today (in Rushin’s childhood, recess was a mind-boggling twice a day), if this scene had occurred in 2017, children would have been expelled, teachers would have been fired, and lawyers would be salivating over new work. You will love Rushin’s family, most of all his father, who once announced that he was taking his sons to buy underwear but then took them to see Jaws. You will also love Rushin’s descriptions of his father, such as this one, about the time of the first moon landing: “The men on the moon, and the colonies to follow, will surely need Scotch brand recording tape for all their magnetic tape needs. Don Rushin, a magnetic-tape salesman, who is also a magnetic tape salesman — behold, the power of the hyphen! — might one day add the moon to his sales territory.” Steve Rushin makes us behold the power of the memoir. You don’t have to have been alive in the 1970s to enjoy this one, but it helps, as does a long attention span. B+ — Jennifer Graham
FREE MUSIC Hampton Beach Shell Stage provides free nightly entertainment for the summer months, with a variety of performers taking the stage each evening from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Every Wednesday night, fireworks will follow the family-friendly musical performances on the beach. Here’s the lineup this week. Photo: The Reminisants. Thursday, July 27: The Darren Bessette Band Friday, July 28: Lee Lewis and the Doo Wop All Stars – Oldies Saturday, July 29: The Voice / Little Miss Hampton Beach Sunday, July 30: The Reminisants – Oldies Monday, July 31: Bobby G Tuesday, August 1: Mike & Me, The Vic Paul Show Wednesday, August 2: The Continentals
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The Blue Ocean Music Hall parking lot will be transformed into a tropical tailgate party for the Buffett Beach Blast, now in its eighth year, during the afternoon of Friday, July 28. Later, the Parrothead faithful will enjoy Changes in Latitudes, a top Buffett tribute act that’s now a regular part of the annual event. Steve Kareta found his calling as Jimmy Buffett’s doppelgänger as the result of a few too many margaritas at a backyard luau. In another lifetime, Kareta was a full-time musician and sound engineer, until marriage intervened. However, he still occasionally took out his guitar when asked. At a 2001 house party held by a friend to celebrate his recent marriage, he was invited to sing and play; he chose a set of Stones, Eagles and Buffett tunes. The latter musical choice provoked a unique response, Kareta said in a recent phone interview. “Tommy came over and kind of leered at me,” Kareta said. “He said in his ridiculous tequila drunk wisdom state, ‘You know, you kind of look like Buffett, and you kind of sound like him.’ The idea was born.” Sixteen years later, Changes in Latitudes is wildly successful, playing up and down the East Coast, including Florida and as far west as Ohio. Forming the band, however, took a little luck — both good and bad. Kareta and his friend shared a fondness for the Bard of Margaritaville that they were able to nurture through their jobs as US Airways supervisors. “We used to fly around the country and see Buffett just for the heck of it, because we could go for free,” Kareta said. He became a seasoned fan in the process; ask Kareta his favorite song and he’ll rattle off a list of deep cuts. Added to that are similarities that extend beyond music. “I’m in my mid-50s, so I can’t put on a pair of tight leather pants and pretend I’m in Metallica, but I do boat and I fly,” Kareta said. “He’s a boater and a pilot,
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Changes in Latitude will play the Buffett Beach Blast. Courtesy photo.
