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In today's newsletter:

• How could Hampton's free business trash pickup soon change?

Also on today's calendar: August 29/30 Seacoast Food Truck Festival - Kittery Premium Outlets and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 75, low: 57.
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hampton board rejects calls for Chuck Rage to recuse himself from beach trash talk (seacoastonline.com) — Hampton's Select Board has decided that member Chuck Rage will stay involved in debating whether to end free commercial curbside trash pickup and move to a fee-based system. Board members say his Hampton Beach business interests don't create a unique conflict, while residents and officials continue weighing whether taxpayers should keep subsidizing the roughly $536,000 annual service for local businesses.
   

📸 Around Hampton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hampton

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 13
• Hampton Beach Seafood Festival - Sunday →
  Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• August 29/30 Seacoast Food Truck Festival - Kittery Premium Outlets →
  Kittery Premium Outlets, 375 US-1, Kittery
  11:00 am
Sunday August 30
• August 29/30 Seacoast Food Truck Festival - Kittery Premium Outlets →
  Kittery Premium Outlets, 375 US-1, Kittery
  11:00 am
Wednesday September 2
• Networking After Work: Catapult Seacoast 20th Birthday Bash →
  Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce Isles of Shoals Steamship Company315 Market Street Portsmouth, NH, 03801
  5:00 pm
• Planning Board →
  Hampton, NH Calendar, Select Board Meeting Room 100 Winnacunnet Raod, Hampton
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Cirque Du Hampton Beach →
  Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce Hampton Beach Seashell Stage
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Seacoast Composite Squadron, OPEN HOUSE, 10 September 2026 →
  Service Credit Union, 3003 Lafayette Rd, Portsmouth
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Antique Show and Vintage Market →
  , Dover
  9:00 am
Wednesday September 16
• Cheap Trick →
  Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 28
• Ribbon Cutting - Village Silversmith
  Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce 34 Lafayette Road Hampton Falls, NH 03844
  12:00 pm
• S4L Comedy Night (Benefiting Spartans & Seacoast Performance Academy) →
  The Brook, 319 New Zealand Rd, Seabrook
  6:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Brian Walker performs at Ernie's Seaside →
  Ernie's Seaside, 209 Ocean Blvd, Seabrook
  5:00 pm
• One Night of Queen →
  Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Anyone want to take some brush away ?
  We did all the trimming but don't have an appropriate vehicle to haul it to the dump (Nextdoor North Beach)

• AstenJohnson posted a job opening for Logistics - Shipper in Hampton. Apply here.
• TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandise Associate in Seabrook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hampton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hampton Beach

• The Hampton Beach Seafood Festival returns September 11-13 (newenglandnewspress.com)
• Taylor Momsen To Join Soundgarden For NFL Season Opener Halftime Show (antimusic.com)

Hampton Falls

• Reardon: Building inspector retiring soon (cnhi.com)

Ok Hampton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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