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DOVER –Dover’s student athletes

that make up the junior var-sity and varsity cheer squads at Dover High School have earned a bid to Nationals in Orlando, Florida after each placing first in New England Regionals held in Boston.

This is an historic achieve-ment all of Dover can celebrate.

“We have never been able to send both of these teams be-cause the costs are so daunting. When many come together, amazing things can happen. That’s what we’ve taught these kids all season long, and that’s why we are asking you for help,” according to a statement from

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Dover Cheerleaders are Heading to NationalsDover Little Green Cheer, an IRS recognized 501 (C)(3). “Your contribution may provide an end of year tax deduction, which also will help make this trip possible.”

The athletes and their families are working hard, con-ducting fund raising events and personally contributing what they can. These efforts will raise about half of what’s needed for the trip, according to the state-ment. “We are asking the com-munity for help in making up the difference. Please support these amazing athletes with a financial contribution to help make their dreams come true. Any amount will help.”

PORTSMOUTH –Fast attack submarine USS

Topeka (SSN 754) and her crew of 13 officers and 120 enlisted personnel arrived this week at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

While at the shipyard, Topeka will complete various maintenance work and several system upgrades. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is committed to maximizing the material readi-ness of the Fleet by delivering

on-time, affordable quality, safely achieved.

Topeka is the third ship of the United States Navy named for the city of Topeka and the fourth “Improved” Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered subma-rine. The improved modifica-tions of this class include retract-able bow planes, a reinforced sail for under ice operations, vertical launch Tomahawk Cruise Mis-sile capability, ship quieting en-hancements, and an integrated combat systems suite. Assigned to the Pacific Fleet, Topeka was commissioned Oct. 21, 1989, and is homeported in San Diego, CA.

Topeka recently conducted a six-month Western Pacific de-ployment from March through September 2012 in support of the Chief of Naval Operations’ Maritime Strategy, which in-cludes maritime security, for-ward presence, sea control, and power projection. During the deployment, Topeka covered more than 35,000 nautical miles and executed missions vital to national security. Topeka also participated in U.S. and multina-tional naval exercises. The ship’s port visits included Yokosuka,

Japan; Republic of Singapore; and Guam.

Topeka’s Commanding Of-ficer, Commander James Belz, a native of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., graduated from the State Uni-versity of New York Maritime College in 1992 with a Bach-elor of Engineering in Electri-cal Engineering and a Third Mate’s license in the Merchant Marine. Following graduation

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Welcomes USS Topeka

DOVER –Motorists in Dover will

soon have a new, convenient way to pay for parking without needing a parking meter receipt. The EasyPark system, which allows motorists to use a per-sonal parking meter displayed on a vehicle’s dashboard to pay for parking, will be available in Dover on December 18. Like the popular discount token program and short-visit parking exception for on-street spaces, EasyPark is another convenient option to the pay and display meters.

“We are excited to add the availability of the EasyPark in-vehicle parking meter system as an enhancement to our paid parking program,” said Bill Simons, the city’s parking man-ager.

EasyPark users will no longer need a parking meter re-ceipt to display in their window. Instead, once purchased and an account is created, the EasyPark device can be easily activated and displayed in the vehicle while parked in a metered zone or parking lot. After visiting the downtown, the motorist turns off the device and parking fees are automatically deducted from

the owner’s preloaded account balance.

In addition, EasyPark users are only charged for park-ing “by the minute,” which takes the guesswork out of estimating how long a visit will last. Visitors can stay as long as needed, up to three hours at on-street parking spaces and all day in the parking lots. If a vehicle is parked more than three hours in an on-street parking zone, the device will dis-play “time expired”. If a motorist forgets to turn off EasyPark, an audible signal will sound every 60 seconds as a reminder. The EasyPark device must be clearly displayed on your dashboard, or on the driver’s side window by using the clip provided.

The EasyPark device can be turned on prior to meter start time and won’t be charged until metered parking begins at 9 a.m. If visitors stay later than 7 p.m. when metered parking ends, the device will stop charging the ac-count. EasyPark will not charge for parking on weekends or holi-days.

EasyPark devices will cost $19.95 and will include $10 in

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PORTSMOUTH –Portsmouth writer Stephen

Erickson has teamed up with Andrew Vietze, former manag-ing editor of Down East, to craft a “maritime whodunit” called “Boon Island: A True Story of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Canni-balism.” The historical narrative is richly researched and com-bines primary documents with a modern scientific understanding of what the crew of the Notting-ham Galley went through for nearly a month, shipwrecked six miles off the coast of York.

Erickson had a manuscript in book-length form when he was approached by Vietze about working together. Vietze had written an article about the ship-

wreck and had a contract with Globe Pequot Press to expand it into a book. Both authors say their meeting was fortuitous and made for a better result.

“He was in the audience at a talk and approached me after,” Erickson said. “I think we both agree we wrote a better book to-gether than we would have done ourselves.”

Perhaps the most shock-ing revelation in the book deals with Captain John Deane, his brother Jasper, and another gen-tleman aboard the ship, Miles Whitworth. Capt. Deane’s own account of the shipwreck casts himself and his fellow gentle-men as heroic, but the new book goes a long way to discredit that claim. The result may cause a

stir with fans of Kenneth Rob-erts, whose own version of the events align with the Captain’s.

“There may be a little bit of controversy since its goes against the tradition,” Erickson said. “I’ve read much of Kenneth Roberts’ work, ‘Boon Island’ among them. He was famous for his historical veracity, and much of what he said is true, in terms of the details of what happened, when it wrecked, etc. but obvi-ously he cast the crewmen in a bad light.”

