PG 5 PG 8 Index Page Arts & Entertainment 3-4 Business Profiles 9 Calendar of Events 4 Home & Business 4 Library News 4 Friday, December 13, 2013 Volume 5 • Issue No. 50 Your FREE Weekly Newspaper serving Dover, Hampton, Hampton Falls, No. Hampton, Rollinsford, Rye, Portsmouth, Seabrook, & Somersworth, N.H. Also check out our special section on BUSINESS & FINANCE PG 10 Puzzles Exercise your mind on our puzzles! Date High Low am Sat 14 8:49 9:26 2:28 3:09 Sun 15 9:36 10:12 3:16 3:55 Mon 16 10:18 10:54 4:00 4:38 Tue 17 10:56 11:33 4:41 5:17 Wed 18 11:33 5:19 5:53 Thu 19 12:09 12:09 5:55 6:29 Fri 20 12:45 12:46 6:32 7:04 Sat 14 7:06 4:08 Sun 15 7:06 4:09 Mon 16 7:07 4:09 Tue 17 7:08 4:09 Wed 18 7:08 4:10 Thu 19 7:09 4:10 Fri 20 7:09 4:11 Sun Rise Sun Set Local Average Tide Chart am pm pm Ask e Computer Lady What will Elizabeth teach us today? SOUTH BERWICK, Maine - The Berwick Academy Girls’ Soccer team finished their season with a strong record of 10-8-1 due to strong, all-around performances from their players. As the EIL winter sports season starts up, standouts from the fall were honored and local stars represented their team well. Sophomore Caroline Hernon from Hampton played almost every minute of the season in the center of the mid- field and was named as an EIL All League Player. What Hernon lacks in size, she makes up for with speed, physicality and determination. She scored two goals on the season and both proved to be game winners. Hernon also led the team with six assists. Her value as a player go beyond her statistics, though. Hernon utilized her speed to blow by defenders all season long and proved to be a force on both sides of the ball. Planner, says that the goals of the project are to provide information about the City’s current flood- plain management program in- cluding the minimum floodplain development regulations and use restrictions, to provide loss pre- vention tips, and to describe and explain the link between strong floodplain management and ef- fective adaptation to sea level rise. In addition to increasing awareness of the floodplain and the NFIP, the outreach project is also designed to spearhead the City’s effort to apply for partici- pation in the NFIP Community Rating System (CRS). “Participation in the CRS, which requires demonstration that the City has a robust, active and effective floodplain manage- ment program, will bring poten- tially significant costs savings to our property owners in the form of reduced flood insurance pre- miums,” Corwin said. A successful application for the participation in the CRS requires a minimum number of “points” which are granted for PORTSMOUTH - British actor and great- great grandson of the legendary author Charles Dickens, Gerald Charles Dickens, will perform his nationally acclaimed solo production of “A Christmas Carol” at Portsmouth’s his- toric North Church in Market Square for two shows only on Saturday, Dec, 21 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dickens will be avail- able to meet and greet audience members after each perfor- mance. In his first Portsmouth appearance, Gerald Dickens will bring 26 characters, from Scrooge to Tiny Tim, to life in this exciting 75-minute adap- tation of the classic tale. This show is best for ages 10 to adult and there is no intermission. General admission tickets are $25 per person and are avail- able online at www.achristmas- carolportsmouthnh.com or by calling 866-811-4111. Hailing from Oxford, England, Gerald Dickens is fol- lowing in the legacy of his great- great grandfather. In 1993, he created his first one-man show, an adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” inspired by Charles’ own energetic performances of “A Christmas Carol” during his 1867 and 1868 American tours. Gerald Dickens has recorded “A Christmas Carol” which has been regularly broadcast on radio. His other work has in- cluded various appearances on features and documentaries for British television. “Dickens has total celeb- rity status over here,” Gerald Dickens said in a New York Times interview. “In England we’re blasé about him. Here in America audiences show me their copies of ‘A Christmas Carol’ and hold them out rever- ently, as though it were an altar cloth. The first year I did this show, I was in total shock.” Gerald’s audiences still gather after his shows for auto- graphs and a brush with literary history. Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England which is the American friendship city of Portsmouth, N. H. This final performance of the 2013 Ameri- can tour by Charles’ great- great grandson brings his most famous work full circle. This historic event is pre- sented by Open Stage Events, LLC in collaboration with North Church Portsmouth by special arrangement with Byers Choice Ltd, accommodations provided by Hilton Garden Inn Portsmouth Downtown. proposals for funding through the Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC) New England Coastal Community Resilience Initiative. The initiative supports local actions to reduce long-term risk to people, property and eco- systems from coastal hazards - such as coastal flooding and coastal storm damage - and to promote new or continued par- ticipation in the National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System. The grant award will help fund the preparation of infor- mational pamphlets designed to raise awareness about floodplain management and the City’s par- ticipation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The pamphlet will be posted on the City’s website and will be mailed to all of the City’s prop- erty owners that are located near or within a floodplain beginning in the spring of 2014, and thereaf- ter on an annual basis. The grant award will secure funding for the design and printing of the pam- phlets and for the 2014 and 2015 annual mailings. Tim Corwin, Assistant City DOVER - The City of Dover Depart- ment of Planning and Commu- nity Development was recently awarded a $7,500 grant for a floodplain management commu- nity outreach project. In November, the Depart- ment responded to a request for Gerald Charles Dickens in period costume. Charles Dickens’ Great-Great Grandson to Perform “A Christmas Carol” City of Dover Awarded Floodplain Outreach Grant Berwick Academy Soccer Standouts Earn EIL and Team Honors See GRANT page 2... See SOCCER page 2... Cora Ordway of Rollinsford did all that her teammates and coaches asked of her during the Berwick Academy Girl’s 2013 soccer campaign and earned Team MVP honors. ECRWSS PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Permit #24 Portsmouth, NH 03801 RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER LOCAL News you want to read!
