Hooksett 5th-graders Emily Little, left, and Reid Hamilton

Hooksett 5th-graders Emily Little, left, and Reid Hamilton were among the 81 young inventors honored at the recent 36th annual Northern New England Invention Convention. The convention, run by the Young Inventors’ Program at the University of New Hampshire, attracted some 130 elementary and middle school students from around the region. Emily and Reid won a first-place award for their Attach-o-Pocket invention. (Young Inventors’ Program and Northern New England Invention Convention photo)