This new version offers startling evidence that the Cap-tain was far from the hero he claimed to be, and may well have been criminally responsible for the shipwreck.

Vietze said he was happy to discover a fellow writer, looking into retelling the tale.

“I was doing research and came across Stephen’s piece in New England Quarterly,” Vietze said. “I went to see him speak at

New Book Rewrites Boon Island History

a York Historical Society func-tion. I didn’t think the world needed two more histories of Boon Island. So, rather than try to scuttle each other’s ships, so to speak, we decided it would better serve the story if we col-laborated.”

and commissioning, Cmdr. Belz completed follow-on submarine training in Orlando, Fla., Sara-toga Springs, N.Y., and Groton, Conn.

Cmdr. Belz served aboard USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) from July 1994 to June 1997 completing one North Atlantic deployment.

Following his tour aboard Philadelphia, Cmdr. Belz report-ed to the United States Naval Academy as the 28th Company Officer, obtaining his Masters in Leadership Education and Human Resource Development from the Naval Post Graduate School.

Cmdr. Belz also served aboard USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) (Gold) as the Navigator, where he completed multiple stra-tegic deterrent patrols, and USS Key West (SSN 722) as the Exec-utive Officer where he completed a Western Pacific deployment.

On Feb. 14, 2011, Cmdr. Belz assumed command of USS Topeka (SSN 754).

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HAMPTON –The Hampton Area

Chamber of Commerce recently donated a portion of the net pro-ceeds from the Annual Holiday Auction to four local non-profit organizations located within the Chamber’s coverage area. Checks were given to Experi-ence Hampton, The Salvation Army, Seabrook Community Table, and St. Vincent de Paul of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.

Experience Hampton is in its third year of creating and promoting events and programs that benefit the Hampton com-munity, such as Restaurant Week and the Annual Hampton Christmas Parade.

St. Vincent de Paul of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal now operates a Food Pantry and Clothing Loft year round in the Pantry Building at 289 Lafay-ette Rd. in Hampton and Saint Vincent’s Kitchen at Hampton Beach from mid-October to mid-May. Last year they supplied an estimated 32,000 equivalent

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Hampton Chamber Donates Auction Proceeds to Local Non-Profitsmeals at the Pantry and 4,000 meals at the Kitchen where members and non-member vol-unteers cook and serve the meals two nights per week. Other orga-nizations (e.g., Hampton Rotary Club) and churches serve meals the other nights and Saturday noon lunch.

Seabrook Community Table provides free meals to Seabrook residents and residents of surrounding communities. They welcome all to join in a meal and bring their families, friends, and neighbors. For more information and locations, call Joyce Addison at 603-474-9608.

Major Donna Marie Reed accepted the donation for The Salvation Army in Hamp-ton, located at 418 Lafayette Road. The Salvation Army was founded as an evangelical or-ganization dedicated to bring-ing people into a meaningful relationship with God through Christ. They rely on donations of food, household goods, mon-etary donations, etc., to do good within the community. To learn

more about donating goods or food this holiday season, call 603-929-1729.

A contribution was also made to Hampton Parks and Rec to fund an additional horse-drawn

carriage for the town is Christmas tree lighting celebration.

The Hampton Area Cham-ber of Commerce is a business advocacy group with over 400 members from the towns of Sea-

brook, Hampton Falls, Hamp-ton, North Hampton, and Rye in seacoast New Hampshire. For membership information, call 603-926-8718 or visit www.hamptonchamber.com.

PORTSMOUTH –Twelve New Hampshire

builders, architects, and land-scapers were named the winners of the prestigious 2012 Building New Hampshire Awards. The an-nouncement was made last week at an awards breakfast held at the Residence Inn/Portsmouth Harbor Events & Conference Center.

The winning entries were se-lected in recognition of their work to build, remodel, or retrofit an en-ergy-efficient, high-performance residence or commercial building.

2012 Building New Hampshire Award Winners AnnouncedRecognized for sustainable building & remodeling projects

The award-winning projects were designed and built to minimize their carbon footprint and impact on the environment. Energy Star-, LEED-, ReGreen-, and National Green Building Standard-certi-fied are considered equally.

“The winners of the 2012 Building New Hampshire Awards are the people to watch,” said Kathy Poggi, principal of Seacoast Ink and producer of the awards program. “With a sense of responsibility, they’re the ones who are producing some of

the most innovative, sustainable building and remodeling projects in the Granite State.”

In the home building cat-egory, BEAM Construction As-sociates Inc. won the Residen-tial New Construction/Retrofit Award for its Wonalancet project. The firm also received the Doug George Award for a new home built in Tamworth. The Doug George Award is an honor of the highest caliber, given to a builder or remodeler who builds a safe, du-rable, healthy home following the best practices in high-performance building. Warrenstreet Architects, together with project partner, Mile-stone Engineering & Construction, received the award for high-perfor-mance Multi-Family construction for Concord’s Mennino Place.

The award for Mixed-Use construction was given to Pro Con Inc. for the construction of the Residences at Portwalk in downtown Portsmouth. Banwell Architects and Trumbull-Nelson Construction Co., together, re-ceived the Community and Cul-tural Award for their work to build the new Lebanon Middle School.

The award for Commer-cial/New Construction went to North Branch Construction for the completion of its Concord headquarters.

The Best of New Hamp-shire 2012 Award for revitaliza-tion resulted in a tie, recognizing the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire and the renovation of the Newmarket Mills, completed by Newmarket Mills LLC and

Chinburg Builders.An award for Site/Landscap-

ing went to TFMoran Inc. for its work to create Goffstown’s Abing-don Square Park.

