Charming 3+ bedroom, 2 bath home with formal dining room and large family room. Attached barn, beautiful mature gardens and fenced-in area for children or pets. Many updates including electric and plumbing. Come take a look!
Sara Ellis, Listing Agent
Celebrate the beginning of Autumn with Newport’s annual Apple Pie Craft Fair this Saturday, August 27th from 9am-3pm. The Fair is a day long event on the beautiful town common. Come and shop the wonderful crafters, bakers, and towns folk. Then watch the Apple Pie judging!
The Newport Library will also be hosting their annual book sale right across the street. Take advantage of the discounted prices and get yourself some good deals!
Come see why this annual tradition draws from many towns around. It’s a great way to say goodbye to Summer, and hello to Fall!
The New London Rotary Club presents an evening of fun and laughter with an Old Fashioned Vaudeville Show at the Whipple Memorial Town Hall in New London, Saturday, August 20, at 7p.m.
$15 adults, $5 for children under 12. All proceeds benefit the Rotary Scholarship Fund. Tickets available at Morgan Hill Bookstore; lobster rolls available one hour before the show.
Come out and enjoy the fun!
Fun for the whole family! The Corn Maze is here again at Spring Ledge Farm in New London, NH. It is on over 3 acres of land with over 6,600 feet of paths (if you take the right turns)! Hours are Monday – Friday 9-6pm and Saturday 9-5:30pm. $7 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under, and children 3 and under are free. There’s even a scarecrow contest! Click here for details and get out and have some fun!
By: Les Shu
Easy-to-install security cameras let you keep an eye on your home from afar, ensuring safety and security for you and your family.
Internet-based network cameras are a quick solution in setting up home surveillance. They connect to your broadband connection and don’t require difficult wiring or mounting.
Logitech’s Alert lets you view either real-time or recorded footage—with audio—of the inside and outside of your house through your iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry smartphone, and the system is expandable by adding additional cameras. You’ll get text or email notifications on your phone or computer if the camera’s motion sensor is triggered.
Panasonic’s BL-C131A goes one step further by giving you remote pan and tilt control from your smartphone or computer, allowing you to view in eight different positions.
The Alert 750i Master System starts at $299.99. (A similar device from D-Link costs $119.99.) The Panasonic BL-C131A costs around $300.
If you have a Z-Wave-based home automation system installed, you can add wireless cameras to create a security network inside and outside of your house.
ADT’s Pulse is a complete home alarm system that uses Z-Wave cameras for home monitoring from your iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android. ADT Pulse service plans start at $48 a month, not including installation and cameras.
Schlage’s LiNK offers its Z-Wave Wireless Camera as an option to its electronic locks. Like ADT’s Pulse, you can also perform additional home management functions with compatible Z-Wave products like thermostats. Schlage LiNK starter kits cost around $300, and the Wireless Camera costs around $150.
Similar wireless security cameras are available for X10 home automation systems.
You can turn a basic computer webcam into a surveillance system using free downloadable software from Yawcam and EyeSpyFX. You’re required to have your computer remain on, but once set up you can log in remotely from another computer—say, at work—and view streaming video of your home. Just position the camera at what you want to monitor.
Yawcam offers motion detection and can send a snapshot to your email when triggered, while EyeSpyFX lets you view footage from dedicated iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry apps.
An affordable webcam like Microsoft’s LifeCam VX-2000 costs about $30 or less.
A writer covering the latest technologies and trends for a variety of national publications, Les Shu is currently automating his home with the newest doodads to make it smarter than he is.
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By: Theresa Klisz
Backyard pests–squirrels, rabbits, moles–can destroy your landscaping and lawns. Here’s how to get rid of the ravenous critters.
Calling cards: Ravaged vegetables, beheaded borders and flowers (especially tulips), and gnawed trees, such as red maple, honey locust, and evergreens.
Protection: Install 2-ft.-high fences that extend to the ground or below ($50 for 100 ft. of galvanized poultry fencing). Surround young tree trunks with plastic tree guard cylinders ($10).
Change habitat: Eliminate piles of brush, barricade cozy spots under sheds, and flatten back-lot debris piles where rabbits nest. Ivy, wisteria, and periwinkle will curb the munching, and fragrant herbs like thyme and lavender will turn them away.
Calling cards: Bumps in the night because they nest in your attic; power loss due to frayed wires; missing vegetables and flower bulbs; quickly emptied bird feeders.
