■The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors will hold its monthly meeting at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on March 17 at 1 p.m. All are invited who share an interest in stamp collecting. All stamp collectors are encouraged to attend to share this common interest and to buy, sell and trade. Meet other collectors and learn more about their hobby. For more information, call Dan Day at 228-1154.
■The Bow Rotary 2020 scholarship forms are now available at bowrotary.org and at the Bow School Superintendent’s office at Bow High School. The newly redesigned forms are fill-able PDF’s that can be downloaded and completed. The completed forms can now also be emailed to scholarships@bowrotary.org or mailed to the SAU office per the instructions. Applications must be received no later than 3 p.m. April 15.
■A $1,000 Bow Garden Club scholarship is currently available for a graduating Bow High School senior entering college who is in good academic standing and is planning to further their education within a college curriculum majoring in any of the following fields of interest: Horticulture; Conservation, Environmental Science, Forestry, Plant Science, Geo-Science, Hydrology, Atmospheric Science or Meteorology. They should include an essay stating his/her educational goals and recounting any activities related to these goals; In addition, two letters of recommendation from current high school teachers/counselors and a copy of his/her high school transcript are required. The recipient of this scholarship will be notified at the annual Bow High School Senior Awards Night held prior to graduation. Please send completed applications to: Ruth Brack, BGC Scholarship Committee, 229 Elm St., Penacook, NH 03303. For more information, email bracr@comcast.net or call 753-2470. Applications are due by April 1.
JOYCE KIMBALL
bowcomnews@comcast.net
■Voting Day will be Tuesday. There will be no school. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the school. Town meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the school.
■For kids in grades 1 to 4, Read to Dogs will take place at the Dunbarton Library on Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. Please call the library to schedule your 15 minutes of reading time and confirm the schedule.
■Instant-Pot Whole Grains and Beans 101 will be held Thursdat at 6:30 p.m. at the library. No need to buy canned beans or instant rice when you have an instant pot. Learn how to cook beans and whole grains in half the time and save money! Michelle Smith will be there from the Concord Center for Health Promotion.
■The next read for the library book group is The Lobster Chronicles by Linda Greenlaw. Books are available now at the library. Discussion held March 18.
■The DCC Book Club will read Hearts and Minds by Darin Main during March. The discussion will be April 2 at 7 p.m. at the Vestry.
■Mid-Winter library used book sale continues during library hours. They have gently used and nearly new books waiting for you. Something for everyone and great prices, too! Bring your own bag.
■Enjoy the beautiful work of several members of the Dunbarton Inspiration Group. This group of local artists meets at the library on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Their works are on display now through the end of April at the library.
■The solar array at the Dunbarton Transfer station is live and info is online at enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/pv/public_systems/GxZD1745833/overview?preview=1.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■ Learn to garden for wildlife and landscape for a better yard today at the Tucker Free Library at 2 p.m. For more information, call 428-3471.
■The PTA will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the HCS library.
Voting Day is Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Henniker Central School gym.
■March 13 is the end of trimester 2 throughout SAU 24.
■Mark your calendars for the John Stark Regional High School Stage Company popular musical Legally Blonde March 19 through March 21 at 6:30 p.m. and March 22 at 1 p.m. at the high school. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $7 for adults. To reserve tickets ahead of time, call 529-1601.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■On Monday from 10 a.m. to noon, St. Mary’s Crafty Critters Linda Kowalski and Anita Vasser will be presenting a workshop on bow making. If you have ribbon, bring it with you. If not, we will provide ribbon for you. For more information, call Barbara Hays at 464-2692. At 1 p.m. Bingo returns for fun and prizes. Come join us! No fee.
■Also Monday, the Military History Book Group will meet at Fuller Public Library at 2 p.m. to discuss Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose.
■On Wednesday, the Walker Lecture Series will present the Freese Brothers Big Band. Listen to the updated arrangements of the classics by the Count, the King, the Duke, the Chairman and the sentimental Gentleman of Swing. The bus departs Shaw’s at 6:30 p.m. $5 transportation fee. The program is free! Call Linda Kowalski at 464-5264 to reserve a seat.
■On Friday will be the GHSS “Heights” Shopping Day. We’ll hit up a number of businesse – Walmart, Target, Dollar Tree, Aldi’s, etc. Lunch will be at Beef Side, on you own. Leaving Shaw’s at 10 a.m. Cost $6. Call Linda Kowalski at 464-5264 to reserve a seat.
■On Saturday there will be a needlefelting class at Fuller Public Library. You will learn how to needlefelt an Autumn scene with Laura from Spinner Farm in Deering. The class is $10 and will be held on two Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon each day. Please stop by the library to register and pay the fee.
■A Corned Beef & Cabbage Supper will be held Saturday iwth two seatings at 5 or 6:30 p.m. Adults $8; Kids 6-12 $5; under 6 free. Family rate $28 (2 adults and 3 or more children). No one turned away at Hillsboro United Methodist Church, 16 Henniker St. For more information, call 464-3056.
■Free Tax Help will be available at Fuller Public Library on Tuesday afternoons between 3 and 5:55 p.m. through April 14. Appointments are required. Please stop in our call 464-3595 to schedule one. Thank you to The Grapevine for sponsoring this program and to Larry Schwartz for donating his services.
