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Also high on Seacoast lighthouse visitors’ lists is the postcard-perfect Cape Neddick Lighthouse. Standing on pipsqueak Nub ble Island east of US1A in York, Maine, the “Nubble” light is a magnet for tourists who enjoy beautiful views from an adjoining park operated by the Town of York. Parking for some 60 cars, a seasonal gift shop, restrooms, picnic tables, nearby restaurants, plus fishing and scuba diving, are all part of the attraction. The island itself and Nubble lighthouse are not accessible to the public, however. (Visit nubblelight.org for information.)
The Seacoast’s last surviving light keep er was Jim Pope, a Kittery native and Coast Guard crewman who manned Whaleback Light, according to Jeremy D’Entremont, a marine historian who is president of the American Lighthouse Federation (ALF) and founder of the Friends of Portsmouth Light houses. Pope died in 2021.
There’s something fetching about light houses. Scenic and nostalgic icons of American history, they’re comforting and reassuring to most of us. A lighthouse speaks of heroic individualism and pio neering spirit, chords that resonate with the American story. The lighthouse engenders imagination of peril and bravery at sea, of light keeper families enduring deprivation and loneliness. Ultimately, lighthouses may be islands of freedom or captivity that have no rules, only imperatives.
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a beautiful destination, too. A variety of tour boats will get you there.
Light keepers gone but not forgotten
According to the U.S. National Park Ser vice, all working American lighthouses are
station at the age 19 in 1959, the men had 24-day stints on duty followed by six days off,” D’Entremont wrote. “Pope enjoyed fishing around the tower, and he occa sionally shot ducks from the lighthouse’s windows. When it was time to get supplies, he rowed to shore in the station’s 16-foot skiff and borrowed the car of a Kittery res ident to make a run to the nearby A&P grocery store. In the off hours, Pope and the others passed the time playing cribbage or watching a television that hung from the lighthouse ceiling. After his time in the Coast Guard, Pope went on to a long career as a local tugboat captain.”
The M/V Thomas Laighton operates from docks at 315 Market St., Portsmouth (isle sofshoals.com).The49-passenger M/V Heritage, operat ed by Portsmouth Harbor Cruises, sails from 64 Ceres St., next to the red Portsmouth tug boats (portsmouthharbor.com).
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t he Seacoast’s houses of light
The Seacoast has seven lighthouses, as rich as any in lore and importance, all still operating, albeit without resident light keepers.Atthe mouth of the Piscataqua Riv er leading into Portsmouth Harbor stand the Portsmouth Lighthouse in New Cas tle and Whaleback Light in Kittery, Maine, two prime attractions easily viewed and attractive to landlubbers on shore. At sea, depending on weather, their beacons may be sighted some 30 miles from the coast.
White Island Light, 6 miles offshore of Rye within the Isles of Shoals archipelago, is
Spread across America are between 600 and 800 lighthouses, reports the American Lighthouse Foundation (ALF.) The exact number is hard to pinpoint because so many are out of service, in private hands, operat ed as rental properties, or simply derelict, the foundation says. But the figure of 200 light houses found in New England is agreed upon by most authorities, according to the ALF.
“AutomaticGuard. maintenance systems changed all that, rendering the role of light house keeping largely obsolete. We now have complex maintenance systems that rely on machinery and electrification to keep the lights on, and there’s no need for human intervention even when a bulb needs changing,” reported Dick Price in the L.A. Progressive, a news website.
Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse at the US Coast Guard Station in New Castle continues its centuries-old task of guiding navigators who ecounter challenging currents entering the harbor. The light was established in 1771, according to the National Register of Historic Places. First lit with oil lanterns, then electrified in 1925, the light was automated in 1960. Here the Spanish tall ship El Galeón Andalucía approaches the light in 2015 as the vessel enters the mouth of the Piscataqua River. Photo courtesy Friends of Portsmouth Lighthouses.
now automated with the exception of Boston Light on Little Brewster Island in the harbor. Boston Light, dating to 1716, is recognized as the oldest station in the United States. By federal statute the light must retain official keepers. The Coast Guard handled the keep er role until 1998, when the job was handed off to Coast Guard Auxiliary personnel. These folks lead tours, assist with mainte nance and live in the keepers’ quarters.
Completing the Seacoast’s collection of lighthouses for a drive-up visit are Plum Island Light on the northern section of the island across from the entrance to Parker Riv er National Wildlife Refuge, and the unique range lighthouses of Newburyport, Mass., found in the city’s central downtown area.
Whaleback Light, a granite tower on the edge of jagged Gerrish Island in Kittery, can’t see its own foundation when com pletely submerged at high tide. When the tide goes out, a glistening rocky prominence emerges, giving the lighthouse the appear ance of perching on a whale’s back.
Whaleback signals mariners on approach to Portsmouth Harbor that threatening ledg es are near. The first Whaleback lighthouse was built by order of President Andrew Jack son. Entering service in 1830, the lighthouse shone two fixed white lights, one 10 feet above the other, to differentiate it from oth er nearby lighthouses. The original 38-foot tower was 22 feet in diameter at its base and 11 feet wide at the top. Inside the tower, four rooms provided living space on two floors, according to WhalebackD’Entremont.Lighttakes a battering from weather and fierce surf. The original struc ture turned out to be insufficient to withstand Shining
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Or board the 49-passenger M/V Uncle Oscar, sailing from Rye Harbor under the auspices of Granite State Whale Watch and Island Cruises for a tour that includes a look at White Island (uncleoscar.com).
And light keepers were not necessarily all soloists, nor were they solely men. Fam ilies often lived together sharing the work, and light keeping was among the first nonclerical government jobs open to women beginning in the late 1800s, according to the U.S. Coast
“When Pope arrived at the [Whaleback]
A seventh lighthouse, Boon Island Light, standing 133 feet tall 6 miles off York’s Long Sands Beach, is visible from shore. To see it up close you’ll need a boat or aircraft; visita tion on the island itself is not permitted.
