Over the past week, the Sunapee schools have seen an increase in both the level of absences in general and the level of absences due to influenza like illness, including H1N1, according to Dr. Brendan Minnihan, the superintendent of the Sunapee School Administative Unit, SAU 85. “However, in the past day (Thursday, October 29), the [...]
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There is now a public inquiry line in New Hampshire to respond to H1N1 Flu questions. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is urging residents with questions about the influenza virus and the H1N1 vaccine to contact the hotline by dialing in NH 2-1-1. Initially, the call-in line will be open [...]
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What do you know about the Tontine House in Sunapee? Local historian Ron Garceau thinks the building once located on Lower Main Street in Sunapee was a leather-paste shop, where workers made paste to glue the sole of shoes. Garceau says that according to the 1870 census, N. P. Gardner may have owned the building. [...]
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In Sunapee, the old town hall on Main Street is now listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places. There is a town committee working to preserve the building because it is loaded with history and relatively rare architectural features including an old clock tower and circular, interior horse ramp. The current town [...]
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The Sunapee Historical Society will hold its Fall Meeting on Wednesday, October 28 at the Sunapee Community Methodist Church, Lower Main Street, Sunapee. SHS President Ron Garceau will present the evening program and look at what’s “Disappeared from Sunapee” while sharing local history and showing old photos of buildings that have vanished from Sunapee’s landscape. [...]
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The Sunapee Conservation Commission has invited residents to a guided tour of a Town Forest parcel. The Ledge Pond lot is in the northwest quadrant of town. On Wednesday, October 28 at 3 p.m., people are asked to gather at the end of Meadow Brook Road, located off Prospect Hill Road in Georges Mills. A [...]
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A federally funded project to create policy recommendations for local government to protect the Lake Sunapee Watershed is underway. And national and regional experts will be in Newbury, NH on Wednesday, October 28 to explain the initiative. The project’s first public meeting will be held at the Newbury Town Hall from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. [...]
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Image via Wikipedia The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Syntectic International, LLC of Portland, Oregon; Antioch University New England of Keene, New Hampshire; and the Lake Sunapee Protective Association of Sunapee, New Hampshire, and partners $243,000 to prepare the Lake Sunapee watershed for climate change and population growth. The project partners hope [...]
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This is the third year for the Sunapee Turkey Trot, a 5K road race for runners and walkers that’s held on Thanksgiving morning at Sunapee Harbor. This event has become a wonderful family tradition uniting people from the community as well as friends and family gathered from all over the country for the Thanksgiving holiday, [...]
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By State Senator Bob Odell The court consolidation study committee will be in Claremont on Wednesday, October 28. Officially, the Committee to Evaluate the Physical Consolidation of the Claremont and Newport District Courts and Family Division Sites and the Closing of the Colebrook and Milford District Courts had its first on-site meeting in Colebrook on [...]
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The efforts of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests to conserve 1,750 acres around the Ashuelot River headwaters have received a boost. Five Lempster landowners have pledged to donate an additional 1,300 acres if the Forest Society is successful. The combined value of the donated 1,300 acres exceeds $1 million. For more [...]
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October 16 and 17 are the last two days to view Quilts: An American Legacy, an exhibit by the Soo-Nipi Quilters Guild at the Library Arts Center, 58 North Main Street in Newport. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon, October 15th, visitors to the Library Arts Center [...]
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Who won this year’s Lake Sunapee Chowder Challenge? The Hanover Inn, Hanover, was the bigger winner taking both the People’s Choice Award and Judge’s Award for chowder. Attendees gave the second place award to Bubba’s Bar and Grille, Newbury, and third place recognition to Ike’s Chowdah, Newbury. Salt Hill Pub, Newport, received the Judge’s Award [...]
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Capital Comments: The Importance of Afterschool Programs
By State Senator Bob Odell Governor Lynch provided the Newport Out-of-School Time (NOST) organization with a proclamation celebrating Lights on Afterschool Day on Thursday, October 22. The proclamation gives important recognition to the value of quality afterschool programs and activities for children, their families and the entire community. NOST provides afterschool activities for students in [...]
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