ELIOT — Tidewater School of Eliot won first prize in the Gingerbread Contest at Strawbery Banke Museum. Students in Grades 1-3 created a scene depicting a Native American camp at the onset of winter, centuries ago

Lilly Dissette, 8, of Newburyport, took first prize in this year’s Gingerbread Contest at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H.

PORTSMOUTH — With nearly 7,000 visitors in attendance at last year’s event, Strawbery Banke Museum is gearing up to make its 30th annual Candlelight Stroll the best ever. The Stroll takes place Dec