Tag: July 2024

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  NOFA-NH & Brookford Farm offer “Fun on the Farm” on Aug. 1

  Join The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire (NOFA-NH) for a summer evening of fun at Brookford Farm on Aug. 1 from 6 to 8 pm. (Doors open at 5:30.) Bring your lawn chairs/blankets and listen to some live music in the farm fields. Fox + Fern will be…

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  A day for kids to play ~ and reconnect

  Join friends at Canterbury Elementary School’s community playground for Swings and Donuts on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 9 am. Come for the free donut or just to play. This is a great opportunity for kids to reconnect with school friends over the summer, while adults catch up. Event sponsored by…

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  Honoring a patriot ~ and those who supported the effort

  In the 249th year of our great country, the town of Canterbury is honoring one of its past citizens: George Shannon, Revolutionary War soldier, who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. In honoring George Shannon, we also honor the many Canterbury citizens who fought…

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  New faces and familiar ones await our kids at CES

  I hope everyone is enjoying a happy, healthy summer. Canterbury Elementary School staff have been preparing for the school year ahead: curriculum planning, classroom set-up as well as professional learning and collaboration have kept us busy! In addition, all classrooms have received a fresh coat of paint. On-site summer learning…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…