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For Chair-ity
July 1, 2011

EXETER — Decorated with starry nights, owls, sunflowers, stripes and fish, 14 Adirondack chairs will be ready for bidding July 2.

The chairs were built by 16 members of the New Outlook Teen Center during spring break as part of the Girls at Work Program. These teenage girls built the chairs in just two days.

Bid on 14 beautifully decorated Adirondack chairs. Proceeds benefit the New Outlook Teen Center. Bidding is July 2 to 16 at www.biddingforgood.com/newoutlookchairs

Paintings Stolen From NH Hospital
February 18, 2011

EXETER, N.H. (CBS) – Seacoast artists like Sandy McDermott have to wait up to a year for the honor of displaying and selling their work at Exeter Hospital. The facility lets local artisans showcase their pieces for a month at a time. Patients, visitors, and staff are able to buy them. McDermott’s turn was this month and she chose 21 drawings and watercolors to share. Then, Tuesday, security called...

Art for Cancer Patients Stolen from NH Hospital
February 18, 2011

EXETER, N.H.- Two paintings intended to raise money for cancer patients were stolen from the Exeter Hospital earlier this week. Hospital officials say the two paintings were snatched from a charity art wall on Valentine's Day between 8 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. The wall is dedicated to the 'Beyond the Rainbow' Fund, a non profit that raises money for cancer patients.

Capturing Home: Exeter Artist Sketches Families Treasures
May 15, 2009

From the time she could hold a pencil, Sandy McDermott drew pictures. Although she didn’t take a formal art class until college, she continued drawing, eventually becoming a Natural Science Illustrator, then an art teacher. Along the way she developed a strong affinity for the town of Exeter, her home for the last eight years. As her career transitioned from Natural Science illustration to creating house and garden portraits, McDermott decided to donate a portion of the sales from select portraits to the Exeter Historical Society.

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