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Plus: Take this week’s crossword Share with a friend Good morning! 🧩 Shoutout to Christy Roberts for completing last week’s town-name word scramble crossword in a time of 7:58! She was last week’s fastest. Some of you caught an error in the puzzle—that’s since been fixed! This week’s puzzle is on Saturday morning cartoons. Give…

Plus: Market Basket has a new CEO Share with a friend Good evening! Hope you had a great weekend! Here are some things to note this evening: This New Hampshire-trained horse won the Kentucky Derby (well, almost)! Market Basket has a new CEO, and it’s not a Demoulas. This New England lake is among the…

Plus: SNL alum to speak at Dartmouth Share with a friend Good morning! May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, started as a fight for fair wages and an eight-hour workday. This year, amid rising costs and political tensions, organizers are rallying around “Workers Over Billionaires,” urging people to skip work, school, and shopping…

Plus: The gifts NH teachers want Share with a friend   “At least I’ll be anxious and depressed in a place that’s actually anxious and depressing looking.” — Noah Kahan on possibly moving back to the Upper Valley, via his new Netflix documentary.   Good morning! If you live in the Upper Valley—or even just know…

Plus: Top events for your calendar Share with a friend   “Mandatory open enrollment sets our communities against one another. It expands the already existing inequality among school districts and is likely to financially devastate our smaller, more vulnerable districts.” — state Rep. Muriel Hall, a Bow Democrat on open school enrollment via New Hampshire…

Plus: Test your crossword skills Share with a friend Good morning! 🧩 Shoutout to Christy Roberts who completed last week’s crossword on state nicknames in 6:32 minutes. She was last week’s winner! If you’re good at unscrambling words, you’ll be great at this week’s crossword. And, if you like puzzles, keep opening this newsletter every…

Plus: Portsmouth library goes viral Share with a friend Good evening! There’s been a lot of talk in astrology circles about the end of April, when multiple planetary cycles are expected to shift. Some astrologers see it as the beginning of a broader seven-year period of change and rebalancing. Are you tracking the shift? Here’s…

Plus: This NH city is among the happiest in the nation. Share with a friend Good morning! A few things worth your attention today: This NH city is among the happiest in the nation. Any surprises? This house has got to be the most private in New Hampshire. Would you live here?  The odds of finding…

Plus: Top events for your calendar Share with a friend   “I worry about almost a mind-deadening future.” — Londonderry High School junior Lauren Damota on the use of AI in classrooms via the Concord Monitor   Good morning! 🌍 Happy Earth Day!  Big news: I’ve added a new map feature—now you can see what’s…

Plus: Can you solve this week’s puzzle in record time? Share with a friend Good morning! 🧩 Shoutout to Thaddeus Gruczka for completing last week’s crossword on state capitals in a super fast 2 minutes, 49 seconds. He was last week’s winner! This week’s crossword is about state nicknames. Take it, then share your time…