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Portsmouth and Seacoast News
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| You mean Las Vegas doesn't have a Halloween Parade? | | ... New York's (Greenwich) Village Halloween Parade will occur for the 37th time this year. Parades march on in Portsmouth, N.H.; West Hollywood, Calif.; Temple, Pa.; Vienna, Va.; Chicago (North Halsted Street Halloween Parade); and many more places. ... |
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| Blalock pleased with Handa turnout | | Ioanna Raptis/Portsmouth Herald photo Nancy Harvey lifts her ball to a cheering crowd after making a shot at the Handa Cup Saturday morning in Rye. |
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| For Your Health ... | | Sunday, September 5, 2010 Send listings to communityweekly @ fosters.com. PORTSMOUTH - An upcoming hands-on cooking class with food enthusiast Peggy Evans, creator of the ABC Foods website, will focus on making quick, healthy meals. |
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| Exeter UFO festival draws national talent | | ... been a hotbed of otherworldly encounters, with the most publicized having been the alleged alien abduction of Portsmouth residents Barney and Betty Hill in 1961 - an event reported as having taken place in the Franconia Notch area. He noted a famous ... |
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| Portsmouth police seek suspects after stabbings | | ... saw two active-duty U.S. Navy personnel hospitalized with stab wounds after an altercation in a city parking lot. Portsmouth Police Lt. Darren Sargent said two male victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after an ... |
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| Lawrence Howard Houle,, 93 | | formerly of Worcester, died peacefully on August 29, 2010 at the Clipper Harbor of Portsmouth, NH. He was born in Worcester on May 29, 1917, a son of the late Lawrence W. and Mary Alice (Kelly) Houle. He is survived by his daughter, Marylee Houle ... |
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| Search Suspended For Missing Boater | | The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Saturday evening for a Maine boater who went missing in New Hampshire's Portsmouth Harbor as Hurricane Earl approached. |
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| Bar Harbor trip must end | | ... way home, we made some stops: the magnificent Marginal Way; beautiful York Beach; Freeport (home to L.L. Bean.); Portsmouth, N.H.; Hammond Castle (Gloucester, Mass.), and more. We had seen nature at her absolute finest: breathtaking scenery, ... |
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| 2 Navy men stabbed in Portsmouth fight | | ... stabbed in the Worth Parking lot off Maplewood Avenue around 12:40 a.m., police said. Both men were treated at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. Police didn't release their names, but said the injuries were not life-threatening. Authorities believe the ... |
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| 'New urbanist' plan is a retro community vision | | ... is large enough to create a town center, John Michels said. Traditional downtowns that work include Exeter, Portsmouth and Newburyport, Mass., they said. "Londonderry lacks the third place, the place beyond home and beyond work. We don't have a ... |
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| U.S. starts strong at Handa Cup in Rye | | ... is one of the major events on the Legends Tour, the LPGA Tour's circuit for 45-and-older stars. It is operated by Portsmouth native Jane Blalock's JBC Golf Co. U.S. captain Kathy Whitworth opted to keep her six pairings intact for the afternoon. The ... |
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| With Seacoast fall league, baseball doesn't end with summer | | ... me achieve that goal," Crawford said. "It's definitely a competitive league, and there's talent all over." Former Portsmouth High pitcher Nate Jones, now a freshman member of the baseball team at Wake Forest, echoed that sentiment. "Each game was ... |
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| Portsmouth police seek suspects in downtown stabbing | | ... at www.seacoastcrimestoppers.org. The men were stabbed with a "smaller knife," Roth said, and were taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. According to police, both victims are active duty U.S. Navy personnel. Agents ... |
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| A beautiful business: Permanent cosmetics clinic opens in city | | ... need a brow fix." It is the baby boomer demographic that led her to decide to open her clinic in the city. Before Portsmouth, El-Shafei owned a day spa in Kittery, Maine. When she sold that business, she wanted to keep only the permanent cosmetic ... |
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| Pease: Turning the corner on the recession? | | The recent Boston-Portsmouth Air Show put the spotlight on Pease International Tradeport and its role in the region's economy as a major business park and aviation center. |
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| Wind power yet to power up on Seacoast | | ... week said a combination of startup costs and lack of viable land and wind speeds made it difficult for towns like Portsmouth, Greenland and Rye, none of which have seen residential applications. Suzanne Sayer, a member of the Governor's Task Force ... |
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Seacoast News Feature
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Seacoast Alert: Endangered Piping Plovers Need Your Help
CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department urges
residents and visitors to New Hampshire's beaches to do their part to
help protect the state-endangered and federally threatened piping
plovers nesting on New Hampshire's seacoast.
