Around Town: Here s what s happening in the Hampton area
Portsmouth Herald
James House seeking silent auction donations
HAMPTON The James House Association, Inc. is giving local businesses the opportunity to advertise at their concerts by donating gift certificates and items to be auctioned at the silent auctions.
The James House Concert Series consists of five concerts. A silent auction will be part of each.
A minimum bid will be assigned to each gift certificate or item. The highest bidders will be announced at the end of each performance.
These silent auctions are win, win, win events. The merchants win because they benefit from a low-cost ad. The James House benefits from payment from the highest bidders. The bidder wins when he/she cashes in a gift certificate or obtains a wanted item.
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CONCORD â The public is again being asked to help protect endangered birds on the stateâs beaches. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department reports that there are a record-setting thirteen pairs of piping plovers nesting along the sandy shores of Hampton and Seabrook Beaches. Piping plovers are endangered in New Hampshire and threatened nationally. Their breeding habitat has been delineated with yellow roping to demonstrate the birdsâ presence to beachgoers and to allow the mating pairs enough space to nest and raise their young. This year marks the 25th anniversary of monitoring the piping plover population in New Hampshire by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Safety is making additional resources available to the Town of Hampton to assist with operations throughout the summer season as part of an all-encompassing strategy between local, county, and state law enforcement agencies. After a productive meeting with local officials, Governor Sununu issued the following statement: