Rollinsford News

When a rare viral infection thought to be Lou Gehrig's disease left Maya Gracia almost completely paralyzed 18 years ago, she made a promise to herself and God.

It's that time of year again - or nearly so. Thanksgiving is over and for those of us who rarely have the foresight to buy during the rest of the year and stash away for December, it's time to start thinking about holiday shopping.

Participants in the Holiday Parade line up for the walk from Rollinsford to South Berwick.

From 10am - 2pm there will be more than 40 farmers and food producers who will be offering plenty of seasonal and everyday favorites.

Shiao-Ping Wang immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 1981 along with family members.

Rollinsford Community Toy Bank is in need of toys for all ages. Trucks, dolls, stuffed animals, baby and infant items, art supplies, gift cards, board games, footballs, baseballs, basketballs, GI joes, Barbies, building blocks, Legos and other toys and games.

Concern for locally-grown food has motivated community organizers to study and respond to the need for simple, old-fashioned food products from local NH farms.

The Rollinsford 4 H Club will be marching again at the South Berwick Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov.

Fantastic Fortunes LLC, a gourmet fortune cookie company established in May, is expanding from York, Maine, to a commercial kitchen at the Mills at Salmon Falls in Rollinsford.

Name that theater. a. Thespians on the River, b. Mill City Playhouse, c. Dover Repertory, d. Edwin Booth Theatre 2. What current owner of a new Portland, Maine, theater, opened a theater in the same space as Langlois' Dover venue.

Like the few before her, Lynn Szymanski, of Rollinsford, was speechless when told she'd had just been granted $30,000 - pretty much no strings attached.

In a region blessed with many live theatre options, something special is happening in Rollinsford.

A late-night blaze ripped through half of a multi-unit residence Sunday night, rendering two apartments uninhabitable.

Rochester ROCHESTER -- Each year in November, Scouts from around the state of New Hampshire participate in Scouting for Food.

Wooden Eye will be playing a special acoustic show at the Elysium Folk Club in Rollinsford, on Saturday, Nov.

The headline, "Bodies and books not naughty at all," had caught my eye even before I opened Tamara's e-mail letting me know about Jason Claffey's article in last Thursday's Foster's on the new Rollinsford public library.

The Community Food Pantry, Inc, serving Somersworth, Rollinsford and Berwick needs the following items by Nov.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, playful Shakespearean comedy, 7 p.m., Johnson Theatre, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham.

Courtesy photo The Friends of the Rollinsford Public Library is selling a seminude calendar entitled "Bare it all for Books" to raise funds for the library's operating costs.

The Rollinsford Police Benevolent Association is holding a fundraiser at Papa Gino's in Dover to benefit the its annual Holiday Food Basket Program.