To protect the birds, Fish and Game has set up fencing along the
beaches and posted signs near piping plover breeding areas. The fencing
will remain in place until all chicks have fledged or have left the
beach for wintering areas. These measures help provide the birds with
space free from disturbance by humans and predators, where the plovers
can perform courtship and mating and establish nests.
"As the beach season gets underway, we want to remind people to respect
the fenced-off areas and give the birds space to perform their mating
rituals and raise their young," said John Kanter, Coordinator of Fish
and Game's Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program. "Together, we're
helping to give an endangered species a chance for survival."
Here's how you can help protect piping plovers:
1. Respect signs and fences around nesting areas.
2. Be a responsible pet owner - walk dogs in areas where piping plovers
are not present and keep cats indoors. Dogs can chase plovers and step
on eggs and chicks, killing them. Cats are a major predator of many
types of birds, including piping plovers.
3. Fill in holes on the beach. Piping plover chicks can fall in and become trapped.
4. Fly kites a safe distance away from plovers.
5. Don't approach or linger near piping plovers or their nests.
6. Teach children safe viewing and respect for wildlife.
7. Obey local fireworks laws. Fireworks stress adult piping plovers and
their chicks and can cause accidental fires that destroy dune
vegetation.
8. Pick up trash and food on the beach. Garbage attracts predators,
such as gulls and crows, which prey on plover eggs, chicks and
sometimes adults.
9. Report observations. Report unlawful fireworks, off-leash dogs or fencing vandalism to your local police department.
10. Volunteer! If you enjoy watching birds and want to help protect the
piping plovers, call New Hampshire Fish and Game at (603) 271-2461.
In addition to fencing measures, mechanical cleaning or beach raking
will be temporarily restricted in areas where piping plover chicks are
present (typically during parts of June and July). This is important
because the wrack, or seaweed, that washes ashore provides a vital food
source to young chicks, and motorized vehicles can crush eggs and young
birds.
"We appreciate the public's patience, cooperation and understanding of
the need to respect nesting areas and avoid beach raking during a
critical time for the plovers," said John Kanter, coordinator of Fish
and Game's Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program.
So far this year, there are two known pairs of piping plovers on New
Hampshire's seacoast. Both pairs are in Hampton; one pair has nested
and the second pair has been observed mating. Fish and Game biologists
are continuing to monitor Seabrook and Sun Valley beaches, among other
locations, for additional piping plovers.
Last year, feral cats and storms took their toll on nesting piping
plovers; only an orphaned pair of chicks survived. In 2004, the plovers
fared better, with four pairs of piping plovers nesting at Seabrook
Town Beach and Hampton Beach State Park, fledging four chicks. Since
protection efforts began in 1997, more than 74 chicks have fledged from
New Hampshire's seacoast. New Hampshire's efforts are part of a
region-wide protection program; overall, the Atlantic coast population
of piping plovers continues to hold steady.
Piping plovers are small shorebirds that are sand-colored on top and
white underneath. They can be distinguished from other shorebirds by a
black band across the forehead, a black band around the neck and bright
orange legs. Plover nests are small scrapes or depressions in the sand,
typically containing three or four eggs. When the tiny chicks hatch,
they look like cottonballs on toothpick legs. Plover chicks can walk
and eat within hours after hatching, but are unable to fly for the
first 30 days of life. During this time, they are extremely vulnerable
to predators like gulls, crows, cats, foxes and skunks, and are
susceptible to being trampled by dogs or people who aren't aware of
their presence.
Protection of this endangered species is a cooperative effort of
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, N.H. Fish and Game, N.H. Parks and
Recreation, the Town of Seabrook, the Town of Hampton, volunteers,
local residents and beach visitors.
For more information on piping plovers, visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife website at http//:plover.fws.gov.
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