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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 37 • August 14, 2020 • Promoting Integrity in the Valley
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SAFETY FIRST: NEC’S REOPENING PLANSThe Henniker Selectboard hosted a
Town Hall zoom meeting Wednesday evening with NEC President Michele Perkins and Vice President of Academ-ic Affairs Wayne Lesperance. Presi-dent Perkins started things off noting that students will start coming back next week, will be spread out through the week and that there are fewer than last year. She stressed that plans were made based on the goal to ensure safety.
Wayne Lesperance then outlined some of the details of the plan based on safety. The key parts of the plan are summarized in the Pilgrims Promise which is required to be agreed to by students:
1. I promise to wear a cloth or sur-gical mask correctly (covering both my nose and mouth) on campus as required and described in the Student Hand-book.
2. I promise to maintain social dis-tancing at all times on campus. I under-stand the minimum distance I should
Antrim’s Boy Scout Troop 2 just returned from an exciting trip of whitewater rafting, hiking, and camping in West Forks, Maine. Here the boys are cooling off in a waterfall following a hike. (Courtesy photo)
Splish-splash – we’re havin’ a blast! When 17-year-old Har-ry Bullock of North Attle-boro, Massachusetts was nearing the pinnacle of his boy scouting career, he had to decide on an Eagle Scout project.
“I’ve always loved the outdoors and being close to nature, so I wanted to do something to help endan-gered species,” he said.
Boy Scout Troop #23 has a long-standing repu-tation of producing Eagle Scouts, and Harry’s fami-ly has Eagle Scouts dating back to his great-grandfa-ther. Now Harry is about to join this prestigious group. First, he had to propose a project, then submit the pa-perwork to the troop lead-
ers and the Narragansett Council. Once the project was approved, he was re-quired to involve his troop.
“I decided to help threatened native birds by giving them houses,” he
said. “My father and I got it all started by cutting up pine boards to the prop-er sizes and assembling them into kits. Then fifteen members of my troop came
Boy Scout helps threatened species
With help from first year boy scout, Andrew Wainwright II,(L), Harry Bullock,(R) attaches a bird house to a tree. (Photo cour-tesy of Barbara Mills Lassonde)
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be away from others is 6 feet.3. I promise to limit my travel to
essential travel only. If for any rea-son I need to travel across the New Hampshire State Line, I will contact the Dean of Students (or designee) to ask for permission. Likewise I under-
stand that I may not stay off campus overnight without permission from the Dean of Students (or designee).
4. I promise to monitor my own health and if I am feeling any type of symptoms, including but not limit-
By BarBara Mills lassonde
By John segedy Stone Bridge Post
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Do you have a favorite barn, perhaps where you visited when you were a child?
Or are you Irish and curious how your people happened to come to be in NH ?
History Alive! is offering you two free NH Humanities programs.
The first is a talk about History of Ag-riculture as told by the Barns of NH pre-sented by John C. Potter, who as a child visited his grandfather who worked in the Rosewald Farm barn in Hillsborough -- now Farmsteads of NH.
Barns can tell us a lot about the histo-ry of agriculture in our state. In the colo-nial period, New Hampshire was a rural, agrarian state, with small subsistence farms dotting the landscape. The barn, which housed animals and stored crops, was an important part of these farms. Come learn how the styles of barns changed to accommodate the changes in agriculture, as well as accommodate the growing population, and adapt to railroads and the Industrial Revolution. . John C. Porter, author of Preserving Old Barns: Preventing the Loss of a Valuable Resource, will demonstrate how these majestic barn structures represent Yan-
kee ingenuity, hard work, and skilled craftsmanship, as well as providing a link to our past that adds to the state’s sce-nic beauty. It will be presented outdoors at the above barn. This will be held at 1PM on Sunday, August 16th . Feel free to bring your own picnic lunch and chair or blanket and join us at Hillsboro Center.
The second is a talk on Ireland’s Great Famine in Irish-American History: Fate-ful Memory, Indelible Legacy. It will be presented by Mary Kelly Dr. Kelly from Franklin Pierce College who will dis-cuss the role of the Famine in shaping Irish-American ethnic identity. Focusing on the long-term impact of the episode between the 1840s and 1990s, she ex-plores the shadowed landscape of Famine legacy and its status in Irish-American culture today.
However, due to the COVID-19 pan-demic, this one will be held at 7 p.m. via zoom with the help of Hillsborough His-torical Society on August 26th instead of on History Alive! Day. If you can’t come, join us on Sunday August 16th , then join us in this special talk later this month.
Finish the summer with these two in-formative and interesting free programs.
Like old barns, Irish immigrants? History Alive! presents two free
NH Humanities programs
By Marian Baker
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and put the houses together and painted them.”
They built 20 houses for five different bird species: the white breasted nut-hatch, tree swallow, screech owl, barred owl and great crested fly catcher. Differ-ent sized houses with var-ious-sized entry holes were necessary for these birds. To help prevent diseases from spreading, the houses should be cleaned out an-nually, so each needed an access panel.
Many Eagle Scouts in North Attleboro have com-pleted projects for the local parks, but Harry wanted to erect his bird houses at a different location.
“My family has been involved with the [Mt. Ke-arsarge Indian] Museum for as long as I can remem-
ber, and the museum has an emphasis on being one with nature and helping en-dangered species,” he said.
Early one Saturday morning, five boy scouts and some of their fathers traveled to the twelve-acre museum campus in Warner to install the bird houses. A light rain fell as the boys began their work, but that didn’t dampen their spirits, as they attached the houses to one tree after another and stood a few on poles in the open. Some birds prefer their houses in the woods, others near open fields, and this property offers both environments. Each spe-cies requires their houses to be a particular height, and those needs were met with well-researched en-thusiasm.