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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine - The Berwick Academy
Girls’ Soccer team finished their season with a strong record of 10-8-1 due to strong, all-around performances from their players.
As the EIL winter sports season starts up, standouts from the fall were honored and local stars represented their team well.
Sophomore Caroline Hernon from Hampton played almost every minute of the season in the center of the mid-field and was named as an EIL
All League Player. What Hernon lacks in size,
she makes up for with speed, physicality and determination. She scored two goals on the season and both proved to be game winners.
Hernon also led the team with six assists. Her value as a player go beyond her statistics, though. Hernon utilized her speed to blow by defenders all season long and proved to be a force on both sides of the ball.
Planner, says that the goals of the project are to provide information about the City’s current flood-plain management program in-cluding the minimum floodplain development regulations and use restrictions, to provide loss pre-vention tips, and to describe and explain the link between strong floodplain management and ef-fective adaptation to sea level rise.
In addition to increasing awareness of the floodplain and the NFIP, the outreach project is also designed to spearhead the City’s effort to apply for partici-pation in the NFIP Community Rating System (CRS).
“Participation in the CRS, which requires demonstration that the City has a robust, active and effective floodplain manage-ment program, will bring poten-tially significant costs savings to our property owners in the form of reduced flood insurance pre-miums,” Corwin said.
A successful application for the participation in the CRS requires a minimum number of “points” which are granted for
PORTSMOUTH - British actor and great-
great grandson of the legendary author Charles Dickens, Gerald Charles Dickens, will perform his nationally acclaimed solo production of “A Christmas Carol” at Portsmouth’s his-toric North Church in Market Square for two shows only on Saturday, Dec, 21 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dickens will be avail-able to meet and greet audience members after each perfor-mance.
In his first Portsmouth appearance, Gerald Dickens will bring 26 characters, from Scrooge to Tiny Tim, to life in
this exciting 75-minute adap-tation of the classic tale. This show is best for ages 10 to adult and there is no intermission. General admission tickets are $25 per person and are avail-able online at www.achristmas-carolportsmouthnh.com or by calling 866-811-4111.
Hailing from Oxford, England, Gerald Dickens is fol-lowing in the legacy of his great-great grandfather. In 1993, he created his first one-man show, an adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” inspired by Charles’ own energetic performances of “A Christmas Carol” during his 1867 and 1868 American tours.
Gerald Dickens has recorded “A Christmas Carol” which has been regularly broadcast on radio. His other work has in-cluded various appearances on features and documentaries for British television.
“Dickens has total celeb-rity status over here,” Gerald Dickens said in a New York Times interview. “In England we’re blasé about him. Here in America audiences show me their copies of ‘A Christmas Carol’ and hold them out rever-ently, as though it were an altar cloth. The first year I did this show, I was in total shock.”
Gerald’s audiences still
gather after his shows for auto-graphs and a brush with literary history.
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England which is the American friendship city of Portsmouth, N. H. This final performance of the 2013 Ameri-can tour by Charles’ great-great grandson brings his most famous work full circle.
This historic event is pre-sented by Open Stage Events, LLC in collaboration with North Church Portsmouth by special arrangement with Byers Choice Ltd, accommodations provided by Hilton Garden Inn Portsmouth Downtown.
proposals for funding through the Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC) New England Coastal Community Resilience Initiative. The initiative supports local actions to reduce long-term risk to people, property and eco-systems from coastal hazards - such as coastal flooding and coastal storm damage - and to promote new or continued par-ticipation in the National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System.
The grant award will help fund the preparation of infor-mational pamphlets designed to raise awareness about floodplain management and the City’s par-ticipation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The pamphlet will be posted on the City’s website and will be mailed to all of the City’s prop-erty owners that are located near or within a floodplain beginning in the spring of 2014, and thereaf-ter on an annual basis. The grant award will secure funding for the design and printing of the pam-phlets and for the 2014 and 2015 annual mailings.
Tim Corwin, Assistant City
DOVER - The City of Dover Depart-
ment of Planning and Commu-nity Development was recently awarded a $7,500 grant for a floodplain management commu-nity outreach project.
In November, the Depart-ment responded to a request for
Gerald Charles Dickens in period costume.
