🌱 Hampton-North Hampton Daily: 1,000 Pound Bluefish Tuna Caught

Hello, people of Hampton-North Hampton! It's me again, Tony Schinella, your host of the Hampton-North Hampton Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Windy; a stray morning shower. High: 59 Low: 20.

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Here are the top stories in Hampton-North Hampton today:

1. REO Speedwagon tour 2022: Tickets on sale, prices, best seats, concert dates (nj.com)
2. Sununu On State Of The State; Good News, More To Do: PM Patch NH
3. SAU 16 names two finalists for Cooperative Middle School principal job (Seacoastonline.com)
4. New Jersey Child Sexual Assault Suspect Arrested In New Hampshire
5. VIDEO: New Hampshire woman catches 1,000-pound bluefish tuna and gets it onto her boat by herself (SILive.com)
6. Merle Phipps obituary (The Local Ne.ws)
7. Remember the Old Man of the Mountain, NH's Iconic State Emblem? (wokq.com)
8. Twiddle Announce Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia Debut, Share Additional Tour Dates (jambands.com)
9. Hampton-North Hampton Weekend Weather Forecast (Hampton-North Hampton Patch)
10. Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening Details Spring Tour 2022 (JamBase)
11. NH Chronicle: The Sneaker Collector (WMUR Manchester)
12. Sports Briefs: DeNiro secures hold on second with win over Homecare (Seacoastonline.com)
13. Smuttynose Introduces the Kind Series with a New Hazy Kind IPA and Double Kind DIPA (Brewbound.com)
14. NITA STRAUSS To Perform "Star Spangled Banner" At Auto Club Speedway's WISE Power 400 (bravewords.com)
15. Hunt-Hawkins: Rochester deserves election integrity, fair districts (Foster's Daily Democrat)
16. Ex-Brentwood police chief was under investigation for alleged threats to town employees (Seacoastonline.com)
17. Snowplow mishaps damage new Hampton Falls police cruiser and safety building (Seacoastonline.com)
18. Hampton Beach Lupe's 55 Cantina: Change of owners, but not the menu (Seacoastonline.com)

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Today in Hampton-North Hampton:

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From my notebook:

• North Country Studio Workshops: "Our February blog post is up on the website! We are excited for you to give this thoughtful and reflective piece by NH potter and longtime NCSW planning committee member Sweet Fern Pottery by Sarah Burns a read. https://ncsw.org/blog" (Facebook)
• Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce - Hampton, NH: "Chambers getting together to highlight our State and all it has to offer!!" (Facebook)
• Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH: "Encanto is coming! Come see this adorably uplifting film on March 2nd. Seats are limited, register here today: https://tinyurl.com/2pr394nm" (Facebook)
• Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH: "Come visit our display case located outside of the Children's Room. This month we are featuring "Winging It" created by our own, Liz Premo and the Great Backyard Bird Count. "Winging It" is a collection of bird-inspired acrylic pour pain..." (Facebook)
• Hampton, NH Recreation & Parks Department: "Chemistry day today with Mad Science of Maine #afterschoolprogram #futurescientist" (Facebook)
• Joseph from Nextdoor's Community Team, Nextdoor New Hampshire: "Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day in the neighborhood this Thursday - Neighbors, did you know performing small, random acts of kindness for neighbors can reduce loneliness? 

 Nextdoor's global study examining how acts of kindness i..." (Nextdoor)

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That's it for today! I'll see you soon.

— Tony Schinella

About me: Award-winning journalist and broadcaster for Patch.com in NH (off and on) since June 2011. Community coverage includes Concord, Hampton-North Hampton, Merrimack, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Salem. Reachable at tony.schinella@patch.com. Career highlights available on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an...