Climate Change Etcetera

Think Globally, Act Locally → The New London Energy Committee has been working on energy issues since July 2007. After Town Meeting approved a Carbon Coalition warrant article, the Committee formed and quickly agreed on two major goals: 1) To make recommendations to residents about their consumption levels; and 2) to make recommendations to the [...]

Guidebook on Innovative Land Use Planning

Innovative Land Use Planning Techniques, a handbook for sustainable development, is now available from the NH Department of Environmental Services. The guide was prepared by DES in partnership with NH Association of Regional Planning Commissions, NH Office of Energy and Planning, and NH Local Government Center and was released in October 2008.

Greenway Leads Winter Hikes in Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Area

The Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge (SRK) Greenway Coalition is offering a variety of winter hikes that begin Saturday, January 10 and conclude on Saturday, March 7. (See below) “Be prepared for winter conditions with clothing layers, food, water and snowshoes,” the SRK announcement advises. “Please call the hike leader at least the night before to learn starting location [...]

SooNipi Magazine Still Free and Still One of the Best

The winter edition of SooNipi Magazine is now available and it’s still free and still one of the best “community” magazines of its kind. Subscriptions by mail are available, cost $12. They make great gifts. SooNipi is published four times a year.

Christmas Eve Services at Sunapee Methodist Church

SUNAPEE CALENDAR — Wednesday, December 24: The Community United Methodist Church will hold Christmas Eve Candlelight Services in Georges Mills, Prospect Hill Road, at 6 p.m. and in Sunapee, Lower Main Street, at 8 p.m.  Special music begins at 7:30 p.m.

Another weekend. Another Newspaper in Trouble.

One of the oldest weekly newspapers in New Hampshire shut down last summer. Now in Colorado a newspaper that’s been reporting news since before the Civil War is in crisis and people are reaching out to save it.

Backyard Birding in Sunapee

No rare bird alerts, but the yard was busy for this year’s Annual Christmas Bird Count. From Sunapee, a Job’s Creek location, the numbers are: 13 Black-capped Chickadees, 9 Juncos, 7 Mourning Doves, 9 Blue Jays 1 Common Crow, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Pair of Cardinals, 8 Tufted Titmice, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch [...]

Sunapee Conservationist Protects 16 Acres in Burkehaven

Last month, a dream came true for Virginia Anthony Soule when the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests accepted her donation of a conservation easement. Soule is a 27-year member of the Forest Society and an avid conservationist in the Sunapee region. The 16-acre Rockwall Farm has been her family’s summer home on [...]

Sunapee School Board Votes on Budget

In Sunapee, governing boards, department heads and the budget advisory committee have been busy crunching the numbers, and now it’s budget reporting time. This is about the school budget from the Eagle Times, December 19, 2008: The SAU 85/Sunapee School Board voted in special session Monday evening to propose a $9.85 million budget for the [...]

Gift Gallery at Newport Library Arts Open til 4 PM

Holiday shopping and looking for that enduring gift? This year’s Gallery of Gifts at the Newport Library Arts Center, 58 North Main Street, offers a special selection…..until 4 p.m. today. The featured artist is Terry Moore, the prominent furniture maker and wood worker, and he’s displaying his work along side pieces created by the prisoners [...]

Christmas Bird Count is Dec. 20 in Lake Sunapee Area

Saturday, December 20th is the day to count…our feathered friends in the Lake Sunapee area. It’s the Annual Christmas Bird Count in the Lake Sunapee circle, an area 15 miles in diameter that stays the same from year to year. All can participate whether you trek out outside or watch birds at your feeder. If [...]

30,000 in NH Still Without Power After a Week

It’s a week after the December Ice Storm and 53 homes in Sunapee are still without power, according to Public Service of New Hampshire. They are amongst the 30,000 other households in the Granite State that remain in the dark. Below is the PSNH outage report, town by town. Newbury is down to 157 homes [...]

Sunapee Planners Expect to Publish Revised Master Plan in 2009

“You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there,” said Yogi Berra, the baseball catcher. So, it can be said about community planning to meet the demands of growth, development and environmental protection. One tool town planners use to “get there” is a master plan and [...]

Public Hearing is Dec. 18 for Zoning Amendments in Sunapee

Thursday, December 18, the Sunapee Planning Board will hold a public hearing on this year’s proposed zoning amendments including a wind turbine ordinance. The hearing starts at 7:15 p.m. at the town hall meeting room. CLICK HERE for our prior article and a correction made in describing proposed Amendment No. 2.

Sunapee 03782 Reads About Guild 03754 and Patryc Wiggins

Another compelling story. Patryc Wiggins, Guild, 03754, talks with Jason Johns from the Valley News. See the profile in this week’s Zip Codes. Wiggins speaks in personal terms about growing up in Newport, class inequities, community development and her art–tapestry weaving. As many may re-call, Wiggins brought the international Biennial V exhibit of the American [...]

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