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A Season of Color & Flavor
Celebrating Fall Flavors, Harvest Traditions & Lakes Region History
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Yesteryear| Page 8
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For a Love of Good Food Delectable Designs By Nicole By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper Nicole Doyle has always loved food. From a well-made burger to gourmet cuisine, nothing is off-limits to this chef extraordinaire. Located in downtown Farmington, New Hampshire, Delectable Designs by Nicole offers a unique way to share a great meal with friends and family while learning about foods in a variety of ways. To do that, the restaurant hosts food-related events called A Night in Chef’s Kitchen, which create memorable, informative, and, most of all, plain delicious experiences. In this setting, groups of family and friends gather in the cozy restaurant, sit around the open kitchen bar area, and watch Nicole prepare dishes that are then served to each guest. Each Night in Chef’s Kitchen menu is a surprise, depending upon the season and what Nicole is inspired to include in her recipes. She might be drawn to a special jam she found in a country store, a certain fruit or vegetable at a local farm, or simply the season itself. When creating meals, Nicole doesn’t use recipes; instead, she makes each dish as she goes. As she cooks for each group of diners, she instinctively combines ingredients, considers how each tastes with another food, and thinks about the appearance of each part of the meal on the plate, among other factors. Though it might seem risky, especially under the observation of her customers, Nicole loves to cook this way. She says, “I have never had a customer
Nicole Doyle at her restaurant, Delectable Designs by Nicole in Farmington, NH. walk away without raving about the dinner they just finished.” “I have always liked to entertain. My passion is trying new foods. For 18 years, I was a special education teacher, and in my free time I did catering as a hobby. I also hosted small dinners, and on Christmas Eve, my birthday, I
hosted a big holiday open house to celebrate,” she explains. When COVID hit, things changed for everyone, and events such as Nicole’s open house and catering came to a halt. Not one to be stymied when it comes to cooking and sharing her methods with others, Nicole turned to social media.
“I started a private Facebook group so that my family and friends could share recipes,” she said. Over time, Nicole began something new called A Night in Chef’s Kitchen. She first hosted the events at home, where groups of friends or family could spend time together, share a wonderful home-cooked meal, and watch Nicole craft each course of the dinner right in her own kitchen. Later, these events became part of the business she opened in downtown Farmington, which centers on reservation-based dining experiences. Along with these events, the business also offers WINE-Down Tuesdays and other private dining experiences, as well as in-home private cheffing. “When I started Chef’s Kitchen in my home, the goal was to host four events that summer, and I hosted 17,” Nicole says with a laugh. As cooking began to take over her life, she decided to put her educational job on hold, knowing she wanted to run her own business. “I did not have a set plan, but when the owner of a downtown Farmington building contacted me and said the business that had been in the space – a bakery – was closing, I decided to sign a lease. We got the keys on January 1, and with the help of family and friends, we renovated the space and opened in April, 4½ years ago,” she says. The restaurant isn’t a typical busi-
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Fall Workday at Squam Lakes Jimmy Dunn’s Comedy All-Stars The Colonial Theatre of Laconia Che, Ari Shaffir, and many more. He Association (609 Main Street) will present Jimmy has appeared on The Oddball Comedy Fall Workday is a day when Squam Lakes Association (SLA) staff and community come together to wrap up the SLA campus and campsites for the season. The day presents the opportunity to boat out on the lake one last time before the winter months creep in. Tidying up our recreation areas so they are ready to go for the next year. This coming Saturday, October 17, SLA Staff, Lakes Region Conservation Corps members, and volunteers will
meet in the Great Room at 8:30 am for a bagel breakfast, coffee, and other treats. After breakfast, the work will begin. Tasks may include raking campsites, bringing in swim lines, digging out fire pits, cleaning island bathrooms, walking island trails, conducting maintenance as needed, and dock removal. To sign up, visit our website squamlakes.org/event/volunteer-fall-workday.