Charles Dickens’ Great-Great Grandson to Perform “A Christmas Carol”
City of Dover Awarded Floodplain Outreach Grant
Berwick Academy Soccer Standouts Earn EIL and Team Honors
See GRANT page 2... See SOCCER page 2...
Cora Ordway of Rollinsford did all that her teammates and coaches asked of her during the Berwick Academy Girl’s 2013 soccer campaign and earned Team MVP honors.
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Another Berwick sopho-more, Maddie Balas from Rye, was recognized by the EIL. Balas’ efforts on defense earned her an EIL Honorable Mention selection.
When it came time to hand out team awards, Cora Ordway of Rollinsford was named Team MVP. While she didn’t lead the team in scoring, Ordway was key to Berwick’s success this season. It was clear to her team-mates and coaches that she was the one to look to take on the task of shutting down opponents most dangerous players.
In a matchup against Winsor, Ordway shut down the eventual EIL Player of the Year and helped the Bulldogs earn a 2-1 victory at a crucial part of the season.
Ordway was a four-year varsity player and captain of the Berwick Varsity Girls’ Soccer team this season.
various aspects of a community’s floodplain management pro-gram. The outreach project fund-ing by the grant award will help the City earn additional points for its application to the CRS, which the City hopes to complete in 2014.
“We’re thankful to the Northeast Regional Ocean Coun-cil for giving us an opportunity to both educate our floodplain prop-erty owners and to give a boost to our CRS application,” Corwin said. “Only a handful of New Hampshire communities have been accepted for participation in the CRS and we look forward to being included among them.”
For more information, please contact Tim Corwin, As-sistant City Planner, at 603-516-6008 or email him at [email protected].
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EXETER & ROLLINSFORD -
Winter may have snuck up on some of us, but at Seacoast Eat Local they’ve been excited and preparing for months. Their efforts clearly shine through at the annual SEL Winter Farmers’ Markets.
Running through April, these markets are hosted be-tween Exeter High School and Wentworth Greenhouses in Rollinsford. Far more than just local veggies, the markets are a great place to finish off your last minute holiday shopping.
Over 50 vendors will be bringing local vegetables and meats as well as great stock-ing stuffers like wool socks, yarn, body care products, lo-cally brewed beer, chocolates and maple goodies to satisfy any sweet tooth. Market tokens are available to buy as gift cer-tificates and are good for both winter and summer markets.
The next markets are taking place on Dec. 14 at Exeter
High School and Dec. 21 at Wen-tworth Greenhouses in Rollins-ford. Both events will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Beyond the amazing selec-tion of local foods and goods, you can also visit the ongoing craft fair hosted concurrently at the greenhouses. In addition to stocking the pantry, the market is a great place to pick up home-made pies, breads or baked goods to round out any meal or holiday potluck. Several vendors have as-sorted gift baskets ready for any
of your last minute needs. The Rollinsford Police Be-
nevolent Association will be in attendance again this year, col-lecting farm fresh food donations to help fill their holiday food bas-kets. Pick up a little extra produce to donate while you are there and help put fresh local food on the tables of those in need.
“Coming to the market let’s you put such a fun twist on your typical holiday and grocery shopping.” said Sara-Zoe Pat-terson, Board President of Sea-coast Eat Local. “It provides an opportunity to fill your pantry and finish off your last minute shopping, all while supporting our local farmers, fishermen and food purveryors. Plus how often do you get to speak directly to the farmer that grew the food you are eating or raised animals to harvest their wool and bring you yarn and wool socks? It’s such a fun event and when you add in the live music, cooking skill series,and all the friends you end up running into, it becomes a great destination for a fun and meaningful Saturday during the holiday season.”
The markets, now in their seventh season, have indeed become quite a destination. With nearly 2,000 people strolling through any given market, you can feel the strength of the local agricultural community on the seacoast. Patterson suggests car-pooling with friends and taking advantage of the free shuttle run-ning all day between the market and the extended parking area at Salmon Falls Stoneware.
To find out more about the market locations, dates and available items, visit www.sea-coasteatlocal.org and the Winter Farmers’ Market page.
The Winter Farmers’ Mar-kets accept Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT). This program enables SNAP recipients to use their EBT cards to purchase healthy, fresh, and locally pro-duced food. The Winter Farmers’ Market SNAP/EBT program offers fresh vegetables, meats, milk and cheese, honey, breads, and baked products. Customers who use their SNAP/EBT card will receive up to an additional $10 in free match to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables. You can now even use your debit card to buy market tokens, accepted by all of the vendors.
Seacoast Eat Local’s Winter Farmers Markets are spon-sored by season underwriter, The Farm at Eastman’s Corner, market underwriters, Went-worth Greenhouses, Exeter Hos-pital, The Black Birch, and Blue Moon Yoga as well as Moxy Res-taurant, which is sponsoring this year’s cooking skills series.
Seacoast Eat Local con-nects people with sources of lo-cally grown foods and advocates eating locally for the health of
the environment, community, culture and economy. Through advocacy, organizing and educa-tion, they work toward a sustain-able local food system that meets the needs of both producers and consumers. They organize winter farmers’ markets, pro-duce Seacoast Harvest, sponsor workshops and events, and pro-vide information through their email newsletter, blog, and web-site, www.seacoasteatlocal.org.
