■The Bow Brawlers wresting program is run by the Bow Athletic Club is for kids in the K-6th grades and they are holding a “Comedy Fundraiser” on Jan. 28 featuring top local comedians for the public to enjoy with the proceeds going to their wrestling program. The event will be held at the Bow Community Building at 3 Bow Center Road. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $25 per person (18 and over). Bring your own booze and/or snacks (BYOB/S) and choose to participate in their raffles and 50/50 drawing and auction. For tickets, and for information on how to donate or become a sponsor, please email bowbrawlerswrestling@gmail.com .
■Bow Young at Heart will begin meeting again in 2022 with the following programs scheduled for January: Jan. 12 “Winter Mammals: Adapting to a New England Climate” presented by Shelby Morelli from the Audubon Society, and on Jan. 26 they will hold a discussion about the Food Bank and Food Pantry programs. BYAH meetings are held regularly the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at Bow Old Town Hall, 91 Bow Center Road with a social hour at 11:30 and a program at 12:30. Members and guests should bring a brown bag lunch and a beverage. Desserts will be provided. For more information contact Carol Barleon, 603-568-2812.
■The Bow Garden Club will be “hibernating” until spring: April 2022 to be exact! Look for future postings of upcoming meetings and programs that are open to the public. Also, feel free to contact Club President/Membership Chairman Keryn Anderson at (603) 731-6425 or go to the BGC website bowgardenclub.org for information about joining our “Bow Area” club.
JOYCE KIMBALL
bowcomnews@comcast.net
■Congratulations to the Dunbarton Public Library! Our library will receive $13,745.03 in New Hampshire State Library ARPA grant funding in 2022 through the Institute for Museum and Library Services “Grants to States” program. The Dunbarton Library will use this grant award to purchase mobile book shelving platforms that roll away to increase floor space, and to purchase a Meeting Owl Pro. The flexibility that mobile shelving offers will be beneficial in getting back to offering many of their traditional in-person programs. The Meeting Owl Pro will allow any program or meeting to be virtual. The five-member panel who awarded the grant shared the following feedback: “For a very small library, this is an ambitious and creative proposal that will have substantial effects on the services that they can provide to the community during the remainder of the pandemic and beyond.” The Dunbarton Public Library’s proposal was one of two individual applications that scored the highest possible score. Read more here: https://files.constantcontact.com/f77ca5f3801/97c02b01-78ae-4ca7-90cb-323222209b0c.pdf.
■It’s Soup Night with Leslie Cercier — Virtual from the Library. Cooking Soups for health and happiness will be on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Contact dunlib@gsinet.net to obtain the link, which will be sent to you just prior to the program.
■Reading to dogs for kids in grades 1 to 4 is back at the library on Jan. 13 and 27. Mr. T and Nancy will return for three sessions each day they are here: 2:45 to 3:10 p.m., 3:15 to 3:35 p.m. and 3:40 to 4 p.m. Please call or email the library to register for a time. No walk-ins.
■The Supervisors of the Checklist will hold a session for correction on Jan. 18 from 7 to 7:30 p.m. at the Town Office.
■Please check with the library — limited copies are available at the library of “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The Zoom discussion is to be held on Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m., facilitated by Damien Costello. Brought to you by NH Humanities Perspectives Book Discussion.
■Get Tickets for the Comedy Fundraiser featuring top local comedians to benefit Bow Brawlers on Jan. 28 at the Bow Community Center. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Bring your own booze and snacks. There will be raffles and a 50/50 drawing, and auctions. The show is for ages 18 and up. Tickets are $25. For tickets, to donate or sponsor, please visit funny4funds.com/events. FMI bowbrawlerswrestling@gmail.com.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■For a $10 donation, the Henniker Lions will pick up your Christmas Tree from Jan. 7 to 9 at your home. The Christmas Tree Bonfire will be on Jan. 22 from 3 to 7 p.m., behind the Henniker Brewing Co. When you pay to have your tree picked up it’s your ticket into the bonfire. For all others, there is a suggested $5 donation at the door.
■A plethora of jobs is available this winter in our schools and towns ranging from part-time maintenance to a full-time town administrator for Henniker. Check the respective websites.
■Henniker Library’s Page Turner’s Book Club will be discussing, “The Lowering Days,” on Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. The book is a powerful saga that explores family love, the power of myths and storytelling, survival and environmental exploitation, and the ties between cultural identity and the land.