In an age of computer navigation systems, working lighthouses are horses and buggies in a digital age. Past light keepers had to keep up with every maintenance demand. The requirements were tough and virtually neverending, more a way of living than a job.
Tours of the lighthouse are only available by advance reservation with the Friends of Portsmouth Lighthouses (portsmouthhar borlighthouse.org).Comingspecial events offered by the group include the annual Five Lighthouse Cruise on Saturday, Sept. 24, aboard the M/V Granite State departing Rye Harbor State Marina, 1870 Ocean Blvd., at 8:30 a.m., returning at approximately 1 p.m.
Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse
Across the mouth of the Piscataqua River from Whaleback Light stands the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, a steel-encased column lined with brick built in 1878.
beacon is a fixed green light about 50 feet above sea level.
Also known as the Isles of Shoals Light, the lighthouse on White Island was built in 1821 and re-built in 1865 with granite walls 2 feet thick, according to the U.S. Coast Guard historian’s office.
Portsmouth Lighthouse navigational equipment is owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Friends of Portsmouth Lighthouses is licensed to care for the tow er structure, oil house and wooden walkway.
In 2007, through the National Lighthouse Preservation Act, the deteriorating Whale back Lighthouse structure was offered free so long as an applicant could care for it. The American Lighthouse Foundation and its Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthous es chapter submitted a proposal and became the new owners.
Along came The Lighthouse Kids, Inc., a nonprofit organization affiliated with the American Lighthouse Foundation (light
Ranked No. 4 in a list of New England’s most charming lighthouses by Jetsetter Magazine, the current tower replaced an older installation tracing its origin to 1771, according to the National Register of His toricThePlaces.original colonial-era station employed three copper lamps burning whale oil under the shingle roof of a wood en building rising 80 feet. Today the electric
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The cruise takes in White Island Light, Boon Island Light, Cape Neddick Light, Whaleback Light and the Portsmouth Har bor Light, and it’s narrated by D’Entremont. Tickets are $50. There is an additional $5 parking fee at the marina.
Durham artist Debbie Mueller created an offical portrait of the Portsmouth Lighthouse in celebration of its 250th anniversary last year. Mueller is an oil painter awarded numerous times for entries in international and American juried exhibitions. A portion of proceeds from sale of prints benefits Friends of Portsmouth Lighthouses. Image courtesy Debbie Mueller (debbiemuellerart.com).
the punishment, so an entirely new light house was constructed next to the original in 1872. It is the Whaleback lighthouse you see today, a 50-foot tower built of dove tailed granite blocks quarried in Biddeford, Maine. The remains of the original light house were removed in 1880.
The countless shipwrecks, rescues, lives lost, and tales of derring-do by the many Coast Guard keepers who manned Whale back would fill a book. Suffice it to say that despite its close proximity to land Whale back Light has always been a difficult and perilous station.
“We are working for the restoration of this lighthouse with the ultimate goal of public tours,” the Foundation says.
White Island Light
Also on the group’s docket is an Investigate Haunted History night at Portsmouth Lighthouse with celebrated ghost hunter Steven Parsons and paranormal investigator and radio host Ron Kolek. The event begins outside the gate to the Portsmouth Coast Guard Station, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, at 5:45 p.m., concluding at 9:45 p.m. Tickets are $60.
After its automation in 1987, ownership of the light was transferred to the State of New Hampshire in 1993, which proceeded to ignore the lighthouse completely, according to The Lighthouse Directory of the United States (ibiblio.org/lighthouse/nh). By 2002 the tower was in such poor condition that Lighthouse Digest magazine placed White Island Light on its “Doomsday List.”
So how deep is the mystique of the Ameri can lighthouse? Are they indeed homegrown castles with an intrinsic meaning that goes beyond nostalgia?
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British modernist author Virginia Woolf wrote in her most popular novel, To The Lighthouse, published in 1927, “Lighthous es are endlessly suggestive signifiers of both human isolation and our ultimate connected ness to each other.”
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Kids, now counting adults and alumni among its members, remains dedicated to maintaining the White Island Lighthouse Station. Contact the group at info@lighthousekids.org.
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for property maintenance tasks and oversee ing visitors, get to live in the keeper house. Plus, you get to use the light’s powerboat to motor around and commute to shore. It’s a summer-season assignment.
Newburyport Harbor’s front and rear range lights date to 1873 and stayed in ser vice until decommissioned in 1961. Range lights, also known as leading lights, are typ ically a pair of beacons rising to different heights, located apart from one another. The front light is typically the shorter of the two. At sea, mariners know that when the lights align one above the other, the vessel is on a proper course.
The plans for the original Whaleback Lighthouse (here called Whale’s Back) constructed in 1830 offer an inside look at typical block construction. This structure was storm-damaged during 1869 and replaced that year with the dove-tailed granite edifice in service today. Source: National Archive, public domain.
housekids.com). The “kids,” originally a group of seventh-graders at North Hamp ton School, launched their first fundraising effort to save White Island Lighthouse in 2000, collecting $400 in donations.
Newburyport Range Lights
Want a job as a modern keeper? According to Boston 25 News, summer caretaker posi tions are up for grabs at Baker’s Island light, a 10-acre preserve on a 60-acre chunk of ledge in Salem (Massachusetts) Sound. Not exact ly isolated, most of the island outside the light’s territory is privately owned and pop ular during the summer. The lighthouse and its grounds are federal jurisdiction. The open position is for volunteers who, in exchange
Lest you think these intellectuals from three different centuries inflate the mean ing of a simple symbol, remember this: Our greatest lighthouse is the Statue of Liberty.
