Downtown Dover glows.

Dover's first-ever Pumpkin Stroll lines the Joe B. Parks Riverwalk with community-carved jack-o'-lanterns from 5 PM - free, self-guided and very photogenic. Get there early and you'll catch the 20th annual Zombie Walk shambling from the Chamber down to Henry Law Park at 3, then it's a ten-minute drive to Tendercrop Farm for the Flashlight Corn Maze after dark.

Portsmouth's biggest sale ever, and a quieter September Sabrina Saulnier, REALTOR with Red Post Realty

A four-level brick building on State Street with a penthouse, two storefronts and a heated four-car garage just closed for $8.3 million, the highest price ever paid for a home in Portsmouth - and still $200,000 under what it was listed for. Meanwhile the rest of the Seacoast had its slowest September in two years, with the most homes for sale since 2020 and mortgage rates still above 7%. Here's what that combination means if you're buying or selling this winter.