Locally crafted wood fired bread from The Canterbury Bread Shop will be available at the Seacoast Eat Local Winter Farmers’ Markets on Dec. 14 and 21.
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(PPM) opens their 29th perfor-mance season with “Christmas Favorites” showcasing works by John Rutter, Heinrich Schutz, and Felix Mendelssohn. Also featured are well-known carols, a spiritual, a vocal jazz piece and Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Au-rumque.”
Artistic Director Priscilla Stevens French conducts the 56-voiced chorus accompanied by organist Robert Littlefield. The Overtones, PPM’s a cappella ensemble, opens the second half.
Once again, audience members are invited to join the chorus for PPM’s popular sing-along at the end of the concert.
Concerts are set for Friday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m, at St Mary’s Church in Dover and Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2:30 p.m at Immacu-late Conception Church in Ports-mouth.
Tickets are available at the door for $15 for general admis-sion and $12 for seniors and stu-dents.
For information, call Greg Cyr at 207-475-2295 or visit PortsmouthProMusica.org.
PORTSMOUTH - The Players’ Ring in Ports-
mouth will play host to “Legends: The Music of Judy Garland,” which was written and will be per-formed by Kelly Caufield.
The show is co-written and directed by Brian P. Allen, with musical direction and arrange-ments by Victoria Stubbs. Michael Lynch is the Production Stage Manager.
“Legends: The Music of Judy Garland” will feature many of Garland’s most well known songs as well as a few surprises. The show is highlighted with a couple of major medleys – one de-voted to her movie music and one devoted to her Gershwin record-ings. Caufield will interpret songs from a number of great composers including Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and the team of Rodgers and Hart.
“Legends: The Music of Judy Garland” premiered last year and the critics gave the show rave reviews. An excerpt from a review by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram stated,“Like Judy Garland, Cau-field has ‘got rhythm’ and an un-forgettable set of pipes to match... Whatever the style, she was ani-mated and expressive, and her vocals were rich and powerful… The engaging evening wound to a close with a rousing movie medley that brought the audience mem-bers to their feet… ‘Legends: The Music of Judy Garland’ is an en-tertaining celebration of Garland’s work that will enchant existing Garland fans, and quite possibly garner Garland more fans.”
Part concert, part cabaret and an all around great show, “Legends: The Music of Judy Gar-land” gives audiences a chance to reminisce while hearing all new arrangements of these amazing
ROLLINSFORD - Given the strong response
to last year’s series of Winter Craft Markets, Wentworth Greenhouses has added the First Annual Artisan Celebration and Fair to its roster of events.
The Greenhouse is spon-soring the celebration to provide an opportunity for more artisans to participate in its Markets. A small select group of artisans from nearby and throughout the Northeast have been invited to sell their wares. Only high qual-ity traditional arts and crafts have been admitted.
Asian brush painting by Bruce Iverson, watercolors by Heather Crowley, serigraph prints by William Mitchell, con-temporary leatherwork by John Mulligan, folk art painting by Jean Colquhoun and traditional paper cut work by author and artist Claudia Hopf will be fea-tured, as will elegant gold, silver,
glass, and stone jewelry by arti-sans Deidre Donchain, Daphne McDonald, Stacy Weeks, and Jennifer Nielson.
Artist in wood John Long, furniture maker George Beland, and Windsor chair makers Fred and Priscilla Chellis will also be represented, as will works by fiber artists Patti Parrot (yarn and weaving), Michel Kinkaid (art quilts), and Carrie Cahill Mulligan (felted hats). Potter Kit Cornell, weathervane artist Don Felix, and author and fabric char-acter artist Carey Armstrong Ellis will also be presenting works.
The First Annual Artisan Celebration and Fair will be free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Light refreshments, coffee, and pastries will also be available, courtesy of The Teato-taller Café and Bakery of Somer-sworth.
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songs from the American Song-book. Whether you are nine or 90, you will love hearing great tunes such as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Stormy Weather,” “Johnny One Note,” “Come Rain or Come Shine,” and Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody.”
“Legends: The Music of Judy Garland” is part of “Good Theater on Tour,” which features several shows developed at Good Theater in Portland, Maine in-cluding “Is There Fat in That,” which played the Players Ring two years ago in a sold-out run.
Caufield, who wrote and performs “Legends: The Music of Judy Garland,” is a renowned singer. Most recently she starred at Good Theater in “Striking 12.” She has sung with the Port-
land Symphony Orchestra and the Bangor Symphony. She is the vocal music teacher at Hebron Academy.
Brian P. Allen is the Artistic Director of Good Theater, where he has directed most of the the-ater’s productions over the past 11 years.
Victoria Stubbs is the resi-dent musical director for Good Theater and is head of the music department at PATHS. She is also a musical director at French Woods.
The show will play Dec. 27 through 29, with performances on Friday, Dec. 27 at 8 p.m., Satur-day, Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. For tickets and reservations, call 603-436-8123 or visit www.playersring.org.
