11/19/04 - Five local gifted women used their acting prowess to resurrect the voices of some of the most relevant women writers in history during a performance of "A Voice of My Own," a 1979 play by playwright Elinor Jones. The play, the most recent to grace the stage of the Garrison Players Arts Center, addresses the dramatic history of female writers from 600 BC through the 20th century, specifically with regard to how their literary voices were either accepted or not.

11/19/04 - The University of New Hampshire Community Service and Leadership students are working with community partners to hold a Warmth Drive that will help people combat the cold. From Nov. 15 to Dec. 3, students will collect clean, useable items that will keep people warm this winter.

11/19/04 - The United Way of the Greater Seacoast announces the publication of its "Annual Guide to Holiday Giving & Volunteering!" The United Way invites groups of co-workers, club members, neighbors, faith community, classrooms, friends, or family to help those in need during the holiday season. Opportunities abound to adopt families, run food, clothing or gift drives, or volunteer.

11/19/04 - Club Finz Parrot Head Club of Southern Maine and Seacoast New Hampshire will be holding its sixth annual Sock, Hat and Mitten Drive on Tuesday, Dec. 14, aboard the M/V Thomas Laighton.

11/19/04 - Dr. Michael J. O'Connell of Dr. O'Connell's PainCare Centers is offering a truly inspiring third annual matching gift opportunity to help homeless pets at Cocheco Valley Humane Society over the holidays. This year, Dr. O'Connell's matching gift opportunity is being made in honor of his beloved cat, Roxanne, who recently passed away. The PainCare Centers will match gifts made to CVHS between now and Dec. 25 up to a total of $5,000.

11/19/04 - The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome Robert Marston as the Grand Marshal of the 2004 Annual Holiday Parade. In keeping with tradition, leading the parade as Grand Marshal is an honor reserved for the current Citizen of the Year. Marston has been so recognized for helping to make Dover a better place to live, work, and visit.

11/19/04 - Rosanna Weil, a clairvoyant medium, Reiki/Shamballa practitioner and energy healer, will lecture on "A Clairvoyant's Vision," from 5- 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, at the new Comfort Inn in Dover. The event includes a lecture, discussion and open forum readings.

11/19/04 - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Commissioner Michael Nolin recently joined the environmental commissioners of seven other Northeast states and EPA regional administrators in signing a resolution titled "Don't Trash Our Air," calling for regional action to reduce air pollution from open, uncontrolled burning of household trash.

11/19/04 - Autumn is part of a vital cycle of life for anyone who has a garden. This is the time we pull up all the plants we cherished, fed and protected for the last five months of the year. During the summer, we were proud of the way our gardens looked.

11/19/04 - The Rochester Opera House is honored to welcome internationally known recording star Rita Coolidge to its historic stage for a special holiday concert on Wednesday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. Coolidge's smoky and elegantly soulful voice has served her well during her illustrious 30-plus year career.

11/19/04 - Tommy Makem will once again take the Rochester Opera House stage for another night of unforgettable music, songs and stories at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27. Armed with his banjo, tinwhistle, poetry, stagecraft and his magnificent voice, Makem has been mesmerizing audiences for more than four decades.

11/19/04 - The Exeter Players present "Butter Flies are Free," a story about handicaps that don't show on the outside, and the things people do to cope with love, loss, life. Laugh and cry through this bittersweet tale of survival. "There are none so blind as those who will not see!" Such are the strong words proclaimed by Little Donny Dark, a fictional, blind, superhero character from a series of children's books by Florence Baker.

11/19/04 - The Rochester Opera House is excited to announce the formation of a new "in-house" theatre company that will produce quality plays, musicals and children's theatre throughout the year. The Rochester Opera House boasts a proud tradition of hosting theatre.

11/19/04 - This year the annual art sale at Sanctuary Arts, in Eliot, Maine, is about the bustle rather than hustle. The sale is billed as a respite from the crazy holiday hordes, with genteel ladies and gents serving up hors d'oeuvres, while visitors select gifts from outstanding works created by the region's top established and emerging artists.

11/19/04 - The New England region will see modest overall economic growth and continued slow employment recovery from the early 2000 recession through 2008, with education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and professional and business services forecasted to be the fastest growing sectors in the region, according to Ross Gittell, professor of management at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics, who recently released the New England Economic Outlook.

