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A Manchester alderman and the city’s fire chief clashed over Manchester’s Safe Station program, which assists people seeking help with their addiction without fear of being arrested.

The program has been hailed by President Donald Trump as an innovative way to help people struggling with addiction.

Alderman-At-Large Joe Levasseur complained that the Safe Station program was mostly being used by people not from Manchester. Levasseur’s frustration echos a concern by many in Manchester that the city bears a larger burden for caring for New Hampshire’s most in-need residents. And he’s probably right.

Because Manchester is the state’s largest city it has some of the infrastructure to help and is large enough for some to find anonymity.

Manchester’s fire chief, Dan Goonan, however, expresses a sentiment also held by many in the city that the response to this greater burden can’t be shutting down programs that help people and save lives. These people, after all, are our neighbors, members of our families, members of our churches, parents at our schools. Whether poor or addicted, they need our help. And most, even Levasseur, would agree we have a moral responsibility to help them.

Manchester as a city also gets the economic benefit of being the largest community in the state. It is home to a large airport, large hospitals, large employers, several colleges, a vibrant restaurant scene, many of the state’s top law firms and the state’s top cultural institutions.

Does that offset the additional costs of providing more roads, more social services, more police and more emergency services?

Based on Manchester tax rates, which are similar to other communities, and how much it spends on its schools, which is far less than other communities spend on a per-pupil basis, it seems likely that it doesn’t. And since New Hampshire doesn’t really let communities benefit from additional tax revenue raised through meals and rooms or business taxes, it’s probably safe to say that Manchester isn’t being fully compensated for being the state’s largest city.

In short, it’s likely that Manchester, through the business taxes and the meals and rooms taxes, is sending Concord more than it gets back in state support.

Is Goonan correct that we just can’t turn these people away? Is Levasseur’s sentiment about the unfair burden on Manchester correct as well?

Poverty and addiction aren’t just Manchester problems. They are statewide issues that tend to, understandably, flow to Manchester.

Manchester’s political leaders, including its large number of state senators and representatives, should make it a priority to ensure that the tax dollars Manchester sends to Concord flow back into the city that needs them. That isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a common sense issue.

And it would go a long way in keeping programs, such as Safe Stations, available to all those who need them.

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NEWS & NOTES 4 Homelessness committee; survey supports victim services; PLUS News in Brief.

8 Q&A 9 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 20 THE ARTS: 22 ART Art with tar.

23 THEATER Curtain Call; listings for events around town.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 27 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend.

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School budget

Mayor Joyce Craig’s office released slides from a budget presentation School Superintendent Bolgen Vargas gave to the Manchester School Board. The initial budget of roughly $196.2 million is projected to support 14,427 students in the 2019-20 school year. This includes 13,778 public school students and 649 students at charter and parochial schools.

These figures assume a net-zero budget in terms of the city’s revenue and expenses for education. Additionally, the district projected a $2.8 million increase in both revenue and expenses.

The mayor’s office noted these are “projected numbers” and are subject to change. The budget priorities outlined by Vargas include improving school technology and increasing access to devices, continuing to meet students’ needs while maintaining current class size and arresting the continuing decline of student enrollment.

According to the presentation, the number of K-12 students in Manchester schools has decreased by 2,636 over the past 10 years, or 16.8 percent. Since 2012 there has also been a significant increase in students enrolling in charter schools or being home schooled, up from 1 percent to 9 percent of all students. This has coincided with an 11.6-percent staff reduction since the 2008-09 school year. The address comes at the end of a 90-day resignation notice Vargas provided to the Manchester School Board on Jan. 4, 2018. Vargas took over as superintendent in September 2016 and declined a contract extension through 2021. According to Mayor Joyce Craig’s office, there will be a public comment ses-

sion before the next school board meeting on Monday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m. Craig will deliver her budget address on Wednesday, March 27, at 6 p.m. in the aldermanic chambers (One City Hall Plaza, Manchester).

Voting settlement

The U.S. Civil Rights Division and the City of Concord came to terms about voting accessibility in municipal elections, according to the settlement agreement.

In 2015 the division opened an investigation into the city after a blind city resident claimed he was denied an “accessible voting system that offered privacy and independence.” According to the settlement, the voter was only offered assistance in completing a paper ballot. The division found that Concord violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and is requiring the city to provide voting machines that are accessible to voters who are blind or visually impaired. The settlement is a three-year agreement beginning with the November 2019 elections in Concord. During that term the city will have to submit a “summary of efforts to implement each of the provisions and requirements.” The division may also “review compliance” at any time.

Opioid acupuncture

Gov. Chris Sununu’s Recovery Task Force unanimously voted in support of expanding ear acupuncture recovery services, according to a news release. The group is one of seven task forces formed by the Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs. According to the release,

the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association met with the task force and described the practice as an “effective adjunct treatment for early and long term recovery.” The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recognizes ear acupuncture as a form of treatment for addiction. The task force’s motion recommends that the state support the “expansion of ear acupuncture services that follow the NADA protocol or equivalent training throughout New Hampshire to Peer Recovery Coaches and Peer Recovery organizations.” Keith Howard, chair of the task force and executive director of Hope for New Hampshire Recovery, wrote in a statement, “Eighty percent of the people I talk to [about ear acupuncture] report a positive experience after treatment.” He added, “No one has mentioned to me a negative experience from receiving ear acupuncture.” The task force will present its recommendation to the governor’s commission next month.

SMART STUDENTS

Bonny, a K9 at the New Hampshire Department of Corrections in Concord, will receive a bullet- and stab-protective vest, according to a news release. The vest was donated by Vested Interest in K9s, a nonprofit that provides vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies.

CONCORD

The AP reported that President Donald Trump signed a public lands bill, which included a provision re-designating Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish as a “National Historical Park.”

The property includes the home, gardens and studios of sculptor Augustus SaintGaudens. A “national park” designation protects a larger area that has several sites, buildings or natural features.

This past Monday, the New Hampshire DepartHooksett ment of Transportation began road work on the Interstate-293 southbound bridge over Goffstown the Merrimack River in Bedford and Manchester, according MANCHESTER to a news release. The three lanes over the bridge will be reduced to two lanes, which is Bedford expected to last until The New Hampshire Departfall 2019. ment of Environmental SerDerry Merrimack vices Coastal Program based Amherst in Portsmouth received a Londonderry $250,000 “special merit” Milford grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to a news release. The money will fund NASHUA various projects related to addressing coastal flood risks.

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More than 80 New Hampshire students were nominated for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the U.S. Department of Education, according to a news release. The program was launched in the 1960s to recognize “distinguished graduating seniors” who have had “academic, artistic, leadership and technical success and involvement in their high schools and communities.” More than 4,500 students nationwide who scored well on the SAT or ACT were invited to apply. The commission will announce semifinalists in April and finalists in May. Winners will be invited to Washington, D.C., in June to be recognized and receive a medallion at the White House.

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Milk production in the New England states declined by 2.1 percent in 2018, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Northeastern Regional Field Office. In New Hampshire, milk production in 2018 was 249 million pounds, 8.8 percent below 2017.

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Over the last several years, New Hampshire’s federal funding under the Victims of Crime Act has more than quadrupled, from about $2.5 million in 2014 to $13.9 million during Fiscal Year 2018. Now, the state’s Attorney General’s Office is looking for feedback from crime victims and support agencies to decide how to spend the money.

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The U.S. Office for Victims of Crime distributes grants to state programs that assist individuals affected by various crimes. According to the office, the funding is sourced from fines and penalties paid by convicted federal offenders.

The New Hampshire Department of Justice receives and distributes this funding to support providers to help fund direct services for victims of crime, including Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire based in Manchester. The organization trains volunteers to work with abused and neglected children and advocate on their behalf in court, ultimately working to help them find a safe, permanent home.

“CASA has been fortunate to be receiving VOCA funds for well over 20 years,” said Marcia “Marty” Sink, president and CEO of CASA New Hampshire. “This new funding … is really going to help us identify underserved victims and needs that exist throughout the state.”

For organizations like Victims, Inc. in Rochester, VOCA funding has been critical to continued operation. Executive Director Pat Rainboth co-founded the nonprofit to offer trauma support services to victims of crimes and their families through the legal process. She said VOCA funds make up about two-thirds of the nonprofit’s annual budget.

“If I didn’t have VOCA, I’d have to spend a whole lot more time fundraising rather than doing the job,” said Rainboth. “We’ve been able to do things we might not have been able to do if we didn’t have that funding.”

The New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence also relies heavily on VOCA funds to continue its mission.

Based in Concord, the nonprofit has 13 member organizations that run crisis centers across the state.

According to Lyn Schollett, executive director of the coalition, 40 percent of its total budget for these programs comes from VOCA funds.

She said that money funds a myriad of programs, including a statewide hotline for sexaul assault victims and another for victims of domestic violence; emergency shelter at these crisis centers; training for staff and volunteers to help victims access legal and medical services; and providing mental health and trauma support for victims.

“VOCA funding is the largest source of fund-

ing — state, federal or private — that crisis centers in New Hampshire receive,” said Schollett. “What’s really important about VOCA funds is they’re designated for direct services to crime victims. … They really provide comprehensive, soup-to-nuts support to programs around the state.”

For some smaller crisis centers, Schollett said, VOCA funding makes up a “much larger percentage” of their budget. She said the increase in available dollars would help these providers expand their services.

“For some of our more rural communities, access to these services can be particularly challenging for survivors,” said Marie Linebaugh, program director at the coalition. “The increase will allow for more staffing at some of these rural satellite offices.”

Funding flip

This recent grant increase is in stark contrast to New Hampshire’s funding level from a decade ago. Lynda Ruel, director of the State Office of Victim/Witness Assistance, said a lot of the state’s grant money had “dwindled down” by 2009, forcing victim assistance groups to pare their budgets down to basic services.

Tanya Pitman, criminal justice program specialist for the AG office’s Grants Management Unit, said the increase in available federal funding came after Congress voted to lift the cap that had been in place. Since then, Ruel said, the state has been able to “make agencies whole again.”

She said the focus now is to create a “map of service needs” across New Hampshire for the next few years, with the help of a steering committee formed last January. Pitman is chair of the group, which includes members of victim services agencies, legislators, law enforcement and legal assistance organizations.

“We’re all committed to making sure victims can have the best experience within our system,” Ruel said.

Having different agencies at the table will help the state fulfill federal spending requirements. According to Pitman, the state must allocate 10-percent blocks of funding to four different areas: domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and underserved communities and populations. To better plan how to direct these funds, the AG’s office released two online surveys for victims of crimes as well as “stakeholder groups.”

Both surveys are intended to collect feedback from these groups about support services offered by the state, to determine which victim populations are in need of additional support services and what agencies might best provide those services.

“We really wanted to hear from victims about their experience with the criminal justice system and what services would have been helpful,” said Ruel.“The only way we know how to do that is to ask.”

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During her first State of the City address in mid-February, Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig announced a new task force for addressing homelessness. That task force is hoping to have a new three-year plan in place next month.

According to the latest report from the New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness in Manchester, 1,450 people experienced homelessness in New Hampshire last year, up from 1,317 in 2016. The Manchester Continuum of Care has found around 400 homeless people in Manchester during its last several “point in time” counts, a survey of every homeless individual service providers come in contact with during a single 24-hour period.

According to Craig, discussion about a new task force started after Manchester’s latest 10-year plan to address homelessness recently expired. She and Patrick Tufts, president and CEO of Granite United Way, began talking about making a new three-year plan with input from state and city leaders. Craig and Tufts are serving as co-chairs.

Over 30 individuals from the Manchester community attended the task force’s first meeting on Feb. 20. Members include repre-

sentatives from city government, the business and nonprofit communities, fire and police departments and other organizations.

This is the fourth time Tufts has led or co-led a task force on homelessness in Manchester.

He said developing a three-year action plan will give the city the ability to be more “nimble” in addressing the issue moving forward.

“With 10-year plans, there’s very little room to change as the environment changes,” Tufts said. “In 2008, we didn’t factor in the tremendous opioid crisis that hit the state. ... It wasn’t as prevalent then as it is today.”

Three-pronged approach

Craig said the task force has broken up into three smaller work groups to create recommendations for specific issues. This three-year plan will focus heavily on housing capacity, homelessness services and panhandling.

According to Cathy Kuhn, director of the New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness and a member of the task force, a lack of affordable housing is a key driver of homelessness. She said the capacity work group will look at what affordable housing options are available in the city, and how to encourage more affordable developments and connect homeless individuals with those housing options.

Kuhn said another key part of the solution is the “provision of services.” The work group is looking at the city’s homelessness services to ensure they’re comprehensive.

According to Kuhn, the key is helping people out of homelessness and ensuring they don’t become chronically homeless.

“We’re looking at what types of services are missing and what sort of interventions will be most impactful,” said Kuhn. “We’re hoping to make a critical difference on this issue in the city.”

Task force member Chrissy Simonds is a Manchester resident who became homeless due to a “domestic violence relationship” with her son’s father. As a past client of Families in Transition, she said both housing assistance and education programs proved vital to her getting back on her feet.

Specifically, Simonds highlighted classes on life skills and budgeting as well as courses specific to domestic violence and learning to identify healthy and unhealthy relationships.

She was also able to earn her GED. “The best part of [Families in Transition] was those classes,” said Simonds. “You can’t just give someone an apartment and think they’ll just miraculously change their whole way of thinking or change their lifestyle.”

Public awareness

Kuhn said the third work group will focus on panhandling, as well as public awareness of available homelessness services. Tufts said this has been a bigger concern in downtown Manchester over the last several months.

“It’s been brought up a number of times — what seems to be an increase with folks on Elm Street with nowhere to go,” said Tufts. “That’s definitely part of our conversation.”

Unlike donating money to homelessness services providers, Kuhn said, there’s no way to know money given through panhandling will help improve a homeless person’s situation. Additionally, she said panhandling often works against service providers’ ultimate goal of encouraging people to “come inside” and seek help.

“We’re really looking at increasing our outreach services and enhancing services provided during the day so we can encourage people to get connected to resources,” said Kuhn.

“That’s how we can ultimately get them off the streets and into safe and permanent housing.”

According to Craig, the task force is looking to move quickly with the recommendations so they can put their plan in action. She said the group is aiming to finalize their recommendations sometime in April.

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How does iFundWomen work? iFundWomen is a crowdfunding platform that offers coaching, crowdfunding services and production assistance. It’s really meant to make crowdfunding for women more accessible. … You can work with a certified crowdfunding coach, like myself, or you can go the “do-it-yourself” route. We have resources available for both. … It works a little bit differently [from other crowdfunding platforms]. From a tech perspective, it’s very similar. The main differences that we like to point out are that it’s not an “all or nothing” crowdfunding approach. If you raise 75 percent of your goal, you to get keep all of that. The funds actually are transferred to your bank account on a weekly basis, not a one-time lump sum at the end. Additionally, we also believe in paying it forward. We donate 20 percent of our revenue back to live campaigns on the platform every month.

I am super interested in a minimalist lifestyle. I think when you are juggling multiple businesses and small children and trying to focus on personal wellness, as we all are, decluttering and saying no to things in your life that don’t matter [is] less stressful.

We’ve been working with the founders [of iFundWomen] remotely. We’ve done a lot of training for myself and Nancy Pearson at the [Center for Women and Enterprise in New Hampshire], who’s also Kristin Hardwick involved in helping us. … One of the co-founders came up to New Hampshire last week, and we’ve been rolling it out from there. We’ve had a lot of meetings with different entrepreneurs who are interested. … We are hoping more women get access to funding. It’s important to note that women are starting businesses four-and-a-half times the rate men are, but they’re only receiving two percent of the funds from traditional sources. By offering an additional way of fundraising and providing capital for these businesses, we’re helping to keep the economy really strong and support our local women entrepreneurs. … I think it’s also helping [the state] with our “Stay Work Play” initiative. We want to be keeping this younger generation — who 40 percent of have some sort of side hustle or self-employment — we’re helping to make it possible for them to stay in New Hampshire.

What challenges do women entrepreneurs face, both nationwide and in New Hampshire?

I don’t think we necessarily make it easy for women to know how to go about finding these other options. I think also that most venture capitalists and angel investors nationwide are men.

So when [women] bring our ideas to the table and say, “This is what we want to do,” we are met with support, but not support in the form of dollars. ... I think we face the age-old challenge of juggling career and family. It takes working a lot of hours to open a business; that’s not surprising. But to do that while raising a young family is tricky, which is in part the reason we started CoWorking House to try and help balance the challenge of babies and business at the same time. I think there is also a challenge for anyone male or female right now, where the entrepreneur market is more saturated than it’s ever been. Getting yourself out there takes a little bit more thought and intention. … I think there are pockets of really great communities [in New Hampshire], where you can get out of your house and work with other small business owners. But if you’re in any rural part of the state, that’s a lot harder. I think it’s hard to build a business in isolation.

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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Excellent exports

Gov. Chris Sununu’s office announced that for the second consecutive year, New Hampshire set a record for the total value of trade exports. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that the total value of exports from the Granite State was over $5.2 billion in 2018. That’s roughly 2.7 percent higher than 2017, when the state’s export value was around $5.1 billion QOL Score: +1 Comment: According to the governor’s office, New Hampshire’s top exports in 2018 were industrial machinery ($1.2 billion). The state’s top trade partner was Germany, followed by Canada, Ireland, Mexico and China.

Addiction hotline

The Addiction Policy Forum, a national advocacy organization, expanded its Addiction Resource Center helpline to accept calls from New Hampshire, according to a news release. The free, confidential helpline is staffed 24/7 by licensed clinicians. Patients and their families can call for information about substance use disorder, education on treatment options and support during a crisis. Call 1-833-301-HELP (4357).