The Director of the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Mu-seum, Andrew Bullock said, “Our founder, Bud Thompson, has always wanted bird houses around the property to inspire visi-tors to take a closer look at their surroundings. We’re grateful that my nephew chose to erect his houses on this property, and we’ll be anxious to see them occu-pied next spring.”
All together, Harry and his fellow scouts con-tributed about 250 hours to the project, including the paperwork. Now that the project is complete, He must submit even more paperwork for approval be-fore he can receive his Ea-gle Scout award.
When he isn’t partic-ipating in scouting, Harry serves as Captain of his high school football team and is a member of the spring track team, which includes shot put and dis-cus throwing. He’s enter-ing his senior year of high school and hopes to join R.O.T.C. while in college, then become a U. S. Ma-rine. With an amicable per-sonality, a good work ethic and clear leadership skills intact, Harry Bullock is destined to become a suc-cessful leader.
Press release
Work at the Henniker Community School for the voter-approved Building Maintenance plan with energy savings upgrades is nearly completed. Over the summer, the oil burner was converted to propane and a new propane tank was in-stalled behind the building. Additional projects completed this summer include switching to LED lighting throughout the building, HVAC control upgrades, weath-erization, and rooftop air exchangers. It is particularly timely that the rooftop units
were replaced as they provide a constant exchange of fresh air into the building. The fresh air exchange is particularly import-ant in regard to COVID-19 precautions. Still to be completed is the installation of solar panels, outside ductwork for air con-ditioning in the Cafe, and the replacement of all stained ceiling tiles. All projects are expected to be completed by the start of school on September 9.
These maintenance projects were done in partnership with Energy Efficient In-vestments (EEI) and ENE Energy Ad-visors, allowing the Henniker District to
Building work at HCS nearly completed
The oil tank installed in 1996 was removed this week at the Henniker Community School as part of the Building Maintenance Project that included converting the oil burner to propane.
pay for infrastructure improvements over 15 years. By utilizing the one-time State of NH grant Henniker received for $115,824 and the projected annual energy savings realized by the project of $21,892, the Building Maintenance plan totals $150,000 annually,” said SAU 24 Superintendent
Jacqueline Coe. Schools in SAU 24 have a long-standing, positive relationship with EEI and ENE having worked on the wood burner and energy upgrades at John Stark and a propane burner conversion and ener-gy upgrades in the Weare District.
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L-R Front row: Andrew Bullock, Dan Bullock, Harry Bullock, Andrew Wainwright II, Brian Ronco. Back row: Adam Wainwright, Sam Long-champs, Adam Wainwright II, Evan Ronco, Gary Krofta and Mark Longchamps. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Mills Lassonde)
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The Old Center of Hillsborough, where much was hap-pening in the town’s early days, has been home to many talented and accomplished people. Jane Ruggles Pinel and her husband, Bob Lint, who arrived in 2002, are among those. They had been married in New York City on New Year’s Eve, at the end of 2001, to start a new life running what became a vibrant center of the arts in the area – the
Gallery at Well Sweep, which they opened in 2003.Jane is a writer, a publisher, a potter, has renovated old
houses and run a restaurant. She has also been a teacher focusing on Special Education, and an advocate for both children’s and women’s issues with magazines she con-ceived and published. And there is more, but what she will be remembered for most in this locale is the mission she and Bob accomplished, opening their beautiful old barn up to the public as a galley to support and encourage area artists, performers, storytellers, photographers, artisans of many crafts.
Sadly, Bob, a very lively and talented photographer and art collector, passed away in 2018 and Jane is mov-ing to Alexandria, VA. The barn, which was the Gal-lery at Well Sweep, and their attached home has been sold, and there is an estate sale planned for the weekend of Aug. 21. But Jane had persisted after Bob’s passing, holding a big Irish bash of musicians, dancers and in-strument makers and a day of bookmaking in 2019.
“Jane and Bob have been a center of culture for Hill-sborough. They pulled the community together. Their business was a business of culture,” said Sissy Shattuck, an artist who lives in the Old Center. “She promoted art-ists and artisans, and she also had musical performances and poetry readings. She was the most compassionate friend I’ve had. This is a great loss. And I hope there will be somebody to fill their shoes, which will be difficult.”
Born in 1926, the Stock Market Crash of 1929 hit when she was three years old, and everything changed. Her parents had been doing “very well and suddenly lost everything,” Jane explains.
“I’ve been thinking of writing an article for the kids who are going through the pandemic now. It’s very sim-ilar to the Depression, losing jobs and all,” Jane says. “The Depression infects your whole life because you are always reusing things, you can’t throw anything out. Today we are in such a throw-away society, such a con-trast.”
When the Great Depression hit, she and her parents – Wells G. Ruggles, who was later to become a prominent attorney in Quincy, Massachusetts, and Dolly ElHatton Ruggles – started living in attics as they rented their home for an income. The first was her aunt’s, her mother Dolly’s sister’s, then they stayed a spell in Dolly’s first husband’s sister’s attic, and then in her grandparent’s at-tic, who took care of her until she was seven when her
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The curtains fall on the Gallery at Well Sweep
“I’ve been thinking of writing an article for the kids who are going through the pandemic now. It’s very similar to the Depression, losing jobs and all,” Jane says. “The Depression infects your whole life because you are always reusing things, you can’t throw anything out. Today we are in such a throw-away society, such a contrast.” — Jane Pinel
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parents finally got “a foothold again.” At night the family listened on the radio to President
Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal – America’s way of lift-ing itself up by its own bootstraps. This was also the ex-ample her parents gave her. In 1934, Dolly and a friend – early women entrepreneurs – founded what became a successful nursing home, first in the Josiah Quincy man-sion built in 1770, and then it was moved in 1936 into the Hollingsworth Estate in Braintree, Massachusetts, which they purchased for $4,000.
Her father studied to be an attorney and renovated the floors of the estate building, cleaned the chandelier, kept the furnace going. Jane filled her notebook with sketches of the home as her parents worked on it.
