11/26/04 - Dover residents looking for fresh food and veggies now have a new alternative to large, chain supermarkets. Fiddlehead Farms, a new grocery store that opened last month, offers shoppers fresh, locally grown produce, baked goods, meat and deli products from local companies.

11/26/04 - WOKQ 97.5 FM, based in Dover, and Irving Mainway Convenience Stores, collected 1,342 turkeys and $4,482 in cash and check donations for the New Hampshire Food Bank during WOKQ's Turkey Drop. Residents and WOKQ listeners were asked to drop off a turkey at any of the 40 Irving Mainway stations throughout New Hampshire.

11/26/04 - It wasn't a rodeo, a hoe-down, or a barn raising, but there were plenty of people sporting chaps, cowboy boots, and 10-gallon hats at Dover City Hall on Friday, Nov. 19. The occasion was Dover Main Street's second annual live and silent auction and Taste of Dover event.

11/26/04 - Bektash Shriners of Concord will be hosting the 4th annual Christmas tree festival through Nov. 28, at the Shriners Center, 189 Pembroke Road, Concord. It will be open Friday and Saturday, Nov. 26 and 27, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the Bektash Shrine Center.

11/26/04 - This year marks the 25th anniversary of Strawbery Banke Museum's most popular event, the Candlelight Stroll, which takes place Dec. 4, 5, 11 and 12, from 4 to 9 p.m. The event showcases 350 years of New England seasonal and holiday traditions in Strawbery Banke's historic Puddle Dock neighborhood in Portsmouth. An engaging panoply of sights, sounds, smells, and seasonal entertainment, Candlelight Stroll endures as a cherished Seacoast area tradition.

11/26/04 - You may have noticed them around town - standing next to you at the bank or grocery store, or lying quietly under the table in a restaurant, always attired in yellow and blue capes. You may even have been surprised to find one seated next to you at the movie theater - and wondered just how you could get involved in raising one of these lovable puppies.

11/26/04 - The NH Seacoast Region Wastewater Management Study team will hold a public informational meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m., at the Frisbie Memorial Hospital Educational Conference Center, 11 Whitehall Road, Rochester.

11/26/04 - Most people understand the sense of smell is directly connected to our memories. Certain unexpected whiffs of the past, like the smell of plastic seat covers in the hot sun, can trigger an instant flood of memories of childhood car trips.

11/26/04 - Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Peter Mayer has been delighting local audiences with his original Christmas songs and fresh interpretations of traditional carols since 2001 when he first brought his Stars and Promises Christmas concert tour to Dover for two sold-out performances at St. John's United Methodist Church.

11/26/04 - Visitors to the Masks of October exhibit at the Franklin Gallery, Ben Franklin Crafts of Somersworth, voted for their three favorite artists during the month-long exhibit. One hundred eighty-nine ballots were cast, and the winners chosen from 13 participating Southern Maine/Seacoast New Hampshire artists, were tabulated on Halloween night.

11/26/04 - The Bell Center For Music and the Arts will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with two terrific family events in December at its new facility on the corner of Fourth and Grove Streets in downtown Dover.

11/26/04 - On Dec. 4 and 5, Granite State Choral Society will celebrate its 30th anniversary with Joys of the Season, a concert of seasonal choral music featuring Kirke Mechem's "Seven Joys of Christmas," and oratorio choruses by Haydn, Berlioz, Honegger, Mendelssohn, Bach and Handel.

11/26/04 - The Red Shoe Gang continues their annual Thanksgiving weekend tradition with "Barn and Beyond III," a group art show in Kensington. Following the success of their acclaimed June 2004 show at Kittery Art Association, these progressive artists return to their roots, at Kitty Clark's 19th-century barn at 8 North Road in Kensington. The show will be held on Saturday, Nov. 27, and Sunday, Nov. 28, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

11/26/04 - The Center for Family Business at the University of New Hampshire will take a close look at compensation plans and the quality control tool Sigma Six on Wednesday, Dec. 1.