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Festival with Amy Schumer, Hannibal Buress, and Sarah Silverman, told a story on NPR’s “This American Life,” and was named Comedy Ambassador and Moment Maker by Microsoft. He has appeared on MTV’s Ridiculousness, Laughs on FOX, Gotham Comedy Live on HULU, and his comedy is played often on Sirius XM. Maya Manion is a respected New England comedian, joke writer, and podcast guest known for her sharp wit and engaging performances. Manion grew up in Vermont and later moved to Rhode Island to pursue a career in comedy. She has been performing stand-up since 2006 and has become a staple in the New England comedy scene. Manion has been featured on Nick at Night’s Funniest Mom in America and was a runner-up in Mohegan Sun’s Funniest Comic in New England. She is recognized for her clever, witty humor, often drawing on personal experiences and family dynamics. Emily Ruskowski is a onewoman charm offensive. With a style that›s totally approachable and instantly impressive, Emily is equally comfortable diving into personal insecurities or workplace nonsense. With an irrepressibly cheerful demeanor, she commands attention and delivers stories loaded with punchline after punchline. Emily’s comedy combines a quick mind, an infectious energy, and a totally unique eye for observation. She brings a genuine sense of fun to material that ranges from a career in social work to a passion for boy bands. Emily has been featured in the Washington Post and Boston Globe and has appeared on the popular 2 Dope Queens Podcast and Laughs TV on Fox.
OCTOBER 5, 2026 | THE LAKER | Page 5 • Delectable by Nicole continued from page 3 ness. Instead of a walk-in spot open six or seven days a week with a set menu, Delectable Designs offers one day open to the public without reservations, on WINE-down Tuesday, a fun evening with good libations, smoked bourbons, mocktails, music, and a smaller food menu made especially by Nicole. Reservations are not needed for this event, which runs from 4 to 9 pm. As word has spread about WINEdown Tuesday, Nicole says the events are becoming popular with a diverse customer base. She sees people from all walks of life stopping in after a day’s work for a beer, carefully crafted libations, or a bite to eat. It has become a place where friends gather for drinks and apps to those who appreciate good wine and want to sample Nicole’s latest foods, while enjoying music and a comfortable ambiance. Another offering at the eatery is Night in A Chef’s Kitchen, which is by reservation and can be held on whatever evening the group wants to gather,
if available. “It is a five-course meal,” Nicole explains. “I prepare and cook the meal in front of the diners at our open kitchen set up at the bar. I take into account any allergies and food preferences for each group when booking,” she says. (If a diner, for example, absolutely hates seafood, she might still make a fish dish for the others in the group but come up with something different for the person who has an aversion to that food.) “I am known for farm-to-table meals, garnishes, presentation of the meal, and specialty libations,” she adds. Nicole also does private catering and chefing, making everything from custom-designed sandwiches to elaborate menus in private homes. She serves New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts, with many of her customers hailing from the Lake Winnipesaukee area. Part of cooking is knowing who you are cooking for; with that in mind, Nicole meets with clients ahead of time to learn their food preferences, personality, and what their home setting might be. A good chef’s signature is curiosity
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and a willingness to pair foods to create something new and delicious. “I have always said I am happy to experiment with new designs, such as making unique soups and gourmet salads. Many of my dishes are created for the season, for example, using fresh foraged blueberries in summer or squash in the fall,” she says. “I love designing any dish...seafood, chicken, beef or pork, but all with a gourmet twist,” Nicole adds. She can craft just about any dish, but don’t ask her to use a set recipe! “If I can see it, smell it, and taste it, I can cook as each ingredient comes to mind. It is really something instinctual.” As she creates a meal at the open-kitchen, she encourages diners to ask questions and take notes on
her cooking methods and the ingredients. Although she does not use set recipes, she wants to share her knowledge, and she says, “I want people to succeed when they are cooking.” The business is more than a restaurant. For Nicole, it is also a place to make new friends and build relationships. It is a place where you “Enter as strangers but leave as friends!” From WINE-down Tuesdays to A Night in Chef’s Kitchen, food remains Nicole’s obsession, and one she works hard to share with everyone along the way. Delectable Designs by Nicole is located at 445 Main Street in Farmington, New Hampshire. To reserve space for A Night in Chef’s Kitchen or to learn more, visit www.delectabledesignsbynicole.com or call 603-978-0978.
