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Stratham teacher's class clowns around in Exeter parade

Bill Maynard

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By Lisa Tetrault-Zhe
newsletter@seacoastonline.com
December 04, 2012 2:00 AM

EXETER - Imagine, instead of sitting in your living room watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade wind its way through the streets of Manhattan, you got to be in the parade.

For Sue Megan, a first-grade teacher at Stratham Memorial School, that dream became a reality two weeks ago.


Parade winners

Best In Class Youth Group Elementary: Great Bay Lads

Honorable Mention Youth Group Elementary: Exeter Cub Scouts Pack 323

Best In Class Youth Group Junior/Senior: Seacoast School of Technology

Honorable Mention Youth Group Junior/Senior: Seacoast…

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Big Epping Cinema Opening This Week

Bill Maynard

A huge new movie theater in Epping will open Nov. 9 - the day the new James Bond film "Skyfall" comes out.

The new O'Neil Cinemas theater is located in the Brickyard Square development at the intersection of Routes 125 and 101.

The theater's features will include:

  • Twelve screens
  • Five 3D screens
  • "D-Box" motion seats - demonstrated in the YouTube video at right
  • Stadium seats
  • Wall-to-wall curved screens
  • "High back" rocking seats with retractable armrests
  • Digital projection
  • Surround sound
  • Online ticketing
  • Reserved seating
  • Self-serve ticketing kiosks
  • Self-serve fountain drinks

The construction work on the new movie theater is being done…

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Are 'Stink Bugs' Invading Exeter?

Bill Maynard

by Carolyn Dube


People around town have been referring to them as stink bugs, and it seems as though this fall they are everywhere around town.

The good news is, these little brown invaders are not harmful, though they may be a nuisance.

They aren't actually stink bugs, though they stink if you crush them, said Jon Nute, and extension field specialist in the natural resources department at the UNH Cooperative Extension's Hillsborough County branch. They are Western Conifer Seed Bugs, Nute said, and thankfully the recent invasion is as harmless as a lady bug infestation.

"They look…

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NH town holds 4th annual UFO Festival

Bill Maynard

EXETER, N.H.-People are gathering in Exeter, N.H., in remembrance of reported UFO sightings there in 1965 and to celebrate all things extraterrestrial.

Saturday's festival is in its fourth year. It's in recognition of a sighting in which then-teenager Norman Muscarello reported seeing a spacecraft on Route 150 on Sept. 3, 1965. Similar sightings had been called in from Hampton Beach and Raymond. It became the subject of a book, "Incident at Exeter."

The festival is featuring lectures on UFOs, a UFO construction contest and a costume contests for children and pets.

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Donations offered to fix NH Navy Seal memorial

Bill Maynard

EXETER, N.H.-Friends and strangers have sent donations to help repair a vandalized New Hampshire monument honoring a fallen U.S. Navy SEAL.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Dan Healy of Exeter would have turned 44 on Tuesday. He died in 2005, when his helicopter was shot down during a rescue mission in Afghanistan.

A porcelain picture of Healy on the memorial in Exeter Park has been smashed to pieces twice.

His mother, Natalie Healy, tells WMUR-TV (http://bit.ly/NBQGdx) when the family posted news of the vandalism on Facebook, it sparked a wave of generosity from the across…

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Bonnie and Clyde’s guns to be auctioned

Bill Maynard

AP FILE PHOTO The handguns of Bonnie Parker, left, and Clyde Barrow could fetch between $100,000 and $200,000 at auction.
Bridget Murphy
The Associated Press

She kept a Colt .38-calibre revolver close, while he preferred a .45-calibre pistol from the same maker.

But neither weapon was enough to save American outlaws and lovers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a 1934 ambush by law enforcement officers.

After the duo was dead, authorities recovered the revolver Bonnie had secured to an inner thigh with white medical tape.

They also seized the handgun Clyde had tucked into his waistband.

Nearly…

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NH chocolate factory workers set candy record

Bill Maynard

STRATHAM, N.H.-Victory is sweet: Nearly 600 New Hampshire chocolate factory workers have set a new Guinness World Record for the most simultaneously unwrapped and consumed candies.

The Lindt Chocolate workers gathered on Thursday at the Stratham plant. Everyone was handed a signature red-wrapped Lindt milk chocolate truffle. After a countdown, they untwisted the foiled candies and popped them into their mouths.

Foster's Daily Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/MlEou8) adjudicator Freddie Hoff from the Guinness World Records counted the participants. He handed Thomas Linemayr, president and CEO of Lindt USA, a framed certificate signifying the newly set…

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Notes: New Hampshire ready to host USGA

Bill Maynard

By Michael Whitmer

The US Golf Association will bring a national championship to New Hampshire for the first time with next week's US Junior Amateur, scheduled for the Golf Club of New England in Stratham.

A field of 156 will be participating, including a handful from New England. James Park of Deerfield qualified at Longmeadow Country Club, while David Thompson of Shrewsbury and Jake Shuman earned their spots at a qualifier in Oxford, Conn. Chelso Barrett from Keene, N.H., who lost to Jordan Spieth in last year's championship match, was exempt from qualifying and will be playing…

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Swasey Parkway Concert Series Starts Tonight

Bill Maynard

The Exeter Parks and Recreation Department's annual concert series at Swasey Parkway kicks off tonight.

The band "Wooden Eye" will perform from 6-8 p.m.

The concert series, which runs every Thursday this month, is a bit smaller due to budget cuts.

Below is a list of performers:

JULY 5

WOODEN EYE: Wooden Eye has garnered praise for its seamless blend of blues, rock 'n' roll, folk and country since the release of its debut "Don't Ask" in the summer of 2008. With over 70 years of musical experience between them, guitarist Bob Halperin and harp player Mike…

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