QOL Score: +1 Comment: The forum also runs an online database with information on treatment options in New Hampshire. Visit addictionresourcecenter.org/find-local-resources/new-hampshire.

College completion

The vast majority of college students from New Hampshire finish school. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center tracked six-year outcomes for college students from each state.

The report found that roughly 79 percent of New Hampshire students attending public universities graduated, third-highest in the country. The results were similar for private universities at roughly 71 percent, though that ranked 24th nationally. The national average for completion percentage was about 66 percent for public universities and 76 for private schools.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: According to the study, New Hampshire was one of only six states with a completion rate of 60 percent or higher among black students and one of only five states with a completion rate of 70 percent or higher among Hispanic students.

North Carolina and Virginia were the only other states in both categories.

Boosting babies

New Hampshire received high marks in the latest “State of Babies” report from the National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families. The nonprofit ranked different health indicators in four tiers, ranging from “Getting Started” up to “Working Effectively.” The report ranked New Hampshire as “Working Effectively” in all three categories, including good health, strong families and positive early learning experiences.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Only 12 states received an overall “Working Effectively” grade, including the entirety of New England. Connecticut and Maine were the only states in the region that didn’t earn the highest mark in every category.

QOL Score: 52 Net change: +4 QOL this week: 56 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire?

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Scandal and hoop hope this week

Even with the NCAA Basketball Tournament beginning yesterday, the big news of the last seven days has been the spending spree in the NFL. That is, besides the national scandal of parents around the country allegedly bribing various officials to get their kids into elite colleges.

Raise your hand if you’re surprised by that one. All of which means there’s a lot going on, so here are some thoughts on as much as I can get to.

Speaking of free agency – as baseball salaries went through the roof for 40 years all we heard from Marvin Miller and Donald (have no) Fehr was that they just wanted the free market to dictate salaries. But after the owners finally wised up to the damage caused by giving unworthy players massive long-term deals, they’re now complaining about what the free market is yielding. Boohoo, fellas.

Besides their brain trust, who had the Bruins a better bet to go deeper in the playoffs than the Celtics?

Got to say, I’m very interested to see how Zion Williamson does in the tournament.

Especially given the scare he got spraining a knee after blowing a tire on his designer Nikes. Points to him for not listening to the “shut it down” folks.

Sports Illustrated just put out a ranking of its Top 75 players in the Tournament history. Most eye-popping was Michael Jordan at 75 and Wilt Chamberlain inexplicably at 6! Both left school early, but MJ did win the 1982 final over Georgetown with a shot in the final seconds. Wilt lost in double OT to a Carolina team that didn’t have a guy over 6’5” in 1958.

Jordan was just the sixth-best Tar Heel in tourney play. ‘Hmmmm” on Sam Perkins at 53, and please administer a drug test for Tyler Hansbrough being at 25. Another for Larry Bird at 5. Yes, he took a bad team to the 1979 Final. But he had an awful shooting

night as they lost to Michigan State. They got it right with Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton and Bill Russell at 1-2-3. Greatest miscarriage of justice: Christian Laettner at 9 and Patrick Ewing at 12 – check the glossary for why.

Let’s hope Charles Barkley did a little more homework for the tournament this time around.

Think Coach B was right about Jamie Collins after all? First he was cut by caproom-rich Cleveland as they got ready for a mad spending spree. Then with cash being thrown around like drunken sailors on leave, he goes unsigned in the first wave. Now he’s in the bargain bin, which is where the Patriots generally do their free agent shopping.

Know what they say: In Bill We Trust.

And, after seeing Trey Flowers, Trent Williams, Malcom Brown and Cordarrelle Patterson walk without any obvious replacements in sight besides Isaiah Wynn, Patriot Nation is going to have to IBWT. It’s hard to say they’re not among the best wide receivers in the NFL. That should hurt. But some departures are actually addition by subtraction. Even as good as Odell Beckham Jr. and Antonio Brown are, neither is worth the trouble. Brown’s a me-first team-killer who walked out on Pittsburgh with the playoffs on the line. From the ridiculous in-game hissy fit with Josh Norman to the Miami vacation a week before his 2016 playoff doughnut vs. Green Bay, OBJ’s an immature pain in the butt. To paraphrase Branch Rickey, the G-Men came in last place with him in 2018 and can do it again without him in 2019. If I’m a fan in New York or Pitt, I say good riddance.

Kareem Hunt got eight games for his misdeeds in that Cleveland hotel. If Tyreek Hill did what he’s being investigated for he’s a two-time domestic assault offender. So if guilty what should he get?

After adding a couple of big signings and trades to its good young QB Baker Mayfield, the Browns are the NFL’s new it team.

That includes signing Hunt because he was “remorseful.” What I’m not clear about is, if

he’s remorseful for what he did to the young woman in that Cleveland hotel, or for threatening his high paying NFL gig by getting caught?

Thumbs up to late Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh, who died last week. He was one of the driving forces behind passing the Title IX legislation prohibiting gender discrimination in federally funded education to have a huge impact on the evolution of women’s and girls’ sports everywhere.

According to the stat geek Baseball Prospectus PECOTA algorithm the Red Sox will win just 89 games. A drop of 18 games from last year. I’ll take the over.

Dingbat Sports-Related Twitter War: It started with Texas congressman Dan Crenshaw trolling bossy freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ proposed 70-percent green deal tax by saying, “should someone propose a 70% tax on the Patriots so that NFL competition is more fair and equal.” To which AOC shot back, “the average player salary in the NFL is $2.1 million so they won’t experience a 70% tax (which kicks in at $10 million per year), but the owners who refuse to hire [Colin] Kaepernick would.” Not quite accurate, though, since TB-12 made $16 million in 2018. But points to AOC because dim Dan’s analogy was just dumb. The salary cap is socialism if there ever was socialism by giving every team the same money to spend to insure greater competition. Of, course given the Patriots dynastic dominance, that hasn’t worked, has it? As LaVar Ball would say – Dan, stay in your own lane, buddy.

One last thing, about the elite college bribery scandal. I know he’s too old, but if he were caught up in it, it sure would make it easier to understand how Max (the moron) Kellerman could have gotten into Columbia. Given how consistently dumb he is on ESPN’s First Take, that fact is hard to comprehend.

Going out on a major limb – I’ve got Duke. Enjoy the hoop holiday this weekend.

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Saint Anselm rolls The Big Story: The rampaging Saint Anselm basketball season continues on with the women headed to the Elite 8 after winning the East Regional via a pulsating 63-61 verdict over LeMoyne in Monday’s Final.

The men were a step away as we went to press, with only St. Aquinas standing in their way in Tuesday night’s East Final — which you’ll know the outcome of when you read this.

Sports 101: Name the nine players to play for the Boston Celtics at some time in their NBA career named to the Top 75 players in NCAA Tournament history by Sports Illustrated last week.

Upset of the Week Award: The aforementioned St. Anselm women avenging the loss to Bentley that knocked them out of the NE-10 playoffs with a major 59-40 upset of the 2-seed Falcons in the NCAA Tournament. It was just their third win in 50 games vs. Bentley when they held them to an astonishing eight points in the first half and 29.3 percent shooting on the game. Peyton Steinman had a game-high 21 points and seven rebounds.

Well Done Award: To the Manchester Monarchs for donating $5,000 through the Monarchs Care Foundation to the Catholic Medical Center Breast Care Center from the proceeds raised by their Pink in the Ring event held in early February.

The Numbers

4 – goals scored by Nic Pierog in the Monarchs’ 7-4 win over the Worcester Railers on Saturday to give him 31 g’s overall in 2018-19.

8 – different players to hold the lead at one time during the Tour Players Championship final 18 holes on Sunday

Honors: The St. Anselm report continues in mentioning that for the second straight year Tim Guers was named NE-10 Player of the Year and Keith Dickson was named NE-10 Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his career. Londonderry’s Cody Ball was named second team NE-10 and the (other) Chris Paul made honorable mention.

Coming and Going: That’s all she wrote for Derek Stang as Bedford football coach.

He’s returning to teach and coach in San Marcos, California, after four years in B-town when the Bulldogs won the Division I title in the undefeated 2016 season and again last fall.

Sports 101 Answer: The Celtics in the Top 75 players of the NCAA Basketball Tournaments are Danny Ainge (74), Pervis Ellison (64), Artis Gilmore (60), Quinn Buckner (32), Sidney Wicks (23), Clyde Lovellette (18), Larry Bird (5), Bill Russell (3) and Bill Walton (2).

On This Day – March 21: 1953 – Hated rivals engage in a street brawl disguised as a basketball game when the Boston Celtics and Syracuse Nationals are called for a combined 106 fouls as 12 players foul out.

1964 – John Wooden wins the first of his 10 NCAA titles over the next 11 years as UCLA completes a perfect 30-0 season with a 98-83 win over Duke. 1994 – Wayne Gretzky ties NHL all-time goal scoring leader Gordon Howe at 801.

at famed TPC Sawgrass until Rory McIlroy stepped forward with birdies on 15 and 16 to wrestle away the lead for good.

21 – wins for the Exeter boys, who matched the BG girls by winning the Division I State Basketball title with an undefeated season that con-

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cluded Saturday in a 53-30 rout of Salem.

500 – career assists for St. Anselm’s all-time scoring leader, Tim Guers, in the Hawks’ 70-69 East Regional semifinals win over UNH — not that one, the other one, University of New Haven.

Sports Glossary

IBWT: Acronym for In Bill We Trust. Mantra mocked by haters all over the NFL, but followed blindly by many in Patriot Nation. Signifies complete confidence in Bill Belichick no matter how crazy his football decisions seem. It makes players like Trey Flowers and Trent Brown walking out the door a little easier to take among even the most jittery thanks to 18 years of his being right and them/us being wrong.

Christian Laettner at 9: Went to four straight Final Fours and is a two-time champ.

Had two game-winning shots, with the one vs. Duke in 1991 arguably the greatest shot ever made. The tourney’s all-time scorer. Should be behind Bill Russell at fourth-best of all time.

Patrick Ewing at 12: Went to three Final Fours where Georgetown thoroughly intimidated Kentucky winning in 1984. Lost by one on the MJ shot and Freddie Brown giveaway in the final seconds in 1982 and by two points as unconscious Villanova shot 78 percent from the field while missing one shot in the second half in 1985. Far better than Larry Bird – so fifth.

The UNC Tournament All-Timers: 75 – Michael Jordan. 53 – Sam Perkins, center, 1982 title team. 43 – James Worthy, top scorer on 1982 champs. 39 – Lennie Rosenbluth, star of 1958 NCAA champs. 37 – Phil Ford, great point guard in 1977 Finals loser.

25 – Tyler Hansbrough – this says he’s UNC’s best tourney player ever. I say, are they nuts?

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Granite estates How to navigate a complex real estate market

HOW TO NAVIGATE A COMPLEX REAL ESTATE MARKET

By Scott Murphy

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A lack of affordable housing has become a growing issue throughout New Hampshire in the last several years, but while homebuyers will have to put some extra effort into navigating the real estate market, there’s still plenty of value to be found here in the Granite State.

Inventory

For all homebuyers, the starting point is looking for houses that are on the market. But inventory in New Hampshire has made those searches shorter and more frustrating in recent years.

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single-family homes for sale in New Hampshire in January 2019, an 11.5-percent drop from January 2018 and a 28.9-percent decline from January 2017.

The issue with inventory has been building for the last four years, according to Bill Weidacher, founding partner of and agent for Keller Williams Metropolitan in Bedford and a two-time past president of the association. During his 36 years in real estate, he said, he can’t recall a time where inventory has been this low.

“With a growing population, housing is not being built at a level to sustain the ongoing demand,” Weidacher said.

“In New Hampshire, I can’t see it getting significantly better in the short or long run. We’re always going to have an inventory issue of some sort.”

As an example, Weidacher said he’s currently aware of just four houses on the market in Goffstown. “If you wanted to look at the entire [inventory] in Goffstown, we could do it in a few hours,” he said.

John MacGilvary, vice president of sales for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty based in Londonderry, said an easy way to understand the issue is looking at the state’s remaining months of inventory.

The metric looks at how long it would take to sell all the houses on the market if no more homes were built or put up for sale.

In a normal market, MacGilvary said, there would be about five to seven months of inventory available. However,

Hot towns Houses don’t stay listed for long in these cities and towns. Below are the average numbers of days houses stay on Zillow in some of southern New Hampshire’s hottest real estate markets. Source: Zillow.com 1. Goffstown (59) 2. Nashua (60) 3. Manchester (64) 4. Merrimack (65) 5. Salem (67) 6. Concord (75) 7. Milford (77) 8. Amherst (78) 9. Hudson (78) 10. Hooksett (84) 11. Londonderry (84) 12. Bedford (89)

in some parts of the state, like Nashua, he said, there’s about a month or less of remaining inventory. He said other key markets are faring better but are still tight, including about three months of inventory in Concord and a little over two months in Manchester.

“People buying a house feel like they need to have lots of properties to see before they make a decision,” MacGilvary said. “If you don’t have anything to eliminate, it makes it difficult to select.”

Price point

The price of these homes has also become a barrier to prospective buyers, especially first-time homebuyers.

According to the Realtors association, the median sales price statewide was $283,750 in January 2019, about 9 percent higher than January 2018.

Median prices were higher in most of southern New Hampshire in January 2018, coming in at $305,000 in Hillsborough County and $390,500 in Rockingham County. However, prices in Merrimack County were lower than average at $272,500.

These prices are representative of the counties’ largest communities. According to MacGilvary, the average home price in Concord is around $225,000, compared to roughly $240,000 in Manchester, $265,000 in Derry and

$280,000 in Nashua.

Kathy Snyder, owner of Kathy Snyder Realty Group in Nashua and president of the Greater Manchester/Nashua Board of Realtors, said prices and demand are strongest “anywhere near the Massachusetts border.” Whether for work or recreation, she said, buyers want to be close to the highway and take advantage of much lower prices in New Hampshire compared to Massachusetts.

“When you go south of the border, the cost of both commercial and residential [real estate] is just so much more,” said Arthur Sullivan of Brady Sullivan Properties in Manchester. “And obviously the benefits of living in New Hampshire are over and above the cost. This is a wonderful place to bring up a family and to live and work.”

Snyder said Massachusetts buyers coming into New Hampshire are willing to overpay and outbid other buyers, because it looks like a deal to them compared to prices below the border.

She said we’re seeing a “heated market” as a result.

Meanwhile, MacGilvary said, other buyers are noticing the opportunities and affordability of the Concord market. He said if buyers don’t mind adding a little bit of time on to their commute, they can find good value in the city and surrounding area.

Violent and property crimes reported in New Hampshire (2017) The FBI considers “murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault” violent crimes, while property crime includes “burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.” Source: FBI, Criminal Justice Information Services Division Fewest violent crimes reported 1. Canterbury (0) 2. Hancock (0) 3. Nottingham (0 ) 4. Warner (0) 5. Webster (0) 6. Atkinson (1) 7. Auburn (1) 8. Candia (1) 9. Hopkinton (1) 10. Mont Vernon (1) 11. Sandown (1) Most violent crimes reported 1. Manchester (745) 2. Nashua (150) 3. Concord (119) 4. Salem (41) 5. Derry (38) 6. Goffstown (34) 7. Franklin (29) 8. Londonderry (29) 9. Hudson (26) 10. Hooksett (19)

Fewest property crimes reported 1. Mont Vernon (9) 2. Webster (9) 3. Bennington (10) 4. Hancock (11) 5. Lyndeborough (11) 6. Warner (14) 7. Brookline (15) 8. Sandown (17) 9. Deering (18) 10. New Boston (20) Most property crimes reported 1. Manchester (2,905) 2. Nashua (1,190) 3. Concord (824) 4. Salem (445) 5. Derry (364) 6. Hudson (250) 7. Bedford (243) 8. Londonderry (214) 9. Hooksett (200) 10. Merrimack (184)

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“If you step into those towns just inside the outer ring [of Concord], you can still get some pretty decent value,” MacGilvary said. “Basically, two towns

Houses by the water You don’t need to move to the Lakes Region or the beach to find a house by the water. Here are the cities/towns in southern NH with the most waterfront properties, as of March 11. Other towns with a waterfront listing included: Atkinson, Bow, Chester, Deering, Francestown, Goffstown, Hampstead, Hancock, Henniker, Hopkinton, Hudson, Loudon, Mont Vernon, Pelham, Weare and Webster. Source: The Bean Group 1. Salem (8) 2. Windham (6) 3. Franklin (5) 4. Derry (4) 5. Northwood (4) 6. Hillsborough (3) 7. Peterborough (3) 8. Raymond (3) 9. Amherst (2) 10. Hollis (2) 11. Manchester (2) 12. Nottingham (2) 13. Pittsfield (2) 14. Sandown (2)

out from any major city, that’s pretty much always been the case.”

Weidacher said there’s still value to be found in the Manchester area as well.

He compared towns like Goffstown and Hooksett to a town like Bedford, which have similar access to Manchester but are typically more affordable.

“What’s considered affordable in Bedford may not be considered affordable in Hooksett,” Weidacher said. “You can get more house in Hooksett than you can in Bedford, and it’s about the same drive difference [to Manchester].”

Buyers vs. sellers

With all this in mind, MacGilvary still said labeling this a buyer’s or seller’s market is a “really interesting question.” He said traditionally, a buyer’s market has more than seven months of inventory, while a seller’s market has around or just under five. But with less than three months of inventory, he said it can create a sense of “gridlock” for both sides.

