LOUDON — Trucks, semis, and tons of chrome were the order of the afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Thursday for FanFest, an afternoon of entertainment for the thousands of fans on already on hand for the weekend of racing to come.

LACONIA — Though there may have been a few less people at Motorcycle Week 2015, the week was a great success, in part thanks to the weather.

FRANCONIA - The home of the Old Man of the Mountain continues to welcome visitors 11 years after the rock structure fell, but the site's effect on tourism remains difficult to quantify.

EPPING - Fireworks won’t be the only big noise makers this week.

LACONIA — The live music performances at LaconiaFest — originally scheduled to run through Sunday — were set to end on Friday night after singer Ted Nugent’s performance, the festival’s promoter said.

DEERFIELD — For Elise Demers, working at the Deerfield Fair runs in the blood. She’s been with the fair’s arts and crafts department for 15 years. That’s 11 years fewer than her mother. And her grandfather does the fair’s commercials.

LACONIA — The opening weekend of the 92nd Laconia Motorcycle Week was blessed with great weather, good attendance and few problems, say emergency services officials, organizers and local nonprofits.

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PORTSMOUTH – People braved the frigid temperatures Sunday to participate in First Night Portsmouth.

KINGSTON — Bob and Marghi Beans’ 35 acres of woodlands and meadows in their backyard have once again been transformed into a magical place where the queen and her knights, pirates, fairies and others dressed in character come together to enjoy some 16th century fun for a good cause.

LITTLETON — Less than two years old, the Schilling Beer Co. has earned still more praise for its brews based on centuries-old European recipes with Ski Magazine recently naming SBC one of six craft brewers in the U.S. who are “perfecting the craft — literally.”

LINCOLN -- There’s still a lot of green around, but the 2014 foliage season is here, and while the rest of the state will follow suit thereafter, the Great North Woods and White Mountains are now displaying flashes of color and expected to reach peak by Sept. 28.

BRETTON WOODS — While many people love the Mount Washington Cog Railway, 10,000 of them have to show their support online before its historic Peppersass and Moosilauke engines can be considered for commemoration in a Lego building set.

MANCHESTER — For anyone wondering if bull riding is as dangerous as it seems, look no further than Cody Nance.

STARK — No one — not even the engineering company that did the latest renovation — knows exactly when the first Stark covered bridge was built to connect New Hampshire Route 110 and Northside Road, but everyone who spoke at the bridge’s re-opening Saturday knows how important it is to the to…

GLEN — Children’s theme park Story Land opens the doors to its new Living Shores Aquarium on Monday, Nov. 4.

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Fair is set to begin on Sept. 12 and as volunteers work to bring new life to the event, the organization’s former shareholders and directors are arguing they are owed more than $102,000.

The normal distractions at noontime watering holes — nonstop sports news, social media feeds, run-of-the-mill barstool banter — was widely ignored Friday as lottery officials turned on the switch for Keno 603 in several New Hampshire cities.

KEENE — Free pumpkins to be distributed as part of the Keene Pumpkin Festival’s push for the most jack-o-lanterns must be reserved via email this year.

MANCHESTER — Mayor Ted Gatsas said police have done a good job at making Veterans Memorial Park a safer and more inviting place to visit than a year ago.

Although its epicenter is in Laconia, Bike Week is increasingly becoming a statewide event, with more people coming north to stay in and explore the Mount Washington Valley.

MEREDITH — The staff at the Town Docks restaurant at the edge of Lake Winnipesaukee were milling about Thursday, preparing for the hordes of tourists arriving Friday for Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of the summer season.

PORTSMOUTH — Organizers of three successful air shows at Pease International Airport had hoped to bring the event back this year, but it is not to be.

HAMPTON — A sewer line failure that sent wastewater into the Tide Mill Creek saltmarsh area poses no threat to the hundreds of participants expected to take a dip in the Atlantic Ocean at this weekend’s Penguin Plunge, officials said Friday.

Howard “Howie” Wemyss will be succeeded by Tobey Reichert.

More than 275 teams are scheduled to compete in the 11th annual New England Pond Hockey Classic that kicks off Friday on the ice of Lake Winnipesaukee at the head of Meredith Bay.