This experience stood well by her later in life, after she had raised two daughters – Lesley and Sandra – with her first husband, Roland Pinel, and after eleven years was divorced in 1958. A single mother, she began work-ing for a well-known potter, Billy Wyman, who she’d met while taking a course. She was determined to be both creative and make a living.
“I started working for Billy, who was a famous pot-ter working in the Smithsonian and a lot of museums. He would make individual pieces,” Jane noted. “I would make pieces for sale in shops while he did specialty work for museums.”
She helped Billy find a shop they named Herring Run Pottery in the early 1960s. But after a few years, with her daughters about to attend college, she began teaching Special Education at Silverlake High School in Kingston, Massachusetts, to help with tuition. She also pursued her Masters in Psychology at UNH at the time, and gravitated toward New Hampshire. She had already earned a degree in Psychology at Cornell in her earlier years
By then, the rebellion of the 1960s was in full swing. “Vietnam and the 60s cultural revolution changed
everything,” she recalls. “There was a lot of liberation. It was a time of uproar and change.”
Those years of “liberation” opened the doors for Jane’s publishing career, supported in part by renovat-ing houses in Sutton and Bradford. With a friend, she turned the Bradford house into The Knife and Fork, a restaurant. Although it only lasted two or three years, it became the inspiration for her first book.
After Jane sold the Bradford house, she moved to a small adobe home in Florida and published the Picnic Basket, which quickly sold 4,000 copies with the help of a big department store that had her going from store to store signing copies. With that success to buoy her, she went on to start the Wellspring Magazine.
“That is the accomplishment I am most proud of,” says Jane. “The first issue was mainly about Special Ed-ucation, but I soon realized all the topics I was talking about applied to all children – traumatic brain injury, lit-eracy, the arts for children. It went free of charge to all the teachers in Florida, and it went to doctors involved with children, to YMCAs, and the magazine was sup-ported by major advertisers.”
Jane produced the Wellspring from 1986 to 1994, but she also started oth-er magazines during that period. One was the Women’s Source Book, which connected women to information im-portant to women and jobs.
Eventually, Jane, who had been summering in New Hampshire, re-turned from Florida with Bob to settle in Hillsborough. He had been helping her with the Wellspring, and now they were putting their combined efforts into the Gallery at Well Sweep
The programs they hosted over more than 15 years, the known and as-piring artists they encouraged, the fes-tivities and theater have already been missed. There were many special mo-ments, such as when the marionettes from the theater in Peterborough were shown off throughout the gallery, and models of theater sets were on display, the story-telling workshops and chil-dren’s theater, the Irish dancers, the various musicians who performed and all the area artisans who for years set up their tents throughout the Old Cen-ter at the height of the season.
It was during these years that Jane wrote Dolly: Her Story, which follows her mother’s life from her roots as the
second child of a family of ten children in a tiny farming village in Canada to the big city of Boston, and all else she weathered as a nurse during two world wars and the Spanish Flu.
To find her books and much more about Jane, visit janepinel.com
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Jane Pinel in “the barn” standing by the piano she had restored. (Michael Pon photo)
“Jane and Bob have been a center of cul-ture for Hillsborough. They pulled the community together. Their business was a business of culture.” – Sissy Shattuck
Jane Pinel and Bob Lint in Castile, Maine. (courtesy photo)
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Press release
The Henniker Rotary Club once again hosted an exchange student during the 2019-2020 academic school year.
Laura, a Slovakian teenager, ar-rived in Henniker in August 2019, after being selected by her local Rotary club to participate in Rotary International’s 80-year-old Youth Exchange program. Laura, along with more than 9,000 high school-aged Rotary Youth Exchange students from around the globe, agreed to live with American families, go to school, and be open to adventure in the US for a full year.
Three Henniker families hosted Laura this year which allowed her to at-tend John Stark Regional High School. As a junior, Laura’s education included Chemistry, Integrated Algebra/Geom-etry III, Biology, Environmental Stud-ies, Human Biology and Spanish I. She shared that her favorite class was American Studies (a combined Histo-ry and English Language Arts Class), because she learned so much about our culture and history.
Unfortunately, the Coronavirus pandemic impacted Laura too. She was limited in her ability to travel but was able to continue her education via dis-
tance learning, while keeping up her excellent study habits and maintaining a high academic standard.
At the end of July, the Henniker Ro-tary Club said good bye to Laura with our best wishes for her continued ac-ademic success. Due to the pandemic, the Youth Exchange for 2020-2021 has been cancelled. Our club looks for-ward to hosting more students when the program is reinstituted.
Rotary exchange student heads home after
‘interesting’ year in America
Laura with Mom - host Meghan (Courtesy photo)
On Sunday Deering Rescue, along with Henniker and Hillsborough, responded to a call of a hang-glider which had crashed after taking off from high up Hedgehog Mountain. Here crews have just freed the man from the craft and are carrying him up the steep, 30-foot face. The man was lucky - just below where he ended up was a 50-foot drop. It took more than two hours to free him and get him to the ambulance. (Courtesy photo)
Hang glider accident almost fatal
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of symptoms, including but not limited to a fever, headache, loss of taste or smell, or a cough, I will alert the Wellness Center and stay away from everyone else.
5. I promise if I test positive for COVID-19 and I live within 3 hours of New England Col-lege, I will go home immediately. If I live outside of the 3-hour ra-dius, I will abide by all mandates given to me by the Wellness Center for staying in quarantine. Quarantine may include staying in my own room or a space designated by the college.
By returning to cam-pus, I acknowledge that the above promises are mandatory and if I fail to abide by any of the items listed above, I un-derstand that I will for-feit my ability to take face-to-face classes and live in campus housing. I acknowledge I will still be responsible for paying my housing and board plans without re-fund if it is determined that I must leave cam-pus. I also understand
that if I am dismissed from campus, the term will not count towards the College’s residency requirement.