Snyder said the lack of inventory can give sellers a bit more leverage. For example, she said a seller could decline to include a home sale contingency clause, which terminates a home sale contract if the buyer is unable to sell their current home by a certain date.

However, MacGilvary said, buyers

still might not settle for a house even with a lack of options. If a buyer is set on having a flat property and a specific home has a sloping backyard, he said as an example, they might pass on the property. “[Buyers] can’t necessarily find what they want, so they’re being asked to compromise in order to secure a property,” said MacGilvary. “But while they might be a little bit more willing to negotiate, they may also be willing to walk away if they can’t justify making that compromise.”

Additionally, Snyder added that many sellers run into similar issues buyers are facing with inventory. She said some potential sellers can’t put their homes on the market because there’s nowhere for them to go once they close. New Hampshire’s aging population is complicating this further. She said many sellers are over 50 years old, and the cost and amenities of adult housing communities don’t have universal appeal.

“Most sellers feel that even though [adult communities] are beautiful, they lack square footage, lack space and cost the same amount of money, if not more,” said Snyder. “It can cost $300,000 to $500,000 plus taxes and a condo fee. When they crunch the numbers, it just doesn’t make sense.”

Buyers’ guide

Even sellers with a plan often run into buyers’ high expectations. Due to things like HGTV and the internet, Snyder said, the way Realtors sell properties is completely different than it was even two or three years ago. That’s why MacGilvary said it’s important for sellers to get their property in the best position possible.

“The consulting I do for a seller can take months to get that [house] on the market, and what a seller has to do to prepare is much more significant than ever,” said Snyder. “Even if a room is the wrong paint color, that might turn off a buyer.”

On the other hand, this trend has led some buyers to set their expectations a bit too high. For example, Snyder said the most popular request buyers have is online, 3-D tours of a property, something Snyder said only 7 percent of Realtors offer nationwide.

Additionally, as helpful as the internet can be, Weidacher of Keller Williams said online listing sites aren’t always comprehensive or up to date. He said that’s why it’s important for buyers to find an agent to work on their behalf, especially first-time home buyers.

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Snapshot of southern New Hampshire Here are some southern New Hampshire properties recommended in early March by John MacGilvary from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty. Two of the six have already sold. Visit verani.com for updated prices and status.

•Under $200k in Concord: This 1,584-square-foot ranch at 2 McKinley St. in Concord is within walking distance of Rollins Park and the Merrimack River and a minute’s-drive to downtown. First listed in December, the asking price dropped to $195,000 on March 16.

•New to Merrimack: Those in the market for a condo will want to check out this 1,440-square-foot, two-story townhouse at 12 Winrow Drive in Merrimack. The neighborhood also includes tennis courts, an in-ground pool and a clubhouse, as well as easy access to nearby walking trails. It’s just a 7-minute drive to all the businesses and restaurants on Daniel Webster Highway, and Cinemagic is also a short drive away. Newly listed in late February, the asking price is $210,000.

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•Brand new in Manchester: Now being built at 968 Smyth Road in Manchester, this 1,674-square-foot ranch is right outside the city’s North End. The house is also within a 5-minute drive of McIntyre Ski Area and 10-minute drive of Massabesic Lake. The house was listed at $399,900 and sold at $397,300 on March 14 .

•Colonial steal in Auburn: Tucked away on a quiet street is a reasonably priced, 2,490-square-foot colonial at 34 Willow Court in Auburn. The four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath house is close but still removed from downtown Manchester, with a 20-minute drive to Elm Street. Lake Massabesic is also just 10 minutes away. Since entering the market in January, the price has dropped from nearly $470,000 to $450,000.

•Affordable farmhouse in Weare: Right near the Piscataquog River is this 1,694-square-foot colonial on 1.88 acres at 139 Center Road in Weare. The covered farmers porch complements a two-story barn attached to the home. Downtown Goffstown is a 15-minute drive away, with Manchester just another 15 minutes south.

Clough State Park and several town forests are also a short drive away. The house was listed in December at $199,000. It sold at $183,400 on March 15.

•New in Deerfield: Brand new at 17-2 Fieldstone Drive in Deerfield is a 1,800-square-foot colonial in a quiet culde-sac. The modern, open concept design is a short drive from both Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown and Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham. For a night on the town, Manchester is just a half-hour south. The house’s list price has fallen from $370,400 to $349,900 as of early March.

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market … but also things not yet on the market,” said Weidacher. “The internet doesn’t know what listings I’m going to put out next week.”

Snyder said a good agent will do a “thorough market analysis” to find out what a house is truly worth, which might include hiring an appraiser to analyze the property. She said a good Realtor will make sure a buyer has the data they need to make sure they don’t overpay.

Snyder added that a Realtor will help “educate both sides of the table” to make sure they understand the transaction. She said a home falling into a bidding war

may not end well for either the seller or potential buyers.

“If there are multiple offers and buyers are driving up the value, that doesn’t mean that’s going to be sustained,’ said Snyder. “A deal could go south if expectations are not mapped out for both parties.”

House vs. home

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School ratings

School district deals

GreatSchools is a national education nonprofit. The organization’s summary rating is based on metrics for test scores, student and academic progress, college readiness, school equity and advanced courses. The ratings also consider flags for discipline and attendance disparities. Below are average ratings (10 being the highest) for southern New Hampshire schools listed in each city/town with at least two schools. Source: GreatSchools.org

Families looking to move into an affordable, high-quality school district should keep these cities and towns on their radar. To find value on the market and in the classroom, we matched Great Schools education rankings of districts in southern New Hampshire (10 being the highest) with median home sale prices. Source: Zillow.com; GreatSchools.org

Highest-rated schools 1. Bow (8.5 rating; 2 schools) 2. Hampstead (8.5 rating; 2 schools) 3. Hollis (8.5 rating; 2 schools) 4. Bedford (7.8 rating; 5 schools) 5. Windham (7.7 rating; 3 schools) 6. Litchfield (7.3 rating; 3 schools) 7. Goffstown (7 rating; 3 schools) 8. Plaistow (6.7 rating; 3 schools) 9. Amherst (6.5 rating; 2 schools) 10. Northwood (6 rating; 2 schools) Lowest-rated school districts 1. Pittsfield (2 rating; 3 schools) 2. Manchester (2.2 rating; 21 schools) 3. Hillsborough (2.3 rating; 3 schools) 4. Franklin (2.5 rating; 2 schools) 5. Allenstown (3 rating; 2 schools) 6. New Ipswich (3 rating; 2 schools) 7. Raymond (3 rating; 3 schools) 8. Antrim (3.5 rating; 2 schools) 9. Epping (3.7 rating; 3 schools) 10. Derry (4 rating; 8 schools)

1. Bow ($330,100 median price; 8.5 school rating) 2. Milford ($264,800 median price; 5.3 school rating) 3. Goffstown ($287,000 median price; 7 school rating) 4. Concord ($225,100 median price; 4.2 school rating) 5. Bedford ($409,700 median price; 7.8 school rating) 6. Hooksett ($272,300 median price; 5 school rating) 7. Merrimack ($268,300 median price; 4.8 school rating) 8. Amherst ($345,000 median price; 6.5 school rating) 9. Windham ($440,000 median price; 7.7 school rating) 10. Derry ($271,400 median price; 5 school rating)

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said the larger goal is finding an area that matches the buyer’s lifestyle.

“Some people want the ability to walk downtown and go to the market … and it’s good to know that so we don’t drive around to 10 different towns looking for what they can’t have,” said MacGilvary.

For Snyder’s clients, price often takes a back seat to having faster access to work. In Milford, Snyder said you can buy a new construction home for around $350,000 and enjoy a “vibrant” community culture with plenty of restaurants.

But as attractive as that might be, she said the extra 20 minutes or more of commuting time just isn’t worth it for some buyers.

“My buyers are not willing to spend less if it’s going to add a considerable amount of time to their commute,” said Snyder. “A lot of buyers I meet will look

at Milford, Wilton, New Boston and Mont Vernon. … Even though it’s a little bit more affordable, they’re just really looking at their commute.”

On top of the commute, Snyder said her buyers are less interested in a rural feel. Sullivan of Brady Sullivan Properties said cities like Manchester and Nashua have invested heavily in bolstering their downtown amenities, which is helping to boost growth. MacGilvary also highlighted redevelopment efforts in Concord as well.

“I think more people want to live in Manchester than we’ve ever seen before,” said Sullivan. “Manchester has had a much greater influx of new people, new families and new businesses moving in. I think that’s helped us considerably over the last few years.”

MacGilvary reiterated that people willing to live a little farther away from the grocery store or the highway can find great value in more rural communities in southern New Hampshire. However, he said, the value of a property has to go beyond price.

“At the end of the day, you can change the house, but you can’t change the location, you can’t change the school system and you can’t change the commute,” said MacGilvary. “You can always find a good price somewhere, so you have to decide which one of those things is most important to you and what you’re willing to give up.”

Completed public tax rates (2018) Total tax rate per $1,000 of assessed property value. Includes municipal, county, state education and local education rates. Source: New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration Lowest tax rates 1. Windsor ($9.57) 2. Auburn ($17.06) 3. Atkinson ($17.93) 4. Goffstown ($18.60) 5. Hudson ($20.10) 6. Bedford ($20.40) 7. Nashua ($21.21) 8. Sharon ($21.36) 9. Pelham ($21.46) 10. Webster ($21.54)

Highest tax rates 1. Hopkinton ($34.74) 2. Henniker ($33.69) 3. Pittsfield ($33.35) 4. Bennington ($32.51) 5. Greenfield ($30.72) 6. Mont Vernon ($30.42) 7. Allenstown ($30.15) 8. Peterborough ($30.09) 9. Deering ($30.05) 10. Brookline ($29.56)

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The NH Audubon will hold a workshop for its Bluebird Natural History and Trail Monitoring Training today from 10 a.m. to noon at the Massabesic Center (26 Audubon Way in Auburn; 668-2045, nhaudubon.org). The workshop will discuss the bluebird’s history and conservation status and explain how to become a bluebird trail monitor, according to the website. The program will also hit the Massabesic bluebird trail to clean and repair bluebird boxes and look for bluebirds, the website said. The volunteer program asks volunteers to contribute about an hour a week from April to August to monitor activity in the nest boxes, the site said.

In Deerfield, local beekeepers Karen Eaton and Dane Pursley will hold the first day of a two-day intensive beekeeping course tomorrow (Sunday, March 24, followed by the second day on Sunday, March 31) from 1 to 5 p.m. at Deerfield Veterinary Clinic (150 South Road in Deerfield). The cost is $75 and participants will learn how to keep honey bees and basic bee biology. Email beekeepingworkshop@gmail.com to register.

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Argh Gallery (416 Chestnut St. in Manchester; arghgallery. com, 682-0797) will hold an opening for its “Spring Equinox Art Show” featuring the works of Zachary Aikins, Jose Leclerc, Kevin Kintner, Gisele Pinard and Diane Sykeny tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. (and stand-out refreshments spread, according to the press release).

The show will be on display through April 19. The gallery is open Thursdays through Saturdays from 3 to 7 p.m. and by appointment.

Saturday, March 23

Shop for stuff. Concord’s Ultimate Spring Yard Sale runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Douglas N. Everett Arena (15 Loudon Road in Concord; concordultimateyardsale.com). The Cabin Fever Flea Market also runs today, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Hillsborough American Legion (528 W. Main St. in Hillsborough) and is sponsored by Greater Hillsborough Senior Services (greaterhillsboroughseniors.blogspot. com).

EAT: Nibbles from area restaurants Get sweet and savory eats as well as beverages from area vendors at the 31st Annual Gourmet Fest & Auction to benefit The Front Door Agency on Sunday, March 24, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Nashua Country Club (25 Fairway St. in Nashua). Tickets cost $85 per person. The Front Door Agency (frontdooragency.org) is a nonprofit that provides transitional housing for single moms and children, and people who are homeless, to help them find jobs and housing. See our story about the event on page 30 in our March 14 issue, by going to hippopress.com and clicking on “Read the Entire Paper: See Our Flip Book on Issuu,” where you’ll find complete issues that can be read on any device.

Wednesday, March 27 Sunday, March 24

Get comedy and romance 1925-style in Seven Chances, a Buster Keaton silent film that will screen today at 4:30 p.m. at Wilton Town Hall Theatre (Main Street in Wilton; wiltontownhalltheatre.com, 654-3456) featuring live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis (silentfilmlivemusic. blogspot.com). Admission is free; $5 donations encouraged.

DRINK: Wine with chocolate and cheese The 6th Annual Chocolate, Wine & Cheese Expo to benefit the High Hopes Foundation of New Hampshire is Friday, March 22, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Nashua (11 Tara Boulevard in Nashua). Tickets to this event, which will featuring international and domestic wines, gourmet chocolates, artisan cheese and more, cost $45 for general admission, $70 for VIP admission and $25 for designated drivers (the event is 21-plus). Visit highhopesfoundation.org.

The late Anthony Bourdain produced Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, an ultimately optimistic look at the problem of food waste and some of the solutions. The 2017 documentary is screening tonight at 6 p.m. at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St. in Concord; 2244600, redrivertheatres.org).

Tickets cost $12. The screening, which is part of the “Earth Care Series,” will be followed by a panel discussion, according to the theater’s website.

BE MERRY: Dreaming of summer on the water The Great Northeast Boat Show is billed as the largest indoor boat show in the Northeast north of Boston and it takes place Friday, March 22, from noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the New Hampshire Sportsplex (68 Technology Drive in Bedford). Admission costs $10 for adults and is free for kids under 12 with accompanying adults. Visit greatnortheastboatshow.com.

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ARTS Visual poetry

Artist exhibits landscapes and Moby Dick-inspired paintings

al and abstract landscapes and seascapes from New Hampshire and coastal Maine, which Volpe paints plein air, from photographs and sometimes only from “memory and observation,” he said.

“The way I approach painting is that it’s like a container for experience, much the way a poem is a cage for ideas,” he said. “I see landscapes and the natural world as a mirror for the internal states of who we are as people and what our inner worlds feel like, so I’m less concerned about making [the painting] look like a place than I am with using it as a metaphor for experience.”

In addition to the exhibition, Volpe will teach two three-session art classes at the Wild Salamander this spring; “Beginners Mind Oil Painting,” starting March 31, will explore contemporary landscape and abstract painting, and “Plein Air around Hollis,” starting May 5, will focus on color, feeling and a sense of play within plein air painting.

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For Hollis artist Christopher Volpe, painting is a form of poetry. Volpe was interested in poetry from a young age and studied poetry at the University of New Hampshire. After college he began teaching college-level English and working in public relations. It wasn’t until he was asked to fill in for the teacher of an art history class that he started to take an interest in painting.

“I became fascinated with [visual] art as a creative endeavor, full of human aspiration and ideas, just like poetry,” he said. “When I immediately got traction with my paintings — something I never got with my poetry — I took it as a sign that this is the way I should go.”

Volpe’s work will be on display in a solo exhibition, “The Poetic Moment: Land, Sea & Sky,” at the Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center in Hollis from March 22 through May 18, with an opening reception on Friday, March 22. The exhibition will feature oil paintings, including large and small landscapes, seascapes and nature-inspired abstract pieces, as well as a number of monochromatic tar paintings from Volpe’s Moby Dick-inspired series, “Loomings.”

While the paintings in “Loomings” contain imagery related to Moby Dick and maritime history, they are not intended to be representational, but rather, abstract paintings which express the themes and concepts in the nov-

Chris Volpe landscape, Spring, Hollis Marsh. Courtesy photo.

el, namely the complex relationship between humanity and nature, and the limitations of human knowledge, Volpe said, and the tar itself plays an important role.

“It’s a very charged medium for the creation of these works because it references the fossil fuels and industrialization of the planet, to our own peril, which goes along with Moby Dick as a cautionary tale for man’s ambition to dominate nature at any cost,” he said.

Volpe uses regular roofing tar from the hard-

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ware store, mixed with white oil paint to create different consistencies and shades of black and brown, and applies it on the canvas with a knife, brushes and rags.

“It feels kind of like mucking around in the mud or something,” he said. “[Tar] behaves differently [from oil paint] and has its own set of rules. I’ve had to go through a lot of trial and error and experimenting to control it the way I want to.”

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Includes listings for gallery events, ongoing exhibits and classes. To Includes listings, shows, auditions, workshops and more. get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com.

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Art In the Galleries • “CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPES: SEEN AND LOST” Features works by Rachelle Beaudoin, Lynn Duryea, Daniel Espinoza, Mark Elliott Johnson and Youdhi Maharjan. On view through March

22. Kelley Stelling Contemporary, 221 Hanover St., Manchester. Visit kelleystellingcontemporary.com or call 345-1779.

• “THREE CENTURIES OF MIRRORS: REFLECTIONS THROUGH THE AGES” New Hampshire Antique Co-op pres-

ents exhibit that showcases a curated collection of period and vintage mirrors from the late 1700s Rococo styles to the 1950s mid-century modern era. On view through March 31. Tower Gallery, 323 Elm St., Milford.

Visit nhantiquecoop.com.

• “FRIENDS, FRUITS & FLOWERS” Amy Stodola of Harrisville will show her paintings. On view Feb. 16 through March 27. Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St., Hancock.

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“The Poetic Moment: Land, Sea & Sky” When: March 22 through May 18, with an opening reception on Friday, March 22, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Where: Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center, 30 Ash St., Hollis Visit: wildsalamander.com, christophervolpe.com

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• “THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES: PARTY DRESSES PIECING IT TOGETHER” Multimedia exhibit by the High Season Artists. On view through April 13. Epsom Public Library, 1606 Dover Road, Epsom. Visit epsomlibrary.com.