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Late Harvest Season: When the Fields Go Quiet the Harvest Moves Indoors By Mark Okrant New Hampshire’s late harvest season lasts roughly from September through November. It may surprise you that this is one of the richest times of year for agriculture and outdoor activities. The emphasis shifts from summer berries and vegetables to apples, pumpkins, winter squash, root vegetables, and crops that will carry farms through the winter. Here is a list of what is being harvested: Apples are the signature late-season crop. Varieties ripen from late August into October, and many orchards offer pick-your-own apples, cider, and cider doughnuts. Pumpkins, as well as butternut, acorn, delicata, Hubbard, and other squash become prominent in September and October. Pumpkins remain available well into October for carving and decorating. Sweet corn continues into early fall in some areas, while mature field corn is harvested for livestock feed. The latter also provides the towering stalks for the state’s famous corn mazes. Root vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, and onions are important late-season crops. Some orchards continue harvesting pears and late varieties of tree fruit late
in the season. Kale, cabbage, and other cool-weather vegetables can remain productive after more tender crops have disappeared. Flowers and decorative crops, especially chrysanthemums, sunflowers, corn stalks, and ornamental gourds, become important fall farm-stand products. Residents and visitors take advantage of a number of activities during late harvest. Foremost among these is apple picking. Visitors combine trips to orchards with hayrides, farm stands, cider pressing, as well as purchases of cider, doughnuts, and homemade pies.
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Pumpkin picking takes over from apple picking as October progresses. Farms frequently combine pumpkin patches with hayrides, corn mazes, animals, and children’s activities. Corn mazes are particularly popular. New Hampshire farms turn mature cornfields into elaborate labyrinths, sometimes adding scavenger hunts, trivia, nighttime flashlight mazes, and haunted versions. Some farms hold festivals that celebrate the harvest with music, food, craft vendors, agricultural demonstrations, and children’s activities. For example, Coppal House Farm in Lee holds a Harvest Weekend featuring its corn maze, horse-drawn wagon rides, live music, food trucks, pumpkins, and farm animals. Annual harvest celebrations are another important part of New Hampshire’s fall season. Communities across the state mark the harvest with apple festivals, foliage celebrations, agricultural fairs, pumpkin festivals, and other events. Familiar annual traditions include Dover Apple Harvest Day, the Warner Fall Foliage Festival, Sandwich Fair, Milford Pumpkin Festival, the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off and Regatta in Goffstown, and the NH Pumpkin Festival in Laconia.
For visitors looking beyond children’s activities, combining a farm visit with a scenic drive may produce a memorable experience. You can visit an orchard or farm stand, buy apples, cider, squash and a pie, take a hayride, or walk through the fields, and then continue driving through the countryside as the foliage reaches its peak. Three destinations illustrate the different sides of New Hampshire’s late-harvest season: the farm as an entertainment destination, the farm as a working agricultural operation, and the winter farmers’ market as a way of extending the harvest after the fields go quiet. Beans & Greens Farm in Gilford becomes a particularly active fall destination, offering a corn maze into early November. Additionally, there are hayrides, a petting zoo and farm animals, mini zip lines and a jumping pad, apple cannons, and live entertainment. Their Fall Harvest Weekend should not be missed. Meanwhile, the farm store continues to sell locally grown produce, prepared foods and baked goods, making it a place to experience the harvest as well as purchase it. Moulton Farm in Meredith is our family favorite. Moulton Farm has maintained its traditional agricultural character, although it also offers plenty of entertainment. For fall 2026, the farm’s four-acre corn maze opens September 19. It also has a separate childsized maze. Other activities include pick-your-own pumpkins, wagon rides on selected weekends, live music on selected days, shopping for pumpkins, gourds and corn stalks, cider doughnuts, apple and other seasonal pies, soups and prepared foods made in the farm kitchen, as well as fall plants and decorations at the garden center. Moulton Farm continues to harvest and sell • Harvest continued on page 7
