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Think you have a great chicken wing recipe, prove it on August 21

More fun things to do in the north country! A Chicken Wing Cook off and River Day at the fabulous Northern Forest Heritage Park

On August 21 NFHP celebrates WINGZILLA/River Day! Two Great Events, Same Day, Same Place! Attached is the WINGZILLA poster. WINGZILLA is a BBQ Chicken Wing Cook-Off competition presented in cooperation with the Berlin Fire Department.  Additionally it is a Two (2) Person Luck of the Draw Horseshoe Tournament. Enter your favorite BBQ Chicken Wing Recipe for a chance to win a cash prize up to $200.00! Whatever you recipe, sweet, hot or something in between can be entered in this Cook-Off! Mark Belanger has claimed first place three years in a row and he says he’s tired of winning!! WHO WILL UNSEAT MARK on August 21? The Berlin Fire Fighters are challenging all Fire Departments around the State for a chance to win prizes from Fire Department Supply Vendors including Valley Fire Equipment, NES Fire & Safety and Minuteman Fire & Rescue Apparatus. Fire Departments also eligible to win cash prizes!!

via www.berlinnh.gov

Clean Power Development project moves closer to reality

Yesterday's announcement of Clean Power Developments deal with Gestamp of Spain takes its project one step farther down the road to reality and will bring another 23 jobs to Berlin. And the best part about this project is that it's located appropriately outside of down and won't negatively impact Berlin's downtown businesses.

United Breaks Guitars Dave coming to Berlin!

Berlin - In a special hands-across the border partnership with Skye Theatre in Carthage, Maine, St. Kieran Arts Center is proud to announce that it will host a new Celtic Mondays Mini-Series beginning on Monday July 26th and continuing each Monday night in August at 7 PM. Bringing in top international bands in Irish, Scottish, and Franco traditions, the series will link to selected Maine Celtic Tour partners, and be a first of its kind in New Hampshire.

via www.stkieranarts.org

Can't believe the social media rock star, Dave Carroll -- who wrote and starred in the United Breaks Guitars That's him on the left with me and Shel Israel  
video seen by more than 100 million people (and which costs United more than it would have cost to replace 51,000 guitars) is comign to my little town of Berlin, NH. Hope to see you there!