“By spotlighting these pro-gressive members of the New Hampshire building commu-nity, it’s our hope that others will follow their leads,” said Poggi. “Through their commitment, they’re making New Hampshire a more sustainable place in which to live, work, and play.”

Sponsors of the 2012 Building New Hampshire Awards include Bank of New Hampshire, ReVision Energy, Xtreme A-V, UltraGeo-thermal, Petersen Engineering and Rachael L. Stuart Consulting, Inc., with tremendous support from AIA-NH Environmental Guild.


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Saturday, December 22

Monadnock Christmas Concert Del Rossi’s Trattoria, Rte 137, in Dublin. Start time is 8 p.m. Call 603-563-7195 for more informa-tion.

Santa’s Castle Comes to Dover From 2 to 6:30 p.m. Dover Youth to Youth is hosting its 6th annual Santa’s Castle at the McConnell Center. Children and their families

will be able to tour several rooms in Santa’s Castle and meet Santa and many of his elves and other costumed characters. There will also be a variety of activities for the whole family. Santa’s Castle is designed for children ages 9 and under, but the whole family is invited. The cost is $6 per child and $3 per adult. However, a whole family can take the tour for a maximum of $20. Proceeds support the anti-drug activities of Dover Youth to Youth. Santa’s Castle is sponsored by WTSN and The BAY. For more information,

call 603-516-3274.

Friday, December 28

A Night of Comedy Hosted by Sam Bennett and produced by Kathleen Cavalaro. Seacoast favorite, Sam Bennett, will host a Night of Comedy at the Players’ Ring theater as part of the Late Night Series. Bennett, who toured the comedy circuit in New York and Los Angeles, will bring his unique humor to

the stage alongside comedian Bryce Hanson, Josh Day, Ryan Chani, and other guest perform-ers. There will also be a skit performed by Darwin’s Waiting Room. Tickets are $12 (general), $10 (students, seniors, members). Players Ring is at 105 Marcy St. in Portsmouth. Call 603-436-8123 for more information.

Monday, December 31

Annual New Year’s Eve Peace Vigil

In Market Square, Portsmouth, from 6 to 7 p.m. All are welcome to join in to call for a world of peace & justice as we enter a New Year. Please dress warmly and bring a candle and/or an appropriate sign if you can. Sponsored by Seacoast Peace Response & NH Veterans For Peace. SPR will pro-vide some signs and peace doves for you to hold. For more information contact [email protected] or 603-664-2796 or go to seacoastpeacere-sponse.org.

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Answers to last week’s puzzles

CLUES ACROSS1. Tooth caregiver4. Greek counterpart of Rhea7. A numbered mail compartment (abbr.)10. New Zealand parrots12. Political action committees14. Fringe-toed lizard15. Reposes17. Winglike structures18. MacMurray of “My Three Sons”19. Oprah’s Broadway show22. Ceaser, egg and tossed

23. Oarlock24. Agile, lively (nautical)25. Skim or dart26. And, Latin27. Embodies28. Gallivants30. Hyperbolic cosecant32. Rural delivery33. Atomic #8934. Opposite of wealthy36. Imus and Knotts39. Yellow ageratum species41. Large tropical Am. lizard43. Late Show star

46. Armor breastplate47. “Death in the Family” author48. Liquors from rice50. Bread for a burger51. Yeast52. 100 = 1 tala in W. Samoa53. Two-year-old sheep54. Hyrax or cony55. Engine additive

CLUES DOWN1. Danish krone (abbr.)2. Insect repellents3. Move sideways4. October’s birthstones

5. __ Alto, California city6. Mark of healed tissue7. Somewhat purple8. Egg mixture cooked until just set9. Past tense of bid11. Ancient stone slab bearing markings13. 9th month (abbr.)16. Thrown into a fright18. A playful antic20. “Waiting for Lefty” play-wright21. Ultrahigh frequency28. Cutting gun barrel spirals

29. Youth loved by Aphrodite30. Get by begging31. Cleans by scrubbing vigorously34. Bubonic calamity 35. Radioactivity unit 37. Bow (Sanskrit) 38. Legless reptiles 40. Thick piece of something 41. A distinct part of a list 42. Regarding (Scottish prep.) 43. Something that is owed 44. Mild exclamation 45. River in Spain 49. Variation of 17 down

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The authors said it was tricky business trying to research 1710, when Portsmouth was the last safe place where you could walk, and the town itself had a garrison wall.

“To me, the interesting part of this story is this controversy between the captain and the mate and boatswain,” Erickson said. “Because the guys all agreed on the facts regarding the survival story, you know that was true. But it’s really interesting to try to get at the whole truth.”

All the circumstantial evidence points to the Captain’s nefarious plot involving treason and insurance fraud. The effort to prove this theory took Erick-son across the Atlantic, where he set out to solve the crime by writ-ing the story.

“I was doing research in the British Library when I discov-ered pamphlets about how smug-gling worked off the coast of Ire-land,” Erickson said. “It was an aha moment.”

Boon Island is a barren piece of land about 300 by 700 feet in size. About the only thing that exists there now is Boon Island Light, the tallest light-house in New England, now in disrepair. Over the years, Boon Island has seen a series of storms when the lighthouse keeper there had to go to the highest point of the lighthouse to survive.

“You can see Boon Island from Ogunquit Beach, York, the Nubble area,” Vietze said. “It’s basically a rock, sometimes the island is totally submerged with water.”

Boon Island and the light-house are owned by the federal government. The Coast Guard maintains the navigation-related equipment, according to Jeremy D’Entremont, local lighthouse author and expert. Boon Island is up for transfer from federal ownership to a suitable new steward.

