Tag: June 2024

• Annual Town Yard Sale is July 13

  Time to clean out for the Annual Town Yard Sale on Saturday, July 13, from 9 am to noon in the Center by the gazebo. All are welcome to bring their treasures, own table and own cash box. There is usually a small fee of $5 for advertising in the…

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  Community Power update: Rate savings and benefits over $270,000 and growing

  We’re pleased to announce that through the end of March, customers of Canterbury Community Power (CCP) have benefited from $184,000 in rate savings (compared to Unitil, Eversource and NHEC default energy rates), and an additional $86,000 in Canterbury’s allocated share of Coalition Joint Reserves (our share of equity in the…

• Congrats to these Bishop Brady graduates!

  Congratulations are due these Canterbury students, who are graduating from Bishop Brady High School on Friday, June 7: Boden Gendron, who will be attending St. Lawrence University and majoring in Environmental Science and Geology. Helen Gendron, who will be attending the University of New Hampshire and majoring in Social Work.…

• Please share your ideas for the new town website!

  You all voted for it, so here it is. Or at least the start of it. Yes that’s right, we are redoing the website and asking for feedback as per Warrant Article 2024-19. We would like feedback and ideas from residents and anyone else who uses the town’s website (www.canterbury-nh.org).…

• Dance in the Parish House!

  Sunday, June 9, from 5-8 pm. Traditional Contras and Squares. All dances taught! Beginners welcome. Adults $10, Students and Seniors $7, Children free with parent. More info: Gale 603-715-6666

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  Here’s the story behind this cemetery’s unusual name

  The Shell Meetinghouse Cemetery is located near the intersection of Hackleboro Road with Baptist Hill Road and is also on the corner of an old Class VI road known by various names including, “Shell Meetinghouse Road,” “Horse & Sleigh Road,” or “Horse & Carriage Road.” This old road was named…

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  Here’s to Palette & Pour!

  The Palette and Pour event was a relaxing success.  Beverages, a delicious charcuterie board, soft music, and wonderful instruction created an environment for artists of all levels to paint beautiful, unique iterations of NH’s famous White Birch. Watch for the next adult night out! 

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  Garden Club aims to get jump on Jumping Worms

  The Canterbury Garden Club held its meeting in May!  Steph Sosinski from UNH Cooperative Extension provided information about a growing problem with invasive Jumping Worms. We learned how to identify them, their life cycle, when their eggs hatch, and their travel patterns. Did you know they can travel 40 feet? Be…

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  Now’s the Time to Lend a Hand for the Fair

  We have you covered for a day of down-home hospitality and fun at the 66th annual Canterbury Fair on July 27 from 9 to 4 in the Center. There’s something for everyone! Your children will enjoy the day’s activities with games, prizes, and face painting! As usual, we have a…

• Next stop for these BMS grads: high school!

  Here are the Canterbury eighth-graders who are graduating from Belmont Middle School this year: A’marie Ahrent Sean Andrews Willow Cochrane Aaryn Durand Mia Ellis Dustin French Brodie Henry Amber Matott Elisia Perillo Beck Peron Kira Perry Tristan Safi Tabitha Sheedy Jack Soucie Grant Wescott Ethan White Well done ~ and…