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Historically Speaking: When the circus comes to Exeter


By Barbara Rimkunas
“Our little quiet village today, is alive, there is a circus in town, and the railroad annual meeting meets here today, which brings people from all parts, some for amusement, some for Business, some to get money, and some to get rum, I have heard and saw more intoxicated today than I should want to see in a long life.” 
It is clear, from her diary entry on September 8th, 1852, that Hannah Brown was not a lover of frivolity. As a small shareholder of the Boston and Maine railroad, she attended the annual meeting and not the circus. What is not clear, from her diary, is whether the drunkenness she so disapproved of was the result of circus goers or rail investors.  ....

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Charlie's Ice Cream opening in Exeter, NH under father and son team


EXETER – When new customers visit family-owned Charlie’s Ice Cream, they will meet Doug Hanson and his children partnering with him in the venture, Lucas and Megan.
They will also meet the namesake of the homemade ice cream shop, Charlie, a friendly and excitable 3-year-old pug.
“Charlie been a total brat since he found out he was getting his own ice cream shop,” Doug Hanson said. “We were trying to think of a good name and Charlie was just sitting on the couch starring at us until we said, ‘How about Charlie’s?’ and he looked back at us, almost in approval like, ‘That sounds good to me.’” ....

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