Site visits, which are part of the process, are delayed until spring when access to the island is easier. The lighthouse tower has been licensed to the Ameri-can Lighthouse Foundation, of which D’Entremont is historian and former president.

“I’d love to see the light-house preserved with a plaque on the side of it to the victims of Nottingham Galley,” Erickson said.

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With his editing experience at Down East magazine, he was more responsible for style, while Erickson was more responsible for content. They described the writing relationship as more edi-torial than both creating from blank pages in front of them. This is Vietze’s seventh book, and Er-ickson’s first.

“Andrew made it a page-turner in the way that my manu-script was not,” Erickson said. “Basically what we had to go on were the two versions of the story the three manuscripts of the Captain vs. the depositions of the crew.”

They augmented that mate-rial with layered writings from

the “psychology of disaster,” they said, modern scientific ex-planations of historical disasters, as Sebastian Junger did in “The Perfect Storm.” The resulting im-mediacy of the narrative brings readers to the cold, barren land-scape of Boon Island as survi-vors of the Nottingham Galley struggled for rescue, which ulti-mately came when the corpse of one of their own washed up on the Maine shore. The authors consulted medical experts to get the grim details accurate.

“Doctor Evan Lloyd has a couple of good books on cold stress. He’s one of the authori-ties on it,” Erickson said. “I corresponded with him, and he helped me understand what was happening to these guys from a distance of 300 years.”

...BOON ISLAND from page 2

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The Dover Chamber was pleased to welcome CoWorx Staffing Services with a tradi-tional ribbon cutting ceremony. The staff at CoWorx Staffing Services were all on hand to cel-ebrate the occasion.

CoWorx Staffing Services has been providing staffing ser-vices since 1974 through their branch offices located through-out the United States. CoWorx has been a staffing leader, work-ing together with both clients and employees, to place talented

people with great organizations across the U.S. They attribute their success to unmatched commitment to people; both cli-ents and CoWorkers.

CoWorx provides com-plete workforce management solutions from temporary labor

to strategic workforce partnerships. CoWorx is located at 40 Chest-nut St. in Dover. For more information, call 603-834-6002.

Christine Goodwin, WB Mason, Chamber Board, Doug Glennon, Glennon Consult ing, Chamber Board Chair, CoWorx Staffing Services employ-ees: Lisa Cassell, Gibby Maramis, Patty Malisze-wski, Lauren Arnold, Jennifer Nielsen, Karen Weston, Janetos Market, City Councilor and Molly Hodgson Smith, Exec-utive Director, Dover Chamber of Commerce. (courtesy photo)

DURHAM –In its two decades of exis-

tence, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s federal Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) has restored more than 2.6 million acres of wetlands habitat across the U.S, creating prime wildlife habitat and helping the environ-ment by holding and cleaning water. This includes 10,890 acres here in New Hampshire.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) administers the voluntary pro-gram that works with landown-ers to protect, restore and en-hance wetlands on private and tribal lands, a mission that helps

rural and urban communities throughout the country by reduc-ing flood damage, contributing to groundwater recharge and carbon sequestration, and providing rec-reational opportunities. Seventy-five percent of wetlands in the U.S. are located on private lands.

“The Wetlands Reserve Program is a great conservation tool, providing landowners a way to protect and restore wetland areas while making improve-ments to their properties—it is a win-win for the environment, the landowner and the community,” said Jason Weller, NRCS acting chief.

Through the program,

NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to help land-owners voluntarily restore and protect wetland ecosystems. Landowners may select either a permanent or 30-year easement, retaining ownership of the land once the easement is in place.

In the 20-year history of the program, more than 11,000 landowners across the U.S. have participated in this voluntary pro-gram. Landowners can receive financial assistance to restore wetlands on the saturated and flooded portions of their property that are difficult to farm, focusing their agricultural efforts on more productive soils.

Wetlands slow and store water, lowering the risk of flood-ing for nearby communities during hurricanes and other severe weather events.

The program is best suited for frequently flooded agricul-ture lands, where restoration will maximize habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife, and im-prove water quality.

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SOMERSWORTH –The holiday will be made

bright for “kids from 1 to 92” thanks to the joint effort of em-ployees of The Homemakers Health Services and Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics in Somersworth. While employ-ees of Hanger made donations to The Homemakers’ Holiday Food and Gift Project for the elderly and disabled, the FUSE (From Unity Strength Excels) Committee, an interdepartmen-tal group of f employees at The Homemakers, organized a drive to collect donations to Hanger’s Toys for Tots drive. From left to right are: Chris Aiken, Christine Amico and Paul Jenkins, all of Hanger Prosthetics, Cheryl Gagnon, chairman of The Homemakers’ FUSE Commit-tee and Vicki Noyes of Hanger Prosthetics. (courtesy photo)

SOMERSWORTH –Dave Averill, a volunteer

with The Homemakers Health Services, helps Somersworth Mayor Matt Spencer load his car with Holiday Food and Gift Baskets to be delivered to elderly and disabled per-sons in his community. Mayor Spencer was among the more than 25 volunteers who made

deliveries throughout Straf-ford and parts of Carroll and Rockingham counties as part of The Homemakers’ Annual Holiday Food and Gift Basket project. Thanks to individuals, businesses and service organi-zations, more than 125 food and gift baskets were delivered to people in need. (courtesy photo)

Rockingham County Nursing Home Gets Musical GiftBRENTWOOD –

More than 40 4-H youth and volunteer leaders met at the Rockingham County Nursing Home to sing holiday carols, hand out cards, and visit with the residents. For some this was a first-time experience, and for others, the caroling is an annual holiday tradition. 4-H is the youth development program of the UNH Cooperative Ex-tension; its role is to help com-munities create positive youth experiences though community clubs, afterschool programs and special programs. For more in-

formation on 4-H clubs and pro-grams in Rockingham County,

call 603-679-5616 or visit www.bit.ly/RockCty4H. (courtesy photo)

ROCHESTER –Frisbie Memorial Hospital

announced today that general surgeon, Dr. Tamsin Durand, has joined its medical staff. Durand will work with the gen-eral surgeons at Surgical Associ-ates of Rochester, located in the Medical Office Building on the hospital campus. Durand per-forms a wide range of general surgery procedures, and many laparoscopic abdominal surger-ies, including gallbladder re-moval, appendix removal, colon surgery, and hernia repairs.