But the lighthouse was badly dam aged within two years when the powerful Nor’easter of April 2007 drove crashing surf over the island accompanied by gale winds. Solar panels, the foghorn and the covered walkway from the lighthouse to the keeper’s house were destroyed, Lighthouse Kids said. The United States Coast Guard later repaired the navigation equipment and installed one of the first VLB-44 LED light units in the UnitedLighthouseStates.
In Newburyport, the front light is 15 feet tall and the rear climbs 53 feet upward. After decommissioning, the rear range light was sold to a private party, according to lighthousefriends.com. The front range light remains part of the Merrimack Riv er Coast Guard Station, viewable from the parking lot adjacent to the riverfront station grounds at 85 Water St. The rear range light structure, a plain-looking shingled build ing found at 6½ Water St. in the downtown commercial area, now serves as a literally lofty dining place for rent. The Lighthouse Preservation Society created the lighthouse dining experience to raise money (light housepreservation.org).Youmayreservethe rear lighthouse for $350 per couple, granting you a stay of about five hours, according to the Society. The space accommodates up to four peo
Contact Essex National Heritage Program Commission program manager Ryan Conary at ryanc@essexheritage.org or 978-740-0444.
Jim Pope, who passed away in September 2021, was one of the last surviving keepers of Whaleback Lighthouse on the Maine side of the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor. He served from 1959 until 1962, according to lighthouse his torians. Known as “Curly,” he also captained one of Ports mouth’s familiar red tugboats for 25 years. Here he holds his painting of Whaleback as it was when he operated it. The red structure adjoining the light tower is a fog horn, later removed from the rocky outcrop in Kittery. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
In 2003, the incorporation of Lighthouse Kids led to a New Hampshire legislative lob bying push for $125,000 in funds for White Island Light repairs, reported the Lighthouse Digest. After that appropriation was secured, the federal government provided an addi tional $250,000 in restoration funds. During the summer of 2005, contractors completed a thorough restoration of the tower and par tial restoration of the keeper’s house.
American castles with breathtaking views, saturated with history
Another lighthouse-fixated author, inter nationally renowned Janet Frame, a New Zealander, in her 1964 poetic novel Scent ed Gardens for the Blind wrote, “Nothing must be allowed to silence our voices. We must call out to one another, across seas and deserts flashing words instead of mir rors and lights.”
The beautiful water, salt air, warm sun, wind and birds? From that angle it sounds great.
After surviving a shipwreck, Benjamin Franklin wrote home to his wife in 1757. Although this is now recognized as a para phrase and not an exact quotation, Franklin is said to have opined, “Lighthouses are more useful than churches.”
Jeremy is the pres ident of and historian for the American Light house Foundation (ALF). He is also a founder of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, and the historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Soci ety. He has appeared on the History Channel, the Travel Channel, public television, and Nation al Public Radio speaking about lighthouses and oth er subjects. D’Entremont also produces and hosts the U.S. Lighthouse Soci ety’s weekly podcast, called “Light Hearted.”
There are many special things about Ports mouth Harbor Lighthouse. Obviously, it’s beautiful and picturesque from land or water. When you’re there, you feel the history all around you. The original 1771 lighthouse there was the first lighthouse north of Boston in the American colonies. You’ve got Fort Constitu
I think all lighthouse enthusiasts understand the rush you get when visiting a lighthouse for the first time. Whether it’s your first lighthouse or your 500th, it makes your heart beat a lit tle faster when a lighthouse comes into view. Lighthouse buffs tend to build their vacations around visiting lighthouses. I think it’s partly a love for all the other things you experience when visiting lighthouses. The coastal beauty, seabirds and other wildlife and, of course, good seafood.
What can people do to assist the cause?
What is your main role with Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses?
Why are you attracted to the field of lighthouse preservation and lighthouses in general? To be honest, I sometimes wonder if lighthouse preserva tion is still important around our world today. But I actually think it’s more important than ever, because lighthouses serve as symbols of hope and perseverance. We need positive sym bols more than ever these days. And for me, the best part is always the human history. Tra ditional lighthouse keeping is extinct now with automation, and I feel that we need to keep the stories of keepers and their families alive. They were completely devoted to faithfully keeping the lights and fog signals for the sake of safe maritime commerce, often at great personal sacrifice. It was a fascinating way of life.
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I was on the board of the directors of the American Lighthouse Foundation beginning in the 1990s. I moved with my wife to Ports mouth in early 2001, just after ALF had been granted a license to care for Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse. It seemed like I was in the right place at the right time, so by the spring of 2001 I established the Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse as a chapter of ALF. Later, in 2009, the name of the organization was changed to Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses when we took on the stewardship of Whale back Lighthouse.
A conversation with Jeremy D’entremont
There are many things, mainly donating and volunteering. Both the American Lighthouse Foundation and the U.S. Lighthouse Society are doing important work preserving light houses and educating people about them. On a local level, Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses and many similar organizations around the country are working very hard to preserve lighthouses and to share them with the public. All these organizations are worthy of support. And many of these organizations are in desperate need of volunteers. Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses is always looking for interested people to help with tours as well as the maintenance of our lighthouses.
What is special about Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse?
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tion right next door, which has such tremendous history, especially in the American Revolution. And the view from the top of the tower is, I think, hands-down the best view in the New Hamp shire Seacoast. You can see all the way from the Ports mouth Naval Shipyard out to the Isles of Shoals, with all kinds of boats all around and just a breathtaking scene of natural beauty.
Portsmouth’s Jeremy D’Entremont is an expert authority on New England Light houses. He is also president and historian for the American Lighthouse Foundation, founder of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, and the historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Society. Photo by Greg Whalen.
I’m the president of the board of the Amer ican Lighthouse Foundation, so I’m involved in the overall direction of the organization. With the local chapter, I’ve been the chairper son off and on over the years. Currently I serve as the secretary of the chapter. I put in quite a bit of volunteer time helping with our public tours, narrating our fundraising cruises, and helping with painting and cleaning. My actu al paid work is for the U.S. Lighthouse Society. Among other things I produce and host a week ly podcast about lighthouses called “Light Hearted.” Two of our Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses volunteers, Michelle Shaw and Cindy Johnson, serve as co-hosts of the podcast.
