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Local New Year’s Eve Events

Family-Friendly New Year’s Eve Events End the year with the little loved ones you spent it with. These events are great for the whole fam! Children’s Museum New Year’s Celebration, December 31, Dover  A family favorite, this year’s event will feature a morning and afternoon session, each with a “Countdown to Midnight” at 10:30 a.m. […]

Things To Do When You’re Here for the Ice Castles

For Ice Castle ticket information and purchasing please visit their website. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The Ice Castles are back again for its ninth season in New Hampshire. Since 2014, the famous Ice Castles have attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors every winter to explore over […]

Ice Fest 2023 Celebrates Ten Years at New England’s Tap House Grille

As Dan Lagueux remembers, it all started out as a dream. One night Lagueux’s daughter woke up crying, saying she wanted to become a famous soccer player and that her friends mocked her for it. After Lagueux gave his daughter a pep talk, she turned the table on him: “‘Well, what’s your dream daddy?’ she […]

North Woodstock’s Ice Castles Set for Upcoming Season

Photo courtesy Ice Castles, Sherri Covell One late-2000s Utah winter, Brent Christensen noticed his neighbors running their sprinkler nonstop to create a massive ice mound. With six kids becoming increasingly stir-crazy during the frigid Utah winter, Christensen seized the idea with vigor, thinking it a fun cold-weather activity to get his family outside. He built […]

Spice Up Your Christmas Dinner with Thai Ham Fried Rice

Photo by John Tully Looking to mix up your run-of-the-mill Christmas dinner? Emshika Alberini, chef and owner of Chang Thai Café in Littleton, shares this recipe for a Thai-inspired ham fried rice that’ll freshen up your special Sunday meal. And to make things even easier, all of these ingredients can be found at your local […]

Guide to the Best Sledding Hills in NH

Sledding — rocketing down a hill as steep as a wall with the wind in your face and your heart in your mouth — is the quintessential winter activity. Whether you prefer a padded toboggan, a high-tech four-runner sled, a plastic flying saucer, a rubber inner tube or even a large piece of cardboard, all […]

Ten Great Options For “Skis-off” Fun

While it might sound sacrilegious to some Granite State winter enthusiasts, man does not live by skiing alone. Same for every woman and child. Because although skiing and New Hampshire is a match made in heaven for many, it’s not the “be all, end all” for everyone. Even most skiers and snowboarders understand that. Take […]