Rail trail extension work from Webster Place (Holy Cross Road) to Gerrish Station in Boscawen began bright and early this week on Monday, November 12. Project leader Chris Norris kept a close eye on the process with RTP grant writer Nita Tomaszewski assisting. Ticket taking volunteers took shifts collecting the receipts for material from R.D. […]
Around the state this year, preliminary numbers show moose hunters having a 73% success rate in the Connecticut Lakes Region; 82% in the North Region; 64% in the White Mountain Region; 51% in the Central Region; 45% in the Southwest Region; and 35% in the Southeast Region. New Hampshire’s 2012 moose season wrapped up on […]
Ragged Mountain Resort in Danbury recently completed a land conveyance to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHF&G). The conveyance, which has been in the planning stages since 2008, permanently transfers 100 acres of wetlands and wildlife habitat to the NHF&G. The conveyance is the first step in a plan put together by Ragged […]
Members of Andover’s Tree City effort, Mary Anne Broshek and Susan Chase, joined with Cemetery trustees Robin Boynton and Pat Cutter, as well as Mary Reynolds, Urban Forester, NH Department of Resources and Economic Development, on October 17 to admire a new Red Oak planted at the Lakeside Cemetery in East Andover. It joins several […]
Present: Alex Bernhard, Tom Frantz, Myra Mayman, Steve Rayno, Peter Southworth, Bob Ward, and guests Joyce and Ellsworth Morton. Note: The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 5. There will be no November meeting. Old Business RTP 2012: Alex spoke about our November project of building three miles into Boscawen. Nita has formal […]
Present: Steve Darling, Lindy Heim, Craig Heim, Steve Rayno, Nita Tomaszewski, and Bob Ward Old Business RTP 2012: No formal letter has been received yet. Nita will be on site during the construction, and will put out “Trail Closed” signage for trail users. Lindy will coordinate the ticket takers in Taffy Johnson’s absence. Fundraising: Franklin […]
On Sunday, October 14 at the Potter Place Railroad Station, a group of Northern Rail Trail supporters gathered for a remembrance of Peter Oren Crowell, at the third annual Peter Oren Crowell Bike Ride on the Northern Rail Trail. It was cold and rainy, but hot cider and warm memories of a good friend, father, […]
On the first two Saturdays and Sundays in November, see the Main House at The Fells in a magical Winter Wonderland. Be inspired by fireside stockings and lavishly adorned trees before the hustle and bustle of the season. Each room is transformed by professional interior designers, decorators, and talented volunteers. Our Winter Wonderland will delight […]
Peter Zak looks on as Norah Carlson picks an apple. The AE/MS first graders visited and picked apples at Highland Lake Apple Farm, where Peter Zak and Mary Lloyd-Evans encouraged the children to pick two bushels of apples, which they brought back to school to make apple crisp for everyone! Photo: Jennifer Bent […]
Ragged Mountain Resort in Danbury recently announced over $1 million in resort improvements for the upcoming winter season. Most notably, the Exhibition trail, under New Hampshire’s only high-speed six-person lift, becomes the second top-to-bottom trail at the Resort with fully computerized automated snowmaking. Fifty of the close to 150 new low-energy, high-efficiency snow guns will […]