Specifics of the re-opening process were explained in response to questions from the Selectpersons and pub-lic. President Perkins explained that returning students must have had a negative test before returning and then will be tested upon arrival. Wayne Lesperance fur-ther noted that the first two weeks of classes will be remote while test results are received.
Other aspects of the fall semester include a ban on large gatherings or events, grab and go meals during the first two weeks. Follow-up testing will take place at least every two weeks. Parents weekend, alum-ni weekend, the 2020 commencement and fall sports have all been cancelled. Classes will be in person (10-stu-dent maximum) once a week with ½ hour time for cleaning in between. Additional class time
will be online.In answer to ques-
tions from Selectperson Tia Hooper and a com-munity member not-ing arrivals already not wearing masks, Wayne Lesperance explained that students living off campus are still re-quired to test and follow NEC rules. He recog-nized that off campus behavior will be hard to enforce but they will en-force rules. It was not-ed that they have a good relationship with Police Chief Matt French. An-swering a further ques-tion, it was noted that criminal activity should be reported to the police department but rule vi-olations can be report-ed to the school at 428-2323.
President Perkins spoke in support of a Town ordinance requir-ing mask wearing, not-ing it would blend well with the school’s efforts. Selectperson Hooper mentioned that the night before the Board had failed to approve (2-3) one for the downtown area. Upon urging she did say she hoped to re-visit the question.
On August 11 New Hampshire Gover-nor Chris Sununu issued Emergency Order number 63, which is about the use of face masks in large crowds.
According to the order, masks must be worn at any gathering of more than 100 people. Those who are seated with a six-foot buffer between them as well as schools and children aged two and under are exempt.
Sununu said the order is in response to seeing coverage on TV of the crowds, al-most none of which wore face coverings, at the recent Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota. Since New Hampshire’s own mo-torcycle event is coming up in two weeks in Laconia, he does not want to see that re-peated here.
Crowds at restaurants and bars have also been a problem, and this order gives direc-tion to state and local officials to enforce the mask ordinance, and makes the organizer
of the group or owner of the property re-sponsible for compliance or face the legal consequences.
According to the latest numbers report-ed by the NH Department of Health and Hu-man Services, of the towns in our coverage area only Hancock, Henniker, Hillsborough and Hopkinton have active COVID-19 cas-es at this time; each has four or less cases.
Statewide 6,861 people have been di-agnosed with the virus, with 419 of those dying of the disease. Currently there are 316 cases with 21 of them hospitalized. More than 200,000 people have been tested.
Dozens of test sites have now opened throughout the state, including hospitals, physicians offices, pharmacies, laborato-ries and mobile testing unit for large com-panies. See the list of providers at https://tinyurl.com/TESTnh. Those without insur-ance are encouraged to apply for state aid through https://nheasy.nh.gov and click on “COVID-19 Testing.”
Masks mandated in crowds
Conval School District’s 62-page Re-opening Plan outlines expectations for all parties, including a color-coded chart to in-dicate the risk level, which will be calculat-ed daily by the Monitoring Team.
Parents should check in with students in the morning to ensure they aren’t sick, but temperature will be taken every morn-ing before students are allowed to enter the school building. Face coverings will be worn on the bus and at school. Students should bring their own but if they forget the school will have disposable masks on hand. Proper hand washing and physical distanc-ing will be followed as well.
Routines will be observed to keep every-one safe and students will be kept in “pods” to keep exposure limited. Student classroom numbers have been reduced and outdoor classrooms are being installed.
“We are working with a local vendor to lease tents for the first and last segments of the school year,” the booklet explains, “tak-ing advantage of the warm to cool tempera-tures in the fall and the cool to warm tem-peratures of the spring. Outdoor classrooms will not be enclosed and students and fami-lies will need to plan clothing accordingly as the weather becomes cooler.”
Changes in hallway and stair traffic, in-creased ventilation, and ramped-up cleaning procedures will be implemented as well.
“Having devised a model that is com-prehensive, flexible, and adaptable to dif-ferent circumstances,” the plan reads, “it is our sincere hope that the Conval School District will continue to operate successful-ly during any health emergencies that may arise during the 2020-2021 school year. As always, we will remain responsive to the needs of individual families and receptive to community feedback in an effort to achieve the best possible student outcomes.”
Students at elementary, middle and high school levels have the choice to take class-es in person or remotely; August 14 is the deadline to make a choice.
In her latest video update to parents, the Saunders Rizzo recognized that all families
have different needs but the District will be there to accommodate and help everyone.
“We know that these have been chal-lenging times for many and that your de-cision to have your child attend either in person or remotely is based on your family’s unique needs,” she said.
“As more and more people come to a decision it’s going to be important,” the Su-perintendent added, “for our well-being as a community that we respect each other’s choice and that we are able to accept that ev-erybody may make a little bit of a different decision.”
The newly-released “Conval School District Reopening Plan” can be found at https://tinyurl.com/CONVAL20
Conval reopening plan revealed, choice is key
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By lucy PivonkaStone Bridge Post
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WHERE TO PICK UP
A COPY OFStone Bridge Post(New condensed paper route during the crisis)
With so many establishments shuttered in our region, we have
had to rearrange the sites at which we leave our paper.
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Henniker Farm & Country Store Henniker Pharmacy
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On Tuesday, August 18, the Hen-niker Summer Concert Series con-tinues by bringing back another one of last year’s favorite bands ---Tattoo, a 5- piece group of acoustic guitar, trombone, sax/fl ute, stand-up bass, keyboard/accordion, drums and vocals. The band plays American roots music, including tunes by sem-inal performers like: Ray Charles, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, the Beatles, Van Morrison, Louis Arm-strong, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly and the Supremes. Their sets have a heavy mix of jazz, Motown, New Orleans Mardi Gras and Cajun music as well as some originals. All their music has a strong connection to Ameri-can musical traditions. They choose songs from this vast reservoir and play them in their own inimitable, irresistible acoustic-jam-band-style, while you dance, or just sit back and listen.
