Israeli Dancing at Richards Free Library Dec. 1

Dance teacher Jody Underwood will be at the Richards Free Library in Newport on Tuesday evening, December 1 at 6:30 p.m. for a lively hour of Israeli dancing.  The program is open to the public free of charge. No partner is required, only comfortable indoor shoes. For more information, call the library at 603-863-3430.

Sunapee School Board Meets Dec. 2

The Sunapee school board will hold a  meeting on Wednesday, December 2 at the Sunapee Middle High School, North Road in the media room at 7 p.m. The agenda includes updates on the SAU budget and Blodgett property. To view the full agenda, click on: SAU85 Agenda,

596 Race in Sunapee Turkey Trot. Seidel Wins Again.

Sunapee Rec Department Director Scott Blewitt said,  “Thank you for registering for the Sunapee Turkey Trot on race day! We are happy to report that registration closed with 596 racers.” In a broadcast email on behalf of all the race directors, Blewitt thanked all involved for their ” enthusiasm and community spirit.” “Watching close to [...]

Capital Comments: Legislature Gets Ready for Upcoming Session

Image via Wikipedia By State Senator Bob Odell The Senator on the phone said, “Bob, did you introduce the bill for the expansion of the unique student identification number?”  I said, “No, I thought you were going to do it.” That conversation is similar to many contacts between Senators as we finish up introducing bills, [...]

Pre-Register Wednesday for T-Day Turkey Trot in Sunapee

What’s the latest updates about the 3rd Annual Sunapee Turkey Trot scheduled for Thanksgiving morning at Sunapee Harbor? Visit: http://www.sunapeeturkeytrot.com/ Also, on twitter: http://twitter.com/sunapee5k Event organizers are hoping to have 600 runners or walkers in this year’s 5K race that goes up Burkehaven hill and loops around Lake Avenue and are urging racers to pre-register [...]

Sunapee Celebrates the Magic of the Season Dec. 5

Sunapee will hold a holiday celebration—Sunapee Harbor Magic—on Saturday, December 5 from 1 to 6 p.m. Celebrate the magic in our community by singing, having a hot cocoa and taking a hay ride, participating in a workshop, visiting Santa or by strolling through the harbor. We hope to see you there! – From the event [...]

Abbott Library Closes Lower Level and Works on Water Leaks

The posting on the Sunapee town library website reads: “The lower level of the library is now closed to the public and will not reopen for several weeks. During this time, mold remediation and repair work will be performed. A limited collection of children’s materials will be available for loan from the main level of [...]

David Carroll Receives NHWP Lifetime Achievement Award

Author, artist and naturalist David Carroll, Warner, has received this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Hampshire Writer’s Project. MacArthur “Genius” Grant Winner, David M. Carroll is the author and illustrator of three widely acclaimed natural histories, The Year of the Turtle, Trout Reflections and Swampwalker’s Journal (the wet sneaker trilogy). In 2004, Carroll [...]

Capital Comments: Comm. Reports on District Court Closings in December

By Senator Bob Odell The committee studying the closing of three district court facilities including the Claremont District Court met for its next to last meeting on Thursday, Nov. 19. While the public meetings held in recent weeks in each community facing a court closing drew 25 to 50 residents and local officials, the committee [...]

Letters About Literature 2010 Deadline is Dec. 12

The deadline for New Hampshire’s 2010 Letters about Literature competition is fast approaching. Entries must be postmarked by December 12, 2009. Letters about Literature is a national reading promotion program that awards cash prizes and Target giftcards to winning participants, and may also bring as much as $10,000 to their school or community library. Readers [...]

New Sunapee Library in Old Town Hall? Committees Look at Conceptual Plan

Earlier in the month, at the November 10, regular meeting of the Old Town Hall Committee in Sunapee, Barbara Chalmers, chair of the Abbott Library Building Committee, presented conceptual drawings for a new library in the old town hall. Both the OTH committee and library board of trustees had previously endorsed the idea to explore [...]

Newport Food Pantry Helps Hundreds of Area Families

It is suppose to be a 20-hour per week job. So why does Rich Chappell, the coordinator of the Newport Food Pantry, dedicate 40 hours a week to the work? “As Mother Teresa said, ‘I If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one,’” said Chappell. Last week, the food pantry served not [...]

Greatgrandmother.org Writes About Hunger

“Our neighbors are hungry,” writes Mario Capozzoli of Sunapee, editor of greatgrandmother.org. “The face of hunger in the United States is all around us—no longer just the traditional socio-economically challenged rural and inner city families.  This past year, more than 17 million American households, including a large number of working poor and the recently-fully-employed, or [...]

Honors Go To Two Sullivan County Residents

Tomorrow, November 19th, the Sullivan County Commissioners will give two special presentations. The commissioners will recognize Senator Bob Odell (R-Lempster) for receiving  the 2009 New Hampshire Association of Counties (NHAC) Legislator of the Year Award and Brad Bennett, the county’s master electrician, for receiving the 2009 NHAC Employee of the Year Award. The NHAC announced [...]

Around the State: Culture Cares

“Culture Cares” promotes community service projects statewide. Recently, the NH Department of Cultural Resources announced the program and its use of a centralized website to promote the program. The “Culture Cares” website serves as a centralized place for organizations to promote their community service projects, raise awareness of groups in need and inspire others to [...]

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