15 miles of cross-country ski trails
Here’s our calendar of events for the coming season. Pine Hill Ski Club grooms 15 miles of cross country trails in New London. More information as available at PineHillSkiClub.com, or 381-8685, or JSchloss@nulltds.net Saturday, January 11, is Family Ski Day. Free trail use. Free ski lesson for any age skier, from noon until 2:30 PM. Must […]
Special events and special offers through the holidays
Mount Sunapee Resort opened for the 2013-2014 winter season on November 29 with top-to-bottom skiing and riding on the Main Mountain and South Peak. The Sunapee Express Quad and the Clipper Ship Quad operated. Over the weekend, the Sunbowl opened top-to-bottom, plus a hiking terrain park opened on lower Pipeline trail in the Bob Skinner’s […]
Seems there are more than there were
Several Beacon readers reported seeing a bald eagle in the area this past summer. Swimmers at Highland Lake, fishermen on Webster Lake and the Merrimack River, and hikers on Ragged Mountain are among those spotting the huge raptors. The distinctive white head and tail of the adult eagle, along with an impressive six- to seven-foot […]
Her fifth year on Youth Hunting Weekend
Includes part of SRK Greenway corridor
The Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust, as a member of the Stoney Brook Conservation Alliance, is asking for your consideration. You have an opportunity to help keep our water clean and link important conservation areas by contributing to the Stoney Brook Project comprising 145 acres off of Chalk Pond Road in Newbury. Your contribution would […]
3.9 new miles of trail completed
October 23 Condensed from draft minutes Present: Steve Darling, Tom Frantz, Lindy Heim, Craig Heim, Charles Martin, Ellsworth Morton, Steve Rayno, Nita Tomaszewski, Bob Ward 1. The September 18 minutes were approved. 2. Treasurer’s Report was accepted with temporary figures. 3. Correspondence. None except for a hand-delivered donation. 4. Old Business a. Action items (all): […]
Dwarf conifers, and creativity in nature
Dwarf Conifer Solutions for Your Landscape Tuesday, November 12, 2 to 3 PM: Adding dwarf conifers to your landscape brings a plethora of pleasures. Beyond hiding the foundation, they add year-round diverse color and form to a sometimes dreary winter scene. They give your beds and borders a contrasting background, they create privacy and define […]
Boscawen to Lebanon: 56 miles - longest in NH
On October 14, the Friends of the Northern Rail Trail in Merrimack County (FNRT) finished building four miles of new trail in Boscawen, from the old Gerrish Depot near the N.H. State Forest Nursery on Route 3 to Depot Street in the center of Boscawen. The construction of this new section of rail trail was […]
September 18 Condensed from approved minutes Present: Steve Darling, Craig Heim, Lindy Heim, Charles Martin, Ellsworth Morton, Joyce Morton, Peter Southworth, and Bob Ward. 1. Approval of August 21, 2013 minutes. Moved, seconded, and approved. 2. Treasurer’s Report. Steve reported on our checking balance as well as a recent grant from the Brown Foundation. 3. […]
From keeping bees to simply planting flowers
Consider the plight of the bee. Back in 1945 there were approximately 4.5 million hives of honey bees in the United States. By 2007 that number had dwindled to 2 million. More than one-third of the world’s crop production depends on bee pollination. At a time when growing populations require ever more food we are […]