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Tickets: $30 in advance, $40 at the door. All ages welcome.
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When: Saturday, Sept., 24, starting at 1 p.m. Rain or shine.
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Seacoast Oysterfest returns to Hampton Beach
Locale isn’t the only factor that differ entiates oysters; farming methods also play a big part.
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great oysters from great oyster farms.
And, to Rankin, there’s no better place than the New Hampshire seacoast to get
“September is a great time of year for oysters,” said Joe Rankin, a local oys ter farmer and founder of Hidden Coast Shellfish. “Oysters are filter feeders. They filter out phytoplankton; that’s what they eat. In the fall time, that’s what marine biologists refer to as a ‘bloom,’ meaning a sudden burst of algae growth. When that happens, it means there’s a lot of food availability in the water, and that means that the oysters are at their bestOystersflavor.”from different areas have dif ferent flavors, Rankin explained.
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On the establishment’s large beach front patio, attendees can enjoy oysters from a host of local oyster farms, as well as craft beer from Stoneface Brew ing Co. of Newington; cocktails with Deep Eddy vodka, Patron tequila and Bacardi rums; and live music.
Where: Bernie’s Beach Bar, 73 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach. Parking is available directly across from the estab lishment at the State Parking Lot.
“Something special about New Hamp shire that sets it apart from other more industrial areas is that everyone here has a lot of care and passion when it comes to farming oysters,” he said.
The second annual Seacoast Oyster fest comes to Bernie’s Beach Bar in Hampton on Saturday, Sept. 24.
From 1 p.m. until the last oyster is eaten, Seacoast Oysterfest promises a variety of tastes from participating oys ter farms, including Swell Oyster Co. of Hampton, Hidden Coast Shellfish of Little Bay, Fox Point Oysters of Little Bay, Virgin Oyster Co. of Dover, Little
“When you shuck an oyster, there’s about a teaspoon of salt water inside, and that’s referred to as a merroir,” he said. “It’s kind of a taste of the bay.”
For these oyster farms, the festival is a unique opportunity to share their goods, and for their consumers to try an array of oysters during peak oyster season, with proceeds benefiting the oyster farms.
think, ‘Wow, that’s really good,’ it’s not just a function of the oyster and where it’s grown. It’s a function of how much care that farmer puts into their crop,” Rankin said.
We have a beer mug club, which is an annual membership. You get your own mug that stays here and it’s numbered. … With that, you get reduced prices on beer and every 10th beer is free. … The other unique part is going to be our homebrew supply. My husband loves talking about beer and homebrewing, and he’s going to be putting together homebrewing kits.
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What makes Bean & Cone unique?
What is your favorite of the beer styles or baked goods available at the bar?
What is an essential skill to running a craft beer bar?
Everything that we have in this bar is personal to us, and we love it when people come in and we can share our story with them. … It’s not a place where you come
What is your favorite thing about being on the Seacoast?
Well, everything that our baker makes is absolutely delicious … but she has made these gingerbread cakes that also pay hom age to my husband. He worked in Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia when he was younger, and they’re known for their gin ger cakes there. So we’ve kind of brought Virginia up here. … My favorite brewer is definitely Widowmaker [Brewing] and my favorite beer that they put out is a hazy IPA called Blue Comet.
A craft coffee and beer taproom offering a variety of rotating drink options and fresh baked goods, Bean & Cone (39-41 Main St., Amesbury, Mass., beanandcone. com, and on Facebook and Instagram) is owned by Amesbury couple Mike and Kim Howell, who opened the downtown space earlier this year. Geologists by trade, the Howells had both previously worked in the oil and gas industry for several years, which was how they got the idea to deck out the taproom’s interior in all kinds of vintage gas station paraphernalia. Bean & Cone features a total of 18 taplines for its craft beers, which regularly get switched out. “My husband likes to keep three to four, sometimes five, IPAs,” Kim Howell said. “We always have a couple of sours or ciders, and also Pilsners and lagers … and now that we’re getting into the fall, we’re going to have more porters and stouts.” Coffees from Atomic Coffee Roast ers of Beverly, Mass., are also served all day long. Wines and cordials, as well as bar snacks like pretzels and potato chips and baked goods like muffins and coffee cakes, round out the bar’s menu. Live music takes place at Bean & Cone every Sun day from 5 to 8 p.m., while other featured events include “Tap Takeovers,” in which a local brewer is invited to come to the bar and pour their offerings from up to five or six taps. Plans are in the works for the couple to open a homebrewing supply shop in the adjoining space next door. The Scene recently caught up with Kim Howell to talk about Bean & Cone and some of the best parts of running a craft beer bar.
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in, you get served food, you get served a drink and then you leave. You come in and you have an experience, and you have a personal experience with Mike or me or any of our bartenders that we have here. It’s like coming home and seeing a relative you hadn’t seen in a long time, and you just sit and you enjoy a beer.
What is something everyone should try?
… We have so many choices. We’ve had
I would love it if any famous director came in here and wanted to use our space for their movie. The actor that I would love to have in here is Keanu Reeves. That would be fun.
What celebrity would you like to see vis iting Bean & Cone?
Courtesy photos.
We opened Feb. 5. … My husband has talked about opening a bar since I’ve known him, which is 20 years, and so things just kind of came together.
Try something you’ve never tried before, whether it’s a sour, a cider, an IPA or a stout.
How long has Bean & Cone been around?
probably 20 to 30 different sours in here, and I’m not a sour person, but there are a couple that I have actually liked.
