12/10/04 - Thirteen members of Dover Baptist Church (as part of a larger group of 28 total members from nationwide locations) traveled to Cambodia in November on a mission trip to help a congregation build a church in the village of Seung, in the city of Sisophon.

12/10/04 - Dover resident and non-traditional student Anna Boudreau recently won UNH's annual Student Community Leader of the Year Award.

12/10/04 - Avis Goodwin Community Health Center wishes to alert all businesses that anyone soliciting any donations for Avis Goodwin Community Health Center will have appropriate identification with them.

12/10/04 - When you go to appointments, exercise class, errands or holiday shopping, your 2- to 9-year-old children would rather be at Stay & Play - a convenient, quality, flexible drop-off child care center with hourly time slots and rates.

12/10/04 - Richard Sorrentino of Exeter is the grand-prize winner of the recent WTSN-Allie Jewelers Red Sox Collectibles give-away. Sorrentino was among the hundreds of callers who battled their way into the drawing for two special Red Sox Collectibles.

12/10/04 - Temple Israel, located since the late 1930s on Fourth St. in Dover, has moved to its new location at 515 Sixth St. The change was precipitated by an increasing congregation, currently comprising 150 families, which proved too large for the smaller Fourth Street space.

12/10/04 - The Dover Coalition for Youth, a prevention-based organization coordinated by the Dover Police Department, will host a Breakfast Workshop from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 17, at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Auditorium in Dover.

12/10/04 - Last month, close to 30,000 Comcast employees and their families volunteered in our communities for the Fourth Annual Comcast Cares Day, a company wide day of service.

12/10/04 - The Dover Open Lands Committee recently elected the following officers to its executive board: Dona Layton will serve as chairman; Marcia Colbath will serve as vice chairman; Janice Gardner will serve as secretary, and Steve Bird will serve again as treasurer.

12/10/04 - K9 Kaos, the Seacoast's premier Doggie Daycare facility, is pleased to invite the public to attend a holiday open house and rescue greyhound fund-raiser on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

12/10/04 - When I first moved up from Boston, some 28 years ago, there were few restaurants to choose from after you went to see a movie or did some shopping in Portsmouth.

12/10/04 - Are you already struggling to find the perfect gift this holiday season? If so, why not let Dover Main Street help you with your shopping? Now is the perfect time to consider Dover Main Street Gift Certificates.

12/10/04 - 'Tis the season to be jolly, and Jim MacDougall and the Funky Divas of Gospel plan to make it so at their final Gospel Brunch of the year on Sunday, Dec. 12. A fantastic program of "good-news" gospel and spiritual music will fill the air at the cozy Elks Lodge (with a gorgeous view of the Sagamore River), at 500 Jones Ave.

12/10/04 - The noted Assumption College Chapel Choir has been selected to perform with legendary entertainer Kenny Rogers in his annual Christmas show. The "Kenny Rogers and Friends Celebrate the Season, Featuring Rebecca Lynn Howard and Billy Dean" 21-city tour will visit the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester on Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

12/10/04 - Conversational Spanish, French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, German, Swahili and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes will start the week of Dec. 13 at the New England Language Center in Rochester. Some classes are offered in Portsmouth.

12/10/04 - The Franklin Gallery at Ben Franklin Crafts, 200 Tri-City Plaza in Somersworth, will host an exhibit of recent works by Milton artist Susann Foster Brown, through Dec. 31, during regular business hours. A formal opening for Brown's exhibit was scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 5, at the Franklin Gallery.

12/10/04 - Smucker's Stars on Ice, America's most theatrical figure skating tour and Emmy Award-winning production, once again accelerates its artistry when it begins its 19th consecutive U.S. touring season Jan. 5 through April 9, 2005.

12/10/04 - Celebrate the solstice in song with Joanne Connolly and Con Tutti. The 100 men and women will sing a multi-cultural concert on Dec. 19 at 5 p.m., at South Church in Portsmouth.

12/10/04 - The Seacoast Writers' Association (SWA), a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the craft of writing, announces its 2005 Writing Competition. The competition is open to the public.

12/10/04 - The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce congratulates the Garrison Players as they continue to celebrate the opening of their new Arts Center, located at the corner of Route 4 and Roberts Road in Rollinsford.