Tattoo is a long-surviving, well-traveled band which began doing street performances, playing to crowds on Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco and at the U.C. Berkeley campus in the late 1970’s. Traversing the country, the perform-ers worked their way to Oregon in the 1980’s opening for the Grate-ful Dead. From there they moved further north and gigged in towns throughout Southeast Alaska. In late 1986, founding members of the band moved to New Hampshire and here they have stayed, restocking the band with local musicians from the Monadnock Region.
The band has learned from years of experience, on top of its native talents, the ways to get folks danc-ing while also giving an authentic and satisfying musical experience. Whatever age group one may be a part of, or whatever part of the coun-
try you may come from, we are all connected to the musical traditions which began down in New Orleans, and which bring us together. In-doors or outdoors, at festivals, pri-vate events, or on town commons, Tattoo transcends the boundaries of changing styles and generations, and proudly celebrates and delivers that musical message. Members of Tattoo include: Leslie Vogel, vocals; piano/accordion, Walden Whitham, saxophone/flute/clarinet/rubboard; Marcel Collard—vocals/standup bass; Fred Simmons, trombone. Vo-cals/trombone/guitar/tambourine, Paul Day, vocals/drums.
The Henniker Summer Mu-sic Series is sponsored by the town of Henniker. All concerts are free (although donations to the Town of Henniker are welcome), begin at 6:30 PM and take place at the An-gela Robinson Bandstand at Com-munity Park, Main Street. Due to restrictions caused by the COVID19 pandemic, we will be limiting the number of attendees this summer, requesting that you observe good social distancing practices and bring and wear a mask. The park will be fenced in and once we have reached
capacity, no one else will be admit-ted. There is no provision for moving indoors this summer and if there is inclement weather, the concert will be cancelled. Bring a chair, spread a blanket, visit a local restaurant or have a picnic supper on the lawn and join your neighbors and friends in this community-building event at our bandstand. The complete sum-mer schedule is available on the Town of Henniker website: www.henniker.org. For more information, contact [email protected]. Check the town website the day of the concert to receive updated information regarding cancellation.
As the Henniker Summer Con-cert Series draws to a close, we look forward to ending the season next week with our favorite party band: Nick’s Other Band. At this concert attendees will have the opportunity to fi ll out our annual Audience Sur-vey letting us know your thoughts on the season, the performers you heard and make recommendations for next year.
If you are unable to attend this concert, you can access the survey online at www.Henniker.org
Tatoo: from street to soul
Tatoo will be performing next week for the Henniker Concert Series.
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When Erin Burke, who lives in Francestown on the Eastern flank of Crotched Mountain hiked in mid-July to the summit, she found the picnic ta-ble at one of her favorite lookout spots had been destroyed. Whether it was nat-ural breakdown of the wood, a lightning strike, or vandalism she couldn’t tell, but she knew it had to be fixed.
Burke decided that instead of wait-ing for someone else to replace it, she’d make it happen herself. She posted on a couple of local Facebook pages asking people for help to tote the pieces for a new one to the location.
“Someone commented that they be-lieved the old table had been there since Crotched Mountain Ski Patrol patrol put it up there sometime in the 80’s,” Burke says.
“Over the next few days I made a list of all of the names of the people in-terested in helping and sent a Facebook group message,” she says, “coordinat-ing a day, time; the person with the ta-ble and someone with a truck was the hardest part!
On August 1 Burke, along with Blair Morin who built the table, Joyce Purington, and Nancy Kelley headed up the trail to break down the old table (which they put into the nearby fire pit) and toted in and assembled the pieces of the new one. Helping were Blair’s eight-year-old daughter Addy and Nancy’s
dogs Chica and Lita. “It’s a beautiful spot to sit and ad-
mire the view or have a snack when you reach the top,” Burke says. “I’m so hap-py we were able to make it happen.”
“We really hope the new table,” she adds “is taken care of and respected.”
Friends rebuild picnic table on mountaintop
This group of friends recently carried the pieces of a new picnic table to a Crotched Mountain lookout, replacing a table that was no longer safe, and assembled it. Here they’re celebrating the day’s work. Left-right, back row: Blair Morin, who made and donated the table, and Joyce Purington. In the front is Nancy Kelley and Blair’s daugh-ter Addy, and photographer Erin Burke.
The decision has been made on Monday by the Bradford Selectmen that voting on September 8, 2020 for the Prima-ry and for the General Election on November 3 , 2020 will be held at the Bradford Area Com-munity Center (BACC) Those wishing to vote absentee may pick up the application at the Town Clerk’s office or call at 938-2288. Due to COVID-19 you do not need to be disabled or away in order to vote by absentee ballot.
Bradford’s Police Chief Jim Valiquet re-ported the new Police cruiser SUV has been
picked up. This was supposed to be a Hybrid vehicle (gasoline engine with an electric start), however found it was a gasoline powered vehi-cle
Due to the fact that it would take several months to re-order and receive the original-ly ordered vehicle the Chief and the Selectmen decided to keep this ve-hicle. This resulted in a town savings of around $3,000.
The on-going lawsuit with PSNH on property assessment was settled with the town of Brad-ford being liable for more than $71,000 in tax abatements. This financial burden to the town is being explored
for options at this time.Resulting from com-
plaints regarding speed-ing on Route 114 near the boat launch on Lake Mas-sasecum and French’s Park area Town Admin-istrator Karen Hambleton is working with Central New Hampshire Region-al Planning to do a speed survey in this area.
At the Bradford Cem-etery Committee’s last meeting, getting three bids to replace the now defunct water system at Sunny Plains Cemetery was a concern. Also, the repair of the fence at Sunny Plain and the fence at Union Ceme-tery which both need to be completed.