We love this area. We’ve lived here for eight years. One of the things I really enjoy is sitting by the window, seeing people walk by and we wave and say hello to them. … Especially after Covid, I’ve been getting to know everybody again. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
One could argue that some of the twists of the personal stories of Nanis ca, trying to navigate court politics, and Nawi, who meets and has a sort of flir tation with half-Dahomey Brazilian
Viola Davis makes a serious play for a second Oscar win in the actiondrama The Woman King, which is set in early 1800s West Africa and based on the real Dahomey army of female warriors called the Agojie.
Malik (Jordan Bolger), can border on the soapy. And one might feel tempted to get all “well, actually” about some of the historical elements and the grat ifying but wish-fullfill-y turns the story takes. But I am not that one. To borrow one of critic Joe Reid’s oft-used terms of affection, this movie is rad: Davis with her blend of weariness and deter mination is rad, Mbedu is rad, all the ladies of the Agojie are rad but partic ularly Lynch and Atim (Lynch is having a rad career that includes playing Car ol Danvers’ friend and colleague Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Uni verse and Nomi, a 007, in No Time to Die ). This world isn’t some made-up utopia; the women here all deal with various patriarchal restraints. But the Agojie also get to be confident and selfassured, and not in some girl-boss-y way but like the battlefield tested warriors they are. Instead of male gaze of these strong women, the movie (directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood) shows them in a kind of sisterly appreciation light and we get to be dazzled by their relation ship with each other and their Wonder Woman -like athleticism (there are some real Themyscira moves in their fighting style, which, along with Black Panther’s whole Dora Milaje, suggests that comic books owe a lot to this slice of history).
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Nanisca (Viola Davis) is the gen eral of the Agojie and a member of Dahomey King Ghezo’s (John Boye ga) council. Ghezo being a relatively new king, Nanisca seems hopeful that he can be persuaded to end the coun try’s participation in the slave trade with the Europeans. She is also helping the king to fight a war with the Oyo empire, which has demanded tribute from Dahomey for many years. She becomes particularly intent on bringing down the Oyo when she sees that their new gen eral is Oba Ade (Jimmy Odukoya), one of the men who had captured and raped Nanisca decades earlier.
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I know I should scrape together some kind of intellectual read on this mov ie but where I’m at: The Woman King is rad and you should see it. For my part, I can’t wait to see it again. A
Meanwhile, young woman Nawi (Thu so Mbedu) does not want to wind up in the abusive marriage her father arrang es for her. Always somewhat in awe of the passing Agojie, Nawi is dumped at Ghezo’s palace by her father and the Agojie take her in to join a class of new recruits. The recruits are from a mix of backgrounds, including some who were taken prisoner during a recent raid to free Dahomey people held by Oyo and their allies Mahi. If you make it through the training, mentor types like the bad-ass Izogie (Lashana Lynch) and Nanisca’s second in command Amenza (Shei la Atim) reinforce to the recruits, your background won’t matter and you’ll be Agojie. Nawi isn’t exactly a “fall in line” type but she badly wants to be part of this powerful group of women.
Rated PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, some disturbing material, thematic content, brief language and partial nudity, according to the MPA on filmratings.com. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood with a screenplay by Dana Stevens and Maria Bello, The Woman King is two hours and 15 min utes long and distributed in theaters by Tristar.
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Devon had a happy childhood, however, despite never knowing her mother. Among book eaters, women are precious and rare because of a genetic flaw that causes ovar ian failure in their late 20s. Their marriages are both arranged and “enforced” — because of the dangers of inbreeding, the patriarchs of the families must place brides like chess piec es, and so at age 19, Devon had been sent to
Devon is a book eater. Her 5-year-old son, Cai, is not. And Devon has the choice of watching him starve to death, or bringing home some hapless human whose brain is suitable for consumption about once a month.
— Jennifer Graham
Does the world really need another story about mythical un-human creatures who hide in plain sight among us and need to destroy human beings in order to eat?
seacoast scene | september 22- 28, 2022 | page 15 The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean (Tor, 298 pages)
Despite being fed a carefully planned diet of fairy tales as a child, designed to suppress her imagination and keep her from question ing the Family Rules, Devon grew up with a rebellious streak and would sometimes sneak a book she wasn’t supposed to consume. She would even do something that was forbid den — read the book. (Book eaters cannot write, and they are only supposed to consume books, not read them.)
Why, yes, as it turns out, weDespitedo. its vague resem blance to Twilight, The Walking Dead and others in popular humans-as-foodstuff genre, Sunyi Dean has penned a marvelous, mind-bending novel about a class of creatures deposited on Earth as a science experiment of sorts. The majority of them don’t eat people, but instead eat books. Yes, that sounds ridic ulous and would be garbage in the wrong hands, but Dean — an autistic American-born writer of fantasy novels who now lives in the U.K. — brings a sly wit to the enterprise and has produced a sophisticated fantasy world that will doubtless beget movies and sequels.
Another smart literary device is in the tell ing of the book eaters’ history in snippets of quotes from a book called Paper and Flesh: A Secret History, written by an unfortunate reporter who tried to infiltrate Devon’s fam ily and paid a price for his interest.
another family for the requi site term of three years to be a wife and bear a child, after which she is to return to her family of origin.
Book eaters, who who drink “inktea” and large amounts of alcohol, are big on ceremony, and the lavish weddings give Dean’s fertile imagination room to run wild: The boun tiful spread of food includes a “salad” — “shredded pages of Midsummer Night’s Dream that were dyed different shades of green” along with edible origami made of pages torn from books and made into the shape of swans, and a wedding “cake” in the shape of the biblical Tree of Knowledge, “printed pages carefully shaped into origami apples.” When Devon tastes wine for the first time, she reflects that it tastes a little bit like “a well-crafted romance novel. Complex, sweet, and a little stinging.”
The wedding cake is a metaphor for what is to come: Devon’s knowledge expands first with the consummation of her marriage and then with the birth of her first child. With that birth comes the first of several surprises that alter our perception of what is happening. The shrewd plotting switches constantly from present-day to the past but is easy to follow and reveals Devon’s back story and motiva tion in slow motion.