• “DIDIER WILLIAM AND STACEY STEERS: NIGHT HUNTER” Didier William weaves together a wide range of art-making techniques to push the limits of his materials. Stacey Steers is known for her process driven animated films composed

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of thousands of handmade works on paper. On view Feb. 28 through March 30. McIninch Art Gallery, SNHU, 2500 North River Road, Manchester. Visit snhu.edu.

• JEN MCCALMONT A classical representational oil painter whose paintings of flowers, gardens and landscapes express joy and happiness. Her paintings are inspired

by New Hampshire landscapes as well as her travels to other parts of the country and beyond. On view through March. Creative Ventures Gallery, 411 Nashua St., Milford.

Visit creativeventuresfineart.com or call 672-2500.

• “FIELDWORK” Exhibition features new oil paintings of Strafford artist Molly Doe Wensberg.

Her work is inspired by rural NH and focuses on emotions of a place and patchwork quality of distance and space. On view through April 6. Gallery hours Tuesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sullivan Framing & Fine Art Gallery, 15 N. Amherst Road, Bedford. Call 4711888 or visit sullivanframing.com.

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Victoria Valentine: Paranormal Investigator. Courtesy photo.

March 24, at 2 p.m. Based on the 1952 film of the same name, the musical romantic comedy follows silent film romantic acting duo Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont during the transition from silent film to talking film. When their latest silent film is remade into a musical, Lina’s singing voice falls short, and a young aspiring actress, Kathy Selden, is hired to record over Lina’s voice. Tickets cost $12 to $14. Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

The Actorsingers present The Music Man Jr. at Janice B. Streeter Theatre (14 Court St., Nashua) on Friday, March 22, at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 23, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. The Tony Award-winning musical comedy by Meredith Willson follows a traveling salesman, Harold Hill, who cons people into buying instruments and uniforms for what he claims is a boys’ band that he’s organizing, but his plans to take the money and skip town are foiled when he falls for the librarian Marian. Tickets cost $12 to $15. Visit actorsingers.org.

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ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION Members of the Association are presenting three original works for a raffle to benefit the Audubon Center and the Association’s scholarship fund. On view now through April 20. Massabesic Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn.

Visit nhaudubon.org.

• “OUR NATION’S CAPITAL” Nashua artist Jayson Gleneck exhibits photography that captures glimpses of nature within the Washington D.C.’s urban landscape. On view through March.

ArtHub, 30 Temple St., Nashua.

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Open calls • CONCORD’S SECOND ANNUAL OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION - “ART ON MAIN” Inviting professional sculptors age 18 and up to submit up to two original works for consideration. The exhibition will be installed May 20 through June 7 and be on display year-round for one year. Deadline for entries is March 31, and artists will be notified by April 30. Concord, NH,

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Openings • “THE POETIC MOMENT: LAND, SEA & SKY” RECEPTION Hollis artist Christopher Volpe exhibits oil paintings, including large and small landscapes, seascapes and nature-inspired abstract pieces, as well as a number of monochromatic tar paintings from his Moby Dick-inspired series, “Loomings.” Fri., March 22, 6 to 8 p.m. Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center,, 30 Ash St., Hollis.

Visit wildsalamander.com.

Theater Productions • CHARM The New Hampshire Theatre Project. March 15 through March 31, with shows on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $30 for adults and $26 for seniors, students and veterans. Visit nhtheatreproject.org.

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•​ Radio takes the stage: Victoria Valentine: Paranormal Investigator, an original radio play series written by Dan Knight and Douglas Osterhoudt and produced by local podcasting company Ghost Ship Radio, will take a new form as a live stage show at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Concord) on Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. Now in its second season, the series follows Victoria Valentine (Vic for short), who takes on paranormal cases while trying to fill the shoes of her late private-eye father, John Valentine, who taught her everything she knows.

“I think we always envisioned it being a live performance at some point, and it’s something we’ve always wanted to do,” Knight said in January. “The storytelling element always made me think that this could work on stage. It just has that feel to it.” The live show will feature four 20-minute episodes: two that have already been released on the podcast and two new episodes written exclusively for the live show. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students and seniors. Visit hatboxnh.com or call 715-2315. To read the full story about the show, visit hippopress. com and click on “past issues,” then click on the Jan. 24 issue pdf and look for the story on p. 23.

•​ Musical romance: Singin’ in the Rain comes to the Stockbridge Theatre (5 Pinkerton St., Derry) on Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23, at 7 p.m., and Sunday,

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• South African bead art: The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month with a new exhibition, “Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence,” open March 23 through June 10. The exhibition features a contemporary form of bead art called ndwango, developed by a community of women living and working together in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The multidimensional pieces are created by applying Czech glass beads onto plain black cloth and can take more than 10 months to complete. An opening event will be held on Saturday, March 23, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with artmaking, storytelling, themed family tours and more. The activities are free with museum general admission, which is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors 65+, $10 for students, $5 for youth ages 13 through 17 and free for children under age 13. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144.

• Call for artist members: The New Hampshire Art Association will be jurying in new members in April. New England artists working in all media are invited to submit four works completed in the last three years that “should indicate a consistency of quality, style and expression,” according to a press release. Artists are strongly encouraged to submit works that would be viewed as a series or a cohesive body of work. New members will be juried by a jury of established NHAA artist members. NHAA is the

• THE WEDDING SINGER The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents. March 21 through April 13, with showtimes on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. 125 Bow St., Portsmouth.

Tickets cost $16 to $44. Visit seacoastrep.org.

• THE MUSIC MAN JR. The Actorsingers present. Fri., March 22, at 7 p.m., Sat., March 23, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sun., March 24, at 2 p.m. Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St. , Nashua. Tickets cost $12 to $15. Visit actorsingers.org.

• STONES IN HIS POCKETS March 22 through March 31, with showtimes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Rochester Performance and Arts Center, 32 N. Main St., Rochester. Tickets $15.

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• VICTORIA VALENTINE: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR Ghost Ship Radio presents.

Sun., March 24 and May 26, 2 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17

“Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence.” Courtesy photo.

oldest statewide artist association in the state and consists of around 300 members. Submissions will be accepted on Sunday, April 7, from 4 to 5 p.m., and Monday, April 8, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (136 State St., Portsmouth).

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• Collage film: Colorado artist Stacey Steers’ two-dimensional stop-motion animated film Night Hunter is on view now through March 30 at the McIninch Art Gallery at Southern New Hampshire University (2500 River Road, Manchester). The imagery in the film was created with more than 4,000 handmade collages on paper made with fragments of printed stills from silentera cinema and 19th-century engravings and illustrations. Night Hunter depicts a surrealist dreamscape in which a woman, portrayed with reappropriated imagery of silent film actress Lillian Gish, tries to care for bird eggs in a house filled with insects and snakes. The exhibition also features four shadow boxes with materials used in the film or relating to the film, a series of preparatory collages and two sculptural pieces. Visit snhu.edu.

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• MADELINE AND THE BAT HAT Thurs., March 28, 10 a.m.

Stockbridge Theatre, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. Tickets cost $8 for adults and $7 for students. Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

• URINETOWN THE MUSICAL The Anselmian Abbey Players present. March 29 through April 6, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Dana Center, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $15 for students. Visit anselm.edu.

• LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL JR. Gilbert Hood Middle School presents. Fri., March 29, 7 p.m., and Sat., March 30, 1 and 7 p.m. Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, 5 Hood Road, Derry. $10.

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• SHUSH Generic Theater presents. March 29 through April 14, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Players’ Ring Theatre, 105

Marcy St., Portsmouth. Tickets $18 for adults, $14 for seniors and students. Visit playersring.org.

• THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA AND THE UGLY DUCKLING Southern NH Dance Theater presents. Sun., March 31, 1 and 4 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets cost $25 for adults and $20 for ages 12 and under. Visit palacetheatre.org.

Classical Music Events • “LE CHEMIN DE LA CROIX” Organist Jeremy Filsell presents. Sun., March 24, 4 p.m.

The First Church, 1 Concord St. , Nashua. Free admission. Visit first–music.org.

• “BRAHMS, PROKOFIEV, AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS” Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra presents. Sun., March 24.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE More than crafts

Made in NH Expo features all kinds of locally produced goods

Many of the food booths will offer samples, in keeping with the show’s “Try It & Buy It” tagline. But that’s actually a recent addition. Up until 2016, state law prohibited vendors offering samples from a sales location, Copeland said. When the state removed that restriction, the 2017 show was able to allow exhibitors to offer samples. Since then, “we’re bringing in a whole new group” of exhibitors, she said.

One innovation that started at that time was the Libation Station, an area where attendees

age 21 and over could sample alcoholic beverages such as wine, mead and hard cider.

“The Libation Station is usually very well-visited,” said Berniece Van Der Berg, one of the partners in Moonlight Meadery, a Londonderry-based company that has been exhibiting at the show for years. It specializes in meads and ciders crafted by Van Der Berg’s husband and partner Michael Fairbrother. “It’s extremely busy … definitely worth our while.”

Given the thousands of people who come to the show, such specialty beverage companies tend to showcase particular varieties. For example, Moonlight Meadery will be bringing a special cranberry mead and a ginger-vanilla mead, as well as two types of ciders.

Beyond food, other types of businesses use the expo as a chance to introduce new products.” Tess Palker, owner of Moonstone Candles in Bedford, has been making her custom candles with soy wax and essential oils for friends and family for years, she said, and finally took the leap a few months ago to turn her hobby into a business.

“This is my first time [exhibiting at Made in NH Expo]. … I’m very excited,” she said.

“I’m kind of exposing [my business] to the community.”

Moonstone Candles will also have a selection of aromatherapy oils available. Palker said the oils she sells are custom blends designed to inspire a particular mood, such as “uplifting.”

28 The Gardening Guy Advice on your outdoors.

29 Treasure Hunt There’s gold in your attic.

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The Made in NH Expo is returning to Manchester for its 24th year Friday, March 22, through Sunday, March 24, with more than 160 exhibitors featuring offerings made in the Granite State.

“We invented this to celebrate all the products and services made in New Hampshire,” event organizer Heidi Copeland said.

Within that framework, just about anything goes. Some exhibitors are craftspeople, creating objects both practical and festive such as soaps, candles, oils and lotions. But attendees this year will also find self-defense training, pet accessories, electronics recycling and custom lamps, among other things. Many exhibitors offer food and beverage products, including wines, chocolate confections, sauces and coffee.

“We used to get people who loved crafts shows,” Copeland said, but with the growth of the show in recent years, attendees now tend to be in their 20s and 30s, with a wide variety of interests. Accordingly, the show bills itself as family-friendly.

“We feel like there is something for everybody,” she said.

The show also has an entertainment stage all three days, with various musicians and artists performing.

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Clubs Garden • MERRIMACK GARDEN CLUB MARCH PROGRAM: “TWICE THE ROOT” Brenda Frye of Hollis will be presenting a demonstration on hydroponic growing methods and soil seed starting. Tues., March 26, 6:30 p.m. St. James Church, 646 Dan-

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Try it and buy it

iel Webster Highway, Merrimack.

Free. Visit merrimackgardenclub. org.

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When: March 22 through March 24. Hours are 1 to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday; and 10 to 4 p.m. on Sunday Where: Doubletree by Hilton, 700 Elm St, Manchester Tickets: $3 for kids 2-12, $8 for seniors age 65+ with ID, and $9 for adults (cash only) Parking: Street parking and hotel parking.

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Gardening expert and horticulturalist Tovah Martin will explore the garden on all levels by attuning your nose to its scents and training your ears to listen. Garden advice and ideas will be shared.

Thurs., April 4, 10:30 a.m. Messiah Lutheran Church, 303 Route 101, Amherst. Free. Visit amherstgardenclub.org.

To get the most from a visit to Made in NH Expo, Copeland said, it helps to do a little advance planning.

Friday is the day when exhibitors meet wholesalers, and Copeland said it’s also when seniors often attend the show, as well as people coming after work in the evening.

Saturday morning is “the craziest time” when the show is very crowded and busy, she said.

If you are bringing young children or otherwise looking for a less harried experience, Copeland suggests coming after 3 p.m. This is the show’s quietest time.

Don’t worry about being overwhelmed with all the show offers, she added.

“We have a floor plan to help people find their way around,” she said.

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Family fun for the weekend

Start the weekend early...

Fantastic Mr. Fox, the 2009 stop-motion animated film directed by Wes Anderson from the Roald Dahl book, will screen Thursday, March 21, at 8 p.m. at Cinemagic in Merrimack (11 Executive Park Drive in Merrimack, cinemagicmovies.com). The movie, which is rated PG, features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson. Common Sense Media gives it a 7+ age range and rightly points out that it may have more appeal for adults — and the movie has some scary parts (the fox-hunting farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean). Fans of Anderson, his visual style and his usual company of actors may particularly enjoy the movie.

Sweet season

It’s NH Maple Weekend this Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24, when many area sugarhouses are open to visitors, offering tours of the maple syrup making process and tastes of the end result (as well as other products made with maple, in many cases). Find out more about the happenings in our story on page 34.

Charmingfare Farm (774 High St. in Candia, visitthefarm.com, 483-5623) is offering its maple experience with its Maple Express event on weekends through the end of March. The event (which the website says is about two hours) includes a horse-drawn ride to a sugar shack, learning about maple trees and tapping, a look at a working sugar shack and its operation, tastings and time with the farm’s animals, according to the website.

Maple products will also be available for purchase. Tickets cost $22 to $25 with deals for school and homeschool groups. See the website for times and to register.

On stage

The Bedford Youth Performing Company (bypc.org) will present Newsies The Musical this Friday, March 22, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 23, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. at

current students and alumni. Food will be served. Fri., March 22, info session 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.; meet and greet 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. and alumni panel 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. UNH Manchester Room 201, 88 Commercial St., Manchester. Contact Hilary Rush at unhm.gradcenter@unh. edu or call 641-4313.

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the Derryfield School (2180 River Road in Manchester). Tickets cost $15 ($13.50 for seniors and students).

The Actorsingers (actorsingers.org) will present The Music Man Jr. on Friday, March 22, at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. at Janice B. Streeter Theatre (14 Court St. in Nashua). Tickets cost $12 to $15.

Books for all ages

Celebrate spring with Little Blue Truck, the cheery character at the center of Little Blue Truck’s Springtime, the 2018 release in the series by author Alice Schertle and illustrator Jill McElmurry (the first book, Little Blue Truck, came out in 2008, followed by Little Blue Truck Leads the Way, Little Blue Truck’s Halloween and Little Blue Truck’s Christmas). A storytime featuring the book (which features baby animals hiding beneath flaps in this board book, according to the website) will include a cookie coloring activity, while supplies last, and start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, at Barnes & Noble stores in Manchester (1741 S. Willow St., 668-5557), Salem (125 S. Broadway, 898-1930), Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Highway, 888-0533) and Newington (45 Gosling Road, 422-7733).

Older kids might want to head to area Barnes & Nobles at 2 p.m. on Saturday for Escape This Bookstore!, an event featuring the book Escape This Book! Titanic, which blends Choose Your Own Adventure-style books with an activity and doodle book where readers solve puzzles and riddles to move to the next adventure, according to the website.

CLINIC Volunteer technicians will be available to sit down with guests one-on-one to answer any technology questions, troubleshoot a problematic computer, or provide training and instruction on how to use computers. Sat., March 30, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Merrimack Public Library, 470 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack.

Free; donations are accepted to the Michael LoVerme Memorial Foundation. Contact Jeffrey Christensen at jeff@mlmf.org.

Crafts Fairs • SPRING CRAFT FAIR More than 85 artisans will display a wide variety of fine arts and crafts, including spring wreaths and decor, Easter chocolate and fudge, ceramics, bird houses, handcrafted olive oil, jewelry, wood, paper crafts and much more. Sat., April 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Windham High School, 64 London Bridge Road, Windham. Free. Visit womansserviceclubofwindham.org.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE THE GARDENING GUY

Inside work Starting seeds indoors

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It is still many weeks until the snow is gone, the soil warm and dry enough that I can work in my garden. This is the time I like to start a few seedlings indoors to keep my spirits up.

If you’ve never tried starting plants indoors, there are a few things you should know: 1. Lights are essential. Growing on a windowsill will only result in long, lanky and dispirited plants. Four-foot fluorescent or LED fixtures will provide plenty of light and help you to grow good plants.

2. You can’t grow seedlings indoors in soil.

You need a potting mix to grow them in those little six-packs available at the garden center.

3. Temperature is important, too. Electric heat mats under your flats of seeds will help them to germinate earlier and better.

After that? Not too hot — 65 degrees or less during the day and 50 to 55 at night are good temperatures.

4. Plants quickly use up any fertilizer that comes in your potting soil. If you are an organic grower, you can water with a dilute fish or seaweed fertilizer to provide what is needed for healthy growth.

But don’t make your dilution too strong.

More is not better, so read the directions.

Fertilize once or twice a week.

5. Don’t let your seeds or seedlings dry out.

Check daily.

6. Timing is important. Most seedlings only need 6 to 8 weeks of growth indoors before going outside. You don’t want your plants to get root-bound. Most seed packages or catalogs will give you information about timing.

7. Seedlings need their rest, too. Don’t run your lights all the time. They need 10 hours or more of rest — no lights — each 24 hours.

Start the process by setting up a growing area in a spare bedroom or bathroom or perhaps in the basement. Depending on your budget and how many seedlings you wish to start, you can use a card table and a fluorescent or LED fixture hung from the ceiling — or something more elaborate.