■Weare’s Hand in Hand will be holding a Vaccine Clinic this winter through the State of New Hampshire Mobile Van. They’ll be offering Booster or Vaccine for Moderna, Pfizer or Johnson and Johnson. Ages 12 and up. Sign up at Breaking Bread Cafe or You Never Know Thrift Shop Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or Wednesday until 5:30 p.m.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■Start the new year with Strong Living Exercises developed by Tufts University on Mondays and Thursdays. Sessions are free! Beginning at 10 a.m. at Smith Congregational Church. For questions call Fran Charron at (603) 464-3630 or email her at FCharron@tds.net
■On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Chair Yoga Sessions start at 10 a.m. at the Deering Fish and Game. Please contact Janett Gilman at (603) 478-3544 to sign up for the next session and dates. The cost is $35 for a six week session and benefits GHSS.
■On Tuesday, New Hampshire’s Mobile COVID Vaccine Van will be at Fuller Public Library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for walk-in appointments. All vaccines will be available for ages five and up. Call the library for more information at (603) 464-3595.
■On Jan. 11 visit the Crafter’s Corner Fuller Public Library from 1 to 3 p.m. Make table decorations for the upcoming GHSS Chinese New Year’s Luncheon on Feb. 2. Join us for fun and conversation!
■Market Basket shopping trip to Warner on Jan. 12. With support from the Town of Hillsborough, GHSS continues to offer shopping trips for seniors the Warner Market Basket. Pickups are at Maple Leaf and the Park & Ride lot. Initial pickup is at 8:45 a.m. Call Riche’ Colcombe at (603) 478-1989 for more information.
NANCY SHEE
nshee71@gmail.com
■A Musical Adventure with Chris Martiello, Thereminist, at the Hopkinton Town Library on Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. The snow date is scheduled for Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. Learn about the Theremin’s history. Listen to the music of the Theremin. Hear about the science of the Theremin. Have a hands off experience with the Theremin…that’s right, you don’t touch the Theremin to play it! All programs are free and open to the public, and no sign up is required for this program. There will be a limit of 60 people to see the show. Doors open at 3:50 p.m. Masks, please! This show is brought to you with the support of the Friends of the Hopkinton Town Library as part of the Friends Winter Family Series.
■The winter season is here, and prints in the snow indicate the Hopkinton Trails are getting great use! Both public and private trailheads are managed with winter plowing as storm schedules and priorities permit. Trailheads at the Kimball Cabins, Houston Fields, the Rollins Lot on Little Tooky Road, and Hawthorne Forest are plowed by the Town of Hopkinton. Use on-road parking for the Sweat Preserve on Old Stagecoach Road. The trailhead for Bohannan Farm is plowed by the Robertson family. The Putney Hill-Cross Road Trail can be accessed from Cross Road at the Dearborn Tree Farm lot, plowed by the Dearborn family.Trailhead parking at Ransmeier Woods is not plowed in the winter due to drainage issues and trailhead parking is not allowed at the Police Station. For maps and more information about Hopkinton Trails visit hopkintonconservationland.org.
■The Contoocook Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the Chamber’s first new member for 2022. The NH Music Collective offers booking, artistic development, and production for Granite State musicians. Owners Brad Myrick (Hopkinton High, 2000), John McArthur, and Reva Tankle support composers to create great music, musicians to reach their full artistic potentia, venues to enhance their music programming, and audiences to have remarkable music experiences. NH Music Collective is an integral part of the thriving local music scene, bringing music programming to dozens of locations around the state, including Chamber members Gould Hill Farm/Contoocook Cider Company, Concord Craft Brewing and the Contoocook Farmers Market. To learn more about their work visit nhmusiccollective.com.
■Der Markt after inventory hours: Thursday (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Friday (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Saturday (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Bring us your gently used Der Markt bags and boxes during the month of January for a chance to win a $100 gift card. We will give you one raffle ticket per item. The more items the greater your chance to win. Additionally, we will donate $1 per item returned to the Contoocook Community Carry Fund to provide winter fuel assistance to those in need. Let’s make a difference for our community and our planet!
■Winter Wonderland Walks sponsored by the Hopkinton Recreation Department for ages 18 and older, is 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. on Mondays from Feb. 14 to March 7. More information is at hopkintonrec.com.
■“American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins is the selection for the book discussion with the Hopkinton Town Library on Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. The type of meeting (in-person, Zoom, or a hybrid) is not yet determined. Copies of the novel (including regular and large print editions and audiobook on CD) are available for checkout at the library. This is also available as a Hoopla audiobook, Overdrive/Libby ebook and Overdrive/Libby audiobook.
■Help select The Hopkinton Hundred. Let us know your family’s top 10 picture books by Feb. 28. Stop by the library to pick up a nomination form. One per family, please. For questions email lmaynard@hopkintontownlibrary.org, or call 746-3663.
