Shoutout to last week’s crossword winners! The theme was Famous Granite Staters, and these two puzzle pros came out on top:

🏆 Christy Roberts — 4:53

🏆 Sarah Brown — 6:03

This week, we’re taking a trip down memory lane with our Lost New Hampshire crossword. How much do you remember about the Granite State’s bygone places and landmarks? 

Good luck, and happy puzzling! Be sure to email me your time!

Here’s what’s inside today’s newsletter:

🗳️ Your midterm election cheat sheet: Meet the candidates in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District

📰 What we’re reading, including: New Hampshire takes student ID voting fight to US Supreme Court

🍺 Happy hour in Manchester: 5 best deals

📢 Question of the week: Do political signs influence your vote? Why or why not? Sound off!

🔠 Solve our crossword. The theme? Lost New Hampshire

By Colin Booth

This will be a rematch. 

Democratic Rep. Maggie Goodlander will face Republican Lily Tang Williams in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District.

Here’s where the candidates stand on the issues ahead of Nov. 3.

🗳️ New Hampshire takes student ID voting fight to US Supreme Court …

With Election Day just weeks away, New Hampshire election officials are asking the US Supreme Court to intervene in a legal battle over whether college students can use their student IDs to help verify their identity at the polls. This is after a federal appeals court ruled that student IDs may be considered alongside other information when voters lack an accepted form of identification, though they cannot be used on their own. WMUR

🛰️ Sen. Jeanne Shaheen demands answers over Starlink outages in Ukraine …

The lawmakers want to know whether the outages put American personnel at risk during Russian air attacks and whether US officials knew about or approved the disruptions. They’re also questioning whether SpaceX, the company owned by Elon Musk that operates Starlink, violated any government contracts. WMUR

🚨 Racist graffiti sparks outrage in Manchester neighborhoods …

Manchester police are investigating after residents in several neighborhoods woke up to find racist, homophobic, and antisemitic graffiti spray-painted on homes and vehicles. The vandalism was reported along Candia Road, Gabrielle Street, and South Beech Street, where blue spray paint was found on multiple properties. WMUR

Five different restaurants offer exclusive happy hour deals in Manchester. (Lightscape/Unsplash)

By Sam Cohen

🍺 The Goat

Location: 50 Old Granite St., Manchester

Deals: Daily happy hour from 4-6 p.m. features half-price Bacon Buckets and domestic beers. On NFL game days, Budweiser and Bud Light are $3, and Nutrl is $4. Mondays and Tuesdays feature two-for-one burgers.

🍺 900 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria

Location: 50 Dow St., Manchester

Deals: Monday-Friday, 3-6 p.m., enjoy $4.50 select draft beers, $5.95 house wines, $7.95 personal pizzas, and half-price garlic bread and meatball appetizers. Happy hour deals are available only at the bar. Additional specials include $10 martinis on Mondays, half-price second pizzas on Tuesdays, and half-price select wine bottles on Wednesdays.

🍺 Shorty’s Mexican Roadhouse

Location: 1050 Bicentennial Dr., Manchester

Deals: Happy hour runs Monday-Thursday from 3-6 p.m. and Sunday from 2-4 p.m. Reported specials include $6 margaritas and rum drinks, plus three tacos for $6.99. Exact offerings may vary.

🍺 The Crown Tavern

Location: 99 Hanover St., Manchester

Deals: Tuesday-Thursday, 4-5 p.m., get $5 off wood-fired pizzas and enjoy $5 draft beers at the bar. Pizza options include classic cheese, mushroom bianco, Italian, spring vegetable, and pepperoni with honey.

🍺 Strange Brew Tavern

Location: 88 Market St., Manchester

Deals: Daily happy hour from 4-6 p.m. features $5 house wines and draft beers. On Tuesdays, from 4 p.m. until close, enjoy $4 drafts and half-price appetizers (excluding shrimp). Other specials include $5 burgers on Mondays, 25% off for first responders on Wednesdays, and half-price drinks during Ladies Night on Thursdays.

Political signs are popping up on lawns, along roadsides, and at busy intersections across New Hampshire as Election Day approaches.

So this week’s question is:

Do political signs influence your vote? Why or why not?

Here’s what you’re saying:

“No, absolutely not.” — JoAnn Carlson

Think you’ve got what it takes to crack this crossword? Tell us how long it takes you to finish it by emailing us at info@granitepostnews.com! This week’s topic? Lost New Hampshire.

Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Katy Savage with stories from Colin Booth and Sam Cohen. It was edited by Crystal Niforos.

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