Jeff Warner Offers Songs of Old New Hampshire

Saturday, September 21, at 1 PM

Press release

The Salisbury Free Library offers Songs of Old New Hampshire on Saturday, September 21, at 1 PM. Drawing heavily on the repertoire of traditional singer Lena Bourne Fish (1873-1945) of Jaffrey and Temple, New Hampshire, Jeff Warner offers the songs and stories that, in the words of Carl Sandburg, tell us “where we came from […]

Hospice Volunteers Make a Difference. Free Volunteer Training!

Thursdays, October 10 to 31, 12–3 PM.

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FRANKLIN — Volunteering can be one of the most powerful experiences a person can have. When you volunteer, you give your time to help touch the lives of others, and when that volunteering is for those who are on home hospice, you gain the opportunity to change someone’s life for the better.  Franklin VNA & […]

Franklin VNA & Hospice Announces Third Annual Hospice Ball

Saturday, November 2 at 5 PM

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FRANKLIN – Franklin VNA & Hospice will be hosting their 3rd Annual Hospice Ball on Saturday, November 2, at 5 PM at the beautiful Newfound Lake Inn in Bridgewater. This not-to-be-missed event is their largest fundraiser and specifically benefits the hospice program with all proceeds going towards providing hospice care to patients who are uninsured […]

Upcoming Event Benefits Wilmot Animal Sanctuary

Sept. 28; 10 AM - 5 PM; Colby Sawyer College

By Jen Taylor

NEW LONDON – A Corn Hole Tournament and mini Food Truck Festival, to benefit Bark & Bray Farm Animal Sanctuary, will be held on Saturday, September 28, from 10 AM to 5 PM, at Colby-Sawyer College in New London. Join us on the field behind the library for a day of games, music, food, and […]

Andover Service Club Lists Fall Speaker Series

Public invited; free to all.

By Nancie Jacobson

ANDOVER – The Andover Service Club (ASC) commences its Fall Speaker Series this month, and invites the public to attend free of charge. All events will be held at the Highland Lake Grange Hall, on the corner of Route 11 and Chase Hill Road, East Andover, NH. The events run 30-45 minutes with light refreshments […]

Speaker on Local Poets Hall, Kenyon, and Kumin

Mark Travis presents on Sunday, September 29, 2 PM

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Speaker on Local Poets Hall, Kenyon, and Kumin

WILMOT — Donald Hall, Jane Kenyon, and Maxine Kumin, three distinguished local poets featured in Mike Pride’s Northern Voices: Forty Years on the Poetry Beat will be remembered in a talk by Mark Travis at 2 PM, Sunday, September 29, at the Wilmot Community Association’s (WCA) Red Barn, 64 Village Road. The WCA and At […]

Salisbury Historical Society News – September

Hearse House Museum closed for the season

Press release

SALISBURY-Salisbury Historical Society’s season ends with our Potluck Supper and Annual Meeting on Tuesday, September 17, at 6 PM. We hope to see as many members as possible.  This is an important night, where new officers will be elected.  If you are interested in any position, including President, Secretary, Treasurer, or Trustee, for a three-year […]

Summer Reading Wraps up with Tea Party

Judy Elliot reads her tea party story

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Summer Reading Wraps up with Tea Party

ANDOVER-We built bridges, played with oobleck,talked with firemen and explored their truck, and touched lobsters and creepy crawlies. To wrap up our reading program this summer, we hosted a Tea Party for the children with Judy Elliott. We listened to a story that Mrs. Elliot wrote herself about a little girl who loved attending Tea […]

Friends of the Andover Libraries Invites Residents to “Kickoff” Gathering

New nonprofit group forms to help with fundraising

By Sheila Swenson
Friends of the Andover Libraries Invites Residents to “Kickoff” Gathering

ANDOVER-When the Library Trustees hosted an informal gathering of persons who frequently supported the library, they spoke of a vital need for an organized Friends of the Library group in Andover that would work collaboratively with the trustees and the library director. From this gathering, a small core group volunteered last fall to become the […]

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