Bradford saves $3K on PD cruiserBy Marjorie cilley
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Louise Clark, a resident of Bradford since the 50’s just turned 99. When I asked her recently what she did to celebrate her birthday her response was I’m still cele-brating. Clark still has her drivers license, and one day while attending a band con-cert, she arrived driving her golf cart. On November 3, 2013 Clark was presented the Boston Post Cane at the Bradford Area Community Center, by then Town Clerk Ericka Gross, and she still has it. A final question to Clark was to what do you contrib-ute your longevity: Her com-ment was Butter, Salt and Bourbon. Weezy, her forever nickname is also up with the times, and when she had her picture taken is wearing a mask. (Laurie Buchar photo)
99 years young!
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Pleasant Lake Estates, LLC owner Peter Wyman of Warner came before the Planning Board requesting to add two offices to an existing commercial building. This new addition would be a 12’ X 28’ addition to the back of the existing building which measures 26’ X 28’. The Board voted unanimously to accept this application.
However, there was a discussion regarding Wyman’s daughter who worked there but also has an accounting business in the same building. Wyman stated that is true, she does the book-keeping for the LLC but also does some outside work basically at tax time. It was also stated that Wyman is hoping his daughter and her husband (who has left his main job to work there) will take over the business.
In an informal vote to consider the addition as a “Natural Expansion” and the bookkeeping side be part of the business, Romeo Dubreuil voted no on both considerations, all others vote in the affirmative.
Dubreuil’s concern was the daugh-ter’s outside business may be in viola-tion of the Town Zoning Ordinance.
A motion to waive requirements for a formal plot plan was made by Plan-ning Board Vice Chair Donald Hall. The motion passed with one dissention. In a motion that was made to deny the request to waive all fees, there was one abstaining vote with 6 yes votes, and the motion did carry. This was fol-lowed by a vote to approve the applica-tion to build the addition which carried with one no vote.
It was discussed and pointed out that the manufactured housing park is grandfathered in because it has been in existence since the 1950’s, which of course precedes the town’s zoning reg-ulations. Also in response to a question, Selectman Representative Clyde Car-son indicated the addition would be part of a grandfathered non- conforming use. Also this addition will not bring the building any nearer to any structure on the property.
In regard to the request by Wyman to have the required fees waived it was advised that the fees are not a source of revenue, but help defray any time spent by the Land Use Staff. Consequently, the waiver request to cancel the fees was denied with a majority vote with one abstention.
Warner approves commercial addition
The Town of Newbury is working towards making voting on September 8th Primary and November 3rd Gener-al Election safe for everyone. Absentee registration and voting is available for everyone who wishes to vote that way. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is being furnished to each town for vot-ing officials by the Secretary of State’s Office, as well as masks for those who do not have them. Of course for those
going to the polls, social distancing will be required. You can check both box-es at the same time for both elections. These forms may be requested from the town website (www.newburynh.org) and click on Applications and Forms, when completed return them to the Town Clerk via mail to Town Clerk, P O Box 253, Newbury, NH 03255 or in person.
Although you may not be disabled, the disability affidavit does need to be checked when voting by absentee ballot.
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Mike Croteau of Newbury was honored Monday at the Selectboard Meeting, receiving acknowledgement by the town, the library, the fire department, State Forest Fire Ranger, State Fire Marshall, New London Ambulance, and proclamations from Town of New London, Annie Kuster, Senator Hassan, Senator Shaheen and Governor Sununu. Also the Town of Newbury presented him with a rocking chair engraved with the fire department logo, his name and 75 years of service. Mike grew up in Newbury, attended Newbury school and graduated from Simonds Free High School in Warner. Mike’s dad was also on the Newbury Fire Department where Mike joined him when he was only 15 and has been there ever since. Mike was also a Fire Warden for 48 years. (Photo courtesy Town of Newbury)
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Even if you have missed all the fairs this season because of Covid-19, it is not too late to get your Fair Food Fix. On Route 114 in Bradford, between Bradford and Henniker the popular Miller Amusements has set up a couple of their food trailers where you can feast on Joanne’s Fried Dough or get a hot dog, corn dog and fresh squeezed lemonade. Hours open are Thursday and Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon to 8 p.m.(Marjorie Cilley photo)
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Terrance “Terry” Michael ThompsonTerrance “Terry” Michael Thompson, long-time resident of Hillsborough,
passed away in his home, August 1st, 2020 at age 64. Born in Keene, NH to Thurlon Thompson, Sr. and Shirley Pelkey, Terry grad-
uated in the class of 1974 from Thayer High School. He eventually moved to Hillsborough to be closer to his work. Terry worked at OSRAM Sylvania for almost 30 years as a machinist before retiring to spend more time with his family.
Terry was of Christian faith although current times had him attending Joel Osteen’s sermons from home. He was kind and very giving. Terry was a diehard New England fan that could talk sports all day long. He loved to be outside poking at a fire or throwing horse-shoes with family and friends. You would rarely see
Terry without a smile, he loved to laugh and make those around him laugh too. Terry is survived by his children, Katrina Beaudoin of Concord, NH and
Tyler and Anna Mae Thompson of Hillsboro, NH, his grandchildren, Lucas B. and TMT, his sister, Rose Napierkoski, along with many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Terry was predeceased by both of his parents along with his older brother Thurlon “Buzz” Thompson, Jr. and his furry friend.
There will be a graveside service held at Evergreen Cemetery in Winchester, NH at 11 a.m. on August 15, 2020. Feel free to wear your favorite sports jerseys/attire for those attending.
The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service Henniker, Hills-boro, NH is assisting the family.