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Kelly Caufield (pictured) will perform “Legends: The Music of Judy Garland” at the Players’ Ring from Dec. 27 to Dec. 29. (photo by Audrey Hatch Photography)
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Saturday, Dec. 14Angel Tree ProjectThe New Beginnings Thrift Bou-tique in Somersworth is accepting unwrapped gifts for the Angel Tree Project until Dec. 14 There are many volunteer opportuni-ties and ways to help out at New Beginnings this holiday season. FMI: call 603-841-7041.
Tuesday, Dec. 17Make Holiday DecorationsFamilies First in Portsmouth invites families to a fun holiday activity. From 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 17, Families First will host a holiday decorating activity facilitated by Parkie Boley, who will share tips on how to set up for
holiday success. The event is free, but advanced signup is required. FMI: call 603-422-8208 ext. 2.
Thursday, Dec. 19Discover ThursdaysOn Thursday, Dec. 19 at Discover Portsmouth, the Discover Thurs-days performance series contin-ues with a performance by the Piscataqua River Brass. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and admission is $10 for Discover Portsmouth members and $12 for nonmem-bers. FMI: call 603-436-8433.
Friday, Dec. 20Sacred Circle DanceAs part of the Winter Solstice, the Portsmouth Center for Yoga
and the Arts will host a Sacred Circle Dance on Dec. 20 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event will include a potluck, snacks and dessert. All are welcome to join in the multicultural folk dance. Cost of admission is $5. FMI: call 603-664-2796.
Sunday, Dec. 22Winter Solstice ServiceWelcome in the Winter Solstice at the South Church in Portsmouth on Sunday, Dec. 22. On this lon-gest night of the year, guests will gather to honor the deep dark-ness that leads to the returning light. The solstice service will take place at 7 p.m. FMI: call 603-436-4672.
Dover Public LibraryLibrary Book GroupThe Dover Public Library Book Group will be meeting on Monday, Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Trust-ees Room. The group will be discussing, “Where’d You Go Ber-nadette” by Maria Semple. Book group meetings will be held on the third Monday of every month. FMI: call 603-516-6082.
Portsmouth Public LibraryCookie Cottage WorkshopYouth ages five to 14 are invited to join in on holiday festivities to create a cozy Cookie Cottage at the Portsmouth Public Library on Dec. 14. Two workshops will be conducted simultaneously from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. One workshop will be for ages five to nine and the other for ages 10 to 14. Please RSVP. FMI: call 603-776-1740.
Teen Craft NightOn Dec. 17, the Portsmouth Public Library will host library members
in grades six to 12 to make a holi-day gift for the family, friends or themselves using recycled books. FMI: call 603-766-1740.
Rye Public LibraryCupcake Craft for TeensOn Thursday, Dec. 19 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Rye Public Library will be decorating Christmas cupcakes. All are welcome and no prior signup is needed. FMI: call 603-964-8401.
Caroling at the LibraryThe Friends of the Rye Public Library invite folks of all ages to join in a celebration of son at the library on Dec. 20 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Rye Public Library Bell Ringers, Andrea Papoutsy on keyboard and Philip Nunez on guitar, will accompany assembled voices outdoors at the front of the Rye Public Library. Lyrics will be provided and light refreshments will be available. FMI: call 603-964-8401.
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holiday favorites as well as playful reinterpretations of be-loved classical themes such as “Canon in D,” “The Nutcrack-er,” “Ave Maria,” “Nessun Dorma,” and more. Aeterna Trio takes these familiar melo-dies to entirely new places.
Debut concerts in Decem-ber will also feature popular music from “Phantom of the Opera,” songs from pop artists such as Sting, U2, Peter Gabri-el, and even Led Zeppelin.
Happel, Birkbeck and Colella are also each compos-ers of new original music and will bring select favorites to life with the Aeterna Trio.
Tickets for “Peace on Earth” will be $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers. They can be reserved by calling 603-436-8433.
PORTSMOUTH - The 2014 Adult Winter
Workshops are open for regis-tration, as NHTP Adult Work-shop Intensives will be held at the West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth for participants ages 16 and up.
For more information contact NHTP at [email protected] or 603-431-6644, ext. 4.
If you would like to enroll in a 2014 Workshop, please send your name, contact infor-mation, the name of the work-shop you would like to enroll in, and payment to NHTP at 959 Islington Street, Ports-mouth, NH 03801, or email your registration information and pay online at www.nhthe-atreproject.org/payment. For a listing of NHTP Resident Teaching Artists, check out the About Us/Resident Artists page on our website.
Workshops offered for the program are listed below:
“Letting Go of Stage Fright” will be held on Jan. 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., with Liz Korabek instructing. The fee for the workshop is $50.
Nancy Saklad will in-
PORTSMOUTH - Discover Portsmouth will
present “Peace on Earth,” a mid-day concert for the holi-days featuring the new Andy Happel trio, Aeterna Trio, on Sunday, Dec. 22 at 3 p.m.
Aeterna Trio is the ex-citing and inspiring new en-semble featuring Andy Happel playing violin, Ben Birkbeck on piano and Devon Colella playing cello. Their forces col-lide in a genre-bending hail as these exceptional musicians spontaneously riff on a classi-cal themes or popular songs. Highly skilled and trained in the art of musical improvisa-tion, the Aeterna Trio is sure to become known for composing new music right in front of au-diences eyes.