Durand utilizes the latest technology to perform a va-riety of minimally invasive breast surgeries. These include lumpectomies, biopsies, and re-moval of breast masses and ab-scesses. According to Durand, “Many procedures can be per-formed in the minor surgery facility at Surgical Associates of Rochester.” This leads to a more convenient and patient-friendly experience, without the need for admission to the main hospital.

Durand completed her Chief Surgical Resi-dency years at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Prior to that, she completed three years of General Surgery Residency at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia, South Carolina. Durand received her medical degree, cum laude, from St. George’s University in Gre-nada, West Indies.

To schedule an appointment, call Surgical Associates of Rochester at 603-332-3355.


PORTSMOUTH –This holiday season, there is a

unique “window on the past” greet-ing people walking and driving past the Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden at 154 Market Street in Portsmouth. Since 2011, the museum has been involved with a major window restoration project. The windows on the front of the house were scheduled to go out for restoration this winter which left the staff and volun-teers with a problem: how to board up the windows without making it look as if the house was abandoned. And then there was the issue of how to decorate the house as part of Portsmouth’s annual “Holiday Doors” competition.

While windows have been out being restored by Jade Mortimer of Heartwood Window Restoration in Hawley, Mas-sachusetts, specialists from Preservation Timber Framing of Berwick, Maine, have been repairing clapboards and trim, and painting the house, façade by façade. “One of the specialists from Preserva-tion Timber Framing, artist David Ford, came to the rescue, and helped us to carry out an idea that we had had,” said Barba-ra Ward, director. Ford made the proper measurements to create the appearance of the finished windows and helped to create and draw silhouettes for many of the win-dows. Volunteers from the New Hamp-

shire Colonial Dames, who own and op-erate the house, and volunteers from the museum’s seasonal staff, helped to paint the panels with silhouettes of known and unknown characters from the past his-tory of the house, as well as Christmas wreaths. “We are inviting viewers to give us their version of what is going on in the windows,” Ward said, “We would love to hear from people through postings on our website and Facebook pages, or through letters or notes dropped into our mail slot on Market Street.”

The window restoration project has been made possible through the gen-erosity of dozens of private donors and two major grants, one from New Hamp-shire’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program, and one from the Conservation Project Support fund of the Institute of Museum and Library Servic-es, and independent federal agency. Res-toration of the windows on the two back sides of the house was completed during the summer and fall of 2012. Following paint evidence of the original treatment, the restored sashes are painted black, and the decorated panels on the front of the house are painted to simulate the same effect. Windows on the driveway side of the house under the famous horse chest-nut tree planted by William Whipple, after he returned home from signing the

Declaration of Independence, will be going back into place of the next couple of months. The windows on the Market Street façade will be completed by early

next summer. For more information, please visit www.moffattladd.org, go to the house’s Facebook page, or call 603-430-7968.

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spaces and abundant habitat for wildlife. New Hampshire will continue to benefit from WRP as more land is set aside for wetland areas.”

NRCS attributes WRP’s milestone achievements to land-owner interest, strong partner-ships and effective science-based technical assistance. NRCS

technical specialists work coop-eratively with landowners, fed-eral and state wildlife agencies, researchers and universities, conservation districts and non-governmental organizations to develop and implement effective hydrologic and vegetative resto-ration and management tech-niques.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE –Nearly 7 million people

from around the world will come to New Hampshire to enjoy the most wonderful time of the year, according to state tourism offi-cials.

Lori Harnois, director of the Division of Travel and Tour-ism Development, said the state is on track for a busy season. “We are expecting about 6.7 million people to come here between now and the end of February and that would be about five percent higher than last year,” Harnois said. “More than spending time, these visitors will spend about $860 million, which is up by nine percent over last year.”

The Institute for New Hampshire Studies compiled the numbers, Harnois said, which are based on factors that include spending patterns, gas prices, weather and the previous year’s activity.

“While most of our winter visitors will be from other New England states, we expect more travelers from New York State and Eastern Canada this year,” said Harnois. “Enjoying skiing, snowmobiling, shopping and our classic New England scenic beauty top the to-do list this season!”

Week-long family vacations should be well above the level for the Christmas and February va-cation weeks of last winter. Over-night trips to the state’s ski areas will likely increase by at least five percent above last year’s level, while day trips to the ski areas should increase by an estimated three percent, partly in response to lower gasoline prices.

Links to Pinterest, Face-book, Twitter, Flickr and the New Hampshire State Parks Ad-venture Blog from the www.vis-itnh.gov site let visitors get social with New Hampshire tourism.

SOMERSWORTH –An all-day party will

commemorate the first year anniversary of one of Som-ersworth’s newest establish-ments, Teatotaller Tea House. Entitled “Twelve Hours at Tea-totaller” - for the 12 months in business - the event will take place on Sunday December 30, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at 109 Main Street in Somersworth. The day-long event will feature live music, specials every hour on the cafe’s menu of teas, cof-fees and European inspired pastries, and a festive sweater contest.