■Dial A Ride is open for rides to medical appointments and any other errands such as shopping, banking and hair appointments. The office hours at the Slusser Center are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m. to noon. Call (603) 746-4357 to schedule an appointment or to volunteer.
■The Contoocook Farmers Market is every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, inside at Maple Street School. Stay up to date by visiting the Facebook page Contoocook Farmers’ Market. Masks are required.
■Join us for the Red Cross Babysitters Training on March 25. This class is geared for those in 5th to 6th grade, it fills up fast, sign up now to secure a spot! HopkintonRec.com.
KATHLEEN BUTCHER
724-3452
kathb123@comcast.net
■On Jan. 9 at 4 p.m. the Mountain Jam at Reed’s North presents acoustic blues artist Arthur James. And don’t forget Trivia Night every Tuesday at 6 p.m. For more information and menu, visit Reed’s North on Facebook.
■The Board of Directors of the Warner Fall Foliage Festival invites the Festival “membership” (town residents, volunteers, vendors, local businesses, anyone with an interest in the Festival), to attend its annual meeting on Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. It will be held on in Town Hall. Masks are required. Come provide ideas and feedback!
■On Jan. 11 at 6:30 p.m., the Kearsarge Regional School District will host “Social Media: A Predator’s Playgound,” with police and representatives from the NH Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. This hour-long presentation is for families, educators and community leaders looking to gain a better understanding of the technology available to the teens and the ways predators can use the internet and social media to exploit them. The event will be held in the KRHS auditorium and livestreamed via Zoom. For more information, please contact Andrea Castaldo at acastaldo@kearsarge.org or (603) 927-2100.
■Mark your calendar for the delicious Magdalen College Fish Fry on Jan. 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children (six to 12 years old) and children five and under are free. COVID-19 protocols will be posted on the doors of our main building. Carry-out is available for those who require or desire it. For more information, please contact Ginger Iverson at (603) 456-2656.
■On Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum will hold a Zoom Craft Circle meeting to discuss starting a monthly Craft Circle. Brainstorm and do some crafting together via Zoom in the hopes of meeting in person in February or a later month!
■On Jan. 20 – content for the Kearsarge Area Chamber of Commerce brochure is due. For more information, visit kearsargechamber.org.
■The Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts (KCPA) presents “The Nutcracker,” a fresh and unique version that combines all the performing arts on Jan. 22 (7 p.m.) and Jan. 23 (2 p.m.). Snow dates are scheduled for Jan. 29 (7 p.m.) and Jan. 30 (2 p.m.) at Warner Town Hall. For more information, visit nhperformingarts.org.
■The Kearsarge Area After School Ski and Snowboard Club at Pats Peak has started. Warner Youth Sports Association offers the program to all children through grade 12, including homeschooled or private school students who live in the district. For details, visit patspeak.com and click on Learn to Ski and Ride Program. Use password SNOW to register. Some partial scholarships may be available. For more info, call Rachel de Thomas at (603) 748-1800 or Manya Collins at (603) 660-8393.
■Support Kearsarge boys’ basketball with its January Sweeps fundraiser to support purchase of gear and supplies. Tickets may be purchased on Venmo – Coach Camp (@CoachCamp3) or Laura Pillsbury (@Laura-Pillsbury). Or send a check to Laura Pillsbury, PO Box 53, Springfield, NH 03284
■Need Fuel assistance? Contact Warner Connects NH at (603) 456-2053.
■Mountain View Senior Center in Bradford has a regular schedule of activities for seniors: Weight Training (Mondays and Fridays, 8:45 to 9:45 a.m.), Quilters Group (Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon), Mahjong (Tuesdays, 12:30 to 3 p.m.), and Bridge Group (Mondays, 1 p.m.). For more information, contact the Center at (603) 938-2104.
■Need help with childcare expenses? You may be eligible for the NH Child Care Scholarship program. It’s easy to apply and once you qualify, you can remain eligible for a year, regardless of your income. Apply at https://nheasy.nh.gov/#/.
■Riverside Ice Rink at Bagley Field should be ready for skating this weekend! For ice rink updates, visit the Riverside Ice Rink Facebook page at facebook.com/RiversideIceRink.
■The Warner Firefighters Association is selling reflective red and silver 6 inch by 12 inch address number markers so that emergency personnel can easily find your home. Signs are available in either horizontal or vertical orientation. Markers are $20 and may be ordered at warner.nh.us/departments/fd/.
Elibet Chase
warnertowncrier@gmail.com