🌱 Pence Here On Book Tour + Davidow's Chanukah Book + Home Sales Fall

Hello, everyone! It's Paula Constance, your host of the Bedford Daily, back in your inbox with everything that's happening locally. Today you'll find news about...

• Pence encouraged by memoir book tour.
• Interview with Bedford author Michael Davidow.
• Home sales drop, but prices still strong.

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Here are the top stories in Bedford today:

1. Former Vice President Mike Pence called the positive response to his new memoir, So Help Me God, "a great source of encouragement" in an interview with Fox News Digital on a book tour in New Hampshire Dec. 12. Pence "headlined a luncheon and held a book signing in Bedford." (Fox News)
2. A shoutout to Bedford author Michael Davidow, who was interviewed by Bev Stoddart in her new InDepthNH.org video interview program, The First Line. In the Monday Zoom interview, Davidow discussed his new book, Chanukah Land, a "madcap adventure" about "an ordinary Irish Jew named Menelaus McCarthy" and a "world without Chanukah." (InDepthNH.org)
3. New Hampshire home sales fell 31 percent in November compared to a year ago, as interest rates climb. "Interest rates are now taking their toll," said Rachel Eames, owner and broker at RE/MAX Capital Realty in Concord and RE/MAX Coastal Living in Newmarket. Houses that are priced too high may be sitting on the market a little longer, but "it's certainly not going to become a buyers' market," noted Greg Powers of Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan in Bedford. (Yahoo! Voices)

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From my notebook:

• Opal update: "We dropped sweet Opal off this morning for surgery, so she can live a full, pain free life. Surgery went well and she is now recovering. Thanks everyone for loving her as much as we do. We will keep you posted." (Animal Rescue League of NH via Facebook)
• Congratulations Josephine! "Congratulations to Josephine! She finished the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program. Keep reading Josephine! "A book is a dream you hold in your hand." Neil Gaiman @1000BooksBeforeKindergarten." (Bedford (NH) Public Library via Facebook)
• Basketball action on BCTV: "Catch BHS Boys Basketball 🏀 online here:" (Bedford (NH) Community Television via Facebook)
• Gingerbread house alternative: "Looking for an alternative to decorating a gingerbread house? What about ice cream cone Christmas Trees? Miss Jane thinks these look so fun and easy! 🎄😊 If you make them, post a picture in the comments." (Town of Bedford Recreation Department via Facebook)

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