■Due to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases, the Town Municipal Offices, including the lobby area, are closed to the public until further notice. The front door will be locked. Please check townofboscawen.org for further details or call 753-9188.
■The Boscawen Public Library, housed in the same building as the Town Offices, is also closed for public access and appointments. Curbside pickup will be available. Staff is available by phone at 753-8576, Monday-Thursday, from 12-4:30 p.m. to respond to your questions and requests. Requests can also be made at boscawenpl@gmail.com. Updates will be posted at boscawenpubliclibary.org.
■Looking for a special gift? The Boscawen Historical Society has 2021 calendars for sale for $15. The calendar contains 12 months of pictures from Boscawen’s history. Call the library at 753-8576 to arrange for curbside pickup.
■Applications for Holiday Food Baskets are available at townofboscawen.og. The baskets will be ready for pickup on Dec. 22 from 8-10 a.m. Deliveries will be made on a case by case basis.
■With the increased number of COVID-19 cases, the Board of Selectmen has decided to close the Canterbury Town Office and Tax Collector/Town Clerk’s Offices. The offices will be open to the public by appointment only. This decision was made to protect the staff and public. Most transactions with the Town Clerk can be made online and residents are encouraged to use the town website for this purpose. Any in-person transactions will have to be scheduled ahead of time with the appropriate department. Please contact the Town Office at 783-9955 or the Town Clerk/Tax Collector at 783-0153 with any questions. The hope is to get back to normal in the near future. Thank you for your cooperation and patience.
■Do residents have unwanted stuff around the house? If residents are looking for a lightly used item that someone may be getting rid of because they don’t need it anymore, then join the Canterbury FreeCycle group! Canterbury FreeCycle is a Google group that will allow residents to offer unwanted items and request wanted items. Visit groups.google.com/d/forum/freecyclecanterbury-nh. Contact Jeff Beltramo at jbeltramo66@gmail.com with questions.
■Want to help your favorite library?The Friends of Elkins Public Library (FOEPL) work year-round to do just that! Come to the library or contact 783-4386 or elkinspubliclibrary.org for safe curbside pick up of frontier soups, a large variety of delicious gourmet soup mixes that are easy shortcuts to homemade that are healthy, delicious and contain all natural seasonings. No added salt, no preservatives or MSG and many are gluten free! Cost is $8 each or four for $30. They work great as holiday gifts. Hurry in now while supplies last!
Rachel Baker
bakercompany4@gmail.com
■Thank you to everyone who participated in the Sean Powers Wood Bank restocking at the Hopkinton/Webster Transfer Station. The wood will keep some town residents warm this winter.
■Congratulations to the Webster Historical Society on winning a $38,000 LCHIP grant to be used to repair or replace the clapboards and to paint the Old Webster Meeting House.
■The Pillsbury Lake Village District will hold a meeting on Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Information on how to join the meeting is available at pillsburylakedistrict.com/news-and-announcements.
■The NH Tax Kiosk is down due to a website outage.
Nancy Picthall-French
webstertowncrier@gmail.com