11/26/04 - Jeff Barstow, co-founder and president of Favorite Foods Inc. of Somersworth, was honored with the 2004 New Hampshire Business Review Award for Excellence in Business Services.

11/23/04 - BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq’s interim prime minister said Monday he’s confident only a small number of people will boycott the Jan. 30 elections despite anger among many Sunni Muslims over the Fallujah offensive and a deadly U.S.-Iraqi raid on a Baghdad mosque.

11/23/04 - BIRCHWOOD, Wis. - As several deer hunters made their way through the woods of northern Wisconsin, they were startled to come upon a stranger in their tree stand. But what happened next was even more astonishing.

11/23/04 - BOSTON - A former employee of the Middlesex County Sheriff's department was charged on Monday with cocaine distribution and ordered held on $25,000 cash bail for allegedly dealing drugs out of his home near Winthrop High School.

11/23/04 - BOSTON - On Sept. 25, 1963, as President Kennedy hopscotched across western states aboard Air Force One before landing for the night in Jackson Hole, Wyo., he took a fresh piece of stationery and scribbled a note just below the presidential seal.

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

11/26/04 - To the Editor: My thanks to the voters of Dover, Durham, Epping, Lee and Rollinsford for returning me to the New Hampshire Senate. I am especially grateful to the many, many people throughout the district who helped me during the campaign.

11/26/04 - The following people passed away recently. . .

11/26/04 - All of a sudden Christmas is in the air. The turkey feast is over and the shopping has begun in earnest. In addition to the shopping, baking, and decorating for others, you'll want to squeeze in some of your own moments of comfort and joy. The library is just the place to soothe your holiday stress and help you find some peace on earth with Christmas music, Christmas movies, and Christmas reading.

I am going to propose legislation that will prohibit anyone under the age of 60 from becoming an activity director at an assisted living home, a senior center or any other organization/housing/location where seniors gather. Now before some of my dear friends who are so employed come ready to hang me from the nearest tree, I would make some exceptions including requiring the person to have intimate knowledge and understanding of what it is like to be old.

11/26/04 - The Dover Soccer Club U-12 girls played in the New Hampshire Soccer Association U-12 Division 1 Girls Fall Tournament Championships against Derry on Nov. 6 in Rochester. Going into overtime tied 2-2, the team fell down 2-1 during penalty kicks.

11/26/04 - Dover Recreation announces sign-ups are ongoing at the Butterfield Gym for the seventh- and eighth-grade boys and girls basketball programs.

11/26/04 - I cannot find the checks. It's late, I'm exhausted, I have four baskets of laundry to fold and dishes to take out of the dishwasher, and my evening has come to a standstill because I cannot find the checks.

11/26/04 - Portsmouth Christian Academy announces the following elementary and junior high school students named to the first quarter honor roll:

11/26/04 - With shorter days and the return to standard time, parents and caregivers often turn to lamps and nightlights to help small children become accustomed to the dark. A number of such lamps and nightlights manufactured and sold today with cartoon-like designs may have a toy-like appearance. As such, these lights are attractive to children, who may see them as toys.

11/26/04 - Wentworth-Douglass Hospital passed the $2 million mark in drug-cost savings for low-income families in 34 local communities through its Medication Bridge Program. The program works with pharmaceutical companies and families to access retail prescription drugs free of charge or with a small co-pay.

11/26/04 - Area residents can get in the spirit of giving - and feast on Newick's chowder - by donating blood on Friday, Dec. 3. Measured Progress will join with the Loyal Order of Moose, the Ladies of the Moose, and the American Red Cross to sponsor the blood drive from 12 to 5 p.m. at the Dover Moose Hall on Chestnut Street. The event will mark Measured Progress's 11th year of blood drive sponsorship.

11/26/04 - Seacoast Outright, a Portsmouth non-profit organization that works with and on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning youth and their allies, aged 21 and under, recently received notification that they have been awarded a $4,650 grant for their peer facilitation program from the Clark Family Fund, a charitable giving partnership of the Greater Piscataqua Community Foundation.

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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