Community Events

Movie night at Dover Free

DOVER- On Monday, May 24, the Dover Free Library presents the feature film “Ride like a Girl” starring Teresa Palmer and Sam Neill. The film is based on the story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. Showtime is 5:30 pm, runtime is 98 minutes, and the movie is...

Bucky Boyd tilling at the community garden.

Community garden ready

WILMINGTON- The community garden is expanding this year due to increased interest in growing vegetables. Organizers have doubled the size of the existing garden to offer 10-foot-by-5-foot plots to new members and to begin growing food for donation.
A huge thank-you to Bucky Boyd and the...

Annual Lions Club tag sale

Whitingham- The Deerfield Valley Lions will host a tag sale on Saturday, May 22, from 8 am to 2 pm in the Whitingham Municipal Center parking lot on Route 100 in Jacksonville.
Housewares, home furniture, lawn and yard tools, clothing, toys, sporting equipment, and much more will be...

Beekeeping workshop

ALSTEAD, NH- Charles Andros, former apiary inspector, will hold a beekeeping workshop from 1 to 3 pm on Saturday, May 22. Topics of discussion include finding queens, requeening colonies, pollen collection, swarm control, supering, and bee venom therapy. Look for the “BEE” sign on the south...

Halifax senior meal

HALIFAX- Friday, May 21, is the next Halifax senior meal, at the Halifax community hall at 20 Brook Road.
The meal is still takeout only ( until after July 4, hopefully). The menu is sweet sausage stroganoff, carrot salad, roll, and dessert. A freewill donation of $3 is asked but not...

Group hike to welcome new residents

WILMINGTON- Wilmington Works is excited that, with vaccination rates on the rise, they can now plan some get-togethers to welcome new(er) residents. All are welcome, new and long-time residents, to join on a group hike this weekend.
On Sunday May 16, at 2 pm, meet at the Primitive Trail...

Calling all cancer survivors to survey

VERMONT- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is asking cancer patients and recent survivors from across Vermont to enroll in its latest survivor views survey project. The project is dedicated to ensuring cancer patients’ and survivors’ experiences are used to inform cancer-related...

Community shred event

NEWFANE- Have boxes of old papers sitting around but are worried about just putting them in the recycling bin due to their containing confidential information? There’s a burn ban on so don’t put a match to them.
Why not shred instead?
On Saturday, May 15, the Moore Free Library...

Share a couple plants or seeds in memory of Edie

HALIFAX- On Saturday, May 29, the Halifax Community Club will emerge from COVID-19 hibernation to host a community plant and seed swap at the Halifax Community Hall.
The club dedicates this event to friend, neighbor, gardener, and club member Edie Fenton, who died in early 2020, just...

The Whitingham Fire Department officially welcomes the new E-ONE fire engine after months of refurbishing and repainting. The $110,000 truck is supposed to last the next 20 years. The department members had training on how to operate the new truck on Monday. The truck is a five-person cab with four seats that are set up with Scott Air Packs ready to be put on in route. It’s equipped with a Jaws of Life and a Vent saw for venting the roof, however, Whitingham will still have mutual aid responding with theirs to assist. A few other special features of the truck are the backup camera and remote-controlled lights above the cab.