By Katie Richardson Terrariums made by Rhonda Gurney of Sunapee are part of New York artist Richard Saja’s exhibit at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, on display in the Kalkin House from May 17 to October 25. A native of Claremont (NH), Gurney began creating terrariums as a child with her grandmother, who made them [...]
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With funding provided by the Friends of Abbott Library, passes to six museums and educational centers are now available to patrons of the town library in Sunapee. The passes offer free or discounted admission to the Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NH), The Fells (Newbury, NH), Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (Warner, NH), Canterbury Shaker Village [...]
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Amongst the on-line calendar listings one can find on the new community calendar provided by Sunapee’s Abbott Library is a program titled: How Artificial Light Affects Freshwater Organisms. On Tuesday, June 2 the Lake Sunapee Protective Association will host Dr. Marianne V. Moore, a professor at Wellesley College, who will discuss research results on “how [...]
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June 6: On National Trails Day volunteers will be doing trail work in Mount Sunapee and Pillsbury State Parks. Led by the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail Club, several teams will form and remove fallen trees, clear water drainage channels, repair treadways and refresh paint blazes along the hiking trails. Read more… June 10: The Ausbon Sargent [...]
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In Capital Comments published earlier this week, Senator Bob Odell reported on the state budget. It’s now Thursday and one thing is clear: There’s still plenty of work to be done in crafting the Granite State’s two-year budget that starts July 1. “The budget process is far from finished,” the Concord Monitor reported today in [...]
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The Infinite Persistence “Life Show” featuring Gordon Weinberger, Sunapee, and guests from the Sunapee-Newport-New London area is now taping every Thursday at Sunapee Harbor from 5 to 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The Life Show, produced in association with Kearsarge Corner Films, can be viewed on local cable, Newport Community television, NCTV-10, [...]
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Contemporary artists from New England will exhibit current bodies of work at the Newport Library Arts Center in the upcoming show titled A Fresh Approach. The exhibit opens Friday, May 29, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., and runs through June 26. A Fresh Approach features work from five young artists: Abstract painters [...]
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A small oil painting on canvas titled ”Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire: A Study” by Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880) recently sold at Christie’s New York auction house for $266,500, far higher than the pre-sale estimate of $100,000 to $150,000. The c. 1860-1861 painting was described as initialed and signed by the artist, 6 by 11 inches [...]
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Hiking trails in Mount Sunapee and Pillsbury State Park will be happier, and neater, places after National Trails Day on Saturday, June 6. Led by the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail Club, four teams of volunteers will remove fallen trees, clear water drainage channels, repair treadways and refresh paint blazes. There is extra trail work to be [...]
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Three state and regional experts on workforce housing will be in New London this evening (May 21) to participate in a workshop about implementation of New Hampshire’s new workforce housing law SB 342. The Sunapee Area Watershed Coalition is sponsoring the program. On hand will be Ben Frost from the NH Housing Finance Authority, Jenny [...]
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The longest running bike race in New England, the Lake Sunapee Bike Race was held last Saturday with a start and finish at Mount Sunapee Resort at Mount Sunapee State Park in Newbury, NH. Here are the race results via www.bikereg.com. As for a local competitor, in the Masters 55+ category, Dan O’Neill of Newport [...]
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Decision Time for Senate Finance Comm.
In Concord today, the Senate Finance Committee will decide on “dozens of amendments and changes,” according to Bob Odell (R-Lempster). And possibly by late tonight, the committee will vote on the Granite State’s two-year $11.5 billion budget. Related to Senate Energy, Environment and Economic Development, Representatives Sue Gottling (D-Sunapee) and Rica McMahon (D-Sutton) are seeking [...]
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