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Take a Young Person Hunting – NH Youth Deer Hunt Set for October 24-25 New Hampshire’s youth deer weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 24– 25, is the perfect time to take a young person hunting. This special weekend gives youth aged 15 and younger the opportunity to go deer hunting with an adult mentor without the pressure of competing with adult hunters. Accompanying adults must be licensed hunters and are not permitted to carry a firearm; the idea is to concentrate your time and attention on coaching your young companion. Prospects for this year’s youth season are excellent, according to Becky Fuda, Deer Project Leader for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. “New Hampshire’s deer population is healthy and will provide excellent opportunities,” said Fuda. “Last year’s • Harvest continued from page 6 its own agricultural products as long as the weather cooperates. One might define the farm as a combination of real agriculture, fall recreation, and farmto-table food. Readers should be aware that New Hampshire’s agricultural season doesn’t actually end when the outdoor markets close. Winter farmers’ markets in the Lakes Region and elsewhere provide a way to keep locally produced food available throughout the colder months. Markets in communities such as Wolfeboro and Tamworth bring farmers, bakers, food producers and other vendors together during the winter, offering storage vegetables, meats, dairy products, baked goods, maple products and other locally produced foods. Some farmers deliberately grow
harvest was the highest on record, with 14,387 deer taken, and population numbers remain strong throughout the state.” In 2025, young hunters took storage crops and cold-hardy crops that can be sold throughout the winter. The markets are much more than places to shop. They have become community gathering places, with opportunities for consumers to talk directly with farmers and producers. A good way to summarize New Hampshire’s late harvest season is to discuss it as two separate periods. The first is the spectacular autumn harvest—pumpkins, apples, squash, corn mazes, hayrides, cider doughnuts, and foliage. The second has been described as the quiet winter harvest—a time when root vegetables, cabbage, storage crops, meats, cheeses, eggs, baked goods, maple products, and other foods allow the state’s agricultural tradition to continue even after snow covers the fields. Clearly, late harvest season is yet another tradition that makes the Granite State a special place.
375 deer during the weekend, a slight increase from the year prior. “Youth weekend gives adult hunters the opportunity to pass their knowledge on to the next generation,” said Fuda. “Mentoring a young person can remind hunters why they started hunting and help preserve these traditions in New Hampshire. It can be very rewarding to teach a young hunter to find and track deer and, hopefully, to harvest and field
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Trains and Planes in the Lakes Region By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper The towns in the Lakes Region had limited travel before the advent of the train. That changed on October 30, 1851, when the first railroad engine, pulling six cars, came barreling into Alton Bay. About 500 passengers took the first thrilling 28-mile ride. The town of Wolfeboro was a busy place and in the 1800s, travelers could take the Boston & Maine Railroad to the town. The train crossed Main Street and traveled right to the water’s edge to meet the Mt. Washington, which served as a freight and passenger connection to Weirs Beach. The area was busy, and at one time had nine stations in Wolfeboro, between that town and Sanbornville, according to “Remember When”, a project of the Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce, edited by Kathy O’Meara
(Eaton). A rail project began in 1830 under a charter granted by the New Hampshire legislature for the formation of the Dover and Winnipisseogee Railroad (D & W), which had petitioned to lay a railroad line from Dover to Alton Bay. However, the actual laying of the track did not begin for some time. The Boston and Maine Railroad, which owned the D & W Railroad, had not yet reached into New Hampshire. That changed when, in July of 1842, the B & M set up a permanent station in Dover. The D & W Railroad was formally absorbed by the B & M in the 1890s, and further construction was planned. Eventually, rail lines were laid to connect Laconia with the Alton Bay area. The service allowed train travel from
Alton Bay to West Alton, Springhaven, Loon Cove and Lakeport, Glendale and Gilford, ending in Lakeport. Other Lakes Region towns depended heavily upon the railroad system as well. Ashland, a community to the north of Laconia, had a number of people per day coming into the town via the railroad. The B & M Railroad built a line from Laconia to Lincoln and north to Montreal, with stops along the way. Communication was mainly by telegraph, and the station master’s typical day kept him busy keeping track of incoming and outgoing trains and communicating via telegraph. At the start of the 20th century, the average person knew little about airplanes. Instead, trains were the fastest and best way to travel if you were tak-
ing a trip. However, as the years passed, air travel slowly came into being. By the 1930s, air travel was becoming somewhat more accepted, although long air strips and airports of size were uncommon in rural places such as the Lakes Region. Planes were featured in some movies, and a popular film, Casablanca, ended with Humphrey Bogart putting co-star Ingrid Bergman in a plane. This sort of image in a popular movie gave permission to the public to consider air travel in its infancy. As flight became popular, the Lakes Region was an area where air travel grew over the years. To land a plane, you needed a long, • Yesteryear continued on page 9