Emmett Soldati, founder and principal owner of Tea-totaller, is gearing up for this first anniversary. “Last year, when I returned to my home-town, my hope was to create a special space for residents to mingle, to relax, and to be tan-talized by our creative kitchen. It’s been an incredible journey opening and running the Tea

Teatotaller Tea House Celebrates First Year Anniversary

House. We are so appreciative of the support of Somersworth and surrounding communities for making our first year such a success.”

During this last year, in an effort to increase opera-tions, Soldati brought on Coty Donohue, a young Somer-sworth resident with a back-ground in restaurant manage-ment. Donohue shares Sol-dati’s vision - that of working to transform the city of Somer-sworth. Beyond his new part-nership in Teatotaller, Dono-hue ran successfully for Som-ersworth City Council and has recently been appointed

to the board of directors of the Greater Somersworth Cham-ber of Commerce. Soldati credits Donohue with great changes at the cafe, including expanded food and drink op-tions, ever-changing furniture arrangements, and expanded hours (the café is now open every day). Donohue said, “My months here have been great. It seems we’re becoming increasingly successful at our goal of becoming a commu-nity hub, a place where teens come after school, business-people and city staff hold their meetings, families spend qual-ity time, and so on.”

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Military Book Group The Rye Public Library Military Book Group has chosen “Lili Marlene: The Soldiers’ Song of World War II” by Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller as the title for their January 3 discussion at 6:30 p.m. The Military Book Group meets on the first Thursday of the month.“Lili Marlene,” the unlikely anthem of World War II, cut across front lines and ideological divides, uniting soldiers across the globe.

This love song, telling the story of a young woman waiting for her lover to return from the battlefield, began as a poem written by a German soldier during World War I. The soldier-poet’s words found their way to Berlin’s decadent cabaret scene in the 1930s, where they were set to music by one of Hitler’s favored composers. The song’s singer, however, soon found herself torn between her desire for fame and a personal hatred of the Nazi regime. In a gripping and suspenseful narra-

tive, the three artists’ remarkable stories of arrests and close calls intertwine with the recollections of soldiers on all sides who fought their way through deserts and towns, seeking solace and finding hope in “Lili Marlene.”

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CAPE NEDDICK, MAINE –It’s going to be a wonderful

life at Clay Hill Farm on Sunday, December 23, as Clay Hill Farm Presents a professional stage production of “This Wonderful Life,” accompanied by an a la carte dinner.

One professional actor in-habits every role in this hilari-ously touching stage adaptation of the iconic holiday film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” George Bailey, Mary, Clarence the Angel, Mr. Potter and all the inhabitants of Bedford Falls come to life in this heartwarming story about the effect one hardworking man’s life has on the people around him.

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Wonderful Life at Clay Hill Farmin “This Wonderful Life,” when you actually forget where you are, Actor Jody McColman is playing every character in the play, and you actually think you see and hear those iconic film faces and voices that we spend every Christmas with.

On December 23 at the Clay Hill Farm, McColman, under the direction of Michael J. Tobin, brings this holiday movie to life without a single costume change, using the voices and manner-isms of the characters we know so well, illuminating each person and moment just as we remember them from the 1946 Frank Capra classic.

“We are thrilled to bring

our show to Clay Hill Farm,” Tobin said. “The entire staff has been great to work with and the food is simply delicious and plen-tiful. A great evening at a great price for the entire family.”

The show is on tour throughout southern Maine over the next couple of weeks and both McColman and Tobin are excited about the Clay Hill Farm stop.

“The intimacy of the Inn is perfect for the show,” McColman said. “I love to see the smiles and tears of remembrance as I per-form. Everyone knows the story and the characters so well and it’s fun for them to experience it live on stage in such a unique way.”

McColman and Tobin pres-ent a play not designed to replace “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but to make us want to watch it again with fresh eyes.

“All of us, at one point or another, come to a bridge in our lives which we wonder what would happen if we never were born,” Tobin said. “George Bailey gets to experience that choice and comes back realizing that he did, indeed, have a won-derful life.”

McColman adds, “I think this show is more relevant now than ever before. With all the stresses and challenges of life, we don’t often take the time to see and appreciate everything and everyone that we actually have in our lives.”

Doing his best Jimmy Stew-art, McColman, who plays all 32 residents of Bedford Falls, turns to the audience at one point and says, “This is not about Christ-mas, it’s about those other days, days we hope we can just get

through to the next good day.”This Christmas classic is

the perfect way to escape holiday stress or spend an evening out with friends and family.

“Seating is limited, so you’ll want to reserve your seats now,” Tobin said. “We only have one show at Clay Hill farm and you don’t want to miss a great meal and a professional, entertaining show.”

To reserve for this one-night-only show, call Clay Hill Farm at 207-361-2272. Tickets are $10 with an a la carte menu. Lim-ited seating. Show starts at 5 p.m.

Clay Hill Farm is located on 11 private acres in Cape Neddick, two miles west of Ogunquit and 15 minutes north of Portsmouth. Open year-round. For more in-formation, visit www.clayhi-llfarm.com.


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Luis Sea Fresh Restaurant & Seafood Market Celebrates 1st Year

DOVER –The Dover Chamber was

pleased to welcome Lulu Belle’s Boutique with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony. Owner Lulu Assadi is thrilled to join the Dover Chamber of Commerce.

Lulu Belle’s Boutique offers a refreshing departure from big box bridal shops and over-priced boutiques. Lulu Belle’s Boutique offers a new approach to bridal, tux, and prom shopping. Go beyond the status quo and expe-rience an intimate boutique in Dover and the Seacoast, complete with expert bridal consultants and innovative services like their online appointment book.