11/19/04 - When international jewelry designer Alisa Unger stops at Jewelry Creations in Dover on Dec. 11, a percentage of the day's proceeds will be donated to the Cancer Center at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. "Linda Hagan (owner of Jewelry Creations) has been a big help in getting my designs out into the public," said Unger.

11/19/04 - Citizens Bank New Hampshire has announced that Lisa Gainty has been promoted to bank officer. Gainty is the manager of the Citizens in-store branch at the Shaw's supermarket in Stratham. She is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the branch, including providing quality customer service, business development and implementing promotional activities and programs.

04/09/04 - The following are local births at Wentworth-Douglas Hospital...

11/12/04 - Despite recent attempts by President Bush, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and other administration officials to create new definitions, there are no exemptions allowed under international laws that overrule the prohibition against torture and prisoner abuse.

11/19/04 - To the Editor: Which would you rather have? A radio transmitter short-circuited or to be hungry and unable to feed yourself and your family?

11/19/04 - The following people passed away recently. . .

11/19/04 - Thanksgiving is a holiday centered on family, gratitude, and of course, food. Sometimes in the rush to make "perfect" holiday memories for our families, we exclude children from the preparations. But they can benefit greatly from contributing to a holiday feast. Invite your children and grandchildren into the kitchen, and share with them the pleasure of cooking.

My friend Millie asked if I was going to wear a dress or skirt to the theater, and I laughingly told her that I hadn't worn either of those in years. This morning I was dressing to go to the senior fair at Frisbie Memorial Hospital and, when I opened my closet, prepared to stand there for 10 minutes wailing that I had absolutely nothing to wear, I spotted a line-up of skirts and jumpers hanging in the back looking totally dejected.

11/19/04 - Great Bay Rowing Club's Junior Women rowed among top competitors from across the United States and around the world at the 40th Annual Head of the Charles Regatta held Oct. 23 and 24 in Cambridge, Mass.

11/19/04 - "What's your column about this week?" asked my husband. "I have no idea," I told him. "I'm open to suggestions." He looked at me as if I had sprouted an extra head or two before replying - carefully, so as not to agitate my fragile hormones and thus endanger his life - that he figured I would be writing about Thanksgiving, as this is the last column before the holiday.

11/19/04 - Cub Scout packs of Dover held a sign-up night for boys in first through fifth grades on Oct. 20 at the Horne Street School. Packs 172, 173 and 180 participated in the sign-up night. Each pack had a chance to show their scouting programs to boys and their parents.

11/19/04 - When you go to appointments, exercise class, errands or holiday shopping, children ages 2 to 9 can now go to Stay & Play, a new convenient drop-off child care center at The HUB Family Resource Center, with hourly time slots and rates.

11/19/04 - The University of New Hampshire Center on Adolescence, formerly known as the Adolescence Resource Center, has named internationally renowned scholar Nancy Guerra as co-director.

11/19/04 - In recognition of her commitment and dedication to the Tufts Strong Living program, Hanna Jacoby, community wellness coordinator for The Homemakers of Strafford County, was recently honored by New Hampshire Celebrates Wellness.

11/19/04 - November is American Diabetes Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes is the sixth deadliest disease in the United States, claiming the lives of more than 200,000 people each year. Approximately 90-95 percent of people living with diabetes have Type 2, also known as adult onset diabetes.

11/18/04 - BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber blasted an American convoy north of Baghdad and U.S. troops battled insurgents west of the capital Wednesday as a wave of violence across Iraq’s Sunni Muslim heartland killed at least 27 people.

11/18/04 - WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration uncovered contamination and unsanitary conditions at a British flu vaccine manufacturing plant in 2003 but failed to re-inspect it until similar problems caused the loss of half the U.S. vaccine supply in October, the top FDA official said Wednesday.

11/18/04 - BOSTON - Newlyweds Gail and Betsy Leondar-Wright now walk hand-in-hand with a greater sense of entitlement. Rod and Lindel Hart revel in the simple act of checking off the "married" box on applications, even on federal forms that do not recognize their union.

11/18/04 - BOSTON - The same type of sound waves that pulsate from sonar fish-finders and ultrasound fetal monitors can dramatically boost the power of anti-clotting medicine and help it dissolve brain blockages in stroke patients, a study suggests.

11/18/04 - PORTLAND, Maine - A 51-year-old woman arrested last month as a suspect in a 1976 Florida murder was married last weekend in a jailhouse ceremony.

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