This is not a good way of living for either Devon or her son, so she is intent on finding a class of book eaters who possess an elixir called Redemption that can turn brain eaters into book eaters. (It’s not just a question of will, as it was for the Cullens in Twilight.) But there is more to her story than that.
To preserve their secrets, the families must keep distant from humans, whom they largely disdain. But Devon must navigate the human world — and learn the secrets of the oth er five book eater families — in order to get Redemption for her son, who, as he grows older, will need to eat not just once a month, but once a week.
The story revolves around Devon, a young mother who is part of six family lines that hide among humans on Earth, their purpose being to absorb human knowledge through eating books and, for some of them, through con sumption of human brains. You can’t tell them apart by looking at them; they all look like humans, but book eaters grow “bookteeth” at about age 3, and mind eaters have a mosquitolike proboscis and a serpent-like tongue.
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Like baklava, The Book Eaters has com plexity in its many layers: as a jacket blurb says, “Truth is found between the stories we’re fed and the stories we hunger for,” and readers can chew for days on the points the author is trying to make. But at the center of her sharp criticism of patriarchy and the cage of tradition and extended family, is a rollick ing good story. Twilight had one, too, but the series was poorly written. The Book Eaters, in contrast, is sophisticated, thought-pro voking and as immersive as a quality video game, whether or not you’re a fan of the fan tasyAndgenre.readers will become conversant with a wonderful, rarely used word: bibliosmia, which means the enjoyment derived from sniffing a good book. A+
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Red’s: country night, 7 p.m.
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The eclectic family band David Wax Museum came up through the Boston music scene in the 2000s, and their music has taken them everywhere from dive bars to national TV to playing at Transportation Secretary Pete Buttgieg’s wedding. They return to the Stone Church (5 Granite St., Newmarket; 659-7700, stonechurchrocks.com) on Saturday, Sept. 24, at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $20 plus fees.
Justin Jordan, 7 p.m.
The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.
L Street: Karaoke w/ DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.
Smuttynose: 21st & 1st, 6:30 p.m.
The Word Barn 66 Newfields Road, Exeter 244-0202, thewordbarn.com
Hampton native Jon Rineman has made his name by writing for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and WWE’s Monday Night Raw. He returns home for a show at the Music Hall Lounge (131 Congress St., Portsmouth; 4362400; themusichall.org) on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10, plus fees.
Exeter
Portsmouth Gas Light: Tim Theriault, 7:30 p.m.
The Strand 20 Third St., Dover 343-1899, thestranddover.com
Shane’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.
Hampton
Gibb’s Garage Bar 3612 Lafayette Road
COMIC COMES HOME
monday, sept. 26
Sea Dog: Todd Hearon, 6 p.m.
Portsmouth
The Goat: Justin Jordan, 7 p.m.
Karaoke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.
Gas Light: Chris Lester, 7:30 p.m.
The Goat 142 Congress St., 590-4628
• Neon Wave (1980s tribute) Sat urday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m., Strand
Shane’s BBQ 61 High St., 601-7091
Saturday, Sept. 24, 10 p.m., Stone Church
• The Silks/Jake Davis & the Whiskey Stones Friday, Sept. 30, 10 p.m., Stone Church
3S Artspace 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth 766-3330, 3sarts.org
Rochester Opera House 31 Wakefield St., Rochester 335-1992, rochesteroperahouse.com
Smuttynose: Ryan Williamson, 1 p.m.; Chris Fitz Band, 6:30 p.m.
Sea Dog: Christopher Voss, 6 p.m.
concerts venues
Wally’s: Lansdowne with Bad Marriage, Luffkid, and DJ Provo, 8 p.m.
• Stone Temple Posers/Nick Warren Friday, Sept. 23, 9 p.m., Stone Church
Hampton
Whym: Austin McCarthy, 6:30 p.m.
tuesday, sept. 27 Hampton
• Josiah Johnson Wednesday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m., Word Barn
• Nikki Glaser Casino Ball room, Friday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m.
Hampton Bernie’s Beach Bar 73 Ocean Blvd., 926-5050
• Anand Wilder Saturday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge
Stone Church 5 Granite St., Newmarket 659-7700, stonechurchrocks.com
Tuscan Kitchen 10 Ledgewood Drive 570-3600
• The A-Beez Friday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m., Stone Church
• Samara Joy Sunday, Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s
saturday, sept. 24
CR’s: Andrew Emmanuel, 6 p.m.
North Hampton Locals Restaurant & Pub 215 Lafayette Road 379-2729
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Hampton Bernie’s: MB Padfield, 1 p.m.;
• Juston McKinney Rochester Opera House, Saturday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m.
Karaoke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.
L Street: live music, 6:30 p.m.;
Hampton Beach Sea Shell Stage
The Statey Bar & Grill 238 Deer St., 431-4357
CR’s: Just the Two of Us, 6 p.m.
• Doctor Gasp & the Eeks Fri day, Sept. 30, 8 p.m., 3S Artspace
Sawbelly Brewing 156 Epping Road, 583-5080
Portsmouth Gas Light Pub: Matt Luneau, 2 p.m.; Radio Daze, 7 p.m.; Sean Coleman, 9:30 p.m.
Shooter’s Pub 6 Columbus Ave., 772-3856
Portsmouth
Smuttynose: Joanie Cicatelli Duo, 6:30 p.m.
Portsmouth Gas Light: Sam Hammerman, 2 p.m.; Max Sullivan, 7 p.m.; Pete Mssa, 9:30 p.m.
Wally’s: Jamsterdam, 8 p.m.
The Goat: Brooks Hubbard, 7 p.m.
Smuttynose: Rhythm Method Band, 6:30 p.m.