Years ago I built a simple A-frame plant-starting frame that I use every year. I used one inch by two-inch pine boards. The legs are each 6 feet long and each pair of legs is joined using a small gate hinge at the top. The two pairs of legs are five feet apart, and connected on three levels with 1-by-2inch wood to support lights and plywood platforms.

The A-frame has three growing areas: top shelf, middle shelf, and the floor. I used thin plywood for the two shelves, one piece 16 by 48 inches for the top shelf, the other 24 by 48

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inches for the middle shelf.

I used short sections of 1-by-2 to brace the structure, including a piece between the side supports of the wider shelf, which might droop if not supported.

I placed cup hooks on the cross pieces to support the fluorescent lights on jack chain, one two-bulb fixture for the top shelf, two two-bulb fixtures for the other growing areas. This system will handle up to 10 flats of seedlings. Of course, you don’t have to use it all, especially when you are just learning how to manage growing seedlings indoors.

The jack-chain mentioned above is a lightweight chain that is sold in hardware stores.

You can open up the chain on each end with needle-nose pliers to attach it to a hook or to poke into a slot on the back of the fixtures. It’s important to have something you can easily adjust in length, as you will want to keep the lights about 6 inches above your plants. My tomatoes get more than a foot tall, so I keep shortening the chain to pull up the lights.

Fill your six-packs with potting soil, wipe off any excess, and then water. The material will settle. Let it drain, and then plant.

Make a divot with a pencil for each seed.

The bigger the seed, the deeper the divot, per directions on seed packs. Or you can drop the seed on the surface, and push it into the potting mix with the eraser end of a pencil, and cover with more potting mix. Lightly water again.

What to plant indoors, what outdoors?

Root crops should always be direct seeded outdoors, with the possible exception of beets. Although many plant cucumbers and squash by seed outdoors, I plant them indoors in May to prevent beetles from decimating them when they are small. I put them out when vines are about 6 inches long.

Tomatoes I usually start around April 10.

The biodynamic calendar I use, Stella Natura, tells me to plant fruit crops this year on Saturday afternoon, April 6, or Sunday afternoon, April 14. I believe the sun and moon are good guides, and that calendar helps me.

Right now? I’m planting peppers, hot and sweet. Onions are good to plant by seed indoors in March, too, though you can buy plants or sets to plant outdoors later.

Henry can be reached at henry.homeyer@ comcast.net or PO Box 364, Cornish Flat, NH 03746.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE TREASURE HUNT

Dear Donna, I am hoping to get your opinion about the value of my mom’s lovely Japanese vase. It was purchased by her sister, now deceased, on a trip to Tokyo, Japan, in 1963. My mother recalls her sister saying the vase could be 100 years old.

The vase is 18 inches high and 10 inches wide (29 inches circumference at widest point) and appears to be in very good condition except for two tiny hairline cracks that are barely visible, above and below the little knob on the right handle). The cracks, long since repaired, came about when one of my aunt’s cats knocked over the vase. Also, there do not appear to be any markings at the bottom of the vase.

Thank you very much. I look forward to your response.

Betsy from Bedford Dear Betsy, Your vase looks to be in the later style of satsuma; Satsuma just means where in Japan it was made. They made lots of vases and other wares. Yours is a very common subject with people on it, but sometimes they had dragons and other things as well.

It’s been around since the 1800s. The earlier pieces can be very intricate and some bring a very high value. The later pieces, after the 1900s to 1930s, almost seem to have been mass-produced with minimal detailing and design.

I think the value would be in the $100 range if it were not cracked. With that I

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• ZENTANGLE CLASS Certified Zentangle teacher and life coach Diane MacKinnon will lead this introductory workshop on creating beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.

No drawing talent is necessary.

Wed., March 27, 6:30 p.m. Rodgers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson. $10 materials fee; registration is required. Visit rodgerslibrary.org or call 886-6030.

Festivals & Fairs Expos • NEW HAMPSHIRE SMALL BUSINESS FAIR A wide variety of vendors will be featured, from artisan jewelry and photography to handcrafted chocolate, homemade chili and more. Non-perishable food donations are encouraged. Sat., March 30, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 84 Chester St., Chester. Free and open to the public. Email democratsofauburnnh@gmail. com.

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would say this is just a very nice piece from your family.

Donna Welch has spent more than 30 years in the antiques and collectibles field, appraising and instructing, and recently closed the physical location of From Out Of The Woods Antique Center (fromoutofthewoodsantiques.com) but is still doing some buying and selling. She is a member of The New Hampshire Antiques Dealer Association. If you have questions about an antique or collectible send a clear photo and information to Donna at footwdw@aol.com, or call her at 391-6550 or 624-8668.

• NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILY FUN EXPO The expo will feature local vendors, activities like a rock climbing wall, a putting green, face painting and more, plus cooking demonstrations and local summer camp presentations. Sat., March 30, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Douglas N. Everett Arena, 15 Loudon Road, Concord. $10 general admission or $25 per family of two adults and two kids over 10; admission for kids under 10 is free. Visit myneevent.com.

• NEW ENGLAND REPTILE EXPO Thousands of reptiles will be on display and for sale as pets.

Vendors will also be selling cages, supplies, frozen feeder rodents, feeder bugs and many other reptile-related items at discounted prices. Sun., March 31, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown, 700 Elm St., Manchester. $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 7 to 12 and free for kids under 7. Visit reptileexpo.com.

Health & Wellness Events • NHTI WELLNESS FAIR The fair features more than 40 exhibitors including government health agencies, local health business-

es and health educators offering demonstrations, health screenings, wellness education, exhibits and more. There will also be free healthy refreshments, door prizes and background music. Tues., March 26, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dr. Goldie Crocker Wellness Center, 19-23 Institute Drive, Concord.

Free. Contact NHTI Health Services at 230-4043 or at nhtihealthservices@ccsnh.edu.

Miscellaneous Trips & travel events • BEFORE YOU GO: TRAVEL PLANNING & PREP Presenter Jennifer Koerber will teach attendees how mobile technology and online tools can simplify and enrich your travels. Tues., March 26, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Amherst Town Library, 14 Main St., Amherst.

Free; registration is required.

Visit amherstlibrary.org or call 673-2288.

Workshops • REAL ESTATE WORKSHOP Sat., March 23, 1 p.m. Pelham Public Library, 24 Village Green, Pelham. Visit pelhampubliclibrary.org or call 635-7581.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE CAR TALK

Fuel economy requires advanced mathematics degree Dear Car Talk: I love your column.

Learning about cars is so much easier with your sense of humor.

We own a 2018 BMW X5

By Ray Magliozzi 40e gasoline-electric plugin hybrid. According to BMW, using the 3.5 kWh charger on a standard household outlet (which I have read uses 1,440 watts) takes 3 hours and 45 minutes to charge the car from a depleted state. With that charge, I get 14-19 miles of all electric power before the car turns into a regular hybrid.

Where I live in (expensive) Rhode Island, electricity costs 22.67 cents per kWh, including taxes and fees. So I’m trying to do some calculations. Would the correct formula be: The watts (1,440 per kWh) divided by 1,000, times the hours (3.75), times the cost per kilowatt hour (.2267)? Would that tell me how much it’s costing me to charge my battery? If so, this equals about $1.23 per charge. That would be great for a range of 14-19 miles on a charge, less than half the cost of a gallon of 91 octane fuel.

The alternative would be to multiply the kilowatt hours (3.5) times the hours (3.75), times the cost per kilowatt hour (.2267). That would mean it’s costing me $3.17 a charge, which would be awful, because it would be more expensive than premium gasoline.

Is one of my formulas right? Or is there an easier way to calculate the cost of running my car on electricity? — Thanks, Rick You know what’s worse than spending an afternoon screwing up a complicated math problem, Rick? Finally figuring it out and realizing that your car costs more to run on electricity than on gasoline.

Forget your formulas, Rick. The easiest way to calculate your cost per mile is to start by looking up how many kWh (kilowatt hours) your car requires to travel 100 miles. That’s a standard measure for electric cars, and you can find it by going to the EPA’s consumer website, fueleconomy.gov.

You bought a big, heavy SUV, and it takes 59 kWh to push that BMW X5 100 miles. That’s on the high side. Just for comparison, the Chevy Bolt requires 28 kWh to go 100 miles. Anyway, you then multiply your car’s kWh/100 miles (59) times your cost per kW (0.2267, which is on your electric bill), and you find out that it costs you $13.38 to run your car 100 miles on electricity.

If you divide that by 100, you get your cost per mile, which is about 13.4 cents To compare that to gasoline, take the local cost of a gallon of gas (the X5 requires premium fuel). Let’s call that 3 bucks a gallon.

According to the EPA, your X5 hybrid gets 24 mpg on gasoline, so you’d need 4.17 gallons

to go 100 miles. Multiply the number of gallons times the price per gallon, and you learn that you need $12.51 worth of fuel to go 100 miles, or 12.5 cents a mile.

So it costs you a penny more per mile to run on electricity. Doesn’t that frost your shorts?

The problem, as you seem to understand in your letter, is that the cost of electricity is pretty high in your state, and the price of gasoline is pretty low. In many parts of the country, running a car on electricity costs quite a bit less than running on gasoline. But it’s worth doing the calculations before you buy.

Of course, with a plug-in hybrid, Rick, you get the best of both worlds. You can plug in your car at night in your own driveway, let the car charge up while you’re sleeping, and drive around feeling good about helping the environment.

Dear Car Talk: My Volvo 740 GLE’s timing belt just broke and my valves are bent, according to my mechanic’s diagnostic test. Is there any way that I can just inexpensively have the valves fixed or replaced, instead of buying a whole new engine? My car has over 150,000 miles on it. Thanks. — Gloria There’s no inexpensive way to fix the valves, Gloria. Bent valves are not like a gate latch that you can straighten out with a hammer and pair of pliers. Valves have to fit precisely in the openings made for them in the cylinder head. And

once they’re bent, they’re ruined, whether you bent one of them or all 16.

However, you don’t have to buy a whole new engine. You can simply buy a replacement cylinder head. And by “simply,” I still don’t mean “cheaply.” You’ll either need a used cylinder head from a junkyard (aka auto recycling center), or you’ll have to buy a remanufactured one from a company like Jasper.

If you can find a good used one, there’s no reason not to try it. After all, the rest of the car has 150,000 miles on it. By the time you find it, have it checked out, clean it up, install it and put on a new gasket and timing belt, you’re probably in for at least $1,000. A factory remanufactured cylinder head will probably cost you twice that much when it’s all done. But you’ll get a warranty.

I’m guessing you don’t have a mechanic you love. If you did, you would have asked him these questions. So try searching for a great mechanic in our Mechanics Files database (mechanicsfiles.com). Put in your ZIP code and search for a highly rated Volvo mechanic in your area.

Someone like that will probably be more willing than the dealer to work with you, look around for a good used cylinder head and try to save you some money. But don’t walk in and try to hand him your pliers or you’ll just scare him off.

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Elizabeth Durfee Hengen is a historic preservation consultant based in Concord.

Can you explain what your current job is?

I work on a wide range of historic preservation planning projects, for clients as diverse as state agencies, architects and developers, municipalities and corporations. … One example that many in New Hampshire might be familiar with is the Mountain View Hotel up in Whitefield, which sat languishing for probably a decade before it was acquired by a developer. … I worked alongside the owner-developer and the architect to come up with a design plan that would renovate the building but at the same time ensure its significant historic character was retained.

How long have you worked there?

I started in 1974. … I’m in my 40th year as a consultant.

How did you get interested in this field?

I grew up in New England, and I also had a chance to travel overseas as a child and live overseas, so I was exposed at an early age to a variety of environments, and I was always interested in how environments affect people’s lives and how it speaks to people. When I got out of college, I thought I wanted to work in a museum. … The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I didn’t want to be holed up inside. ... I wanted to be working with people and communities and figuring out ways not to control change occurring around us, but how can it be managed and accommodated in a way that doesn’t feel either threatening or unfamiliar but can still be stimulating.

What do you wish you’d known at the beginning of your career?

When I started out in the ’70s, the cutoff for a resource that can be considered historic … was 50 years. … I was thinking, thankfully I’ll have retired before I have to deal with tract housing and ranch Elizabeth Durfee Hengen houses. And guess what? I haven’t retired. There’s such a fascinating interest in the mid-century modern movement now. … Those kinds of buildings were How did you find your current job?

I worked at the State Preservation Office just written off 30 years ago, and many of them for four years and was primarily in the role were renovated beyond recognition. So that of reviewer. … I came to the conclusion that 50 years is necessary to gain some perspective rather than reviewing other people’s research and appreciation. or survey findings or development plans … I wanted to be out there making them happen. … What is your typical at-work uniform?

I’ve always had a home office. I have nevI landed a large contract with the City of Lowell in 1980 that I knew would take me a year to er worn pajamas into my office. I have always complete. It was a historic survey of the entire dressed as if I was walking out and going to a City of Lowell, minus the downtown area. … I meeting. came up here [to New Hampshire] in 1983, and What was the first job you ever had?

I’ve been based in Concord ever since.

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New Hampshire Maple Weekend returns with tastings, demonstrations and festivals

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• Poutine aplenty: Tickets to the fourth annual New Hampshire PoutineFest will go on sale on Saturday, March 23, at 10 a.m. This year’s event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours (221 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack), a first for the festival, which had been held at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester in previous years. Restaurants, food trucks and other businesses from all over New England compete to make the best poutine dish as determined by a panel of judges and attendees’ votes. The festival also features beer, live music, games, children’s activities and more. Tickets are $35 general admission, $15 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children ages 5 and under.

Premiere tickets, which include early entry to the event plus a T-shirt, tote bag and swag, are also available for $45. Visit nhpoutinefest.com.

• MG’s Farmhouse Cafe opens in Dunbarton: A new cafe offering homemade sandwiches and locally roasted coffee in a cozy atmosphere is now open in Dunbarton. MG’s Farmhouse Cafe opened on Feb. 21 at 1007 School St. in Dunbarton Center. Coffees are roasted at the Manchester-based Hometown Coffee Roasters and include an organic blend, dark and medium roast, cold brew and decaf, plus espresso drinks like cappuccinos and macchiatos. The sandwich menu features made-to-order staples, like the Farmhouse Club (with ham, turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, Swiss cheese and mayonnaise); the Village Green (with mixed greens, red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, black olives, shredded cheddar cheese and balsamic dressing on a wrap); and the Caprese Panini (with mozzarella, tomatoes, arugula, pesto and a balsamic glaze). The menu also includes a selection of fresh fruit, chips, whoopie pies, brownies and cookies and is expected to offer Blake’s Ice Cream products starting in April. MG’s Farmhouse Cafe is open Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Find them on Facebook @MGsFarmhouseCafeNH or call 774CAFE (2233).

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From maple syrup making demonstrations at local sugarhouses to celebrations of the sweet stuff with workshops and tasty treats, there will be much to discover during the state’s 24th annual Maple Weekend, happening on Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24.

The weekend is traditionally held near the end of March each year as part of Maple Sugaring Month, according to Nick Kosko, president of the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association. Most local producers of maple syrup hold open houses throughout the weekend for families to visit, take a tour, and sample syrup and other maple goodies.

“It’s kind of the first real springtime activity for people to get out of the house and enjoy,” said Kosko, who also owns Meadow View Sugarhouse in Union.

What you will see and taste will depend on which sugarhouse you visit. Kosko said a full list of participating sugarhouses and what each is planning is available at nhmapleproducers.com.

“I’d definitely recommend, depending on how much time you want to spend, going to more than one in your area,” he said. “There [are] … sugarhouses that are different sizes and have different operations. It’s fun trying as much syrup as you can and seeing how different people do it.”

In fact, you can download a sugarhouse “passport” via the NHMPA website to track your progress. If you visit up to five sugarhouses before the end of the month and get staff members to mark their initials, you can enter for a chance to win a prize pack filled with New Hampshire-made maple-infused products. The deadline to submit the forms is April 15.

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The warmer temperatures of the past week have set the stage for a great Maple Weekend, despite the maple sugaring season in New Hampshire getting off to a slower start compared to the last several years. According to Emily Sliviak of 24th annual NH Maple Weekend

When: Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24 Where: Several participating sugarhouses, farms and restaurants statewide Visit: nhmapleproducers.com

Jill McCullough of North Family Farm in Canterbury offers samples to attendees during last year’s Canterbury Maple Festival. Photo by Kathie Fife.

Ben’s Sugar Shack in Temple and Newbury, maple syrup production reaches its peak from the last half of March through about early April.

“Technically we are behind, if you look at the last five years. We were right on par for those first few warm days in January, but then February was at a lull,” Sliviak said. “But all you need is 10 days or so of good weather to get the crop that you want. Sometimes it comes all at once.”

She said these kinds of details are covered during regular 20- to 30-minute tours the sugarhouse has been offering all month every 15 minutes and will be on Maple Weekend as well, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.

Guests will learn the history of maple sugaring, the types of maple trees that syrup comes from, and how the technology of collecting sap to make maple syrup has changed overtime.

After vacuum pumping and evaporation demonstrations, there will be opportunities to sample maple cream cheese frosted cupcakes, maple cotton

candy and maple donuts. A free maplethemed breakfast and hayrides will also be offered on both days.

At Mapletree Farm in Concord, known as the only planted maple orchard in the Granite State, people are invited to visit during Maple Weekend for a self-guided walking tour.

“We put on a full show for people,” Robert Saunders of Mapletree Farm said. “You come in where the sap flows in, and you can see the process of how syrup comes through the evaporator.”

Attendees can enjoy free samples of maple syrup, maple cream, maple cotton candy and sugar-on-snow.