so when I talk about boating experiences in between songs, it’s genuine. I’m not reading from a script.” When the industry hit the skids after 9/11, he decided to test the long-term value of playing “Fins” and “Come Monday” on a regular basis. “This band was technically an accident when I started it, and the airline was getting to be a crappy place to work,” he said. “I started making more money with the band and it was like, what the heck, let’s see what happens.” Echoing Buffett’s claim that he has the “the greatest job in the world” are a lot of sweet gigs for a cover band, and few if any of the pitfalls. They never close a bar at 2 a.m. — more likely, they’re at a marina, a concert hall or sometimes even a cruise ship. “Disney took us to Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda — it was bouncing around the Caribbean,” Kareta said. “My job does not suck. We say that almost every night to each other on stage.” The one potential hitch to playing the music of a performer who’s still alive and
touring is actually a benefit, Kareta said. “If we hit an area a couple of weeks before Buffett is in town, it seems to help because the mania is kind of starting,” he said. “A lot of people can’t get tickets because they still sell out pretty quickly, so we kind of make up for that.” There’s no resentment from the Buffett camp either. In fact, the band and members of the Coral Reefer Band are friends; saxophone playSTEVE KARETA er Amy Lee once joined Changes in Latitudes for a summer tour and played on their last two CDs, as did Coral Reefer steel guitarist Doyle Grisham. Kareta looks forward to returning for the event. “Salisbury Beach is one of our favorite venues. The location is stellar,” he said. “The people that run the place do it right and we always have a good time, they treat us well. Obviously the dressing room is amazing and because they do the parking lot party everyone comes in primed and ready to go. That’s a bonus.” — Michael Witthaus
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Jim Olsen has amazing ears; his record label, Signature Sounds, was a first home to Grammy winner Lori McKenna, Josh Ritter, Crooked Still and Lake Street Dive, among others. When he heard Twisted Pine playing at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, he sensed something special. Most of the band was still in college, studying in the Berklee American Roots Music program, but “it was clear that they had tremendous instrumental talents and a lot of charisma,” Olsen said. He began watching them, offering guidance. Olsen’s attention sparked a turning point for Twisted Pine, who were up to that point focused on traditional bluegrass, delivered with breathtaking precision and dexterity. “It was about having fun and playing this music that we loved,” mandolin player Dan Bui said in a recent interview. Knowing there was interest from a label with Signature’s cachet made them pledge to forge their own sound. This resolve accelerated when banjo player Ricky Mier departed, wanting to stick with traditional music. “A creative evolution,” Bui said. “We were left with a four-piece and when that happened it opened up a lot more possibilities for us. ... We had more space to operate and freedom to explore this new original music and and create this new sound.” Bui discovered the mandolin while watching Sam Bush play bluegrass on an all-star Austin City Limits that also featured Earl Scruggs, Bela Fleck, Vassar Clements and Bryan Sutton. “That inspired me to grab my mandolin and dig in deeper,” he said. When the Texas native arrived in Boston, he began meeting fellow travelers right away. “Hanging out at the Cantab, it became an obsession for all of us,” he said. “That’s kind of what the band was at first — all of us doing our best to learn as much as we could.” The group’s eponymous debut CD is a breakthrough effort rivaling first albums from Nickel Creek and Crooked Still, a melting pot of influences played by a band that seems to mature with every note. With fiddler Kathleen Parks, bass player Chris Sartori, guitarist Rachel Sumner and Bui, Twisted Pine is a force to be reckoned with.
