🧩 Shoutout once again to our crossword puzzle whiz Christy Roberts. She’s completed the crossword with the fastest time for two weeks in a row, including last week’s on Saturday morning cartoons, in an impressive 4:02!

This week’s crossword puzzle theme is classic TV catchphrases. Can anyone top Christy?

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

📰 What we’re reading, news from around the state

🍺 Your guide to NH’s beer trail

📢 Question of the week: How are you coping with soaring fuel costs?

🔠 Test our crossword. The theme? Classic TV catchphrases

👶 At the State House, childcare funding frustrations boiled over this week …

Executive Councilor John Stephen sharply questioned DHHS officials over a stalled childcare workforce grant program that was supposed to provide $7.5 million annually for recruitment and retention bonuses. State officials say federal funding complications have left the program without money. New Hampshire Bulletin

🏫 Meanwhile, a new report shows New Hampshire still trails neighboring states on childcare support …

While Maine and Vermont expanded childcare funding and subsidies this session, New Hampshire lawmakers have struggled to pass major reforms. Advocates say affordability and staffing shortages remain major challenges for families across the Granite State. New Hampshire Bulletin

💉 And, some Republican-backed vaccine bills are losing momentum at the State House …

The New Hampshire Senate voted to sideline a bill that would have eliminated the state’s hepatitis B vaccine requirement for students. Other bills seeking to loosen vaccine exemption rules are still moving through the Legislature. New Hampshire Bulletin

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The newly revamped NH beer trail is like a mix between a coupon book, a travel guide, and a scavenger hunt for craft beer drinkers.

Here’s how it works: you purchase a $30 guidebook online or at participating breweries, bring it along to each stop you make, and redeem a one-time offer for 50% off two craft beers before getting the page stamped or signed.

The updated trail includes more than 65 breweries statewide and is valid through the end of 2026.

Here are some top stops along the trail:

🍺 Kettlehead Tavern & Brewery in Tilton

🍺 Throwback Brewery in North Hampton

🍺 Spyglass Brewing Co in Nashua

🍺 603 Brewery & Beer Hall in Londonderry

🍺 Liars Bench Beer Co in Portsmouth

🍺 Schilling Beer Co in Littleton

🍺 Flying Goose Brewpub & Grill in New London

Reply to this email and tell us your favorite brewery!

Fuel prices are climbing with no relief in sight. As of Sunday, the national average reached $4.52 per gallon, while drivers in New Hampshire were paying a few cents less at $4.50 a gallon, according to AAA.

The rising costs are affecting everything from farming and travel to home heating.

So this week’s question is:

How are you coping with soaring fuel costs?

Here’s what you’re saying:

“Being retired, we don’t have to travel much, but our heating bill has doubled, and so has the grocery bill. So we turn down the heat as much as possible, and shop sales and specials. No expensive meats and goodies. We cook recipes that stretch the ingredients, especially meat. We try to get fruits and vegetables when they are on sale or in season. I’m old enough to remember some of the tricks my mother used during the rationing years of WW II.” — 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? Classic TV catchphrases.

Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Katy Savage. It was edited by Paula Solis.

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