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OCTOBER 5, 2026 | THE LAKER | Page 9 thrilled to take a ride in Fogg’s plane, which gave an aerial view of the lake and surrounding mountains. Fogg also started the country’s first rural free delivery airmail. After the 1938 Hurricane, Ralph Merwin Horn pursued a business in the airplane industry. On approximately 100 acres of land at a Wolfeboro Neck property, Horn cleared downed trees and did the hard work of transforming an area damaged by the hurricane, turning it into an airstrip. The airstrip started running in the late 1930s/1940s. It served the area and saw small planes coming and going, bringing vacationers and others to and from the Lakes Region. When World War II broke out, Ralph Horn’s flying knowledge was put to use training military personnel to fly planes in Massachusetts. Ralph and his wife, Eleanor, worked hard to make the airport in Wolfeboro a success. It was a constant job to maintain a small airport that could see small, private planes arriving at any time of the day or evening; at first, lighting was an issue and smudge pots of fire were lit to illuminate the runway and help pilots land at the airstrip. A circa 1950s Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce pamphlet promoted the business, calling The Lakes Region Airport and Seaplane Base, “The Friendly Flight Operation” just three miles from the Shopping Center on Wolfeboro Neck. The advertisement stated that the airport offered Air Taxi Services (to many places); Repair Services; Airplane Rentals and Sales; and Aerial Photos and Surveys. Around 1965, the airport was said to have 1,500 feet of unpaved runway and an adjacent seaplane base, making it a real asset to those who wanted to land via seaplane. According to History of Wolfeboro 1770-1994 by Q. David Bowers, the Horn’s seaplane facility was in Winter Harbor, not far from the Lakes Region Airport. It wasn’t unusual to see, in the 1950s, a sea-
• Yesteryear continued from page 8 flat strip of land, and in Laconia in the early days of flight, a meadow near Sawyer Flats in Gilford was a good summertime landing spot for planes. It is doubtful if a large number of planes were flying into the area, due to the fact that few planes were in the skies to begin with. In the winter, the frozen surface of Lake Winnipesaukee was the perfect landing strip with miles of flatness. Once the ice was thick enough and the snow had been cleared, a plane could land in some places on the frozen surface. As planes became more popular, the original Laconia Municipal Airport came into being. It was first located near the current O’Shea Industrial Park in Laconia, built around 1934. (An exhibit on the airport was on display at the Belknap Mill in 2013, and select historical information was gleaned from that show.) Later, the airport moved to Gilford, at least partially to be used for national defense under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Construction began in 1941 with two runways. The first landing of a plane at the Gilford location was by Barton McLellan of Plymouth. This was followed by Alma Gallagher, who flew solo in a plane in 1942. (Gallagher’s father owned the Laconia Evening Citizen newspaper.) As a reporter for the paper, Alma did a story on flight. This began her lifelong interest in flying. She was one of the first women in the state to become a pilot. Robert Fogg, Sr. was a respected innovator in flight in New Hampshire. His career in flight was long and colorful, taking him all over the state and beyond. Fogg served as an aviator in World War I and later started a seaplane business in the 1920s in the growing Weirs Beach area. Weirs Beach tourists were
plane in flight. In the summer of 1955, a twin-engine “Catalina” flying boat was utilized by the Navy for seaplane practice. It took off and landed at Winter Harbor during practice, with about eight crewmen aboard. Business was steady, and in 1974/1975, according to History of Wolfeboro by Bowers, the airport expanded its main runway. This was likely because more private planes were making use of the space. In addition, a year-round air taxi service by a twin-engine plane was to be offered. The airport sought various methods to cater to the public over the years, such as a July 1983 air show sponsored by the Lion’s Club. The event featured stunt flyer Bob Weymouth, an A-10 military jet aircraft, and more.
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Attendance was good, with about 500 people at the air show; it also featured an antique 53-note National Air Calliope mounted on a show trailer. Ralph and Eleanor were kept busy for the many years they operated the business. One remembrance on www. winnipesaukee.com recounts that there were often floatplanes at the docks, dozens of aircraft at the tie-downs, three or more aircraft in the hangar for repairs or routine maintenance, not to mention handling takeoffs and landings both day and night. All things come to an eventual end, and the airport eventually ceased operation. Ralph Merwin Horn passed away in the 1990s, but he - and the airport in Wolfeboro - are fondly remembered by many who once took to the skies from the Lakes Region Airport.
