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CDC: Lead dust in cars source of kids' poisoning

Parents Beware - Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:57

ATLANTA (AP) — Some childhood lead poisonings in Maine last year came from an unusual source — the family car.

Categories: Parents Beware

School's stimulus funds still unspent

Middle School News - Thu, 08/20/2009 - 04:54

KITTERY, Maine — The School Committee discussed the use of federal stimulus funds Tuesday night, but ultimately did not make a decision on how to expend them.

Categories: Middle School

$5K grant for Families First

Elementary News - Thu, 08/20/2009 - 04:43

PORTSMOUTH — Piscataqua Savings Bank awarded a $5,000 grant to Families First Health and Support Center's dental program.

Categories: Elementary

Pre-emptive attack on flu could help to save lives

Guest Column - Thu, 08/20/2009 - 04:30

New Hampshire and Maine officials are right to prepare for an expected return of the H1N1 virus. Dubbed the "swine flu" this past spring, the virus has infected patients worldwide.

Categories: Guest Column

A vacation etiquette primer

Guest Column - Wed, 08/19/2009 - 21:27

I think my tolerance, like the sunshine, is running a little low this summer. That must be why, despite the fact that I was a tourist myself six short years ago, I find myself getting really annoyed with some of the summer visitors' shenanigans.

Categories: Guest Column

Recipe Exchange: Blueberry Zucchini with Craisins Bread

Sanity Savers - Wed, 08/19/2009 - 20:21

3 eggs, lightly beaten

Categories: Sanity Savers

House Detective: Make your own soda

Guest Column - Wed, 08/19/2009 - 18:50

There will be no heavy chemicals in the kitchen talk this column. Instead it's about saving money with a healthier option, that's also eco friendly. A household trifecta wouldn't you say?

Categories: Guest Column

Avoid power struggles over food

Guest Column - Wed, 08/05/2009 - 18:44

We all know children don't come with instruction manuals, but wouldn't it be nice if they did? Well, we can't offer you a manual, but the doctors at Exeter Pediatrics Associates have offered to help answer your questions. Once a month, the doctors will...

Categories: Guest Column

Avoid power struggles over food

Health News - Wed, 08/05/2009 - 18:44

We all know children don't come with instruction manuals, but wouldn't it be nice if they did? Well, we can't offer you a manual, but the doctors at Exeter Pediatrics Associates have offered to help answer your questions. Once a month, the doctors will...

Categories: Health

Bring silly back

Guest Column - Tue, 08/04/2009 - 22:05

When you and your significant other are together do you always act like mature adults? Do most conversations center primarily on your finances, your jobs, your health, your house or apartment, your parents, or your children?

Categories: Guest Column

$20K grant seeks to help nonprofit child care centers increase access, decrease costs

Child Care - Tue, 08/04/2009 - 22:05

PORTSMOUTH — A local alliance of child care organizations and professionals is attempting to make such care more available and affordable with the help of a recent $20,000 grant.

Categories: Child Care

Go back in time at American Independence Festival in Exeter on July 18

Sanity Savers - Tue, 08/04/2009 - 22:05

EXETER — The day that reveals the Dunlap Broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence, a Revolutionary battle reenactment and more, is here.

Categories: Sanity Savers

York housing initiative unveiled

Sanity Savers - Tue, 08/04/2009 - 22:05

Patricia Martine, director of York Housing, said she knows of too many people throughout the Seacoast area who are up against tough economic times, some who have houses they can ill afford to maintain and others who are having difficulty finding a place...

Categories: Sanity Savers

Ogunquit Playhouse presents 'Fairy Houses: the Musical'

Sanity Savers - Tue, 08/04/2009 - 22:04

The ever-popular "Fairy Houses: The Musical," returns to the Playhouse stage Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19.

Categories: Sanity Savers

Study aims to prevent the baby blues

Pregnancy - Tue, 08/04/2009 - 21:56

Having a baby triggers some serious emotions. For many, that includes depression. For some 10 percent of new moms, those feelings of emotional distress turn more severe — into postpartum depression, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Categories: Pregnancy

Cribs recalled for suffocation risk

Parents Beware - Tue, 08/04/2009 - 21:56

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 400,000 Simplicity drop side cribs are being recalled for posing a suffocation or entrapment hazard.

Categories: Parents Beware

Safety commission recalls 4 million baby floats

Parents Beware - Tue, 08/04/2009 - 21:56

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that Aqua-Leisure Industries would recall about four million floating baby pool toys that pose a drowning risk.

Categories: Parents Beware

Bring silly back

Guest Column - Fri, 07/17/2009 - 11:00

When you and your significant other are together do you always act like mature adults? Do most conversations center primarily on your finances, your jobs, your health, your house or apartment, your parents, or your children?

Categories: Guest Column

$20K grant seeks to help nonprofit child care centers increase access, decrease costs

Child Care - Fri, 07/17/2009 - 11:00

PORTSMOUTH — A local alliance of child care organizations and professionals is attempting to make such care more available and affordable with the help of a recent $20,000 grant.

Categories: Child Care

Go back in time at American Independence Festival in Exeter on July 18

Sanity Savers - Fri, 07/17/2009 - 11:00

EXETER — The day that reveals the Dunlap Broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence, a Revolutionary battle reenactment and more, is here.

Categories: Sanity Savers

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