NANCY SHEE
nshee71@gmail.com
■The Contoocook Farmers Market is held every Saturday 9 a.m. noon at the Maple Street School. SNAP/EBT accepted. For more information, visit facebook.com/ContoocookFarmersMarket.
■Senior lunch is held at the Slusser Center on Wednesdays at noon at the Slusser Senior Center, 41 Houston Drive next to the Town Library. Suggested donation $4
■The annual Flea Market at the First Congregational Church of Hopkinton will be April 18 from 9 to noon.
■The House of Art, 846 Main St., welcomes local artists Lisa Scheiman and Jeff Schapira. It is open Fridays 4 to 7 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sundays noon to 4 p.m. Show open through March 29.
■Leanr about “Aging Well at Home,” at the Slusser Center on March 28 from 9 a.m. to noon. More information available from Marilyn at Hopkinton Human Services; call 746-8244.
■Midnight at the Masquerade Murder Mystery Dinner will be March 28 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the historic Horace G. Chase Historic House. Enjoy a three course meal with dessert and wine. Seating limited. Reserve by March 20. Information available at hopkintonrec.com
■Transatlantic flying adventure: a reading and discussion with Dan Dustin will be today at 4 p.m. at the Hopkinton Town Library. Dustin will discuss Sir Alan Cobham’s 1926 flight from Australia to London and back. Free to the public.
KATHLEEN BUTCHER
724-3452
kathb123@comcast.net
■A Wine and Cheese Social with silent auction to benefit Pillsbury Free Library will be held Saturday from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the library. This popular biannual event includes music, food and beverages, a raffle, and the chance to bid on donated art, miscellaneous fine items, and area business services, with all profits to be used to enhance the building, services and programs of the Pillsbury Free Library
Tickets available in advance at the library, or at the door. This year’s offerings will include a special limited ticket raffle for a grandfather clock, tickets available in advance or at the social. Images of the auction items will be posted at facebook.com/PillsburyFreeLibrary.
■Join former UNH English professor Deborah Brown today at 2 p.m. at MainStreet BookEnds for a poetry workshop. Workshops are designed to combine lessons and exercises on aspects of craft (image, diction, metaphor) with a small amount of critique and in-group writing. Free.
■Come out and meet Paul Hodes in the Gallery at MainStreet BookEnds on Saturday, at 2 p.m. Your former U.S. Congressman for the second district, now considering a run for state senate District 15, which includes Warner, Hopkinton, Henniker and Concord.
■Tev Stevig joins Mike Stockbridge to talk
All Things Fretless at the Plugged In Music Lesson on March 15 at 3 p.m. at MainStreet BookEnds. Tev is a master in the art of fretless stringed instruments,
and this will be an opportunity for a performance and discussion. As always, it’s free and all ages are welcome!
■An opening celebration for the news works exhibit will be March 20 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Showcasing new work from our wonderful more than 30 local artists.
■Warner’s maple producers join with the town’s organizations and businesses to create a town-wide maple celebration March 20 to 22. The weekend begins on Friday evening with an art show reception at Main Street Bookends. The action picks up bright and early each morning with a pancake breakfast brought to you by the United Church of Warner and the Warner Historical Society. Breakfast features maple syrup made in Warner. Nine sap houses will be demonstrating how they turn sap into maple syrup and other maple treats: Baker’s Syrup, Bates Maple Syrup, Beaver Meadowbrook Farm, Blackwater Maples, Courser Farm Sugar Kings, Kearsarge Gore Farm, Kimball’s Sugar House, Rogers Maple Syrup and Turyn’s Tap’n & Sap’n. Each sap house has a unique personality and they’ll have different treats, so you’ll want to visit as many as you can. Maps are available at the Town Hall, Pillsbury Free Library, MainStreet BookEnds, Schoodacs and at the sap houses. Have the sap houses note your visit on your map. Afterwards, show the folks at Schoodacs your map to get a maple surprise! New this year are a Maple Syrup Tasting Contest on Schoodac’s front porch, choose your favorite! Bradford Bear Cider Tasting and Ragged Coffee Tasting at Warner Public Market. There are lots more family activities around town: children’s crafts at the Pillsbury Free Library, read-a-loud maple sugaring stories at Main Street Bookends, make a mokuk (a bark bucket to store maple sugar) and a maple leaf print at the Nature Discovery Center and see a traditional Native American method of turning sap into syrup at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum. The N.H. Telephone Museum and Warner Public Market will be open and Country Cobwebs will have maple products for sale. When you’re hungry, dine on delicious food made with maple syrup at The Local, Foothills, Charlie Macs Pizzeria, Schoolhouse Café or Schoodacs Coffee House. But leave room for a spaghetti supper Saturday night by the Merrimack County 4-H Ox Bows at the Town Hall. Check KearsargeChamber.org for all the details.
■Warner is excited to make this book, Why They Marched, by Hopkinton scholar Susan Ware, our town read to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women gaining the Right to Vote. Meet Susan at this year’s Tory Hill Author Series. The book is available at the Pillsbury Free Library and MainStreet BookEnds is pleased to offer this book at 20% off price to all participants. BookEnds BookGroup will discuss this book on July 12 at 4 p.m.
NEIL NEVINS
456-3614
info@mainstreetbookends.com