The concert will feature
struct “Acting with the Felt Sense” on Jan. 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a $50 fee.
On Monday, Jan. 27 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Genevieve Aichele will instruct “Story-telling for the Soul.” The fee for this workshop is $50 as well.
On Feb. 3, 10 and 17, Robin Fowler will instruct a workshop on Adult/Teen Im-provisation. Interested parties can sign up for one workshop for a $50 fee or the entire series for $125.
“Posture and Perfor-
mance: A Pilates Approach to Acting” will be offered on Feb. 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a $50 fee. Heather Glenn Wixson will instruct the workshop.
Wixson will return to in-struct “Approaching the Role: Action-Based Acting” on Feb. 27 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The fee for the workshop is $50.
All workshops will be held at the West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth. Workshop fees include a $25 non-refundable registration fee, which is a one-time fee for all 2014 workshops.
Robert Milner and Linda Chase benefitted from NHTP’s Adult Workshop Intensives. Registration is now open for the 2014 session.
NHTP Adult Winter Workshop Registration is Open
The Aeterna Trio will perform holiday classics, pop classics and impro-visational reinterpretations at the “Peace on Earth” concert on Dec. 22 at 3 p.m. at Discover Portsmouth.
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We bought a Windows 7 Dell computer last November and had techs set it up, so we thought we had Panda Anti-virus. Then, when it ran out we bought Panda Anti-virus 2014 and we could not install it, so we called the Panda Company, and accord-ing to their tech, we found out that our computer was in terrible shape. We had 55,000 errors, and the reason might have been that when we bought the computer it had Norton. and then our “geeks” installed Panda, and the tech said neither could function well. Is that true?.
They said they had a part-nership with Advanced Tech Support and I turned over the computer to them, and for $250 they fixed everything. However, I was told to call a number, and the gal said we needed Malware
protection which started at $500 (until I yelled and came down to another $250). We have no idea if that is really necessary for two old people who only use online for email and to surf the net.
Thank you for your wonder-ful column and help.
Sincerely, Carol
Dear Carol,It sounds like you have been
the victim of a scammer.I am going to guess that
when you looked up the phone number for the Panda company you went online and searched for Panda tech support and dialed the number you found as a result of that search. The only problem with searching online for tech support numbers is that anyone can make a website that looks like a certain company and put their phone number on it. Then, when you or I call looking for sup-port, they start out making you think they are from the company, but quickly try to convince you that you need to pay them large amounts of money to remove problems that you really don’t have in the first place.
What can you do now? There are really two prob-
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The second problem is that your computer has been compro-mised. When you let them take over your computer, it was like giving them access to every docu-ment, user name and password stored on your computer. As if that wasn’t bad enough, there is no way to be sure that they didn’t install additional tracking soft-ware while they were pretending to remove the problems that didn’t really exist.
You will probably need to take your computer to a local repair shop that you can trust, and have them go over your computer. They should be able to clean out your computer and set up pro-tection for far less than what you thought you were paying to the scammers. For example, I have a package that includes cleaning any existing viruses and malware out of your computer, installing both antivirus and antimalware programs, with a one-year war-ranty against future infections for less than $200. Elizabeth
Dear Computer Lady,Downloading internet pic-
tures may infect my computer with a virus. If I instead print such a picture on my printer would it also carry a virus?
And would it be safe to scan this picture into my computer?
Thanks, Robert
Dear Robert,It is true that some pictures
online can contain viruses. Un-fortunately, in order for you to see a picture on your computer you have to download it first, so by the time you see a picture on your browser, if that picture was infected and your antivirus pro-gram didn’t block the virus, you are already infected.
Since you have to view a picture in your browser in order to print it, the damage would al-ready be done.
A better suggestion is to make sure you have a good antivi-rus program installed, and make sure you keep it updated.Elizabeth
Dear Computer Lady,Love your site and would
love your newsletter.How do I make Gmail my
default mail server in Irfranview. I do not use outlook express.
Thanks for your time, Flo
Dear Flo,Thanks for your email. I
added you to my weekly email list.
Unfortunately, you can’t add Gmail as your default email server in Irfanview, because Gmail is web based email and you are not using an actual email program.
There is, however, a way you can work around this problem.
Simply open a new message in Gmail and attach the images from there.
Here is how:1. Open Gmail and click
“compose” to start a new mes-sage.
2. Fill in the email address you are sending the message to and the subject of your message.
3. Click the paper clip icon at the bottom of the new message window, browse and find your image file.
4. Click on the image file, then click on the “Open” button to attach your image.
5. Send your message as usual.
Hope this helps, Elizabeth
Dear Computer Lady,Hi, I love your newsletter!Last year my husband got
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The one thing I hate about Windows 8 is that Solitaire and
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So my question is, are there earlier versions of Solitaire, Spider, Freecell, etc., that will run on Windows 8?
