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Grammy winners brings Afro-Cuban flair to Hopkins Center
The Grammy Award-winning Arturo O' Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra brings its Afro-Cuban sound to the Hopkins Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. Friday.
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Mind-reading sword swallower Roderick Russell cuts through comfort zones
Roderick Russell likes to keep audiences on their edge of their seats.
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It's official: Sandwich Fair bringing fall fun to New Hampshire
Fresh veggies, midway rides, crafts, tractor pulls, livestock competitions and, of course, those keg and skillet tosses ... It's all part of the holiday weekend tradition that is the Sandwich Fair.
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Take a bite of autumn fun at Apple Harvest Day
DOVER mdash Downtown Dover will be filled with more than 50,000 people Saturday as the city celebrates its 34th annual Apple Harvest Day.What started as a way to draw area residents into the city before the holiday season has evolved into a festival that closes off eight blocks of traffic as...
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Warner Fall Foliage Festival colors Columbus Day weekend
The 71st Annual Warner Fall Foliage Festival, complete with the hard-sawing woodsmen competition, returns this Columbus Day weekend.
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Milford Pumpkin Festival organizers address a weighty issue
The gauntlet has been thrown, and it weighs 2,528 pounds.
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Arsenal of good eats and drinks at Powder Keg festival
Crowds will be pouring onto Swasey Parkway Saturday for the seventh annual Powder Keg Beer and Chili Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Looking for something cute, cuddly and slithering?
The New England Reptile Expo is bringing thousands of reptiles, amphibians and tarantulas to the Manchester Downtown Hotel's Expo Center, 700 Elm St., on Sunday.
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Weekend concert picks for the Granite State
Here's our picks for Top 5 concerts this weekend in New Hampshire.
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Amid Kavanaugh allegations, Trump says it is 'scary time' for young men
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that allegations of sexual misconduct against his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, showed that 'it's a very scary time for young men in America' who now may be presumed guilty even when innocent.
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Debate exclusion
To the Editor: This November, voters will see three candidates on the ballot for governor, Republican Chris Sununu, Democrat Molly Kelly, and Libertarian Jilletta Jarvis. However during the lone debate to air on WMUR, voters will see only two of these candidates, despite having been told in August that all three candidates would be invited.
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Mike Shalin's Working Press: It's great to be here
IF YOU LIKE your sports in an overload mode, strap in for the next four days in New England.
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Three locals to begin their seasons in AHL
New Hampshire natives Zach Sanford, Gavin Bayreuther and Paul Thompson will begin this professional hockey season season skating in the American Hockey League.
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Grant Bosse: Thursday night NFL contests should go away
Asking players to suit up so quickly after their last game should be embarrassing to the NFL. But the league has 60 million reasons to get over it.
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Janine Gilbertson's Granite Kitchen: A soup, a salad and a sweet for early fall
Autumn soup for a soupy fall day
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Tasting Notes with Jim Beauregard: A fine Riesling from Washington state
When one thinks of Riesling, Germany often comes to mind first, followed by the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, but these are certainly not the only places in the world where great Rieslings are made today.
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Our Gourmet: Nothing could be finer than Benedict breakfast at Charlie's Diner
A recent breakfastlunch outing brought us to Charlie's Homestyle Diner, conveniently located at the corner of Daniel Webster Highway and Depot Street just south of Bedford Road.
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Weare settles second suit filed by fired officer
The town of Weare has settled a second lawsuit filed by Joseph Kelley, the former police sergeant who has already received a 260,000 settlement over his 2013 termination.
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Aldermen OK annual payment agreement with BAE
City aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a payment in lieu of taxes PILOT agreement with BAE Systems that has the aerospace and defense giant making an annual payment of 225,000 to the city for the next decade.
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U.S. to test presidential alert sytem on cellphones
The Trump administration will send messages to more than 200 million U.S. cellphones on Wednesday testing a previously unused presidential alert system that aims to warn the public in the event of a national emergency.
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