12/10/04 - NH Employment Security's (NHES) Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau has released "New Hampshire Employment Projections by Industry and Occupation, 2002 to 2012." This publication is a must for career counselors, teachers, employment specialists, job-training specialists, placement agency professionals, students, and anyone considering a career change.

12/10/04 - Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce member Blue Latitudes Bar and Grill, located at 100 Main St. in Suite 102 of the Cocheco Falls Millworks, serves international cuisine and a wide selection of wines to accompany the meals.

12/10/04 - Yankee Stage Stops, a coalition of independent tourist attractions located on the inland Seacoast region of New Hampshire, has invited Cochecho River Tours and Cruises of Dover to join its organization.

12/10/04 - Personal Nerd, the Seacoast's premier personal technology company, offers free Saturday morning seminars covering a wide range of technology topics.

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

12/10/04 - To the Editor: On behalf of the 2004 Holiday Parade Committee, we would like to thank everyone who contributed to make "A Magical, Musical Holiday" Parade an amazing success. Although heavy rains caused event planners to postpone the parade until Monday evening at 6 - posing challenges like fewer volunteers, heavy traffic, safety concerns, and fewer participants - thousands of folks, in traditional Dover holiday spirit, participated in, planned, or watched the parade's sounds and sights fill downtown.

12/10/04 - The following people passed away recently. . .

12/10/04 - We are pleased to announce that the library's subscription to the "Learn-A-Test" online database will be renewed for 2005. Additionally, we are very grateful that the $1,200 subscription cost for this useful test preparation product has been donated to the library by the Rotary Club of Dover.

I promised I would be more positive so here goes. I had the most wonderful day today. I picked up my mother in Chelmsford and we met my sister at the Pheasant Lane Mall to do some Christmas shopping. Actually, what we do is take our mother to Macy's and turn her loose, and then my sister and I pick up some items for our families.

Dover Senior Center, 35 Third St., Dover, has announced its Nimble Fingers gift shop hours of operation are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. They are closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

12/10/04 - Dover Recreation has announced registrations are currently being taken for Swing and Ballroom dance classes. The classes provide skills and experience beneficial for social dancing and will prepare students for more advanced instruction.

12/10/04 - Now that I'm into the real meat and bones of the holiday season, I remember why I enjoy it as much as I do, even though I don't like to admit it. The time spent with the people I care about, seeing their happiness as a result of the gifts I give or the cookies I make for them - this time of year helps me remember how much I enjoy giving to those I care about, and how much I enjoy their company.

12/10/04 - GRADE 9 Principal's List Owen Derby, Kittery Point, Maine; Emily Raiche, Dover; Acadia Tucker, Rollinsford; Jessica Veilleux, Seabrook.

12/10/04 - Wentworth-Douglass Hospital will open a Community Dental Center for low-income, uninsured and underinsured residents living in the hospital's service area by next summer. At its October meeting, the WDH Board of Trustees approved more than $500,000 from its Community Benefit Funds to support the renovation of hospital-owned property at 668 Central Ave. in Dover to house the dental center.

12/10/04 - Avis Goodwin Community Health Center (AGCHC) of Dover and Rochester has completed their Community Cookbook. AGCHC, a non-profit agency that takes care of the uninsured, is now taking advance sales. Supplies are limited.

12/10/04 - Jennifer Tenhover, RN, clinical nurse specialist, will be guest speaker at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital's Breast Cancer Support Group, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 9, in the Great Bay Conference Room.

12/09/04 - CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - In a rare public airing of grievances, disgruntled soldiers complained to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Wednesday about long deployments and a lack of armored vehicles and other equipment.

12/09/04 - For every American soldier killed in Iraq, nine others have been wounded and survived - the highest rate of any war in U.S. history. It isn’t that their injuries were less serious, a new report says.

12/09/04 - AMHERST, Mass. - A Westfield man was arrested Wednesday and charged with the murder of a University of Massachusetts senior who was found shot to death in his Amherst apartment.

12/09/04 - BOSTON - Facing a life-threatening battle with cancer, longtime Boston radio host David Brudnoy started saying goodbye Wednesday to his listeners.

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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