Thank you, Sarah
Dear Sarah,First, let me share with you
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When you want to close an app in Windows 8 that doesn’t have any obvious way to close it, jut point your cursor to the very top of your screen.
When the cursor turns into a hand, hold the mouse button down and drag the cursor all the way down to the bottom of the screen. This will close the app.
As far as solitaire games go, there is no way to get the games from earlier versions of Windows to install on your Windows 8 computer.
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SOMERSWORTH - The Somersworth Police
Association is starting it’s annual fund drive for local charities.
Local businesses and resi-dents will be called in an effort to raise awareness and support for its annual New England Pa-triots Alumni Charity Basket-ball game on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Somersworth High School Gymnasium, Home of the Toppers.
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Breed: Cocker Spaniel.For more information, con-
tact Cocheco Valley Humane Society at 262 County Farm Road in Dover, 603-749-5322, or www.cvhsonline.org.
autographs and pictures during and after the game. Tickets will be available at the door for a sug-gested $10 donation and doors
Super Bowl Champion Patrick Pass and other former New England Patriot players will be returning to Somersworth for the basketball fundraiser.
Former Patriots Stars Support Local Charities
GSSThe Granite State Sentinel 9December 13, 2013
People and BusinessProfiles
DOVER - The Greater Dover Cham-
ber of Commerce was pleased to welcome the Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy (CATA) Parents Association with a tradi-tional ribbon cutting.
The Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy is a col-lege preparatory, public charter school that was established in 2004. It serves 9th through 12th grade students with special inter-ests in art and technology. With the use of today’s technology, the students take all core academics, art electives, as well as the oppor-tunity to participate in indepen-dent studies and extended learn-ing opportunities in their special interests.
CATA’s mission is to pro-vide excellence in secondary education through college pre-paratory academics, performing arts, fine arts, and technology related to the arts. CATA and the entire faculty are dedicated to creating an educational com-munity where each student can thrive in their own way. Students can explore personal interests in
DOVER -Dover Doula was recently
welcomed into The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce with a traditional ribbon cutting.
With a passion in pregnan-cy and the 12-week period after a baby’s birth, owner and director, Darcy Sauers, is ready and eager to help and support any mother and their family during this spe-cial time in their lives. Sauers is a postpartum doula certified by DONA International and a CLC Certified Lactation Counselor. She is also a certified Prenatal Yoga Instructor and a certified Yoga Birth Method Instructor.
Although her tasks vary day by day as a postpartum doula, Sauers will do whatever you need to best enjoy and care for your new baby each and every day. Private, in-home counseling sessions are always available as well as prenatal yoga, yoga birth method workshops and help with breastfeeding.
Prenatal yoga is open to women in all stages of pregnan-cy, even to those who have never done yoga before. These classes are very laid back, and provide a chance for pregnant women to relax, exercise and meet other local women with similar due dates. The yoga birth method workshop is open to women in their second or third trimes-ter as well as their partner. The yoga birth method workshops are for women who are inter-ested in educating themselves about childbirth and empower-ing themselves during their own baby’s birth. This is a hands-on workshop that will help you learn how to connect and work with your body.
The Dover Doula is all about the education. Sauers has a wealth of knowledge and wants
Margery Sullivan Chapter Welcomes New Officers
DOVER -New officers of the Margery Sullivan Chapter in Dover were
installed at their Nov. 9 meeting. Officers are shown left to right: Pa-tricia Holt, Regent; Inez DiMambro, Vice Regent; Kathy DiMam-bro, Chaplain, Christine Drown, Secretary; Barbara Langley, past Chaplain and installing officer; Lin Plourde, Treasurer; Mae Straw-bridge, Registrar; and Lois Larson, Librarian. Missing from photo: Sue Schuler, Historian.
an atmosphere that encompass-es different learning styles and paces, individual opportunities, smaller classroom sizes and mul-tiple methods of learning. CATA can host up to 100 students total, so it provides a small, more in-timate, environment. A smaller classroom setting allows for stu-dents to get to know each other better, as well a great learning en-vironment that builds student to teacher relationships. This envi-ronment nurtures creative think-
ers and independent learners. Cocheco Arts and Tech-
nology Academy has made an agreement with the Seymour Osman Community Center in Dover to move their location for this school year. The new facil-ity is located at 40 Hampshire Circle, and the Annex is at 4 Tolend Rd. in Dover. For more information about CATA’s new location or how to enroll, contact the CATA Main Office at 603-742-0700.
to share her information about baby care with parents, as well as teach siblings and partners to “mother the mother”.
Dover Doula is located in downtown Dover, New Hamp-shire. For additional advice or information about their services contact Dover Doula at 603-988-5945 or at doverdoula.com. To contact Sauers directly, email her at [email protected].
Left to right: Members of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Board Ambassadors welcomes Darcy Sauers (holding scissors) and Dover Doula, with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony.
Help for New Moms and Babies in the Seacoast
Left to right: Members of the staff and Parents Association of the Cocheco Arts Technology Academy and Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Ambassadors celebrate CATA’s new location with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony.
Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy Has A New Home
SALISBURY - For all the recent strides
made in the realm of home energy efficiency, the develop-ment of new, ultra-green insula-tions has been one of the most impressive.
