Hampton's Favorite Birder Wins NH Fish and Game Award

Good morning, Hampton and North Hampton. Here are five things you need to know for Friday, May 10:

1. Today's Top Thing: Resident Dave Weber has been named this year's recipient of New Hampshire Fish and Game's Habitat Stewardship Award for his work to install and maintain four osprey nesting spots and over 250 bird houses along the Hampton salt marshes and the Seacoast area.

Video of from the awards ceremony is attached to this article.

2. Friday’s and Saturday's Winnacunnet High School Sports Matchups (information via Winnacunnet.org):

Friday
Baseball @Trinity – JV at 4:00/Varsity at 7:00
Boys Frosh Lacrosse @Londonderry at 4:00
Track & Field (SENH) @Spaulding at 4:00
Saturday
Frosh Baseball @Keene at 10:00am
Boys Lacrosse vs. Bow – Varsity at 10:00am/JV at 11:30am

Want to see scores, information and photos from these games featured prominently on Patch? Here's how.

3. What Else Is Happening Today? "Art in Bloom," a three-day exhibition put on by the Hampton Arts Network and Hampton Garden Club, ends Friday.

Also, Lane Memorial Library is hosting a free showing of the movie "The Impossible" at 1 p.m.

4. This Day in History: On this day in 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah, and drove a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connected their railroads.

This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. No longer would western-bound travelers need to take the long and dangerous journey by wagon train, and the West lost some of its wild charm with the new connection to the civilized East.

5. Today's Forecast:

Day
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Night
A 50 percent chance of showers after 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind 5 to 10 mph.