Tag: August 2024

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  New look for an old sign

  You never know what you’re going to find when you turn over an old sign. Check out the names on the back of the Canterbury Historical Society sign from the Houser Museum in the Center! And here’s the front, getting a facelift in time for the Fair! Photos and text…

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  Looking for volunteers to help plan Canterbury’s Tricentennial Celebration

  In 2027 Canterbury will be 300 years old! If you have a great sense of history, love this town, and like a good party, please email the town at tricentennial@canterburynh.gov. We are collecting names and will plan a meeting in September to start tossing around ideas for a year-long celebration of…

• A clothing swap and a masquerade ball: save these dates!

  In October, a clothing swap! The spring clothing exchange was such a success that we’ve decided to hold another on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 to 1 in the Town Hall. This one will include both adult and children’s clothes. Drop off times will be announced in the October newsletter…

• Watch for notices on Ayers Road work

  Roadside mowing was completed including mowing of the parking area and Right of Way to the beach at the Riverland Conservation Area. Pike Corporation will be working on Ayers Road repairing a culvert. We will post notices on when any work will be done.   The Board of Selectmen will meet…

• What a great day for a daydream!

  Dear Friends,    As we lean into the last weeks of summer under milkweed skies and drifting monarch butterflies, I hope you get some time to daydream. It may be a lost art today, since we are so often rewarded for producing and consuming, and above all, being busy. A few weeks…

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  The Old Man book club ~ and more ~ resumes at the library in September

  The next meeting of Elkins Public Library Board of Trustees is on Monday, Sept. 16, at 6 pm. The library will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2, for Labor Day. Congratulations to Miss Cheryl and the whole EPL team for hosting the most amazing Summer Reading Program this year! Our participation…

• Elkins Library speaker series rocks on

  These events will all be held in the Town Hall! Thursday, Aug. 15, at 6 pm: Around the World with Jim and Isobel: A Travelog. Jim and Isobel  went around the world in 6 weeks, created their own itinerary, and lived out of backpacks. No big tour groups, no big…

• Youth soccer seeks help, gears up!

  Join the Canterbury Youth Soccer fun this season. Registration opened July 18 and it closes on Sept. 1. Don’t miss out! Secure your child’s spot as soon as possible.  Practices kick off the week of Sept. 8 and run through Oct. 26. *Please note, the 2024 practice schedule may be adjusted…

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  Loudon Food Pantry provides for 4,494 meals

  Food Pantry provides for 4,494 meals in June In June, the Loudon Food Pantry gave out enough food to 218 individuals for them to prepare 4,494 meals. Of these people, 104 were aged 60 and older (48 percent), 44 were aged 18 or under (20 percent), and 70 were between…

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  Ailing maple tree in Center comes down

  An ailing maple tree in the Center came down yesterday due to concerns that it was rotting and posing a threat to power lines if it fell toward the road and the Center Cemetery if it fell to the south. The work was done by Asplundh, the tree removal company,…