Canterbury NH Community Newsletter

We hold these truths …

About 50 people gathered in the Center at 10 on the morning of the Fourth of July to either participate in or listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence. The idea grew out of a different reading — Frederick Douglass’s “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth…
Fireworks postponed to Sunday, July 7

This just in from the town email: The fireworks that were scheduled for Saturday, July 6 are postponed due to the weather. They will now be Sunday July 7, same time and place. (8:30ish at the CES Soccer Field) Message from Friends of Canterbury Country Store We are sorry to…
Janet Lynn King, 1953-2024

Janet Lynn King of Shaker Road in Canterbury, NH, passed away peacefully early on June 18, 2024, at VNA Hospice House in Concord of complications from cancer. She had turned 71 on the 16th. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, to George and Olga King, she was the middle child of…
New rates, new options for Community Power customers

For the six months beginning Aug. 1, the new default energy rate for customers of Canterbury Community Power (CCP) will be 8.8 cents/kWh. It meets the legal minimum of 24.3% renewable-sourced power, and is based on an innovative new rate structure offered by the statewide Community Power Coalition of NH,…
LAWN?

What lawn?I like it unkempt,just a path to the housethrough the tall grass.Get wet sometimes after a rain but so what.Besides, tall plantings give the illusionof a short house close to the ground, so the landscapers say. Feller at work offered me a boat, a small boat, a peapod, needed work. I’m…
How those green bags for your trash came to be

Once upon a time, and maybe even to this day, Canterbury was a member of a multi-town trash cooperative that existed to negotiate how much it would cost to send the co-op’s trash to the incinerator in Penacook, as well as figure out how to reduce that waste. Your meat…
A change in the newsletter printing schedule, and a welcome to our new website volunteer

In years past we’ve given ourselves a summer break by doing a combined July-August issue. But this year we’re switching it up. You’ve got the July issue in your hands, and we’ll see you again soon with a combined August-September issue. We’ll return to our regular monthly routine with the…
UPDATE: Fireworks show rescheduled to July 7

The annual fireworks show will be held at Canterbury Elementary School on Sunday, July 7. (UPDATE: This is a change due to Saturday’s rainy forecast.) JPI Pyrotechnics has promised another great show with several new fireworks! The Town Office and Town Clerk/Tax Collectors Office will be closed on Thursday, July…
Author Ty Gagne to pay a summer visit

Author Ty Gagne will present his book, The Last Traverse, at the Elkins Library on Tuesday, July 23, at 6 pm in what amounts to a special meeting of multiple book clubs as well as a highlight in the Elkins Speaker Series. The Last Traverse is Gagne’s account of the…
Thank you, Jeff, for your craftsmanship

The Canterbury Cemetery Trustees wish to express their appreciation to Jeff Leidinger for his commitment and superb craftmanship in returning a long missing gate at the Shell Meetinghouse Cemetery.