• Granted! Shaker Village gets help fixing Meeting House

    Canterbury Shaker Village has received a $7,500 award to preserve ten windows in the Meeting House. The money was awarded by the Preserving America Grant Program, which gave more than $1.4 million this year to… Read more


  • We’re all one

    “My mind gathers tranquility from the thoughts of the birds, the squirrels, the mice, the millions of insects, and the other animals that live here.”  ~ Bernd Heinrich A Year in the Maine Woods Indigenous… Read more


  • WindowDressers is coming to Canterbury!

    Drafty windows? Want to save $$ on heating? Learn how at the Merrimack Window Dressers information session on Thursday, April 4, at 6:30 pm at the Town Hall. Learn about the Community Build (think barn-raising… Read more


  • CUCC services and events

    SPECIAL SERVICES AND EVENTS Thursday, March 28, 6:45 pm: Tenebre in the Parish House An ancient service of light and shadows; we gather at table and retell the story of Jesus’ passion. Friday, March 29,… Read more


  • April: Our month of surprises

    Dear Friends, It seems like every morning in Canterbury brings a surprise these days: the changing light, the tree buds, vicious prickers that grow a foot overnight, new birdsong. April is full of surprises. Of… Read more


April EVENTS


Thursday, April 4Merrimack Window Dressers information session

Saturday, April 6Free community movie

Monday, April 84H Cloverbuds

Tuesday, April 9Planning Board Master Plan hearing

Tuesday, April 9Canterbury Fair planning meeting

Wednesday, April 10Mapping Canterbury Throughout the Centuries

Saturday, April 13Townwide Roadside Cleanup

Tuesday, April 16Friends of Elkins Public Library membership meeting

Thursday, April 18Dietitian presents on gut health & immunity

Saturday, April 20Canterbury Fire & Rescue pancake breakfast

Saturday, April 20Canterbury Cemetery Association annual meeting

Thursday, April 25Lindsay and Her Puppet Pals

Thursday, April 25New Hampshire’s One-Room Rural Schools