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Creepy Classic Thriller Nosferatu to Screen at Flying Monkey Get into the Halloween spirit with a classic silent film thriller. Nosferatu (1922), the first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, will be shown with live music on Thursday, October 22 at 7 pm at the Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth, NH. The screening, the latest in the Flying Monkey’s silent film series, will feature live accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based com-
poser who specializes in creating music for silent films. General admission is $15 per person. Tickets may be purchased online at www.flyingmonkeynh.com or at the door. The show will allow movie fans to experience Nosferatu the way it was intended to be seen: on the big screen, with live music, and with an audience. Nosferatu (1922), directed by German filmmaker F.W. Murnau, remains a landmark of the cinematic horror genre. It was among the first movies to
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may be too intense for very young children to enjoy. Despite the status of Nosferatu as a landmark of early cinema, another scary aspect of the film is that it was almost lost forever. The film, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was an unauthorized adaptation of Stoker’s novel, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain rights to the novel. Thus, “vampire” became “Nosferatu” and “Count Dracula” became “Count Orlok.” After the film was released, Stoker’s widow filed a copyright infringement lawsuit and won; all known prints and negatives were destroyed under the terms of settlement. However, intact copies of the film would surface later, allowing Nosferatu to be restored and screened today as audiences originally saw it. The image of actor Max Schreck as the vampire has become so well known that it appeared in a recent SpongeBob SquarePants episode. Prepare for Halloween with a silent horror movie show accompanied by live music—see it if you dare!
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“The Art of Scrimshaw,” A Hands-On Look at a Historic Maritime Craft On Monday, October 19, at 6 pm the Lakes Region Art Gallery, located at the Tanger Outlets in Tilton, will offer a presentation on scrimshaw, an intricate form of folk art. Martha Aucoin, a Laconia artist with family roots in Nova Scotia and shipbuilding, will share the history and techniques of scrimshaw in an Art Talk titled “The Art of Scrimshaw.” Guests will hear how the craft developed and will be invited to try it themselves, scribing a simple ship, flower, or personal memory onto a discarded piano key provided at the presentation. The speaker first learned scrimshaw while operating a nautical gift shop in Charleston, South Carolina, and went on to work as a scrimshander. Over the years, the work has included ships, homes, flowers, pets, and portraits, engraved on ivory, piano keys, and small ivory pieces. Oil painting is now
the primary medium, though tall ships still appear in her work. An early interest in art led to recognition in high school and study at Plymouth State University under Professor Drurup. After years devoted to family, the artist returned to painting, studying with Mount Washington Valley artist Bob Gordon and, more recently, plein air oil painting with Laureen Wondoloski, a member of the Copley Society of Art and the Guild of Boston Artists. Martha is a member of the Mount Washington Valley Arts Association and the Lakes Region Art Association. Her work has been exhibited in Tilton and Conway, New Hampshire. Landscapes are the main focus, along with animals, homes, and occasional portraits. For more details, visit www.lakesregionartgallery.org or call 603-9980029.
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Please call ahead for event updates. Information and schedules subject to change. Through Oct. 31, BOO! A Family Friendly Haunting of Remick Museum & Farm, 10 am – 3 pm, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm 58 Cleveland Hill Rd, Tamworth, 603-323-7591, www.remickmuseum.org. Through Oct. 31, Frightfully Charming, show by Linda Vogel at Hansel and Gretel Antiques, 436 Gov. Wentworth Highway, Rt. 109, Melvin Village, jewelry exhibit, Thurs.-Sat. from 10 am – 5 pm; Sun. from 10 am – 4 pm, 603544-2040, cottonvalleyantiques@gmail.com. Through Oct. 31, From Sails to Atoms: The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, exhibit about the history and impact of the shipyard, Wright Museum of WWII, 77 Center St., Wolfeboro, 603-569-1212, www.wrightmuseum.org. Through Oct. 31, Haunted History with the Drs. Remick: Eerie Medicine & Spooky Tales, Thursdays at 2 pm, Fridays and Saturday at 2 and 6 pm, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth, 603-3237591, www.remickmuseum.org. Through Nov. 7, Realism in Acrylics, every Tues. from noon – 3 pm, instructor Acacia Coll, 30 Main St., Suite A, Meredith, 603-965-5551 to reserve, www. acaciacollgallery.com. Oct. 12, Animal Encounters Series: NH Wildlife, 10 – 11 am, free, Lower Level of Town Square, Waterville Valley, 1-800-993-3149.