Lulu Belle’s Boutique car-ries a vast collection of destiny bridal gowns, prom, pageant, bridesmaid gowns and tux rental. Whether your wedding is in the Caribbean, Las Vegas or on the beach, they have the dress for you. At Lulu Belle’s Boutique, they also carry the Dessy Group Col-lection: Alfred Sung and After Six for your bridesmaid.

Lulu Belle’s Boutique is lo-cated on 903 Central Avenue, in Dover. You can reach them at 603-343-2379. Visit them online at http://lulubellesboutique.com.

HAMPTON FALLS –The Hampton Area Chamber

of Commerce recently celebrated the first anniversary of Luis Sea Fresh Restaurant and Seafood Market with a ribbon cutting. Owner Luis Elias has fulfilled his dream of always wanting to own a fish market, striv-ing to provide the freshest fish for his customers. He takes great pride in this new venture, having lived most of his childhood life fishing and as-sisting in running fish markets.

Located in a beautiful new building at 115 Lafayette Road in Hampton Falls, Luis Sea Fresh offers a restaurant menu featuring appetiz-ers, soups, fried and baked seafood dinners, lobster dinners, sandwich-es and seafood rolls, pasta dishes, and salads. The seafood market is stocked with top quality, fresh sea-food of all types. Gift certificates and

party platters are available as well. Winter hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 8 pm; Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm; closed Monday.

Among the participants in the ribbon cutting are family mem-bers and staff of Luis Sea Fresh and representatives of the Hampton Area Chamber. Maria Elias, wife of owner Luis Elias, cut the ribbon, sur-rounded by staff and family. Maria is known as a hard worker whose devotion to the business is well ap-preciated. Andrew Sullivan is the food & beverage manager/head chef, providing his extensive experi-ence in producing specials and secret recipes for his famous lobster stew. Nuno Costa, fish market manager, has been at Luis Sea Fresh since the beginning, developing into a fish specialist training under Luis’ wing. Annemarie Caulmare, operations

manager, started as the bookkeeper and has evolved to manage and over-see the business. Other family mem-bers came out to add fun and support to the ribbon-cutting event.

Laurie Widmark, Legal Shield, Chamber Ambassador, Ute Luxem, Profile Bank, Chamber Ambassador, Chris-tine Goodwin, WB Mason, Chamber Board, Karen Weston, Janetos, City Councilor, Lulu Assadi, Owner, Lulu Belle’s Boutique, Molly Hodgson Smith, Executive Director, Dover Chamber of Commerce, Shawn Olsten, Clear Channel Media + Entertainment, Chamber Ambassador, Doug Glennon, Glennon Consulting, Chamber Board Chair, and Bill Shaheen.

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ber celebrated the new owner-ship at Cookies By Design in Exeter with a ribbon cutting. Kristie McInerney (at right) and Sandy Slauter did the honors at the bakery at 92 Portsmouth Ave. in Exeter, as Pat Morgen-stern of the Chamber and Jessica Browne of Shaheen Brothers looked on. Call 603-773-9696 to place an order or for more infor-mation, or visit www.cookiesby-design.com. (courtesy photo)

Ambit Engineering Receives Map Award

CONCORD –Ambit Engineering was

recently presented with a Map Contest Award from the New Hampshire Land Surveyors Asso-ciation (NHLSA) at the Association Annual meeting held in Concord, New Hampshire. The Map Award was for a map submitted in the Color Presentation Map category for the recently approved Wood-bury Mills Residential Site Rede-velopment in Dover. The plan was drafted by Ambit employee John Easter of Dover. The NHLSA Map Contest is an annual event with submissions from New Hampshire Land Surveyors across the state. Ambit Engineering previously had winning maps in the 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2012 contests. The winning maps are presented to the UNH Thompson School of Applied Science, Berlin Voc-Tech and New England College for classroom use in their respective surveying curri-cula. Winning maps are eligible for submission to The National Society of Professional Surveyors Map Con-test, of which NHLSA is an affili-ate member. Ambit Engineering is a Land Surveying and Civil Engineer-ing firm located on Griffin Road in Portsmouth, serving the Seacoast of Maine and New Hampshire. More information about Ambit Engineer-ing is available on the company web site at www.ambitengineering.com.


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laborative recently awarded Richie Gress the inaugural C. Pennington Brown Memo-rial Scholarship for Advanced Organ Study. The scholarship was established in 2012 to sup-port the ongoing education of advanced Young Organist Collaborative organ students. Gress is the first advanced student to receive this recogni-

PORTSMOUTH –For the fifth year, Pontine

Theatre hosts several New Vaude-ville performers at its WEST Funfest. Performances are sched-uled for 2 p.m., December 26 to December 30, at Pontine’s West End Studio Theatre located at 959 Islington Street in Ports-mouth. The Funfest is modeled on the Phyzgig Festival which was founded in Portland, Maine,

C. Pennington Brown Memorial Scholarship for Advanced Organ Study recipient Richie Gress of Newmarket (courtesy photo)

tion. The Young Organist Col-laborative, which supports the musical education of children ages 10-16 by providing schol-arship money for organ lessons, also awarded eleven first and second year scholarships for the 2012-2013 school year.