For more log on to www.holtwoodburyfh.com
Walter T. HatcherWalter Thomas Hatcher, 76, of Hillsborough, NH, died Sunday, August 2,
2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family.He was born on August 13, 1943 to the late Thomas O. and Loretta Ellen
(Beaty) Hatcher.Walter loved his gardening, reading, and working
on cars and loved all sports games.He worked for many years at Henry Ice Cream in
Milton, MA, and retired from ADT.Walter was survived by his son, Frederick C. Hatch-
er of Hillsborough, his daughter, Melissa A. Hatcher Ludlow, of MA, a sister, Sharon Smith of NY, grand-children, Emily Hatcher, Samuel Hatcher, Ayla Lud-low, Nicholas Ludlow, Norah Ludlow and Maddex Ludlow.
Services and burial will be held at a later at the convenience of the family.The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service Henniker, Hills-
borough is assisting the family.For more log on to www.holtwoodburyfh.com
Press release The Nulhegan Band of
the Coosuk Abenaki Na-tion’s Abenaki Trails Proj-ect is an initiative to create a series of educational and/or artistic installations at various sites around the part of N’dakinna (our land), now known as New Hampshire. The goals of the project are to pro-vide accurate history and highlight contributions of Abenaki people historical-ly and today from our own perspective. As the proj-ect develops, brochures and maps guiding peo-ple along the trail will be available. Tribal member Darryl Peasley introduced the Abenaki Trails project during NHPR’s The Ex-change on August 3, 2020.
Peasley conceived the Trail to promote our Trib-al history across that part of N’dakinna that is now New Hampshire. “Nul-hegan’s Abenaki Trails Project will serve as a cul-tural awakening that will remove any doubt as to the first inhabitants of N’Da-kinna, our home land.” he said.
The Trail will begin in Contoocook/Hopkinton,
with enthusiastic support from the Town Select Board. Hopkinton is a fitting location to begin this project. Tribal mem-ber Darryl Peasley is a resident and was among the first group of Com-missioners to serve on the New Hampshire Commis-sion on Native American Affairs. The town recently dropped Columbus Day and made it Indigenous Peoples Day. Last sum-mer the Hopkinton His-torical Society did a full program on collaborations between the Abenaki and early settlers and they had many of our people come and present various topics.
After Hopkinton, we will continue to work with various other towns to in-stall similar educational sites promoting aware-ness and appreciation of Abenaki History. These sites will form an Abena-ki Trail which people can travel from town to town learning about our great history and the impact we continue to have on com-munities today as a living and thriving culture.
We will be working with some of the best peo-ple in the fields of archae-
ology, anthropology and historical societies. We are partnering with Heath-er Mitchell and Nancy Jo Chabot of the Hopkinton Historical Society, Dr. Lynn Clark of the Warner Historical Society Martha Taylor of the Henniker Historical Society and Dr. Robert Goodby of Mo-nadnock Archaeological Consulting.
The mission of the Nulhegan Band of the Co-osuk Abenaki Nation is to strengthen our govern-ment; to build our com-munity, and ensure sus-tainability; to protect our customs and traditions; and to revive our culture and celebrate our heri-tage while sharing it with those around us. Official-ly recognized by the state of Vermont, Nulhegan homeland includes parts of New Hampshire and Maine, tribal members live throughout N’dakin-na, including the part now known as New Hamp-shire.
For more information contact Darryl Peasley at the above phone or email. Also visit the Abenaki Trails Project face book page.
Abenaki Trails project aims to educate about
Abenaki historyTrail to Begin in Hopkinton and Spread
Throughout N’dakinna (Our Land)
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OngoingANTRIM — The Grapevine has reopened, by appointment on. Summer hours are Monday-Wednesday from 9 am to noon; call (603) 588-2620. ANTRIM — Join Jeanine Clark Edmunds every Tuesday at the Antrim Town Hall from 6-7:15 pm.ANTRIM — Every Tuesday and Friday from 1:30-2:30 pm The Grapevine hosts a free Strong Living (socially distanced) exercise group. Call 588-2620 to register. ANTRIM — Residents and students age 18 or younger can pick up breakfast and lunch curbside at the Antrim Elementary School for free weekdays from 7:30-8am through August 21.ANTRIM — Every Monday from 2-5:30 pm and Wednesday from 3-5:30 pm Christopher is taking appointments at the Library to help you with your technology needs, from Excel to iPhones. Call 588-6786.BRADFORD — The Bradford Fire Department is planning a community-wide drill this fall (complete with fake blood and injuries) and needs 50 community members of all ages to serve as victims, families are welcome to take part. Email Regina, the EMS Captain at [email protected] — GHSS Crafty Critters (which meets on Mondays from 10 AM - noon) and Chair Yoga, which normally meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 am will now be held at the Deering Fish and Game.HANCOCK — Through August 27 there is a Storywalk along the trail behind the Meeting House where pages from Peterborough illustrator Beth Krommes’ Swirl by Swirl, an appreciation of nature patterns, will be laid out along the trail. Co-sponsored by the Library and the Harris Center.HILLSBOROUGH — Greater Hillsborough Senior Services is working with the Give Back Where it Counts Reusable Bag Program to raise money. Throughout the month of August when you buy a special Give Back bag at Shaw’s Supermarket GHSS will earn $1.
Saturday, August 15BRADFORD — Visit the farmer’s market on 5 Acres on Route 103 from 9 am-1pm. For information or to get a space call 938-2497. CONTOOCOOK — The Contoocook Farmer’s Market takes place from 9 am-noon behind the depot. HENNIKER — Tucker Free Library is offering adult patrons the chance to win a prize – for each item checked out you will receive a raffl e entry. Winner will be notifi ed on Saturdays.HILLSBOROUGH — The Hillsborough Farmer’s Market happens Saturdays and Sundays from 9 am-1 pm at Mickle’s Pickle Farm at 279 Henniker Street. If you are interested in being a vendor call 603-391-4885. or email [email protected] — The Warner’s Farmer’s Market is open from 9 am-1 pm at the Town Hall. WASHINGTON — Washington’s Farmer’s Market is open from 10 am-1 pm on the town common, with social distancing.