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Oct. 17, Girls Night The Musical, 7:30 pm, The Colonial Theatre, 609 Main St., Laconia, 800-657-8774, www.coloniallaconia.com. Oct. 17, Lavender Sense Retreat: Soul-full Saturdays - in-person wellness classes and workshops. A ticketed event, call 603-453-4186 or visit lavendersenseretreat.com.
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Oct. 17, Rolled Beeswax Candle Making, 1:30 – 3:30 pm, ages 16 & up, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia, www.prescottfarm.org., pre-registration: 603-366-5695. Oct. 17, Run the Mountain Series – Crown the Peak and Top Dog Canicross, 5K run, Gunstock, 719 Cherry Valley Rd., Gilford, 603-293-4341, www. gunstock.com. Oct. 17, Vendor Craft Fair, 9am-1pm, First Church Congregational, 63 South Main St., Rochester. Bakery Items, Jewelry, Sewn Items, Crochet Items, Handmade Ornaments. Oct. 17, The Witch Cat: Book Reading and Signing with Ann M. Willett, 11 am – noon, free, all ages welcome, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth, 603-323-7591, www.remickmuseum.org.
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Oct. 17 & 18, Stained Glass Candle Holder with Sue Reis, 9 am – 3 pm, League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery, 279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, sign up by Oct. 14: 603-279-7920. Oct. 18, Belknap County Day, Gunstock, 719 Cherry Valley Rd., Gilford, 603293-4341, www.gunstock.com. Oct. 18, Sewing 101, 1 - 4 pm, Makers Mill, 23 Bay St., Wolfeboro, 603-5691500, www.makersmill.org. Oct. 20, Bruce Cockburn & Livingston Taylor, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Moviehouse and Performance Center, 39 S. Main St., Plymouth, tickets/info.: 603-536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.
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Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Rd., Canterbury, tours, programs, 603783-9511, www.shakers.org. Castle in the Clouds, Rte. 171, Moultonborough, 603-476-5900, www.castleintheclouds.org In the Round, 8:45 am, Sundays, thought-provoking topics related to tolerance, Benz Center, 18 Heard Rd., Center Sandwich, 603-284-7211. Indoor Pickleball, 5 - 7 pm, Sandwich Elementary School gym, Sandwich, Tues., Thurs. Friday, 603-387-2180, parksandrec@sandwichnh.org. Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, historic Lakes Region artifacts and information, souvenir postcards, plates, paperweights, memorabilia, summer camp historical information and more, 503 Endicott St., North, Laconia, call for open hours: 603-366-5950, www.lwhs.us. Lakes Region Art Association, exhibits and classes, Suite 300, Tanger Outlet, Rte. 3, Tilton, 603-998-0029, www.lraanh.org.
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Audubon Announces Cuba Program On Thursday, October 15 at 7 pm, the Lakes Region Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society will present a program called “Birding Cuba” by Charlie Nims at the Loon Center in Moultonborough. Experience an adventure in birding during a time of turmoil in a country close to our shores, but a world apart. This presentation features not only colorful and endemic birds, but also insight into daily life in Cuba. Please join us in exploring the country’s birds, pleasant scenery, and resilient people. Charlie Nims is an experienced bird-
er who moved to the Mt. Washington Valley 14 years ago. He was previously actively involved with Massachusetts Audubon and the South Shore Bird Club, and now volunteers with NH Audubon. Charlie also enjoys skiing and hiking, including completing the 48 New Hampshire 4000-footers. The Loon Center is located on Lee’s Mill Road; follow the signs on Blake Road from Route 25 near the Moultonborough Central School, or from Rte. 109, turn onto Lee Road and turn left on Lee’s Mill Road.
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