Lifestyle News

• A Serenade for Newmarket - 7/4/2008

  What do you get when you mix a town in the throes of confusing construction and a few savvy artists? A new reason to amble through it all, of course.

• Readers chat about cheating - 7/4/2008

  In my last column I discussed cheating in relationships. I made the point that the definition of what constitutes cheating probably varies from person to person and couple to couple.

• Rockingham area religious listings - 7/4/2008

  Fremont

• Readings and Signings - 7/4/2008

  Send readings & signings to features@seacoastonline.com.

  
• Portsmouth area community calendar - 7/4/2008

  Durham

  
• Best friends need new home - 7/4/2008

  Patches and Freedom are both 6-year-old domestic medium-haired cats. Patches is a neutered male and Freedom is a spayed female. They have both been good with children of all ages, other cats and dogs and are micro-chipped. This pair is here because...

  
• Out & About: Seacoast celebrates July 4 with fireworks, ice cream, jazz - 7/4/2008

  Happy birthday, USA. Get out and party like it's 1776.

  
• Honors & Recognition - 7/4/2008

  Jennifer L. Toscano graduated from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla., in May. Toscano is a dean's list student who received a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education.

  
• Exeter/Hampton area religious listings - 7/4/2008

  Exeter

• Hampton resident appointed Rotary District governor - 7/4/2008

  Brad Jett of Hampton has assumed the volunteer post of Rotary International district governor for 2008-2009. As governor, Jett coordinates the community and international service projects of 41 Rotary clubs in District 7780 located throughout Maine,...

  
• Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham area community calendar - 7/4/2008

  Brentwood

• Help & support - 7/4/2008

  Church Street, Epping, 1-4 p.m.

• After a year of renovations by David Wiggins, Storer Mansion ready for market - 7/3/2008

  The Storer Mansion has had a long history: built in 1758 by Joseph and Hannah Storer, it was the first home in Kennebunk to be painted. The Marquis de Lafayette and presidents James Monroe and Theodore Roosevelt all visited it, and author Kenneth...

  
• Go & Do - things to steal your fancy this week - 7/3/2008

  Join Barnes & Noble in Newington in celebration of the release of "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 3. The group will make a beautiful paper box to hold tiny treasures. They will discuss what it's like to work in a...

  
• Portsmouth area Senior News - 7/3/2008

  Club updates

  
• A 'guardian angel' for parents - 7/3/2008

  It's the ultimate nightmare: A child with a chronic health condition, and an overwhelmed, frightened parent trying to deal with insurance, money, time, education and care issues. Sometimes you're running so hard it's hard to know where to turn for...

  
• These boots were made for boot camp - 7/3/2008

  Balancing on a medicine ball while doing push-ups, Beth Brosnan literally was overlooking the Squamscott River in Exeter.

  
• Treat yourself to a summer read, activities - 7/3/2008

  KENNEBUNKPORT — Are you in need of things to do while you are taking some time off this summer to enjoy the beach, nice weather, your family, or simply a day for yourself? Let us help you fill your book bag, knapsack, purse, or satchel with...

  
• Portsmouth area community calendar - 7/3/2008

  Durham

• Kennebunkport eighth-grader near the top in academic talent search - 7/3/2008

  One seventh-grader and the two eighth-graders tied for their performance on a national test, earning them 'first in state' awards from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, a national program for highly gifted elementary and middle...

• IPM certification awarded to Wells-Ogunquit CSD - 7/3/2008

  WELLS — Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Star Certification was awarded to the Wells-Ogunquit C.S.D. at the school committee meeting June 18. Although it is now state law that all schools in Maine adhere to IPM practices, the district becomes...

  
• Buggin' out - 7/3/2008

  KENNEBUNK — "Stand-Up Chameleon" Jackson Gillman will bring his unique style of humor and stories to the Kennebunk Free Library at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 7. Let Jackson introduce you to doodlebugs, spiders, ants and other crawlies in this...

  
• She's quitting Quitting - 7/3/2008

  At some point since beginning to write this column, 'round about December, I realized this: that writing about quitting was antithetical to actually quitting. When the subject is the struggle, it dies along with the fight.

• Help & support - 7/3/2008

  Addiction