“Sugar-on-snow is when you take maple syrup and boil it a little bit more until it gets thicker and thicker, and then you pour it on snow,” Saunders said.

“We make ours out of ice cubes that we grind. It cools [the syrup] rapidly and the result is a soupy, semi-solid confection, like a taffy.”

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Maple peanut butter cookies Courtesy of Ben’s Sugar Shack in Temple and Newbury (makes about four dozen cookies) ½ cup peanut butter ½ cup shortening ½ cup light brown sugar ½ cup Ben’s Pure Maple Syrup 1 egg 2 cups unsifted flour ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt Blend the peanut butter and shortening

together well. Beat in the brown sugar and maple syrup. Add egg and beat well. Sift flour with baking soda, baking powder and salt.

Add to the first mixture, beating thoroughly.

Turn out on floured board and divide in half.

Shape each half into a roll about two inches in diameter. Wrap well in waxed paper and chill overnight. Cut in slices about ¼ inch thick and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes, or until light golden brown.

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• 5 Saplings Sugarhouse (244 Kearsarge Valley Road, Wilmot, 748-9798, find them on Facebook) • Babel’s Sugar Shack (323 Hurricane Hill Road, Mason, 878-3929, find them on Facebook) • Beaver Meadowbrook Farm Sugar House (402 Route 103 E, Warner, 2242452, find them on Facebook) • Beepa and Lulu’s Sugar Shack (13 Ashlee Drive, Peterborough, 562-9506, lspromos@gmail.com) • Ben’s Sugar Shack (83 Webster Highway, Temple, 562-6595; 693 Route 103, Newbury, 924-3111; bensmaplesyrup.com) • Blueberry Hill Sugarworks (31 Blueberry Hill Road, Raymond, 300-6837, wickedsappy.com) • Connolly’s Sugar House (140 Webster Highway, Temple, 924-5002, find them on Facebook) • Courser Farm (427 Schoodac Road, Warner, 456-3521, pscourser@hotmail.com) • Crow Valley Farm (1038 Hopkinton Road, Hopkinton, 224-7520, crowvalleyfarm.com) • Dill Family Farm (60 Griffin Road, Deerfield, 475-3798, find them on Facebook) • Folsom’s Sugar House (130 Candia Road, Chester, 370-0908, folsomsugarhouse.com) • Four Saps Sugar Shack (10 Fredette Drive, Lyndeborough, 714-4503, find them on Facebook) • Hunt’s Sugar House (28 Gleason Falls Road, Hillsborough, 478-5568, find them on Facebook) • Jessie James Maple Farm (164 Allens Mill Road, Gilmanton, 267-6428, jessiejamesmaple.com) • Journey’s End Maple Farm (295 Loudon Road, Pittsfield, 435-5127, journeysend-

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This list features farms and sugarhouses in southern New Hampshire that are participating in NH Maple Weekend this year.

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maplefarm.com) • Kaison’s Sugar House (75 Forest Road, Weare, 660-6019, find them on Facebook) • Kearsarge Gore Farm (173 Gore Road, Warner, 456-2319, teamkgf.com) • Ledge Top Sugar House (25 Oak St., Boscawen, 753-4973, ledgetopsh@myfairpoint.net) • Maple Baer Farm (84 Forty Acres Road, Elkins, 526-8233, smithbaer@tds.net) • The Maple Guys Sugar Shack (311 Cram Hill Road, Lyndeborough, 654-2415, mapleguys.com) • Mapletree Farm (105 Oak Hill Road, Concord, 224-0820, mapletreefarmnh.com) • Matras Maple (821 Catamount Road, Pittsfield, 724-9427, find them on Facebook) • Meadow View Sugarhouse (141 Wakefield Road, Union, 842-0416, mvsugarhouse.com) • Molly’s Maple Barn (108 Red House Road, Francestown, 801-0731, find them on Facebook) • Mt. Crumpit Farm (207 Lull Road, New Boston, 325-5900, find them on Facebook) • Mtn-Gold Maple Mill (55 Cram Hill Road, Lyndeborough, 654-7260, find them on Facebook) • Ridgeland Farm (736 Loudon Ridge Road, Loudon, 520-4337, find them on Facebook) • Rogers Maple Syrup (133 Couchtown Road, Warner, 456-3139, nhliquidgold.com) • Root Seller (13 Nielson Road, Nottingham, 942-1297, rootsellerllc@gmail.com) • Spring Harvest Maple Farm (761 Franklin Pierce Highway, Barrington, 828-6172, springharvestmaplefarm.com) • The Sugar House at Morningstar Farm (30 Crane Crossing Road, Plaistow, 4790804, morningstarfarm@comcast.net) • Sugarmomma’s Maple Farm (213 Ridge Road, Northwood, 942-7005, sugarmommasmaple.com) • Sunnyside Maples (1089 Route 106 N, Loudon, 848-7090, sunnysidemaples.com) • Windswept Maples Farm (845 Loudon Ridge Road, Loudon, 435-4003, windsweptmaples.com)

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As an easy way to experience multiple aspects that Maple Weekend has to offer, some Granite State towns have organized weekend festivals with the collaboration of farms, sugarhouses and other local businesses. The Canterbury Maple Festival, for example, will return for its second year on a much larger scale than its inaugural event, with activities happening all weekend at Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road).

“There will be lots to do, for both children and adults, and everything is maple themed,” festival organizer Kathie Fife said.

The festival will feature a pancake breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, as well as maple candy making demonstrations by North Family Farm in Canterbury. On Saturday at 11 a.m., Tim Fleury of UNH Cooperative Extension will lead a free workshop on backyard maple sugaring, and there will also be opportunities to sample maple syrup and sugar-on-snow. On Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., children’s crafts will be featured in the Shaker Village’s Dewey School.

Fife said while activities go on at the Shaker Village, people can also visit neighboring businesses in town that will offer up maple goodies of their own. Canterbury Aleworks will have its Murphy’s Red Friday maple ale made with Lamb’s Maple Syrup. Brookford Farm will be offering in-house samples of its maple yogurt, while Fox Country Smokehouse will be making products like maple kielbasa, all of which will be made with North Family Farm’s maple syrup. Additionally, the Canterbury Woods Country Club will have maplethemed lunch and dinner options from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on both days.

Another town-wide event, the Kearsarge Maple Festival, will be celebrated at various locations in Warner throughout Maple Weekend. Maps of nine participating sugarhouses will be available to pick up at Schoodacs Coffee House. While you’re at Schoodacs, you can enjoy special items like maple lattes, maple-sweetened lemonade or the shop’s signature maple pecan bar, made with syrup from Kearsarge Gore Farm.

“You treat the map almost like a passport, and you can go around and see different [sugarhouses], sign off on them

Maple candy at last year’s Canterbury Maple Festival. Photo by Kathie Fife.

and bring them back to get a free maple latte or maple lemonade,” Schoodacs owner Darryl Parker said. “That has been popular in the past.”

Other ongoing happenings around town will include lectures and demonstrations on how Native Americans made maple sugar at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian

Museum, which will be open Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; maple pancake breakfasts at the United Church of Warner on Saturday and Sunday, from 7:30 to 11 a.m. ($10 for adults and free for kids under 5); and maple syrup-infused specials at restaurants like The Local and Charlie Mac’s Pizzeria.

Oatmeal pancakes with maple sugar Courtesy of Andrea Rohde; recipe provided by Brian Folsom of Folsom’s Sugar House in Chester 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons maple sugar ¾ cup oatmeal ¼ cup vegetable oil 1 ¼ cup flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt

1 ½ cups milk Combine oats and milk and let sit for five to 10 minutes. Add eggs, oil and the rest of the ingredients. Add one teaspoon of cinnamon (optional) for flavor.

Maple glazed chicken with vegetables Courtesy of Ben’s Sugar Shack in Temple in Newbury 2½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breast 1 tablespoon cooking oil 3 cups cut vegetables of your choice (i.e. carrots or potatoes) 1 large onion, cut into wedges ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper ½ cup chicken broth 1 tablespoon margarine/butter 1/3 cup Ben’s Pure Maple Syrup

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease baking dish with a brush using cooking oil. Place chicken in dish. Surround chicken with cut veggies and sprinkle with salt and pepper over dish. Pour chicken broth over veggies and bake in oven for 20 minutes. While chicken is baking, put butter in small saucepan until melted and add maple syrup until blended. Brush mixture over the entire dish and bake for another 15 minutes or until cooked thoroughly. Place chicken and veggies on a serving platter and enjoy.

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Shawn Grissom and his wife Cassandra of Newport are the owners of Let’s Get Loaded (facebook.com/letsgetloadedfries), a farm-to-fork food trailer that parks on the grounds of Henniker Brewing Co. (129 Centervale Road) every Friday and Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The menu features loaded french fries and sausages topped with grain-fed bacon, pulled pork and beef sourced from Bardo Farm in Croydon, as well as original sauces infused with several of the brewery’s beers. Loaded french fry options include slow-roasted barbecue pulled pork topped with coleslaw and jalapenos; classic poutine with cheese curds and brown gravy; bacon cheese fries; and opa Greek fries, which have basil oil, mozzarella pearls, fresh cucumbers and tomatoes in a sweet balsamic glaze. For sausages, there’s a sausage Parmigiana with garlic marinara and provolone cheese, and a bánh mi sausage with pickled vegetables, fresh cilantro, jalapenos and mayonnaise.

What is your must-have kitchen item?

I would definitely say that it’s the temperature gauge. You’re using it all the time to keep the quality of your food up and to make sure everything is at a safe level.

Hampshire] for three years, so I had never heard of poutine before. But ever since we tried it for the first time, my wife and I have fallen in love with it. It’s so simple, but yet so diverse at the same time. That was mainly why we went with the loaded fries for the What would you have for your last meal? menu, because it was such a fun concept to I’ve got to go with Dungeness crab and a do. We can get that diversity in flavor but good quality macaroni and cheese. It’s a real still have it be simple. personal meal for me.

What is the biggest food trend in New What is your favorite local restaurant?

Hampshire right now?

The Salt Hill Pub. I know the owners, who Food trucks and mobile food businessare great people. Their food is always good es … are a huge trend. We don’t have to quality. My wife and kids and I go there once be sitting there at one location all the time. a week. We have been on a wing kick there I mean, we have our steady hours here at for the last couple of months. the brewery, but we can still go out and hit events and do catering during the week.

What celebrity would you like to see It allows us to be able to find the people ordering from your food trailer? instead of waiting for the people to find Guy Fieri. I love watching his shows and you. seeing all of the different stuff that he does.

He knows food and brings a lot to the table What is your favorite thing to cook at that I’ve come to appreciate. He’s a really home? funny guy too.

We cook a lot of soup, especially ramen or Vietnamese pho. We eat soup for breakfast What is your favorite thing on your pretty commonly. menu?

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper. Melt butter and add to sugar, mixing on medium with a hand mixer.

In another bowl, beat eggs, cocoa, salt, baking powder and vanilla until well blended. Combine with sugar mixture and stir until smooth.

Add the flour and chocolate chips. I’ve seen recipes where the chocolate chips are melted but, again, that’s just more dishes to wash so I didn’t melt them. Mix everything together and pour into your baking dish. Bake about 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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Life changing.

Yet, here’s the thing. If there’s one theme present in this beginning stage of my foray into baking, it’s this: It can’t be too hard. If I find myself longing for the days of brownies from a box, I’ve gone too far. My three small children already keep me in the kitchen all day, and baking cannot aid them in this hostage crisis. Baking something has to be simple! Plus, I’m super new at this and most

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Port wine has an incredibly interesting and complex history, both long and rich, and very recent. It is once again regaining popularity as something more than a quiet and proper sip for quiet and proper ladies; it has a vast array of colors, noses and tastes, the result of a growing diversity of wine varietals and growing regions.

Port wine originated in Portugal, famous for producing it for hundreds of years; its production has also moved onto the international market, including a number of American wineries.

According to publications by Taylor Fladgate, a respected Port wine house, grapes have been grown along the banks of the Douro River in Portugal (where port is produced today) since the Romans arrived in the 200s BC. In the 17th century, the thin red wine imported from Portugal by the English was “fortified” with brandy after fermentation to keep the wine from spoiling. Later, the port-making technique evolved, with brandy added during fermentation, which kept the wine’s sweetness and added robust qualities. In the 18th century, the bottle shape changed to help the wine age in the bottle. Port pioneered aging vintage productions.

The six most widely used grapes for red Port wine are Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Nacional, Tinto Cão and Tinta Amarela. Port is a blended wine and therefore the blend is subject to change with each vintage.

These grapes are principally Portuguese, unique to the Iberian Peninsula.

One of the fascinating aspects of port wine is its variety of different styles, each with its own characteristic flavors, from the intense berry fruit flavors of a “reserve” or a “late bottled vintage” to the rich mellowness of an “aged tawny” or the sublime complexity of a “vintage port.” Traditionally, it is served at the end of a meal with cheese, as a dessert wine or an after-dinner drink, although some styles — like white port — can be enjoyed as an aperitif.

Warre’s Warrior Porto, Finest Reserve (regularly priced at $17.99 at New Hampshire Wine & Liquor Outlet, on sale at $14.99) is a superb ruby port.

Per their website, Warre’s, established in 1670, was the first British company founded in Portugal, and a pioneer in the tradition of port wine. This port is sourced from two of the finest estates in the Douro valley. The name Warrior was

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branded on the casks of Warre’s finest reserve ports since the earliest days of the firm. This is a classic, full-bodied wine with wonderful richness. It has a dark red color, with a nose of ripe plums and cherries. It is full, but soft on the palate with notes of ripe fruit and a long finish. As it is not aged in casks, it lacks the slight tannins and notes of leather one gets from a tawny port.

Taylor Fladgate 10 Year Old Tawny Porto (regularly priced at $27.99, on sale at $24.99) is a rich tawny port that is fully matured in seasoned oak casks for 10 years, with each cask holding 630 liters (about 150 gallons) of wine. Aging in barrels brings delicate wood notes to combine with mature fruit. It is bottled for immediate drinking. It has a deep brick color. Its nose is of ripe dried fruit with a slight nuttiness and chocolate secondary notes. It is smooth and silky with rich jammy flavors with a long finish.

Burmester White Port is available at WineNot Boutique in Nashua for $21.99.

White port was first created in the 1930s, principally from white fruit. White port is more plentiful in the private wine shops located throughout the state. It is served chilled — cooler as an aperitif, and slightly warmer as an after-dinner port.

With this port, the brandy is added later, when much of the sugar has been converted into alcohol, producing a slightly dry wine. It has a pale straw color, with a slight green cast. Its nose is of bright citric with hints of oak. Like the tawny, it has a smooth silky feel to the tongue, but with notes of apricot and citric not found in the tawny port.

Fred Matuszewski is a local architect and a foodie and wine geek, interested in the cultivation of the multiple strains and varieties of grapes and the industry of wine production and sales. Chief among his travels is the annual trip to the wine producing areas of California.

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MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE Lapis Trio, The Travelers (Shifting Paradigm Records)

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If you’re looking for light, busy, jazzy acoustic guitar ambience, you found it in the form of the new one from this trio, led by Chicago-based guitarist Casey Nielsen. The aura he sought to evoke was one inspiring relaxed solace for the benefit of world-weary day-workers, medieval ones in fact; he imagined himself as a minstrel tasked with making up a new tune every day to cheer the plebian faithful.

They didn’t have bossa nova in those days, though, so the fantasy hasn’t a lot of tensile strength, but you’d surely love it at your espresso bar. Economy is everywhere in this release, not just in the music (drummer Tim Mulvenna mostly puts in his time on hand drums, and we barely hear a peep out of bassist Dan Thatcher until the closing track); this was recorded directly to two-track in two days. This is the kind of relaxed, unassuming aural breeze that brightens your room whenever you stop to take it in. A+ — Eric W. Saeger

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Boston rock historians should be familiar with this guy and all his past projects, foremostly The Upper Crust, wherein he and his lads, dressed like snooty 18th-century dandies, played microwaved, blues-infused 1970s bar-rawk at dive bars under such stage names as “Lord Bendover” and “Count Bassie.”

That band made a documentary of their exploits, cementing their “legend” as Spinal Tap with breeches and powdered wigs. Whatever, Freedberg loves doing this stuff, and that’s what we have here — a set of disposable mid-tempo rockers reminiscent of Iggy, early Bowie, Big Star and such — except that now his shtick is more Jack Black-ish, centered on devils, the number 666 and all that. Do I necessarily “like” any of it? I suppose “All My Love,” a Tom Petty-ish jangler that missed out on delivering a monster-catchy hook that was sitting right in its lap, is enthusiastic enough. But such is the yoke of the joke-band; I’m way too much of an edgelord to do something like this. Ever. B — Eric W. Saeger

PLAYLIST A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases • We begin our investigation into March 22’s collection of new albums with Strand of Oaks’ new one, Eraserland! The brainchild of shaving-implement-averse folkie-producer-thingamajig Timothy Showalter from Indiana, this project tried Tangerine Dream-style synthpop on for size on its second album, which the hipsters thought was awesome, but no music listeners cared, so Showalter’s been about the folk and rock since then, and the hipsters love that stuff too. As for this album, I’m more interested in the second single, “Ruby,” than the rollout track “Weird Ways,” because Showalter says that “Ruby” is the “happiest song I’ve ever written.” Aww. OK, I’m off to YouTube to go see if it hurts my hearing or whatnot, you folks just go Spotify something out of your comfort zone and I’ll be right back. OK, I made it. “Ruby” isn’t wildly upbeat or anything; it’s like a downbeat Ben Kweller track, maudlin and uninspiring, to me at least — bink-bink-bink piano, grungy guitars and such, sort of like if Pearl Jam retooled “Last Kiss” for people who shop at Abercrombie.

