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🌱 Patch AM: How Exeter is saying goodbye to its 106-year-old shoe store.

Coming up on the Exeter Patch calendar: Seacoast Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, OPEN HOUSE, 10 September 2026

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Hello again Exeter! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Exeter is saying goodbye to its 106-year-old shoe store.
  • Which Exeter landmarks make it one of New Hampshire's richest histories?
  • How an Exeter native serves aboard a 9/11 memorial warship

Also on today's calendar: Seacoast Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, OPEN HOUSE, 10 September 2026 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Breezy and warmer, with a high of 87 and low of 56 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 74, low: 46.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• George & Phillips closes after 106 years in Exeter: 'More than selling shoes' (fosters.com) — Exeter's oldest business, George & Phillips, has closed after 106 years as owner Bert Freedman retires, ending a beloved era for local shoppers and athletes. Residents and former employees shared memories of its Nike warehouse sales, UFO Festival creativity, and the personal mentorship many teens received while working there, underscoring how deeply the store shaped community life.
   

• 9 Small Towns In New Hampshire With Rich History (myfamilytravels.com) — Exeter gets top billing in a roundup of New Hampshire's most historic small towns, spotlighting the American Independence Museum, Gilman Garrison House, Exeter Historical Society, Town Hall, and Swasey Parkway along the river. The piece encourages you to slow down downtown, walk the waterfront green, and spend an afternoon rediscovering the revolutionary and maritime history right in your own backyard.
   

• Exeter native serves aboard Navy warship built to honor Sept. 11 victims (seacoastonline.com) — An Exeter native, Petty Officer 2nd Class Ava Tavares, is serving aboard the USS New York, a Navy warship built with World Trade Center steel to honor Sept. 11 victims. She credits lessons learned growing up in Exeter for helping her persevere at sea, where she now works as the ship's sole sea combat aircraft controller and honors 9/11 first responders through her service.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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