Sunday, August 16ANTRIM — A free, ongoing grief support group meets every Sunday at 6 pm at The Cross Church at 223 Clinton Road in Antrim. HILLSBOROUGH — The annual History Alive event takes place in Hillsbor-ough Center from 10 am-3 pm, including a special 1 pm presentation by John C. Porter of The History of Agriculture. Free to all Hillsborough residents and those from abutting towns.
Monday, August 17NEW LONDON — There is a Foot Care Clinic by the Lake Sunapee Region VNA
at the Community Center from 9:30 am-2 pm. There is a $25 fee; call 526-4077 for an appointment.
Tuesday, August 18HENNIKER — Tattoo, a fi ve-piece group of acoustic guitar, trombone, sax/fl ute, stand-up bass, keyboard/accordion, drums and vocals playing American roots music is featured this week in the Henniker Summer Concert Series. Come to the Angela Robin-son Bandstand from 6:30-8 pm in the park. Masks, social distancing required.
Thursday, August 20HANCOCK — The Harris Center hosts an online lecture, Shining a Light on Light Pollution, from 5:30-6:30 pm. Join Susan Harder of the International Dark Sky Associa-tion for a slide show and discussion on the ecological and human health impacts of light pollution — including what you can do to help combat light pollution in your neighbor-hood or community. Call (603) 525-3394 or email [email protected] — Henniker Farmer’s Market takes place on the Community Center lawn from 4-7 pm throughout the season.WARNER — Join the UNH Cooperative Extension Forestry & Wildlife Team for Saving Spaces: Land Conservation in New Hampshire as part of their NH Woods & Wildlife: Live! Series from 10-11 am. Go to their Facebook page at https://www.face-book.com/nhwoods.org to take part in this live event or to watch recordings of previous sessions.
Saturday August 22BRADFORD — Visit the farmer’s market on 5 Acres on Route 103 from 9 am-1pm. For information or to get a space call 938-2497. CONTOOCOOK — The Contoocook Farmer’s Market takes place from 9 am-noon behind the depot. HENNIKER — Tucker Free Library is offering adult patrons the chance to win a prize – for each item checked out you will receive a raffl e entry. Winner will be notifi ed on Saturdays.HILLSBOROUGH — The Hillsborough Farmer’s Market happens Saturdays and Sun-days from 9 am-1 pm at Mickle’s Pickle Farm at 279 Henniker Street. If you are interested in being a vendor call 603-391-4885. or email [email protected] — Warner’s Farmer’s Market is open from 9 am-1 pm at the Town Hall. EAST WASHINGTON — Yard Sale to benefi t Purling Beck Hall Roof, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2278 East Washington Rd. for a space, call Ron at 495-3186. Donations welcome. No food items will be sold!
Sunday August 23NEWBURY — Join a Rally For First Responders hosted by the Newbury Veterans Committee from 2-4 pm at Fisherfi eld Park on Post Rd. show your unwavering sup-port for Police, Firefi ghters, EMTs and all our local hos-pital doctors, nurses and emergency personnel, in recognition for what they do to protect us and keep us safe. The rally is open to all surrounding communities to attend and we just re-quest that anyone attending please bring an American Flag, wear a mask and keep social distancing.
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TOWN OF WASHINGTONCORRECTION NOTICE (Date)
Notice of a HearingBoard of Adjustment
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Ad-justment will be holding a Public Hearing on Wednesday August 26, 2020, at 7:00 PM at Camp Morgan Lodge regarding the following:
Mark Pherson Tm # 20/140, 672 Highland Haven Road requesting an area variance of 14’ from the property sideline. This would al-low construction of a 10’ X 28’ lean-to.
Thomas Karpowski, Jr. Tm # 25/91, 1927 Valley Road requesting an area variance and equitable waiver for a portion of one’s house and other improvements were located on prop-erty owned by Mrs. Jean Daley.
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TOWN OF HENNIKERFUEL BID
Currently seeking bids for 2020/21 heat-ing season for: 7,600 gallons of #2 Heat-ing Oil; and 11,600 gallons of propane. Due 08/31/2020 at 10 a.m., sealed bids marked “Attn.: Fuel Bid” to Joseph Devine, Town Ad-ministrator Town of Henniker, 18 Depot Hill Road, Henniker, NH 03242. Bid specifica-tions are available at https://www.henniker.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif5391/f/pages/fuel_bid_2020-2021_2.pdf and are available at the Town Hall.
Dear Editor;
The daily news continues with stories about people claiming it is their right to ignore the sci-ence when it comes to protecting themselves and others from the coronavirus. When do freedoms and liberties get in the way of common sense and the common good?
Many Americans exist in po-larized communities with their own information universe where evidence and expert consensus often take a back seat to political persuasion. It’s a problem when we respond defensively to factual information because it feels like a personal attack.
During the past two years in
New Hampshire we have wit-nessed the intimidation of con-stituents when members of the House of Representatives mocked mothers as they testified about gun suicide and gun violence; we have seen members refuse to wear masks or to socially distance themselves for reasons of liberty; we heard members boo when the phrase “Black Lives Matter” was mentioned during a floor speech; and we watched as our governor stood in the way of family and medical leave, a moderate min-imum wage increase, clean en-ergy, public transportation, and gerrymandering by vetoing a re-cord number of bipartisan bills.
Vaccination, climate, and COVID-19 are life threatening
issues that require science and a unified approach to tackle. Voter suppression, school safety, pro-viding for the less fortunate, and ending racial bias are cultural is-sues that require cooperation and collaboration to make progress.
We need more from our state and local officials than empty gestures and platitudes that are cloaked in the preservation of freedoms, liberties, tradition, and culture. Our leaders must be will-ing to fight for the common good and common sense without re-gard to politics.
Rep. Jim BosmanFrancestownHillsborough D38
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