Canterbury NH Community Newsletter

A free community movie? How fun!

Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 6, at 3pm when the Parish House presents a sweet and chocolatey movie for all ages. Attend for free and enjoy a candy and ice cream bar with friends. Purchase a golden raffle ticket for $1 to win movie passes to a local theater.…
Coming soon: broadband for everyone!

Thank you to all who attended the two sessions of Town Meeting this year. There were 507 ballots cast on March 12 and the town clerk received 36 absentee ballots. All the warrant articles passed at the Second Session on Friday, which was well attended. The results of both sessions…
Elkins library speaker series offers two April talks

What could be better than the Elkins  Public Library Speaker Series? Nothing! Mapping Canterbury Throughout the Centuries: A Historical Presentation of Luther Cody by Belmont High School senior Evan Christensen. Wednesday, April 10, at 6 pm in the Town Hall. Come hear Evan as he presents his work of locating…
Canterbury Farmers Market never rests

Opening Day of the Canterbury Farmers Market is still a ways off, but we are hard at work organizing out 18th season! Here are a few pertinent bits of info… Want to be a vendor? Go to our website, CanterburyFarmersMarket.com, and click on the “Apply To Be A Vendor” button…
Many treasures await you every Saturday!

The Treasure House at the dump is open Saturdays from 10 to 2. But with just a few more volunteers we could expand hours! Visit this week, because many donations are adopted right away. Spring specials: Bike rack, kites, kids bike helmets Summer: mason jars with handles for ice tea,…
Cemetery Association to hold first meeting

The first annual meeting of the Canterbury Cemetery Association will be held on Saturday, April 20, at 10 am in the chapel room of the Parish House in the town center. Agenda items will include year-end reports and voting on our George Shannon memorial donation. Everyone is welcome to attend…
Deepwood Forest celebration set for May

The Conservation Commission is planning an event for Saturday, May 4, to celebrate the conservation of Deepwood Forest. Details are in the works and will be shared via the May newsletter, the town email and in postings around town. We’ll thank Ken and Ilene Stearn for conserving this property and…
Blue bags and roadside pickup: Canterbury’s April tradition

It’s hard to believe that this is the eighteenth year of the Townwide Roadside Cleanup with the blue bag option. Recent postings on the Canterbury Facebook page makes me realize it’s time for a refresher on how this whole program works, with a little history thrown in. Canterbury had an…
Loudon Food Pantry continues to serve

In January, the Loudon Food Pantry gave out enough food to 276 individuals for them to prepare 5,238 meals. Of these people, 117 were age 60 and older (42%), 69 were age 18 or under (25%), and 90 were between those ages (33%). In February, the pantry gave out enough…
Up next for Cloverbuds: plants and animals

We had so much fun learning about our feathered friends during Cloverbuds in March! To begin our meeting we listened to a few books about birds, feathers, eggs and nests. We talked about the ways in which birds are unique in the animal kingdom. The kids then painted beautiful birdhouses.…