Franklin Outing Club Winter Carnival Kicks Off on February 4

Many events planned; Veterans Memorial Recreation Area

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Franklin Outing Club Winter Carnival Kicks Off on February 4

The Franklin Outing Club is excited to announce its 61st Annual Winter Carnival. Events will kick off on Saturday, February 4, with the Broom Ball and a Moonlit Snowshoe Hike, complete with a Bonfire and Hot Cocoa Party. Other fun events planned throughout the Winter Carnival include their Cardboard Sled Races on Saturday, February 18, […]

FOH Presents Murder on the Oriental Rug; Two Shows in February

Dessert Mystery Theatre; Benefits FOH

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FOH Presents Murder on the Oriental Rug; Two Shows in February

Move over – or roll over – Agatha Christie! Franklin Opera House presents a rollicking good mystery on Friday and Saturday, February 10 and 11. In a benefit performance, Franklin Footlight Theatre actors are about to unveil a mystery dessert show that spoofs old-fashioned whodunits, the medical profession, “female problems,” and theater folks!  When half […]

Kearsarge Area Senior Lunch Program in Wilmot for February

First Congregational Church of Wilmot

By Margaret Doody

The popular Kearsarge Area Senior Luncheon Program, hosted by the Wilmot Ladies Aid Society, will be held at noon on Thursday, February 16.  Hot lunches from the Community Action Program (CAP) in Concord will be dished up at the First Congregational Church of Wilmot in the ground floor meeting room.  The Church is located at […]

South Danbury Church Invites the Public to “Christmas Snow” Presentation

Tuesday, December 13 at 7 PM; free

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South Danbury Church Invites the Public to “Christmas Snow” Presentation

The South Danbury Church and At Eagle Pond, Inc. invite you to be with us at the church on Tuesday, December 13, for Pontine Theatre’s presentation of “Christmas Snow,” adapted from a short story by Donald Hall. The church has a special connection to Don – In 1866, his forebears were among the founders of […]

Peabody Place Resident Receives Boston Post Cane on 102nd Birthday

Agnes Marshall was a beloved resident of Boscawen

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Peabody Place Resident Receives Boston Post Cane on 102nd Birthday

The Grande Dame of Peabody Place, Agnes McNeil Marshall, celebrated her 102nd birthday and was presented with the Boston Post Cane on November 12 at Peabody Place Senior Living Community in Franklin, New Hampshire. The day was marked with a party of Boscawen town officials and Agnes’ family joining her to observe this momentous occasion.  […]

Potter Place Railroad Station Signal Gets Restoration Assistance

NHTI Maker's Club fabricates steel tie-rod

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Potter Place Railroad Station Signal Gets Restoration Assistance

The intersection of the future and the past was on full display at NHTI – Concord’s Community College recently as NHTI’s Maker’s Club, a student-run group highlighting industrial design and fabrication, assisted in the restoration of the signal board at Potter Place Railroad Station in Andover, New Hampshire, which was built in 1874. Fred Nystrom, […]

Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners Continues to Help Neighbors in Need

Gives immediate help; addresses underlying issues

By Cindy Benson
Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners Continues to Help Neighbors in Need

Three years ago, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners was born as an organization where neighbors can help each other flourish, and where people in need have some hope of moving away from crisis and toward wholeness and stability in their lives.  A group in the Kearsarge region realized that much of the charity available to people deals […]

COA Chapin Senior Center – December Program List

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Thursday, December 1 Indoor Walking at Proctor Academy’s Field House, Andover,  8:30 AM – 10 AM Enjoy year-round walking without worrying about the weather. Please walk in clean, dry footwear. You are encouraged to walk with a partner. Please visit the COA registration area in the field house to complete a waiver form (first time […]

Pontine Theatre Performs Donald Hall’s “Christmas Snow”

Tuesday, December 13, at South Danbury Church

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On the evening of Tuesday, December 13, the South Danbury Church and At Eagle Pond, Inc. will present Pontine Theatre of Portsmouth in their adaptation of poet Donald Hall’s short story, “Christmas Snow.”  The story is an imagined Christmas at Eagle Pond Farm in 1938, the year that Don was ten. All the time that […]

Franklin’s Second Holiday Stroll Offers Lots of Holiday Fun

Friday, December 2; 3:30  to 8 PM

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The City of Franklin and Franklin Falls Business Group are excited to announce the Second Annual Franklin Falls Holiday Stroll on Friday, December 2 from 3:30  – 8 PM in Downtown Franklin. Many community organizations are joining together to bring this event to Franklin Falls. Please join us for this very festive event featuring the […]