■All are welcome to attend services at the Boscawen Congregational Church on Sundays. There are in-person services every Sunday at 10 a.m. Those services are also live streamed on Facebook. A Palm Sunday service will be at 10 a.m. and the Maundy Thursday service will be at 7 p.m. Easter Sunday services will be at 6:15 a.m. (sunrise service) and 10 a.m.
■Join High Street Coffee House to hear live music via Zoom on Friday at 7 p.m. Featured performers are Alan Rogers and Elizabeth Kantz, aka Doc and Liz. The duo has been playing together for six years in and around central N.H. Following the feature, open mic will be available for other musicians, poets and comedians to perform. Contact Chris Paul at highstreetcoffeehouse@gmail.com or call 520-9196 if you have questions. More information is available on the Coffee House Facebook page or at boscawencongregationalchurch.com/high-street-coffee-house1.
■ The Boscawen Select Board has temporarily suspended the requirement to obtain a yard sale permit. All residents would still need to follow yard sale ordinances.
■Get your community garden plot, located at the intersection of Corn Hill Road and Woodbury Lane. The season opens April 1 and ends on October 31. Plot sizes are 12-feet by 12-feet and cost $15 each or four plots for $45. Gardeners also have access to a shared herb garden. Applications for community garden plots are available at townofboscawen.org and in the Town Office lobby. Contact bcg@townofboscawen.org for more information.
MARY ALLARD
753-8576
boscawenpl@gmail.com
■Elkins Public Library has new expanded hours starting in April. The library will be open Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Face masks are required. Please ring the doorbell before entering the building. Appointments are required for computer usage in 30-minute time slots. Please call 783-4386 to make arrangements. Curbside pickup is still available.
■The Old Man Boring Book Club (OMBBC) will meet virtually on Thursday at 7 p.m. Individually chosen nonfiction selections will be discussed. Email or call Sue and she will send you the Zoom link to join.
Rachel Baker
bakercompany4@gmail.com
■The Merrimack Valley Youth Baseball and Softball League is starting its spring season soon for children ages 4-16. If you would like to register your child to play, please go to mvybs.org. The league is in desperate need of sponsors, coaches and other volunteers. This is a 501(c)(3) organization which cannot run without the help from community members and businesses. Unless more giving people are willing to help and sponsor this may be the last year MVYBS is able to offer youth baseball and softball to the Merrimack Valley community. If you can help out in any way or would like to sponsor, please contact Julia Jones at juliagrace02@yahoo.com or call 717-2506. All donations and sponsorships are tax deductible.
■There will be a Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by Countryside Builders, LLC, on March 30 from 2-7 p.m. at Salisbury Town Hall (645 Old Turnpike Road). Call 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org and enter SALISBURYNH to schedule an appointment. You can also use your blood donor app. One donation can save up to three lives!
■The planning board will meet on April 5 at 7 p.m. at Academy Hall. Visit the town calendar at salisburynh.org for more information.
■The library trustees will meet on April 6 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom only. Contact salisburyfree@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
■The board of selectmen will meet on April 7 at 6 p.m. at Academy Hall. You can also access via Zoom if you wish to join virtually. Zoom link available at salisburynh.org.
■The next MVSD school board meeting is scheduled for April 12 at 7:15 p.m. This will be a hybrid meeting (in-person and online access and participation). All information and links can be found at the mvsdpride.org.
■A friendly reminder from the town clerk for everyone in town who owns a dog: The town clerk has completed entering all dog licenses into the new software for town clerk records and is now entering all unlicensed dogs into the system. Given all the chaos in 2020, many people forgot to license their dogs, so there will not be late fees or fines for 2020. However, you need to license your dogs before the April 30 deadline. Once the town clerk enters all unregistered dogs in the system, notices will be sent to all residents who do not register their dogs by that date. The Sheriff’s Department will start visiting people’s houses to collect fees for unregistered dogs in June. The law that requires dogs be licensed can be found at http://gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xlv/466/466-mrg.htm. Questions can be directed to Town Clerk Jim Zink-Mailloux at tclerksalisbury@gmail.com or 648-6322. Fees for dog registration are as follows. Spayed/Neutered dogs are $6.50 each. Dogs that are not spayed or neutered are $9 each. Any resident over 65 only pays $2 for their first license and full price for any additional dogs. The town clerk will not respond to any messages sent through Facebook.
■The Salisbury annual town meeting to vote on warrant articles and the town budget will be May 1 at 1 p.m. at the Salisbury Safety Building. More details will follow. Stay tuned to postings at the post office, Academy Hall and salisburynh.org.
■The Salisbury Farmers Market will open on June 21. Hours are 3-6 p.m. every Monday afternoon throughout the summer, except for holidays. If you are interested in being a vendor at the market, please reach out to Helen Binette at 648-2156.
■Library hours for pickup and delivery will be Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday from 1-7 p.m., Thursday from 1-7 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Library staff are happy to work with you to pick out items and have contactless pickup. If transportation is an issue, delivery is offered. Story time is live on Facebook on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Also check out the library’s new 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program. The library also offers genealogy resources Ancestry and Heritage Quest to patrons for free. To access Ancestry, just log into your patron account and there is a link on the sidebar after you log in. For Heritage, contact the library for login information. Visit salisburyfreelibrary.wordpress.com or the library Facebook page for the updates on reopening, links to virtual programming and events, eBook and audiobook collections (from NH Downloadable Books Consortium), and other digital resources. All you need to get started is a library card. If you don’t have one, the library staff and set one up via phone or email. Interlibrary loan is back, but please allow an extra week for delivery as there are quarantine procedures in place to make sure materials are handled safely. Even though the library building is closed, they still provide printing, scanning and faxing services. Please give the library a call or email first to arrange a time for these services.
■April vehicle renewal registration information has been mailed to those who need to renew. Please follow the directions in the letter enclosed and the town clerk will mail your new stickers and registration to you. This only covers vehicles previously registered in Salisbury, not new vehicles or vehicles of new residents. Online vehicle registration for renewals and dog licensing is now live. See the town’s website under the department of the town clerk for that information. If you cannot access these services online contact the town clerk’s office by phone (648-6322), fax (648-6658) or email (tclerksalisbury@gmail.com) for questions about vehicle registration renewals or dog licenses. For new vehicles, marriage licenses and vital records, please email the town clerk and request an appointment.
JENNIFER HOYT
648-2260
jimjen505@tds.net
■The town select board will have meetings on April 5 and April 19, the zoning board of adjustment will meet on April 13 and the planning board will meet on April 15.
■The Webster Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public its 20th opportunity in 10 years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs on April 24. Bring your pills for disposal to the Public Safety Building at 851 Battle Street between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The DEA cannot accept liquids, needles or sharps, only pills or patches. This service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
■The Warner River Local Advisory Committee is composed of five towns – Webster, Bradford, Sutton, Warner and Hopkinton – all towns that border on the Warner River. The committee provides information to DES and the public on ways to protect the river. Another purpose is to research activity on the river prior to European settlement. For further information, visit to wrlac.com.
■Do you need more books to read? Movies to watch? Magazines to read? The library has several options for cardholders. For ebooks, audiobooks and popular magazines, go to nh.lib.overdrive.com. For ebooks, audiobooks, movies, TV shows and comics, go to hoopladigital.com. For scholarly and popular magazines, check out EbscoHost at search.epnet.com/login.asp. If you need your card number for Overdrive, or the username and password for EbscoHost, call the library at 648-2706 on Sundays from 1-3 p.m., Monday from 1-8 p.m. and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or email websterl@tds.net.
Nancy Picthall-French
webstertowncrier@gmail.com