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Friday, September 26, 2014 Volume 6 • Issue No. 39

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DOVER – The Children’s Museum of

New Hampshire will celebrate its 31st birthday with a party that all families are invited to on Sunday, September 28 from noon to 5 p.m. The afternoon will include special guests, re-freshments and activities, all in-cluded in the museum’s regular price of admission.

Thanks to New Hamp-shire Public Television, popular characters Peg and Cat, who have their own PBS TV show, will visit the museum from 1 to 4 p.m. The characters will be making periodic appearances for hugs, handshakes and high-fives

over the world will make their way to NH in the next several weeks to take in the changing scenery of the fall foliage season.

The number of fall visitors and their spending will be up 2 percent over last year. About 8.2 million people are expected to visit between now and the end of November, according to the In-stitute for New Hampshire Stud-ies, which compiles the numbers based on spending patterns, gas prices, weather and last year’s activity. They will spend over $1.6 billion.

“As we just finished an-other successful summer season for our travel and tourism in-dustry, we look forward to mil-lions more visiting the Granite State for the fall foliage season,” Governor Maggie Hassan said. “With so much to offer – includ-

smiths, shoemakers, cabinet-makers and others as they work at their trade or craft, and see how Americans earned their livings more than 200 years ago.

The Market Fair will be held on both days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wentworth

House which is located on Water Street in Rollinsford. Admission is free for children and a donation of $5 is suggest-ed for adults.

Built in 1701, the Wen-tworth House is maintained by the Association for Rol-linsford Culture and History

(ARCH) as an educational and cultural center. It is a lasting example of the craftsmanship of the time and a fitting place to demonstrate the skills and trades of this era. Consult the ARCH website at www.paul-wentworthhouse.org for more information.

with their young fans.A birthday party would

not be complete without some traditional sweets, so museum staff members will be serving up cake and ice cream throughout the celebration. Each child can

make and decorate a birthday crown to wear and take home, and play party games in different areas of the museum.

All the festivities are in-cluded in the museum’s regular price of admission: $9 for adults

and children, $8 for seniors and no charge for babies under 12 months old. No reservations are required.

During the past 31 years, the Museum has grown from a small-capacity local museum to

a flourishing regional institution that welcomes more than 93,000 visitors each year from all 50 states and beyond. Through-out its history, the Children’s Museum has been recognized for excellence in programming and leadership, most recently winning the NEMA Leaders in Innovation Award and the NEFA Creative Economy prize.

The museum is located at 6 Washington Street in Dover and hosts a variety of live per-formances, workshops, classes and special events for families. For more information, call the museum at 603-742-2002 or visit www.childrens-museum.org.

ing our natural beauty, tax-free shopping, exciting recreational activities for every season and numerous historic and cultural landmarks – New Hampshire is a year-round travel destination, boosting our economy and cre-ating jobs. On behalf of Granite Staters everywhere, I want to welcome all of our visitors to New Hampshire and wish them happy and safe travels through-out our great state.”

New Hampshire Travel and Tourism makes it easy to find out how the foliage is.

Visit nh.gov to access seasonal itineraries, foliage reports and a foliage tracker, as well as an extensive list of events, activi-ties and fall lodging specials. The interactive foliage tracker shows projected foliage levels by date and location, based on last year’s season.

Daily updates on scenic drives to see fall colors from the network of official leaf-peepers, plus more extensive foliage reports are compiled on Tues-days and Fridays for the state’s seven tourism regions. This is

where visitors can find out what kinds of colors are on the trees, percentage peak and suggested drives to see the best foliage.

The NH Foliage Tracker App allows mobile access to daily updates, twice a week fo-liage reports, itineraries and a photo gallery. Photos can be up-loaded to the gallery and shared on social networks. The App can be found in the iTunes Store and Google Play.

For more information, call 603-271-2665 or visit www.vis-itnh.gov.

Museum Birthday Bash Features PBS Kids Characters

Colonial Market Fair at The Wentworth HouseROLLINSFORD -

In the 18th century, goods were made by hand and made to last. Visitors to the Colo-nial Market Fair to be held at the Colonel Paul Wentworth House on Saturday, Septem-ber 27 and Sunday, September 28 will be able to watch black-

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