■The Transfer Station is now accepting limited recycling. Please sort before you arrive. Residents will have to dump and sort their own items. Please separate glass, cardboard, aluminum cans and tin with steel. Hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday, noon to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
■Supervisors of the Checklist will have a session for correction of the checklist at the town office on Tuesday from 7-7:30 p.m. This is the last date to change your party prior to the Sept. 8 election. To see how you are registered go to sos.nh.gov/voteinforlook.aspx. The form to change your party by mail is available at dunbartonnh.org.
■Town offices are still closed to walk-in business until further notice. Check dunbartonnh.org for updates and to download permits and licenses.
■The DCC Book Club read “The First Call You Get from Heaven” by Mitch Albom. Discussion will be hosted by Stephanie Herlihy on Thursday at 7 p.m. on Zoom.
■The library is hard at work on a phased approach to reopening. The safety and health of staff and patrons remains the utmost concern. All programs will remain virtual until further notice. Do not return any item to the book drop until the library reopens. All due dates have been extended to June 30. All cards have been renewed.
■The library has announced that Therapy Dogs International has given the library the green light to go ahead with a virtual Reading to Dogs program this summer. The dogs are eager to see you via Zoom. Please contact the library if interested. Please email the library (dunlib@gsinet.net) if you are interested in any virtual library programs.
■The Police Department’s 3rd Annual Dunbarton Bicycle Rodeo has been postponed from June 7 to a date TBD in September.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■Weare’s Supervisors of the Checklist will be in session on Tuesday from 7 to 7:30 p.m. and, at the discretion of the Supervisors, for additional hours at the Town Clerk’s Office. This session is for change of party registrations and for additions and corrections to the checklist.
■John Stark Regional High School seniors will hold graduation as a whole class on the football field on June 13 at 10 a.m.. Rain date is June 14. Students and two guests will be asked to arrive in one vehicle at an assigned time and will be directed to an assigned spot on the field. Graduates will remain in the assigned grid except when called to the stage to receive their diploma.
■The Henniker Community Concert Committee met with the Select Board to review plans for 2020 concerts. The number of concerts has been reduced, beginning June 30. Pats Peak is providing snow fencing to encircle the park. Limited seating with social distancing will be enforced. Attendees will be encouraged to wear masks. The hours have been changed to 6:30-8 p.m.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■In an effort led by current and former students, Hopkinton Students for 100 is combating climate change at the local level by working towards achieving 100% renewable energy within Hopkinton schools. Over the last six months, the group has worked with public officials, the Sierra Club and energy experts to examine the school district’s ability to transition to 100% renewable energy. The group is preparing to present their findings to the Hopkinton School Board. To learn more, visit Hopkinton Students For 100 on Facebook.
■The American Association for State and Local History proudly announces that the Hopkinton Historical Society is the recipient of an Award of Excellence for the 2019 Putney Hill Cemetery Walk. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 75th year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. Performed in October 2019, the Putney Hill Cemetery Walk is a theatrical production designed to entertain and educate attendees about people buried in, or excluded from, the town’s earliest cemetery. Written by Lynn Clark, the script deconstructs the traditional narratives of conflict, racism and misogyny, and instead constructs an inclusive, multivocal narrative of Hopkinton past and present. Volunteers carried out extensive research, and under the direction of Beth Spaulding, local actors vividly brought to life 26 of Hopkinton’s former residents. Audience members were appreciative of the historical context and multiple perspectives about issues that people are grappling with today, noting that issues from 250 years ago, such as religious freedom, voting rights, colonialism, racism and women’s rights, have their parallels today. The Putney Hill Cemetery Walk is the seventh Cemetery Walk produced by the Hopkinton Historical Society. DVD copies are available at the Society. This year, AASLH is proud to confer fifty-seven national awards honoring people, projects, exhibits, and publications. The winners represent the best in the field and provide leadership for the future of state and local history.
■The Hopkinton Historical Society has been awarded a Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act grant in the amount of $10,000. According to Executive Director Heather Mitchell, “We are extremely grateful to the National Endowment for the Humanities and New Hampshire Humanities for this grant. Given the pandemic, the Society has been closed since mid-March, meaning that we have been unable to open our summer exhibit and hold its associated programs, or hold our regular fundraisers. This grant will help us rework our traditional summer exhibit into a driving tour and also help mitigate some of the losses from our fundraisers.”
KATHLEEN BUTCHER
724-3452
kathb123@comcast.net