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“The band has grown in leaps and bounds and are ready to make a big impact on the roots music world,” Olsen said. Given their rapid rise, it’s a bit surprising that most of the band managed to complete Berklee degree programs. Quite often, that path leads from college to a lifelong internship — otherwise known as a music career. “I did graduate, Kathleen also graduated and Rachel didn’t complete her program but she moved on,” Bui said. Sartori attended UMass-Lowell. “We like to say we’re done with Berklee. Whether that means we graduated or not, we finished.” One of the best songs on the new record, “21 and Rising,” was actually born in a Berklee classroom. “Kathleen wrote that as an assignment,” Bui said. “She collaborated with Lily Lyme and recorded a demo of it ... which she brought to the band. Once we learned it, we evolved and added things, expanded, worked on rhythmic feels. It kind of turns from a standard bluegrass song into more spacey sections in the end.” Other songs were found in a myriad of ways. Bui and Sumner locked themselves in a room and traded ideas to come up with “Hold On,” a swinging love song that kicks off the record. “That was one of the first songs that became a song for our band, where we went, ‘this is pretty cool and we should keep doing this,’” Bui said. “Hog Wild” is one of Bui’s favorites, an instrumental tune written by Parks that came alive in the studio. “We played it live a bunch but in the studio we were trying to figure out how we wanted to capture it,” Bui said. “What happened on the record is a very spontaneous performance, and I like it for that reason.” This amorphous process promises more great things for the ever-growing group. “We’re still learning how to write together,” he said. “In that process we are learning from each other [and finding] the best way to get the song across.” — Michael Witthaus
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If you visit Dawson City in Canada’s Yukon Territory, you can’t skip one of its famous traditions: sipping on a Sourtoe Cocktail at the Sourdough Saloon. The drink, conceived in 1973, comprises the cocktail of your choice garnished with a pickled amputated human toe. (“You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow, but your lips have gotta touch the toe,” says “toe master” Terry Lee.) On June 18, one of the saloon’s toes went missing when a patron, who identified himself as “a drunken fool,” took the digit (specifically, a second toe). Although the thief mailed the toe back with an apology, Travel Yukon has launched a campaign for an “insurance toe,” saying, “Our toe was returned, but we can always use backups!”
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celebrity in the park. Jeff Reitz began visiting Disneyland every day after receiving an annual pass as a gift in 2012. At the time, he was unemployed, but he continued his habit even after finding a job, using the $1,049 Disney Signature Plus Passport. “Until today, cast members would think I looked familiar, but now they know who I am,” Reitz said. “It’s been positive, it’s been a motivator, it’s been my workout gym. This past year I’ve lost about 40 pounds.”
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• A SWAT team from the Sumter County (Florida) Sheriff’s department raided The Villages retirement community on June 21, uncovering what they believe is a golf cart chop-shop operation, along with illegal drugs, in the sprawling complex near Ocala. Souped-up golf carts are a popular way to get around in the community, which is home to more than 150,000 people. Windshields, seat cushions, wheels and tires were found in the garage, along with drugs “in plain sight” in the home, Deputy Gary Brannen said. Five people, ranging in age from 38 to 63, were arrested. • A determined pregnant woman in Asheville, North Carolina, was charged June 28 with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon after she ran over the man who had
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Brandon Thompson, 35, had just one request before Muskogee, Oklahoma, police officers took him into custody on July 4: “I asked the officer if I could propose.” Officers Bob Lynch and Lincoln Anderson agreed and moved Thompson’s handcuffs from his back to his front so he could put the ring on Leandria Keith’s finger. Thompson had six felony bench warrants out for his arrest, but he told CNN he has been “doing a lot to turn his life around.” Keith said “yes.” Visit weirduniverse.net.
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A China Southern Airlines flight between Shanghai and Guangzhou was delayed for five hours on June 27 after an 80-year-old passenger, identified only as Qiu, was spotted tossing coins into the engine as she boarded “to pray for a safe flight.” Passengers already onboard were asked to deplane while crews searched inside the engine and around the area, ultimately finding nine coins totaling the equivalent of about 25 cents. Local news outlets estimated the cost of the delay and the search at $140,000.
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PET OF THE WEEK Pete’s his name and snuggling is his game. This 3-year-old handsome tiger is hoping to find a forever home as quickly as possible. Pete has lived with other cats and seems to get along with everyone he meets. He loves cuddles and head scratches and is quick to greet all visitors with a happy little chirp. It’s a great time to adopt from the New Hampshire SPCA; now through July 31, all adult cats adoption fees are half off! It’s a great deal, but the true value comes from giving deserving animals like Pete a second chance. Like all the animals available for adoption at the New Hampshire SPCA, Pete is neutered, micro-chipped and up to date on all his shots. Come see him and all the other adoptable animals at the NHSPCA in Stratham. Call 603-772-2921 for more information, or visit nhspca.org.
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