The A.W. Frost Agency, a member of the Davis & Towle Insurance Group, is proud to be sponsoring, with Progressive Insurance, the first annual Cool Bikes & Hot Wings ride in bike show and hot wing contest.  Benefitting the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, this new event is scheduled for Saturday, August 8 from 11am-4pm at Laconia Harley Davidson on Route 3 in Meredith.  There will be prizes for best bikes and best wings, spectators enter for free, bike entry fee is $25 and wings are $5.

A record-setting cold and rainy June in New Hampshire, and house hunting through homes old and new, has your blogger thinking about sump pumps.  These unsung heroes of the basement keep your mechanical systems and storage items above water, and your basement relatively dry.  But sump pumps are simply mechanical motors which can fail, and most run on electricity, which can also fail, often just when you need it most, during a heavy storm.