Rye Atlantic Grill 5 Pioneer Road, 433-3000
The Music Hall 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org
events
friday, sept. 23
Wally’s: Russ Six, 4 p.m.; 7 Day Weekend, 9 p.m.
Bernie’s: Pop Disaster, 8 p.m.
• Supersuckers Thursday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m., Stone Church
The Music Hall Lounge 131 Congress St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org
thursday, sept. 29
Sea Dog: Farrington and Fioretti, 6 p.m.
Community Oven 845 Lafayette Road 601-6311
thursday, sept. 22
Portsmouth Clipper Tavern 75 Pleasant St., 501-0109
Rochester Opera House 31 Wakefield St., Rochester 335-1992, rochesteroperahouse. com
• Ghost-Note Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s
comedy venues
Summer in the Streets Pleasant Street to Porter Street to Market Square
Wednesday, sept. 28
Sea Dog: SoulColour, 6 p.m.
CR’s: Greg DeCoteau, 11 a.m.
3S Artspace 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth 766-3330, 3sarts.org
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The Gas Light 64 Market St., 430-9122
Wally’s: Scotty Austin, 9 p.m.
Swasey Parkway 316 Water St.
Gas Light: Max Sullivan, 7:30 p.m.
• Jake Owen Thursday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., Casino Ballroom
• Proelium/Black Hatch/Witchtrot Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m., Stone Church
WHYM 853 Lafayette Road 601-2801
CR’s: Ross McGinnes, 6 p.m.
Wally’s Pub 144 Ashworth Ave. 926-6954
Exeter
Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.
• Jordan Rudess Thursday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s
Bogie’s 32 Depot Square, 601-2319
Sea Dog Brewery 9 Water St.
• Sarah Blacker Friday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge
Alex Anthony Band, 8 p.m.
The Goat: David Campbell, 7 p.m.
Bogie’s: open mic, 7 p.m.
• Sweet Lilies Thursday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m., Word Barn
CR’s The Restaurant 287 Exeter Road, 929-7972
Whym: Lou Antonucci, 6:30 p.m.
L Street: karaoke w/ DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.
L Street: Karaoke w/ DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach 929-4100, casinoballroom.com
Sea Dog: Chris Salemme, 6 p.m.
Events on southern stage
The Music Hall 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org
Exeter
The Music Hall Lounge 131 Congress St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org
The Goat: Chris Toler, 9 p.m.
Red’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.
Smuttynose Brewing 105 Towle Farm Road
Seabrook
Thirsty Moose Taphouse 21 Congress St., 427-8645
• 311 Friday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m., Casino Ballroom
• Jason Merrill Thirsty Moose Tap House, Thursday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m.
The Goat: Alex Anthony, 9 p.m.
Bernie’s: Alex Anthony, 1 p.m.;
Grill 28 Pease Golf Course, 766-6466
• The Chops/The Human Beings
Sea Ketch: Lewis Goodwin, 1 p.m.
Smuttynose: Rob & Jody, 1 p.m.; Joanie Cicatelli, 5:30 p.m.
Portsmouth Gas Light: Alex Roy, 2 p.m.; Sam Hammerman, 6 p.m.
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach 929-4100, casinoballroom.com
• Nervous But Excited Saturday, Sept. 24, 7 p.m., Word Barn
sunday, sept. 25
Sea Ketch 127 Ocean Blvd., 926-0324
• The Suffers Friday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Jimmy’s
Sea Ketch: Ray Zerkle, 1 p.m.
L Street: live music, 6:30 p.m.;
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Hampton
Hampton
• Carolyn Plummer Thirsty Moose Tap House, Thursday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m.
The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.
Red’s Kitchen + Tavern 530 Lafayette Road 760-0030
Hampton
Wally’s: musical bingo, 7 p.m.
Portsmouth Gas Light: Dapper Gents Duo, 7 p.m.
L Street Tavern 603 17 L St., 967-4777
Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club 135 Congress St., Portsmouth 888-603-5299, jimmysoncongress. com
• David Wax Museum Saturday, Sept. 24, 6 p.m., Stone Church
The Goat: musical bingo, 7 p.m.
• Melissa Ferrick Friday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge
McCue’s Comedy Club at the Roundabout Diner 580 Portsmouth Traffic Circle, Ports mouth, mccuescomedyclub.com
• Stephane Wrambel Saturday, Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s
Portsmouth Gas Light: Clint & Jordan, 7 p.m.
• Eugene Mirman 3S Artspace, Friday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m.
Seabrook
Backyard Burgers & Wings: music bingo with Jennifer Mitchell, 7 p.m.
Logan’s Run 816 Lafayette Road 926-4343
Herbert’s Restaurant 1500 Lafayette Road 431-5882
Seabrook Chop Shop Pub 920 Lafayette Road 760-7706
Hampton
Thirsty Moose Tap House 21 Congress St., Portsmouth 427-8645, thirstymoosetaphouse. com events
The Goat 20 L St., 601-6928
Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.
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It’s not unusual for people, as they get old er, to lose some processing speed. And if he’s waiting to see what everybody else does, it may be that intersections and complex maneu vers are more of a challenge for him now.
There’s a difference between being polite and being unpredictable.
When is that important? When you’re turn ing. When you take a turn, each wheel actually spins at a different speed. The inside wheels don’t travel as far as the outside wheels on a turn, so they turn slower.
that he’s having trouble processing everything that’s going on. Driving involves complex calculations of where and how fast moving objects are going and what they’ll do next.
Maybe that means that you do more of the driving, Mrs. S., or that you avoid busy areas at busy times. Or, longer term, maybe you think about living in a community where driving isn’t essential, like a cruise ship!
Safe driving is based on predictability. For instance, when I’m driving along a road, and a person is waiting to pull out, I know I have the right of way. So, I can predict that the person will stay put until I pass.
If your hubby is passive, that could indicate
What do you think? — Mrs. S.