• Like anyone expected it not to happen, L.A. moron-clowns Mötley Crüe decided to un-retire, and they have a new ’80s-glam-metal album coming out called The Dirt Soundtrack! OK fine, there are only four new songs on there, because the very sight of the other band members makes them all barf, but they got that done at least, and besides, the record is just a companion piece to the upcoming (or already here, who cares) Netflix film The Dirt — Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band. Guess which white rapper they got for the single “The Dirt (Est. 1981),” like you’d need to guess? Yup, it’s Machine Gun Kelly, who plays Tommy Lee in the movie, and guess what, there’s a cover version of Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” somewhere in this disgusting mess, just saying; I don’t have to go listen to it, because come on, you know exactly what it’s going to sound like, metal and stupid, and who needs to waste even a sub-ohm of ear-wear on something like that?

• Good lord, what could possibly be next. Wait, here’s London-based techno-afro-funk band Ibibio Sound Machine, holding up a new record, Doko Mien (Tell Me), and waving it in my face!

Maybe this will be cool. I sure hope so! Wow, the funk is hip deep in the single “Wanna Come Down,” with hard-plucked bass, Pointer Sisters backup singers, 1980’s Morris Day stun-synths, all that badass stuff. I’d be dancing my tuchus off right now if I didn’t have such an ambivalent reputation to uphold!

• Chameleon-like Nashville band Lambchop has tried a lot of styles on for size, although country has always been part of their formula. Their new full-length This (is what I wanted to tell you) features the single “The December-ish You”; it’s representative of their more recent tacking in the lounge-techno direction, but the tune is interesting owing to its use of breezy cornfield slide guitar, an element that Drake wouldn’t ever use, although maybe he should. I mean yeah, it’s still got a country feel — OK, maybe he shouldn’t.

— Eric W. Saeger

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A celebration of all things pop culture that attracts thousands of people, Queen City Kamikaze will be held at Manchester Memorial High School on Saturday, March 23. The day-long comic convention will feature a cosplay contest, video game and tabletop game tournaments, live game shows, panels, vendors, artists and more.

The event started nine years ago, hosted by the high school’s video game and anime clubs.

“Not many people knew about it at first, but now people talk about it and get excited about it, and that makes us feel good, to know that it’s part of that [comic con] scene now and that people look forward to it,” Jeff Normandin, co-founder and co-organizer of the convention, said.

The highlight of the day is the cosplay contest, Normandin said, which invites participants to dress up as a character from anime, comics or video games. There are three categories: the craftsmanship category, for cosplayers who made their costume, props and accessories themselves; the performance category, in which cosplayers will perform a skit, song or dance; and the justfor-fun category, which is non-competitive and open to all cosplayers who simply want to show off their costume on stage.

“Dressing up is always fun,” Normandin said. “People will spend hours and hours creating a costume, and they look forward to the chance to show it off.”

There will be around 80 vendors selling comics, art, knickknacks, collectibles and more, as well as a handful of artists, selling their work and taking orders for custom work.

Normandin said the convention focuses on local vendors and artists, particularly those who are new to the world of comic cons.

“Maybe they’ve attended a comic con before but have never had a table at one,”

he said. “We like to give those artists who are just starting out a shot and give them a chance to see how people will react to what they’ve created.”

Special programs and panels will include a hypnosis session with cosplayer-hypnotist Redpool, “The Joy of Gaming with Bob Ross,” and frame-by-frame analysis of Donkey Kong and Legend of the Crystal Coconut.

Gamers can participate in free play of retro video games and tournaments for more modern games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Jump Force. There will also be free-play tabletop and card games as well as tournaments for Cardfight! Vanguard, Magic: The Gathering, and Dragon Ball Super.

Attendees can also participate in pop culture- and cosplay-inspired game shows, including The Cosplay Dating Game, Jeopardy!, Whose Line Is It, Anyway?, Cosplay Deathmatch and Deal or No Deal.

Other activities will include a coloring contest, a poetry slam and open mike, a performance by local cosplay group The Queen City Idols and a Super Mario Super Party.

Normandin said the event isn’t just for nerds, but has something that appeals to everyone.

“Nerd culture has been celebrated a lot more in the past several years. So many things in nerd culture have become mainstream now,” he said, “so there will be a lot of things there that people, even people who don’t immerse themselves in nerd culture, can appreciate or at least recognize.”

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Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield (Emily Bestler Books, 460 pages)

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Whether the Merrimack or the Thames, rivers have a smell, and they keep secrets.

Moreover, they infiltrate us in ways most people never stop to consider.

British novelist Diane Setterfield considers.

“For one thing,” she writes, “the river that flows ever onwards is also seeping sideways, irrigating the fields and land to one side and the other. It finds its way into wells and is drawn up to launder petticoats and be boiled for tea. It is sucked into root membranes, travels up cell by cell to the surface, is held in the leaves of watercress that find themselves in the soup bowls and on the cheeseboards of the county’s diners.”

The river is a character in Setterfield’s fantastical third novel, and its title, Once Upon a River, forecasts what’s to come: a story. It’s a story vaguely reminiscent of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Tales of a Wayside Inn, both in the celebration of fanciful stories and the lyrical voice in which it is told.

Since you’ve probably not laundered a petticoat in this lifetime, you realize that the story is not contemporary, but set in the 19th century. It begins with a death, and a resurrection, in a riverside inn in which working-class people gather to drink their cares away and tell stories that add excitement to their hard lives.

One was just about to begin when a grotesquely injured man staggers into the inn holding what appears to be a puppet “with waxen face and limbs and and slickly painted hair.” The man collapses, unconscious, and the odd puppet is thrust into the arms of the innkeeper’s son, who sits holding the figure until he realizes that the puppet is actually a child — a drowned child, the horrified onlookers conclude.

But a little later, after the boy has kissed her, and a local nurse has come to say prayers over the body, the cold, drenched girl breathes again.

It is unclear — to the community, and to readers — whether the child was actually dead and a miracle has transpired, or she had been alive all along, just with no pulse or other visible sign of life. It’s also unclear where she came from, and how she came to be in the arms of the injured. She doesn’t speak.

Word of the momentous event spreads quickly among people who live in the community, many of whom had been having premonitions that “Something is about to happen.”

For some it’s just an interesting story, but the happening has special, urgent resonance for four people, all of whom who have lost a child about the same age as the mysterious puppet-child. One couple’s child had been kidnapped two years earlier. A farmer was

looking for a grandchild that he had reason to believe had been thrown in the river. And a housekeeper at a local parsonage believed the child could be her long-dead sister.

The mystery unfolds slowly in lyrical language that is a pleasant departure from the predictable prose of so many of today’s formulaic novels. For example, when debating where the unconscious, wounded stranger came from, the innkeeper and his customers debate where “he came to grief.” And, horrifically, a remote, swampy corner of the river, Setterfield writes, is a good “place to drown dogs.”

The language signifies the vastly different time and place (remember the petticoats) but also serves to transport the reader to a more magical word, where it’s conceivable that a drowned child could suddenly breathe again.

An interesting side story is the farmer’s loss of a special pig, Maud, “the most intelligent and kindly pig he had known in 30 years of farming.” Years later he still aches and wonders why someone would steal a breeding pig like Maud, whose flesh would be “tough and bitter” instead of “table pigs” stabled around her. “His heart contracted in pain at the most unbearable thought of all: anyone ignorant enough to take the biggest pig instead of a sweet-tasting small one was bound to be clumsy with the slaughterer’s knife.”

Once Upon a River feels long in parts, as if Setterfield succumbed to “book inflation,” the term assigned to books whose authors get more verbose with every book they write. But it’s an engaging world she’s created, which some readers may be reluctant to leave for real life. As one character thinks toward the end, “the world might easily stop turning without the girl in it.”

Like a river, it takes quite a while to get to the end, but for most people who stick with it, the end will justify the journey. B+ — Jennifer Graham

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• Lyme disease novel and discussion: Henniker author Dana Biscotti Myskowski presents her debut novel, I Cannot Play with You, at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord) on Thursday, March 28, at 6 p.m. The murder mystery follows Anna McGrory, a middle-aged woman and state director for a Massachusetts U.S. senator, who launches an independent investigation into the suspicious circumstances of the senator’s apparent suicide. The investigation proves difficult when she begins experiencing the debilitating symptoms of chronic Lyme disease. Biscotti Myskowski will be joined by Dr. Lynn Durand, Lyme-literate Medical Doctor of Family Tree Health Care in Concord, who will discuss the impacts, testing and treatment of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases in New Hampshire.

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• Study a poetry classic: Interfaith Women of NH will host a book discussion of The Prophet by Khalil Gibran on Thursday, March 28, at 6:45 p.m. at First Congregational Church (508 Union St., Manchester). The Prophet is a book of prose poetry that explores a variety of subjects, including love and marriage, crime and punishment, work, joy, sorrow and more through the voice of Almustafa, a teacher who is leaving the town where he lived, taught and worked. Selma Naccach-Hoff, English teacher and department head at Manchester High School Central, will lead the discussion. A social time with refreshments will follow the discussion. RSVP to interfaithwomennh@ gmail.com or call 233-7760.

• See books from around the world: Nashua Public Library welcomes Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord for a presentation, “A Celebration of Books and Their History,” on Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m. Gaylord will show books from her own collection and a slideshow of books from around the world, including books that are made from palm leaves, wood, silk and vellum; books that are rolled, folded, strung and sewn; and books created by contemporary artists. Visit nashualibrary.org.

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Books Author Events •DANA BISCOTTI MYSKOWSKI Author presents I Cannot Play With You. Thurs., March 28, 6 p.m.

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•DAVID ELLIOTT Author presents Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc. Fri., March 29, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord.

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•JULIE BERRY Author presents Lovely War. Tues., April 2, 6 p.m.

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Lectures & discussions •THOREAU & EMERSON IN NEW HAMPTON AND ENVIRONS Drawing on his collection of rare books and manuscripts,

presenter Dr. Kent Bicknell will bring the lives of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson to life. Light refreshments will be served. Tues., March 19, 7 p.m.

Gordon-Nash Library, 69 Main St., New Hampton. Free and open to the public. Visit newhamptonhistory.org.

Other •SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR 13TH NEW HAMPSHIRE LITERARY AWARDS To be eligible, a work must be written by a New Hampshire native or resident and published between April 1 and Dec. 31 of 2018. Nominations will be accepted for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s picture books and middle grade/young adult. The entries will be read and evaluated

Poetry events •CELEBRATE POETRY MONTH Poets Deborah Brown and Alice Fogel present. Sun., April 7, 1 p.m. MainStreet BookEnds, 16 East Main St. , Warner.

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•POETRY SOCIETY OF NH: MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL POETS Students read poems they have memorized or written. Wed., April 17, 5:30 p.m.

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•SLAM FREE OR DIE Weekly poetry open mike and slam.

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Printz Honor winner Julie Berry visits Gibson’s Bookstore to share her new young adult novel Lovely War, a sweeping, multi-layered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where the Greek gods hold the fates--and the hearts--of four mortals in their hands. “An unforgettable romance so Olympian in scope, human at its core, and lyrical in its prose that it must be divinely inspired.” Kirkus, starred review.

Writers workshops & classes •FREELANCE WRITING WORKSHOP Instructor Beth LaMontagne Hall explores how to target publications that use freelance work, how to approach editors, how to structure writing pieces to meet the publication’s needs and how to advance to larger publications. Students will receive links to online resources used by full-time freelancers to find work and will have the opportunity to present story ideas and receive tips on how to best pitch them to editors. Sat., April 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, 749 E. Industrial Park Drive, Manchester. $60; includes lunch. Visit loebschool. org or call 627-0005.

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•QUEEN CITY KAMIKAZE A one-day gaming and anime convention that appeals to all ages and features local artisan and craft vendors, pick up and play video games, tournaments, food and drinks for sale and more. Sat., March 23, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Manchester Memorial High School, 1 Crusader Way, Manchester. $10.

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POP CULTURE FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ

Captive State (PG-13)

Aliens invade in Captive State, a movie that feels like an interesting first draft.

The world’s governments quickly surrender when aliens — who kinda look like giant spiders made out of bobby pins — invade. The aliens build walled off zones in major cities and begin harvesting unspecified natural resources underground, which is where they mostly stay. Above ground, humans work for them, building the walls and policing those who would attempt to resist. The collaborators get rich (er, somehow?) and, as exposition in the form of reports from an unknown resistance fighter explains, the divide between haves and have-nots grows.

After an attempt to kill the Chicago-based alien leadership fails, the resistance, who the police and alien-controlled media call “terrorists” and “insurgents,” appears to be wiped out.

Conditions for humanity continue to deteriorate, troublemakers are frequently deported off planet and the combination of the alien-controlled police force and surveillance tech (which includes ID-containing implants everybody has) keeps the population in check.

Gabriel Drummond (Ashton Sanders) works a factory job processing, like, DVDs full of family photos and memory cards featuring videos of birthday parties and a bunch of other junk that I guess the aliens want in their databases for identification purposes but which all seems like a massive waste of time.

But then I’m not an authoritarian government so what do I know.

His job is considered a relatively good one; he secured it with the help of William Mulligan (John Goodman), who used to be Gabriel’s police officer father’s partner. In the movie’s opening moments, we see Gabriel’s family attempt to flee the alien-overrun Chicago; Gabriel’s father was a “regroup and fight” kinda guy, as was Gabriel’s brother Rafe (Jonathan Majors), who was part of the resistance uprising. Gabriel now seems just disillusioned; he doesn’t like Mulligan, whom he sees as a collaborator, nor is he itching to fight back. Gabriel just wants freedom — in this case, freedom means escaping Chicago to head to the lawless countryside. To get across the lake, his buddy

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has fixed up a boat and Gabriel just needs to pull one small hustle to get the cash they need for fuel. But this small job brushes him up against a new plot to fight the aliens. While Gabriel attempts to break free, he finds himself caught between the resisters and Mulligan and the police force. Mulligan’s goal is to find and capture the plotters before they can attack — and before the aliens retaliate by blowing away the entire neighborhood Mulligan polices.

Captive State has some decent ideas about how an alien invasion could work — at least enough of a sketch to serve as kind of a writing prompt for this story. (Though some of the ideas remain only roughly sketched out — the lawless outside-of-cities world, the aliens’ purpose for being on Earth and what will be left of the planet when they’re “done” are all yada-yadaed.) The movie plays with this “oppression by colonizers” idea to create some interesting story beats and to craft the movie’s overall tone. Actually, the movie might, for a less than two-hour feature, spend a little too much time on tone and story beats and world-building — I feel like, with what we know about the world here and the outlines still left to be filled in, Captive State is a very solid, B-minus two-part pilot of some high-ish-concept 12-episode TV series.

And in that series, I feel like Goodman would make a really compelling lead character.

But because there is so much to explain in such a short time, this movie pushes Sanders’ Gabri-

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el forward — pushes him forward but doesn’t necessarily give a lot of depth to his character.

The result is a movie that feels like someone dumped a giant bin of Legos on the floor. Yes, this is a lot of story, and it probably could all fit together, but what I’m looking at feels like a sea of elements — a character here, a stack of bricks there, commentary on surveillance-state oppression over there.

Captive State was entertaining enough in the moment but the moments didn’t hang together all that well or leave much of a lasting impression after the whole movie was done. C+ Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and action, according to the MPAA. Directed by Rupert Wyatt with a screenplay by Erica Beeney and Rupert Wyatt, Captive State is an hour and 49 minutes long and distributed by Nine Productions.

Five Feet Apart (PG-13)

Teens in love can’t be together in Five Feet Apart, a romance of the “they love each other but” genre.

The “but” here is that Stella (Haley Lu Richardson) and Will (Cole Sprouse) both have cystic fibrosis and have to stay six feet apart from each other because the spread of bacteria from one person with CF to another could have dire consequences, the movie explains. Stella is recovering from a respiratory infection with an inpatient stay in a hospital where Will has just

entered a drug trial for a bacterial infection so severe that it has removed him, probably permanently, from the transplant list for new lungs.

Stella is still on the list for a transplant — which could extend her life by at least five years.

Stella is a regular at this hospital, where nurse Barb (Kimberly Hart Gregory) allows her a degree of freedom and trusts her to manage her own medicines. Stella has responded to the difficulties of her illness by attempting to control all the controllable aspects of her life.

Will deals with his bleak medical outlook by putting on a devil-may-care front and drawing snarky comics. Of course, such opposites are, at least in a movie like this, destined to attract and they tumble into a complicated, physically restricted romance, which they attempt to hide from the concerned Barb, often with the help of fellow patient Poe (Moises Arias).

For all that its lead characters are facing a tough prognosis for their future, Five Feet Apart is sort of a soft-focus fairy tale. (And how realistic is its portrayal of cystic fibrosis? I don’t know enough about cystic fibrosis to know but the movie’s portrayal of hospitals feels fairly surreal, what with the physical facility of the hospital looking like a product of the Nancy Meyers School of Romantic Real Estate and the very few mentions of how much all of this is costing anybody.) I don’t know how strange or maybe even offensive this movie would read to someone who has dealt with cystic fibrosis in the real world; it reads as occasionally strange to me, the way any movie can when it uses a specific condition as a narrative crutch. The movie isn’t terribly deep, for all that it deals with characters contemplating life and death. I feel like we frequently get good lighting and moody pop music as stand-ins for emotional development and complexity.