Richie Gress is in his sixth year of organ lessons and cur-rently takes weekly lessons with Bruce Adami, organist and interim director of music at Christ Church in Exeter. Gress was selected by a panel of three organist judges, which included Barbara Owen, Rick Gremlitz and Wendell Purr-ington during a blind audition. Gress played Bach’s Toccata & Fugue in D-minor; Dupre’s Magnificat Gloria, and the hymn piece “Lasst es Erfreuen” (All Creatures of our God and King). Gress has played at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City and St. Peter’s Cathe-dral in Morristown, NJ. He has given recitals locally, received an honorable mention in the Granite State piano competi-tion in 2012, and sings bass in his church and school choirs. He is a substitute organist at various area churches, includ-ing Newmarket Community Church, Trinity Church York Harbor, Durham Community Church, and First Congrega-tional Church Kittery Point. Gress attended the High School Organist Summer Academy at

Oberlin Conservatory in 2011. He wants to study organ in col-lege, and he also has a passion for composing music.

“From the first notes, Richie established the drama of the piece,” said Rick Gremlitz, organist and choir director of First Parish Church in Dover. “Richie evokes solid, confident leadership from the organ.”

“Richie has real prom-ise and capability,” said Bar-bara Owen, scholarship judge, organist, author, historian, lecturer and Librarian of the American Guild of Organists’ Organ Library at Boston Uni-versity.

In addition to this year’s inaugural advanced scholar-ship award, the Young Organ-ist Collaborative awarded first year scholarships to six organ students including Kasey Mann of Merrimac, MA who studies with Abbey Siegfried at Philips Andover Academy; Ben Blumenscheid of Newbury-port, MA and Iara Manchester of Eliot, ME who both study organ with Barbara Flocco at her studio in Stratham, NH; Abigail Steinhauer of South Berwick, ME who studies organ with Kevin Lindsay in Rochester, NH; Jacob Golas of Hampton Falls who stud-ies organ with Bev Caldon in Exeter, NH; and Adam Peet of Newmarket, NH who stud-ies organ with Bruce Adami at Christ Church in Exeter, NH.

The Young Organist Col-laborative also awarded five scholarships to second year organ students. Scholarship recipients include Clayton Jacques of Barrington, NH who studies organ with Kevin Lindsay at First United Meth-odist Church in Rochester, NH; Christopher Shek of Hampton Falls, NH who studies organ with Bruce Adami in Exeter, NH; Nathan Pace of Concord, NH who studies with Nicho-las White at St. Paul’s School in Concord; and Christopher Thompson of Dover, NH and Joseph Stevens of Rochester, NH who both study with David Wold at his studio in Dover, NH.

Scholarships provided by the Young Organist Collab-orative are funded entirely by donations. A challenge grant has been offered by a generous donor in order to build the C. Pennington Brown Memorial Scholarship fund. To help the Young Organist Collaborative meet the December 31, 2012 goal of raising $1,250, you can send a donation to The Young Organist Collaborative, PO Box 24, Portsmouth, NH 03802.

Young Organist Collaborative Awards Scholarships

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5th Annual WEST Funfest

in 1997. It’s a family-oriented fes-tival that chases away the blues with performances featuring magic, mirth, and mayhem. Tick-ets are $15 and may be purchased online at www.pontine.org. Tick-ets may also be purchased at the door a half-hour prior to each show (cash and checks only), based on availability. For more information, contact [email protected] or call 603-436-6660.

There are so many different reasons to throw a party. During the holidays, the reasons to cele-brate are many. Some people are seasoned experts at planning and executing the perfect party, while others are more apprehensive about hosting. However, with a little guidance, anyone can suc-cessfully host a memorable party.

Whether you’re planning an intimate cocktail party for a few friends or a large-scale event for a baptism or anniversary, some simple tips can reduce the stress involved in being a party host.

Step 1: Create a budgetPlanning the perfect event

starts with establishing a clear budget. Above all else, setting a firm budget will help set limits as to what and how much you can buy for the event. It will also then help you make your lists and de-tails accordingly.

Be sure to list the main components of the party first: including food, beverages and invitations. It’s important to al-locate more of your budget to those items and use the remain-ing funds to decorate and set the mood.

Step 2: Decide on a locationKnowing where you will

be having your party -- usually dictated by how much you can spend -- will help pave the way for other decisions. For example, if you are having a party at a restaurant, all you may need to handle are providing favors and bringing a cake. But if you are renting out a room or having the

Party Planning Like the Pros party at home, your workload will increase. There are many different places you can have a party, even some unconven-tional locales. Therefore, if you are coming up with roadblocks based on the cost of venues, think outside the box. Look to church-es, restaurant back rooms or even schools for an empty room.

Step 3: Make your shopping list

Once you’ve established your budget and location, it’s time to make your shopping list. List all of the foods you plan to make and then separately list the ingredients that need to go into each recipe. Purchase the neces-sary ingredients if you are having mixed drinks. An easier idea is to simply offer soft drinks, wine and beer because guests can serve themselves. You can shop for nonperishable items, like utensils and decorations, early on. Save perishable foods for a few days before the party.

Step 4: Get helpHosting a party can be a lot

of work, so it can benefit you to have a friend or family member lend a hand. Perhaps he or she can work on party favors while you’re putting the finishing touches on the meal or the des-sert. If the budget allows, some people like to hire a service to wait on guests and cleans up during and after the party. This is beneficial to hosts who want to mingle with guests and not worry about collecting soiled dishes and beverage glasses.


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We will be open full day on January 1st in support of the event and it all ends on January 2nd.

450 New Nissans, New Hyundais and Certified Used Vehicles must be liquidated in eight days at our two locations.

These sales prices will never be lower at any point throughout the year. Maximum trade value for all trades. Push, pull or tow. 0% APR available for 60mos. on many new vehicles. No payments for 90 days. As well as sign and drive $0 down at signing available on all vehicles. No reasonable offer will be refused. If you are at all interested in a new vehicle, now is the time.

Both dealerships will be closed for business on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to allow our hard working staff to spend time with their loved ones.

We will reopen on December 26th.

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