🌱 How a Stratham senator’s bill could change Hampton Beach visits

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• How a Stratham senator’s bill could change Hampton Beach visits

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 32 and low of 22 degrees.
• Wednesday: Clouds and sun, temps: high: 42, low: 25.
• Thursday: Clouds and sun, with a high of 40 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bill would ban smoking at Hampton Beach and Hampton Beach State Park (nhpr.org) — Stratham state Sen. Debra Altschiller is backing a bill that would ban smoking at Hampton Beach and Hampton Beach State Park, responding to a constituent’s concerns about secondhand smoke around children. The proposal would let authorized officers tell people to stop smoking but would not impose fines or penalties, making it a behavior-focused, rather than punitive, change for beachgoers.
   

📸 Around Stratham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stratham

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Wednesday December 17

• Knitting Group (Beginners Welcome!)
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  10:00 am
• Toddler and Preschool Storytime
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  10:30 am
• Drop-In Tech Help
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  2:00 pm
• Caroling with The Afternotes
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Toddler and Preschool Storytime
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  10:30 am
• Drop-In Tech Help
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  11:00 am
• Kids Dungeons & Dragons (Grades 2-5)
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  4:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Baby Lapsit Storytime
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Junior Science: Amazing Animals
  The Children's Museum of New Hampshire , 6 Washington Street , Dover
  1:30 pm
• 2025 December Business After Hours - Unitil and OTTO Exeter
  The Perch at OTTO , 33 Water St. , Exeter
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Epoch Happy Hour
  Epoch Restaurant and Bar
  4:00 pm
• 12 Cocktails of Christmas at Epoch
  Exeter Chamber of Commerce , 120 NH-111 , Exeter
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Team Member in Stratham. Apply here.
• Itaconix posted a job opening for Chemical Production Operator in Stratham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stratham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Exeter

• Exeter assembles Dec. 9 to support the Exeter Area Scholarship Fund (seacoastonline.com)
• NHTI receives medical equipment donation for student learning (theconcordinsider.com)

Newmarket

• Durham man charged with using firearm to threaten hunter (seacoastonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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