That said, if my positive feelings toward this movie slightly edge out negative or indifferent thoughts toward it is largely because of Haley Lu Richardson. I first saw Richardson in The Edge of Seventeen, where she more than held her own as the one-time best friend of the lead character played by Hailee Steinfeld. She was equally winning in Support the Girls (If you haven’t seen it yet, do! Come for the Regina Hall, stay for the Haley Lu Richardson!),

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by Hall’s character. Here, she reminds me of Steinfeld or of Shailene Woodley (of sickteens-in-love movie The Fault in Our Stars) in how she can deliver both humor and depth in a way that feels really genuine (even if this now 24-year-old actress doesn’t quite read as believably 17 years old). I hope with the attention of this movie she can graduate

to more grown-up roles; a solid supporting player it would be fun to see her as the lead in a comedy or dramady that really gave her a chance to shine. C+ Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, language and suggestive material, according to the MPAA. Directed by Justin Baldoni with a screenplay by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis, Five Feet Apart is an hour and 56 minutes long and distributed by Lionsgate.

MOVIES OUTSIDE THE CINEPLEX ​ ED RIVER THEATRES R 11 S. Main St., Concord, 2244600, redrivertheatres.org • Everybody Knows (R, 2019) Thurs., March 21, 2, 5:25 and 8:05 p.m.

• Birds of Passage (2018) Thurs., March 21, 2:10 and 7:30 p.m.

• Free Solo (R, 2018) Thurs., March 21, 5:30 p.m.

• Gloria Bell (R, 2019) Fri., March 22, and Sat., March 23, 1, 3:20, 5:40 and 8 p.m.; Sun., March 24, 1, 3:20 and 5:40 p.m.; Mon., March 25, through Thurs., March 28, 2, 5:40 and 8 p.m.

• Apollo 11 (G, 2019) Fri., March 22, and Sat., March 23, 1:15, 3:25, 5:35 and 7:45 p.m.; Sun., March 24, 3:25 and 5:35 p.m.; Mon., March 25, Tues., March 26, and Thurs., March 28, 2:05, 5:35 and 7:45 p.m.; and Wed., March 27, 2:05 p.m.

• Styx (2019) Fri., March 22, and Sat., March 23, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sun., March 24, 1:30, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.; and Mon., March 25, through Thurs., March 28, 2:10, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.

• Young Picasso (2019) Sun., March 24, 1 p.m.

• Wasted! The Story of Food Waste (2017) Wed., March 27, 6 p.m.

WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com • Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13, 2018) Thurs., March 21, 7:30 p.m.

• They Shall Not Grow Old (R, 2018) Thurs., March 21, through Thurs., March 28, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., March 24, 2 p.m.

• If Beale Street Could Talk (R, 2018) Fri., March 22, through Thurs., March 28, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., March 24, 2 and 4:30 p.m.

• Sabrina (1954) Sat., March 23, 4:30 p.m.

• Seven Chances (1925) Sun., March 24, 4:30 p.m.

CINEMAGIC 1226 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 644-4629; 11 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, 423-0240, cinemagicmovies.com • Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy (2019) Tues., March 26, 7 p.m.

• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Wed., March 27, 7 p.m.

• Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG, 2009) Thurs., March 21, 8 p.m. (Merrimack only) NEW HAMPSHIRE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE 31 College Drive, Sweeney Auditorium, Concord, 271-6484, ext.

4115, nhti.edu • Hal (2018) Fri., March 29, 7 p.m.

CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS 44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com • I’m Not Running (National Theatre Live) Wed., March 27, 6 p.m.

MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY Main Branch, 405 Pine St., Manchester, 624-6550; West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 624-6560, manchester.lib.nh.us • Where Hope Grows (PG-13, 2014) Wed., March 27, 1 p.m.

(Main) NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY 2 Court St., Nashua, 589-4611, nashualibrary.org • Can You Ever Forgive Me? (R, 2018) Tues., March 26, 6:30 p.m.

THE MUSIC HALL Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth; Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org • On the Basis of Sex (PG-13, 2018) Thurs., March 21, 7 p.m.

(Theater) • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache (2018) Thurs., March 21, through Sat., March 23, 7 p.m. (Loft) • Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour: Suspiria (1977) Fri., March 22, 7 p.m. (Theater) • Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour: La fortuna di essere donna (Lucky to Be a Woman) (1955) Sat., March 23, 4 p.m. (Theater) • Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour: Divorzio all’italiana (Divorce Italian Style) (1961) Sat., March 23, 7 p.m. (Theater) • Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour: Touki Bouki (1973) Sun., March 24, 1 p.m. (Loft) • Vice (R, 2018) Tues., March 26, 7 p.m. (Theater) • Bohemian Rhapsody Sing-Along (PG-13, 2018) Thurs., March 28, 7 p.m. (Theater) • Resilience (2016) Thurs., March 28, 7 p.m. (Loft)

PETERBOROUGH COMMUNITY THEATRE 6 School St., Peterborough, pctmovies.com • Captain Marvel (PG-13, 2019) Thurs., March 21, and Fri., March 22, 7 p.m.; Sat., March 23, Sun., March 24, and Wed., March 26, 2:30 and 7 p.m.; and, Thurs., March 28, 7 p.m.

• Inherit the Wind (PG, 1960) Sat., March 23, 11 a.m.

PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS THEATER 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, 924-9344, peterboroughplayers. org • Die Walkure (Metropolitan Opera) Sat., March 30, noon THE STRAND BALLROOM 20 Third St., Dover, 343-1899, thestrandballroom.com • Clerks (R, 1994) Fri., March 22, 7 p.m.

• Big Trouble in Little China (PG-13, 1986) Sat., March 30, 7 p.m.

CINEMAGIC STADIUM 10 2454 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, 319-8788, cinemagicmovies.com • Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy (2019) Tues., March 26, 7 p.m.

• Scream (R, 1996) Thurs., March 28, 8 p.m.

REGAL FOX RUN STADIUM 45 Gosling Road, Newington, 431-6116, regmovies.com • Made in Abyss: Journey’s Dawn (2019) Mon., March 25, 7 p.m.

• Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy (2019) Tues., March 26, 7 p.m.

• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Sun., March 24, 1 p.m., and Wed., March 27, noon and 7 p.m.

• The Karate Kid (PG, 1984) Sun., March 31, 1 p.m., • Die Walkure (Metropolitan Opera) Wed., April 3, 12:30 and 6:30 p.m.

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NITE Americana originals

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• Back home: Though relocated to Boston with a shortened name, The Hats, formerly known as Pat & the Hats, frequently return to New Hampshire. An intimate acoustic set in a downtown bookstore and listening room will include songs from an album in the works since last year that’s now in the final mixing stages, including some a bit too mellow for the raucous club scene the band calls home. Thursday, March 21, 6:30 p.m., Bookery, 844 Elm St., Manchester. More at thehatsmusic.com.

• New direction: After making sublime prog-rock in Mavara, Frank Nik and Ana Oveisi started Delusive Relics, with a release show scheduled for their debut disc, Chaotic Nations. Described as electronic, synth pop, industrial and dark ambient, it’s a project Nik has pondered since childhood, influenced by Depeche Mode, Trent Reznor and Tangerine Dream. Friday, March 22, 7:30 p.m., Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Suite 1161, Concord. Tickets are $17 at hatboxnh.com.

• Bayou soul: Louisiana singer-songwriter Marc Broussard has a live album due in early April. The Dockside Sessions finds Broussard in his soulful sweet spot, covering Blood, Sweat & Tears’ “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” and “Do Right Woman,” as well as reprising “The Wanderer” and “French Cafe” from his 2002 debut album, Momentary Setback. Friday, March 22, 8 p.m., Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry. Tickets are $35 to $55 at tupelohall.com.

• Guitar man: Boston band Peter Ward & Electric Blues perform at a candy store that turns into a blues haven every month or so. Ward has a storied career, having made an album with Muddy Waters’ band mates Pinetop Perkins, Willie Smith, Calvin Jones and Jerry Portnoy in the late ’70s. His new record Blues on My Shoulders has Ronnie Earl, Sax Gordon and Sugar Ray Norcia all guesting.

Saturday, March 23, 7 p.m., Nelson’s Candy, 65 Main St., Wilton. Tickets $25 – call 6545030.

Before Eagles flew and Pure Prairie League rode a two-lane highway, Poco put the country in rock. Formed in the wake of Buffalo Springfield’s demise in 1968, Poco aimed to play rock colored by country instruments, with musical paint brushes provided by Rusty Young, a visionary pedal steel guitar player and multi-instrumentalist, and Springfield band mates Jim Messina and Richie Furay.

Both Greg Allman and Gram Parsons were among the players who auditioned for the group during its early days. In a phone interview from his home in Missouri, Young recalled that Furay and Allman had great vocal chemistry.

“It was very cool but it didn’t work,” he said. “Because he needed to be with his brother.”

Clashing with Messina caused Parsons’ stint to last only a couple of weeks.

“He didn’t want to be in the same band with Jimmy, so we had to let him go his own way,” said Young.

David Crosby’s departure from the Byrds opened up a spot for Parsons, and he would help shape Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Considered a seminal country rock record, Sweetheart arrived just ahead of Poco’s debut, Pickin’ Up the Pieces.

Timing is everything, Young said. Parsons lucked into a band that owed its label a record, while Poco was struggling to get signed, and living on ham sandwiches stolen from the Troubadour, a Los Angeles nightclub they played regularly.

“We were like six months behind them with the concept of country rock that we had really come up with,” Young said. “Because the Byrds had a record contract, and we didn’t.”

It was the first of a few uphill struggles for Poco. Founding member Randy Meisner left before the first record came out, angry about

the final mix, and later became an Eagle. Messina lasted two albums before teaming up with Kenny Loggins. The hardest blow came in 1973, when frontman Richie Furay left to join supergroup Souther-Hillman-Furay Band.

Young recalled record executive David Geffen delivering the news of Furay’s departure — and an assessment of each band menber’s future. He told Meisner’s replacement Timothy B. Schmidt (who would later again replace Meisner, this time as an Eagle) and Paul Cotton, who joined when Messina left, that since both wrote songs and sang, they’d do fine.

Then Geffen got to Young.

“He said, ‘You don’t write and you don’t sing; you’re in big trouble,’” he said. “That’s when I realized that being a singer-songwriter was the most important thing in the music business... I needed to make that jump if I could. Fortunately, it’s a knack that I have.”

Those last words proved more than true. In 1978, Young wrote and sang lead on “Crazy Love,” and it became Poco’s first No. 1 hit, staying at the top of the charts for seven weeks.

Asked how he found the knack so quickly, Young pointed to the milieu he was in at the time. “There were all these songwriters [providing] great influences on how to write,” he said, naming Jackson Browne, Neil Young, his bandmate Furay and others as guiding lights. “I was arranging songs with our band already, and so it was not a giant leap, because I had such great teachers all around me that helped — and David Geffen helped me make that leap.”

A roundabout path to being a songwriter may be one reason Young took nearly 50 years to make a solo record. Waitin’ for the Sun, released in 2017, was worth the wait, however. It sounds like a final great Poco album, in no small part because a few of his old mates make guest appearances. The standout is “Old Friend,” a song written about the band’s long history together that features Furay and Schmidt.

“We all are still friends — pretty much,”

Rusty Young. Courtesy photo.

Young said with a wry laugh. “I look back at ... this one band that we started in the Valley back in 1968 with this idea of the kind of music that we wanted to make; that’s all we had. That is where that song came from.”

Manchester fans will be grateful for the ties that bind on March 27, when Messina and his band play a co-headliner show with Young and the current Poco lineup. It’s the only such pairing in New England, so the night will be a rare treat. Past concerts have ended with the two running through hits they made together, from the Springfield’s “Kind Woman” to “You Better Think Twice,” from Messina’s last album with Poco.

“It’s going to be a great show,” Young said.

“Jimmy is really terrific, and the combo of the two — it really works. I think the audience is really going to enjoy the evening.”

The Jim Messina Band and Poco When: Wednesday, March 27, 7:30 p.m.

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Yes, you … Please stop singing. Acting is your Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Dad used to thing; focus on that.’ Finally, I accepted reali- drive us to Louisville, Kentucky, to see the ty. In the long run, that experience taught me Kentucky Derby when we were kids. … Now that learning what I wasn’t good at was just I have Derby parties at my home, because as important as learning what I was. That is a who doesn’t want to get dressed up, drink mint huge life lesson. You, in the front. juleps, eat Derby Pie, and wear a fun, giant Gemini (May 21 – June 20) At southern hat? It’s a good time for a fun, giant hat. weddings, there are always a lot of bridesSagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) I love a maids. Let me tell you why I think that is: good party, but I don’t have a ton of free time, so people are so darn polite in the South, and when it comes to shortcuts and good-enoughthey don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings. But ing, I have been there and store-bought that. it’s also because you want the maximum num- Everyone likes Tostitos. ber of people standing around you, helping Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) You still you make this huge commitment. Talk to your have Steeplechase and hot rollers. But now you friends before making a big commitment. also have Bikram yoga, organic farming, and Cancer (June 21 – July 22) I was delight- tech startups. There’s so much to choose from! ed to learn during my early days in California Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) That’s anoththat, with the right food and company, it can be er thing that I learned way back in elementary just as much fun gossiping in a Hollywood liv- school: Don’t go into business with people you ing room as it was on a screened-in porch back don’t like, because you never know whether home. Or anywhere else. or not you’ll be successful in the end, so it’s Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) Good manners take important to enjoy the journey. Consider this very little effort. It’s not that hard to smile. My before you start that lemonade stand.

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Brewery worker Del Hall of Newtown, Ohio, is taking an unusual approach to fasting for Lent this year. Hall, who works at the Fifty West brewery in Dayton, is going on an all-beer-only-beer diet until Easter.

He told WKRC-TV that monks from the 1600s inspired him. “(T)hey would take a popular style of beer in Germany, bock beer, make it extra hearty and that would be their liquid bread, and that’s what they call it,” Hall said. He is, however, including all types of beer in his Lenten fast. “(T)his seems very daunting,” Hall noted. “I’m just curious if I’m up to the challenge.” He is planning to check in with his doctor during the fast.

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Drivers along southbound Interstate 880 in Hayward, California, were pleasantly surprised on March 4 when they saw $20 bills flying through the air. Some motorists stopped to collect as many as they could, but the mystery lay in where they came from. The next day, members of a family, who wished to remain anonymous, admitted to KTVU that they tossed $500 worth of bills into the air as they drove back from a funeral; the unexpected windfall was intended to honor their deceased family member. It’s an “Oakland thing,” one person explained.

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In Ljubljana, Slovenia, an unnamed 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old relative were arrested for insurance fraud, police announced on March 11, after the young woman cut off her hand in order to collect almost 400,000 euros in insurance payments. Two other relatives were released in the case. The four had recently signed up with five different insurance companies for life and injury coverage.

“With one of her accomplices, she intentionally amputated the hand at the wrist with a circular saw, hoping to stage it as an accident,” said police spokesman Valter Zrinski, according to the Daily Mail. The group left the hand behind when they went to the hospital, intending to ensure a permanent disability, said police, but doctors at the Ljubljana University Medical Center were able to retrieve and re-attach it. The woman and her accomplice face up to eight years in prison.

As Clayton Lucas, 25, was being transported through East Deer Township, Pennsylvania, from a halfway house to a Anger management As a wedding party of 30 guests gathered treatment class on the morning of March 4 (69 days after Christmas), the van driver regaled him with Christmas songs. Turns out Lucas isn’t a fan of holiday tunes, so he allegedly reached into the front seat and began choking the unnamed driver, who was strangled almost to the point of losing consciousness, according to police. KDKA reported that another driver flagged down a state trooper and alerted him about an altercation happening on the shoulder of the highway. After a struggle to get handcuffs on Lucas, the officer deposited him in the Allegheny County Jail, where he will face multiple charges.

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tials. Alas, this romantic partnership was not to be: On March 7, Godshall and Lomtatidze were indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, marriage fraud, visa fraud and making false statements in immigration proceedings, the Raleigh News and Observer reported. If convicted, the two face 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Best man Kennerley also faces prison time and fines for aiding and abetting marriage fraud.

In Granville County, North Carolina, Melissa Anne Godshall, 31, and her boyfriend, Robert J. Kennerley, 46, were minding their own business, panhandling at the side of the road, when a car pulled over and Godshall received an unusual proposal: Levan Lomtatidze, 44, from the nation of Georgia, would pay her $12,000, give her a car and make rent payments for her if she would marry him so he could stay in the United States. She agreed, according to U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon Jr., and Kennerley served as a witness at their nup-

on the beach at Oceanfront Park in Ocean Ridge, Florida, on March 3, Jeffery E. Alvord, 27, and his bride posed for photos before the ceremony. Trouble erupted instead when a 24-year-old man would not move from his spot on the beach to make way for the photos, the Palm Beach Post reported. In fact, Alvord told police, the man wouldn’t relocate even after being offered $50 and became “very belligerent,” so Alvord punched him in the nose. The victim told Ocean Ridge police a groomsman held him while Alvord punched him three times, and the police report noted that the victim’s “nose appears to be out of place sitting more to the right of his face,” and his glasses were broken. Alvord spent what would have been his wedding night in the Palm Beach County Jail and faces charges of aggravated battery and criminal mischief. He and his fiancee married the next day, shortly after his release from jail.

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Elysia Johnson, 21, apparently needed some alone time on March 9, so she took a full cart and a six-pack of Stella Artois beer into a dressing room at Target in Lathrop, California, where she hunkered down for more than an hour, according to police.

Johnson finished all the beer and left the store — allegedly with about $200 worth of unpurchased merchandise. A loss prevention officer stopped her and she was taken to the San Joaquin County Jail, where she was held on $60,000 bail. Johnson also had three outstanding warrants, reported KTXL News.

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