Protection: Plug house entry places, such as gaps around utility pipes, broken windows, and uncapped chimneys. Cover wires with plastic pipe that will rotate, causing the squirrel to fall ($2.50 for a 2-ft. section). Sandwich bulbs underground between two layers of wire mesh ($175 for 100 ft. of 24-inch wire mesh).
Change habitat: Trim tree branches 6 to 8 ft. from buildings so squirrels can’t jump onto your roof. Switch to squirrel-proof tilting bird feeders ($25 and up) or domed feeders that close when weight limits are exceeded. Don’t plant oak trees–acorns are squirrel caviar.
Calling cards: Dirt mounds, lawns pocked with ankle-breaking holes, power loss due to damaged underground utilities; weakened trees due to gnawed roots; missing plants.
Protection: Install mesh fencing 18 inches deep with one-half inch or smaller openings (25 sq. ft. for $175). Trapping is the best way to eliminate gophers and moles. Scissor-jaw or choker-loop traps will snag star-nosed and hairy-tailed moles ($15 for two). Gopher traps look like a twisted mess, but they quickly snap and trap ($15 for a pair). Both can be cleaned and reused.
Change habitat: Since they like easy-to-tunnel, well-watered lawns, try compacting soil and cutting down on irrigation. But moles and gophers are so adaptable that habitat changes won’t keep them out, just slow them down.
Calling cards: Flowering plants nibbled to the nubs; leaves torn from plants from ground level to 6 ft.; 2-inch gouges on tree trunks; hoof prints that resemble a broken heart.
Protection: Fencing at least 8 ft. high; homemade and commercial repellents that taste and smell bad; barking dog.
Change habitat: Replace tasty fruit trees with spruce and pine. Swap lilies for ferns and rosemary. Add switch grass and ribbon grass–they’ll avoid these ornamentals. Bonus: Works for bunnies, too.
Theresa Klisz lives in Northern Virginia and was a general-interest features editor and writer for a national wire service. She serves on her community association board of directors.
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By: Joseph D’Agnese
Protect against break-ins with a security check that shows where the entrances to your house—your doors—are vulnerable.
First, stand back: is your front door visible from the street, or is it obscured by bushes? A door that’s covered by shrubbery offers thieves the perfect chance to break in without being seen.
Trim back or remove shrubbery that offers cover for potential intruders.
Open all doors and check the strike plates, the metal fittings that catch bolts and latches. Chances are, they’re fastened to the soft wood of the door jamb with two screws only. Not good. Upgrade security with four-screw strike plates ($3) and 3-inch screws that bite all the way into the stud behind the jamb.
When conducting your home security check, make sure exterior doors have deadbolts that throw at least a 1-inch bolt. Ask your locksmith to upgrade to Grade 1 or Grade 2 locksets and deadbolts ($25 to $80), the most secure options.
Back doors and garage doors are more likely to be attacked than the front door. If you have an attached garage, disable the automatic opener and lock the garage door before you go away on a long trip. The door leading from the garage into the house should be outfitted with the same hardware as exterior doors and kept locked at all times.
Sliding doors leading to a patio can be a home’s weak spot. To beef up security:
Check the construction of your entry doors. Those made of steel, solid wood, and impact-resistant fiberglass are all good choices for security. If you must have glass, make sure it is tempered or reinforced for added strength. Expect to pay $1,400 to $2,300 for an exterior replacement door, including installation.
Don’t ignore the doors on your outdoor storage shed, especially if you store tools there; they could be useful to a burglar. As with house doors, the best option is a secure deadbolt. If your shed doors are unable to accommodate a deadbolt, a heavy-duty slide bolt ($15 to $25) secured by a padlock is a good substitute.
Joseph D’Agnese is a journalist and book author who has written numerous articles on home improvement. He lives in North Carolina.
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A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a wine tasting at the summit of Mt. Sunapee. My sister was visiting from California and she had never been on a chairlift, so I thought this would be fun for her. She was scared when she saw that chairlift coming, but had a blast!
This summer Mt. Sunapee has hosted several different dinners at the top of the mountain outside the lodge. The wine tasting was excellent! There were appetizers and three courses, prepared by their Executive Chef, paired with three different wines. It was a beautiful night, gorgeous views and sunset and great food and wines.
There’s only one more scheduled for September 1, which is a beer pairing with beers from the Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, VT. Click here, check it out, and enjoy yourself! Reservations are required.
Prices seem to be stabilizing and future foreclosures are falling – this from an online article by RISMedia, a leader in real estate information systems. Read article. 