But while resources like solar, wind, and geothermal remain the green revolution’s eye-catching totems, there’s a growing recognition that true energy efficiency begins with what’s lining the home’s walls, nooks, and crannies – the “enve-lope”, in green-speak.
“People are starting to re-alize how important having the right kind of insulation can be,” explains Candace Lord, General Manager for The Green Cocoon, Inc., a Salisbury company spe-cializing in green insulation al-ternatives. “If heat or cold is es-caping from your home at a high rate, what difference does having solar panels on your roof make?”
For years, the insulation in-dustry found itself playing catch-up on the green calculus front: while homeowners could offset the costs of alternative energy systems by way of federal and state tax credits and rebates. The
help for installing a hyper-effi-cient green alternative was far more slight.
Not anymore. “The range of insulation
options has expanded,” Lord says, and is particularly excited about her company’s newest option: RockWool insulation. Manufactured by US Fireproof-ing, RockWool represents a revolutionary industry nexus of sorts, where safety, efficacy, and green bona fides are all meticu-lously balanced.
“It’s incredibly fire-resis-tant, is an excellent sound bar-rier,” Lord notes. “But the big thing is how green it its.”
The Green Cocoon was launched in 2007 by plastics en-gineer Jim Materkowski and his business partner, the late Peter Strattner, both of whom saw in the ever-growing green insula-tion industry. The company has grown to now include a wide range of green insulation options including spray-foam made from soy beans and recycled plastic bottles, BATT insulation made from recycled denim, as well as a line of cellulose insulation made from recycled newspapers.
New Insulation Gives Customers Green Middle Ground
Not only does spray foam remain the top green option on the insulation market; benefits include air and vapor barriers and hurricane-grade strength that helps make it the ideal option
for coastal-lying buildings. All of Green Cocoon’s options boast their own unique qualities that meet the highest standards of durability and green quality.
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From small projects to impressively large, the folks at Green Cocoon have used all in-sulation options. Today, Lord and Materkowski have found a happy balance between the pric-ier closed-cell spray foam and its more cost-effective kin.
Recently a local green contractor, Eco Sound Build-ers, commissioned the Green Cocoon to install a mix of spray-foam and recycled newspaper-based cellulose in an early 19th century farmhouse in Rye. Green Cocoon was able to weave a common, green thread between the home’s two func-tionally disparate wings.
“As the scope of the proj-ect got bigger and bigger, it was clear that they needed something more comprehensive, which was a challenge.”
According to Lord, balanc-ing closed and open-cell insula-tions depends on two factors: the depth of the home’s rafters and bays; and the desired R-Value, or the wall’s thermal resistance.
“More new homes are using the deeper plies, so people have more options,” Lord says. “The building industry is start-ing to prepare more for possible energy efficiency upgrades.”
Indeed, Lord credits the recent popularity surge in green insulation to a growing recog-nition that the up-front cost is more than made up for in down the road savings.
“The fact that we can grow and thrive in this kind of econo-my is pretty encouraging,” says Lord. “I think people are finally starting to grasp the big picture.”
Green Cocoon is a Busi-ness Partner of Green Alliance, a Portsmouth organization com-mitted to certifying and promot-ing sustainability-driven com-panies throughout the region. www.thegreencocoon.com.
This article was written by Jim Cavan, who is a staff writer for Green Alliance.
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DOVER - Why wait up until mid-
night to welcome the New Year? Children and their families
can ring in 2014 while the sun is still shining at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire’s annual daytime Family New Year’s Eve Celebration on Tues-day, Dec. 31.
This festive event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes three special “countdowns to midnight” held at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. At each count-down, a glittering ball drops 30 feet from the ceiling as every-one counts down the last ten seconds of the year. Noisemak-ers and confetti create an atmo-sphere like Times Square, and everyone can toast with bubbly ginger ale in plastic champagne glasses. Visitors are also invited to make their own sparkly party hats and write their wishes for the coming year on mini flying blimps that are launched at each countdown.
“The Children’s Museum has been hosting this tradition for more than 20 years and it re-mains one of our most popular annual events,” explained Jane Bard, President of the Children’s
Museum of New Hampshire. “Kids hear about the excite-ment of what happens at mid-night and want to experience it for themselves. We create a fun party atmosphere so they feel like they’ve actually celebrated New Year’s Eve and can still get to bed on time. It’s a great way for different generations within a family to ring in the New Year together.”
The entire museum is open for this event so children can play in iconic exhibits such as the Yellow Submarine, Dino-
saur Dig, Kids’ Café and Music Matrix. The Early Learning Landscape area upstairs is open to children ages three and under. The Museum Shop carries a wide variety of science kits, books, puzzles, toys and more.
Regular admission of $9 per person for adults and chil-dren applies for this special event. Seniors pay $8 admission and military members receive a 10 percent discount. Museum members and children under one year old get in free. Reserva-tions are not required.
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Families celebrate the New Year with a festive ball-drop and party at the Children’s Museum of NH on December 31 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Daytime Ball Drop Rings in 2014 at Children’s Museum Of New Hampshire