Sometimes, I do put it in “4WD High” and forget to switch back. Then I discover I’ve been driving in that mode for several days. So, once and for all, is it okay to drive in that mode all the time? — Mark
If they’re forced to turn at the same speed, one of them has to drag or scrub along the pavement, leading to unsafe handling and pos sibly flipping over.
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The dealer says the 4WD High and Low are only to be used when it’s slick out. But, I see some people on internet forums who say it should be used no matter the conditions.
Here’s the answer: You can use either “2WD” or “Auto” all the time. If you don’t have any need for extra traction, using “2WD” may save a tiny bit of money on fuel and possi bly some wear and tear on the four-wheel-drive components.“Auto”in your truck operates in two-wheel drive by default. And, when it senses a loss of traction, it automatically adds power to the oth er wheels. So, “Auto” is safe to use all the time, and that would be my default mode.
And, if you simply tell him to be more aggressive, he might be even more likely to cause an Ratheraccident.thanaccuse him of being a dodder ing moron (the traditional marital approach) and making him feel inadequate and defen sive, ask if you can talk to him about a change you’veExplainnoticed.thatit seems to you that his calcula tions on the road are getting a little slower, that you’ve noticed other drivers acting confused, and that he seems a bit less confident in these situations. Say you’re worried about his safe ty and yours. Suggest that you two do some brainstorming about what you might do.
Of course, that doesn’t matter if you’re in sand or snow, because the wheels can slide. But, if you’re in “4WD” at highway speed on a dry road and take a curve, you could very well be in
Dear Car Talk:
“4WD Low” and “4WD High” are not safe to use on dry roads. They’re only for while you’re actually driving on slippery terrain. Those two modes lock your center differential to give you maximum traction for when you’re stuck or in snow, sand or mud.
No. But it’s confusing, Mark. And, as with most things, the internet with its opinions from the full range of the human intelligence spectrum tends to make it more confusing.
My 2020 Chevy Silverado has a select able four-wheel-drive system. There are four options: “Auto,” “2WD High,” “4WD High,” and “4WD Low.”
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Dear Car Talk: My husband is a pas sive driver, and I think it is dangerous.Itmightbe his right of way, but he waits to see what all the other peo ple are doing. It confuses them. I’m afraid it will cause an accident.
So,trouble.ifyouhave no need for extra traction, use two-wheel drive. If you sometimes need the extra traction, or just never want to think about this topic again, use “Auto.” And save the oth er two modes for the next great olive oil spill.
The problem is that when the center differ ential is locked, the wheels aren’t able to turn at different speeds.
If I decide to be super polite and stop to let the person pull out, well, the person behind me is predicting that I’ll keep driving. And, if I make that stop unexpectedly, he may smash right into my “I’d Rather Be Watching The Great British Bake Off” bumper sticker. So, unpredictability whether it’s due to excessive politeness, or indecision can cause accidents.
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I agree, Mrs. S.
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All quotes are from Will, by Will Smith, born Sept. 25, 1968.
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Officials in Miami Beach, Florida, are weighing their options for dealing with the serious problem of invasive iguanas, Local 10 News reported. The city has quadrupled its budget for igua na removal and paid a hunter to shoot and collect the pesky and destructive reptiles. On Sept. 14, city commission er Kristen Rosen Gonzalez suggested a bounty. “I don’t know dead or alive. But if we pay per iguana, we’re going to get more iguanas. People are going to go out and hunt them for money,” she said. A committee has been formed. — Local 10 News, Sept. 14
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Ranjita Kundu of Kodameta, India, has accused her husband of stealing and selling one of her kidneys four years ago, Oddity Central reported. Kundu recently discovered after visiting the doctor that she has only one kidney; she believes that when she was treat ed for kidney stones four years ago, her husband secretly arranged for one of her kidneys to be removed and sold on the black market. “I was unaware of the whole incident,” she said. She even knows who he sold it to: Asim Haldar, who also lives in her district. Kundu and her husband were married for 12 years before he took off with anoth er woman eight months ago. Kundu said with help from his sister, he sold the organ to make up for dowry money he believed he was owed. Police have taken him into custody and are investi gating. — Oddity Central, Sept. 12
The recently renamed Washington Commanders are, understandably, try ing to drum up excitement for their new brand, but one effort went dis appointingly wrong, Yahoo! Sports reported. In Week 1 of the NFL sea son, an official gear truck just outside the stadium, which is located in Mary
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An outgoing state representative from Pennsylvania who earned a DUI arrest after a crash in June has proposed a bill that would allow residents to reg ister for a self-imposed ban on alcohol purchases, Action 4 News reported. Matthew Dowling said the law would add “another tool to an addict or alco holic’s arsenal to help them live through recovery.” He doesn’t expect the mea sure to pass before he leaves office, he said, but hopes his colleagues will move it through in the future. — Action 4 News, Sept. 15
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Residents of the city of SeaTac, Washington, are on high alert about a “very aggressive” owl at North SeaTac Park, KIRO-TV reported. The bird, likely a barred or great horned owl, hasn’t injured anyone yet but offi cials say people visiting the park should “wave (their) arms slowly overhead to
keep the birds at a distance. Other pro tective actions include wearing a hat or helmet, or carrying an umbrella.” Chase Gunnell with the Washington Depart ment of Fish and Wildlife also noted that owls will typically hoot repeatedly before attacking. — KIRO-TV, Sept. 14
• In a “my bad” for the ages, the City of Philadelphia erroneously chopped down 60 pounds of hops that belonged to the Philadelphia Brewing Co., Fox29-TV reported. “Despite our clear signage and fenced-off area,” the com pany wrote on its Instagram page, “the city ... took it upon themselves to com pletely destroy our hop garden,” which they claim will cost them tens of thou sands of dollars. A spokesperson for the city said the incident was the result of “miscommunication and staff error” and “it appeared the lot was over grown.” — Fox29-TV, Sept. 13
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