■It’s time to begin raking! The town will start leaf pickup on May 2 and it ends on May 6. Please take your piles to the curb. Only leaves will be picked up.
■If you are looking for spring vacation ideas for your school-age children, the Boscawen Public Library wants to let you know that they are offering a Crafts Group on April 28. The fun begins at 2 p.m., the kids will be making Mother’s Day cards and gifts. All materials will be provided. Additionally, discounted museum passes to See Science Center and McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are available to library patrons.
■A Special Town Meeting will be held on Friday at the Boscawen Elementary School starting at 7 p.m. The meeting will review if the town will vote to cure any defects in the posting of the notice of the 2022 Town Meeting and to ratify actions taken at the meeting.
■Sign-ups for the Old Home Day Town-Wide Yard Sale, scheduled for May 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., are being accepted. Your address will be placed on a map for $5 or you can have a table at the office complex for $10. Your form must be filed with the Town Clerk/Tax Collector’s Office by May 14. Forms can be downloaded from townofboscawen.org.
■The Parks & Recreation Department is recruiting upbeat summer camp counselors. Ideal candidates enjoy working with children, are enthusiastic and are at least 16 years old. They must be available to work from June 27 to Aug. 19. Applications are available on the town’s webpage at townofboscawen.org or email kmerrill@townofboscawen.org.
MARY ALLARD
753-8576
boscawenpl@gmail.com
■Easter Breakfast is back on April 17 at the Parish House from 7 to 9 p.m. Sponsored by the CUCC, Everyone is welcome! Come and celebrate the joy of everything “new again” with your friends and neighbors. Immediate families are $20, ages 10 to 65 are $7, seniors (65 and older) and children (six to nine) are $5, and children five and under are free. A hearty spread awaits you before you dig into your Easter treasures. Please join us!
■Evening Book Group at the Library on April 20 at 6 p.m. We’ll be reading “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. Copies are available at the library and can be downloaded on Hoopla and NH Downloadable Books. Rose leads this group on the third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.
■Elkins Café. Join Rachel by the fireplace on April 21 at 2 p.m. for an hour. Come and enjoy a coffee or tea and sit together. This is a time of group-led discussion and activity; we start the time with fellowship and then work into our program. Adults of all ages are welcome and encouraged to participate.
■Granite VNA hosts the program, “Focused on Health & Well-Being.” Join us as we discuss Community Benefit Programs and Services offered to enrich the health of our communities. Brooke from Granite VNA will introduce us to the many special programs they offer. We will ask how to start a walking group!
■The Town of Canterbury is updating its 2017 Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Hazard Mitigation Committee seeks your opinions regarding severe weather events, hazard events and mitigation of these hazards in Canterbury. This survey may remain open throughout the entire planning process, so feel free to enter your response anytime. Only one survey per household, please. surveymonkey.com/r/CanterburyHazMitNH
■The Cemetery Trustees of Canterbury are instituting proceedings for the termination and forfeiture of rights and interest of owners on abandoned burial spaces identified on the 1934 plan of Maple Grove Cemetery. Including: A-2, a burial lot owned by Charlotte Field, late of Canterbury, NH; B-8, a burial lot owned by Charles F. Plastridge, late of Canterbury, NH; C-3, a burial lot owned by Addie Whiston, late of Canterbury, NH; C-4, a burial lot owned by Roxie Morrill, late of Canterbury. If anyone has information concerning the above-mentioned owners or the location of their heirs, please contact the Canterbury Cemetery Trustees within 60 days of this notice to halt the forfeiture proceedings. Call (603) 783-9955 or mail Canterbury Cemetery Trustees, PO Box 500, Canterbury, NH 03224.
■The Cemetery By-Laws and Regulations require that all ornaments surrounding headstones, except U.S. flags and military stanchions, at the Maple Grove Cemetery be removed by Nov. 1 in preparation for winter maintenance. It is requested that any abandoned ornaments from last fall be claimed by May 10. These ornaments are presently located on the stonewall near the southwest corner of MGC.
Rachel Baker
bakercompany4@gmail.com
■The Town of Salisbury’s Board of Selectmen has started planning for the creation of a Highway Department and is actively searching for property to purchase located in Salisbury to house these town services. The board would preferably like to find vacant land that is located on U.S. Route 4 or U.S. Route 127. Residents that may have an interest in discussing a land sale with the town can contact the Town Administrator, April Rollins via email salisburyadmin@tds.net or by phone at (603) 648-6320.
■The Planning Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on April 18 at Academy Hall.
■The Trustees of the Trust Funds will meet at Academy Hall on April 19 at 6:30 p.m.
■The Board of Selectmen will meet on April 20 at 7 p.m. at Academy Hall. All are welcome to attend. Please see the town’s webpage for the alternative Zoom link if you cannot make it in person.
■The Conservation Commission will meet on April 27 at 7 p.m. at Academy Hall.
■The Friends of the Library & Webster PTO are holding a multi-town wide yard sale day on May 21 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. This conjoined Town Wide Yard Sale Day will benefit the Webster PTO and the Salisbury Friends of the Library. Registration forms for Salisbury are available: outside of Post Office, Academy Hall, on the Town’s Website (salisburynh.org), or by emailing and requesting one at friendsofsalisburylibrary@gmail.com. For more information about the Webster yard sales please contact websterwildcatspto@gmail.com. The Town of Boscawen is also holding their town-wide yard sales on May 21 as well, please see their town webpage for information.
■As of March 8, pursuant to RSA 231:191, the Salisbury roads have been posted for restrictive weight limits until further notice.
■The Library Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at the Library on May 3 at 6:30 p.m. Non-public sessions will be called as needed in accordance with RSA 91-A: 3, II. If you are unable to attend the meeting in person and would like to attend remotely, we can connect you via Zoom, but we need 24 hours advance notice. Please call or email the library at salisburyfreelibrary@gmail.com or phone (603) 648-2278
■KLS Food Pantry, serving multiple towns including Salisbury and Andover, has food distribution hours on Wednesdays (5:30 to 7 p.m.) and Saturdays (10 to 11:30 a.m.). The location is at The First Baptist Church. They also take donations and are a 501 3c nonprofit organization.
■The Town Clerk is now open to the public for indoor in-person service. Visit salisburynh.org for more information.
■Please welcome the library’s new director, Melissa Lesniack. For more library information, visit salisburyfreelibrary.wordpress.com.
JENNIFER HOYT
648-2260
jimjen505@tds.net
■The engineers for the replacement of Clothespin Bridge, VHB Engineering, will be attending the Selectboard Meeting on April 18. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the Webster Town Hall. This meeting is to review the plans for the bridge replacement. The Bridge is to be replaced in the 2022 to 2023 period. Citizens who have questions on this project are encouraged to attend.
■The Webster Elementary School PTO is having a town-wide yard sale on May 21, but did you know that Salisbury and Boscawen are having one on the same day? Boscawen’s sale runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the Salisbury sale runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Start collecting cash so you are ready to bring home some bargains!
■The Selectboard will meet on April 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall.
■The Planning Board will meet on April 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall.
■Spring Break is coming and if you are looking for things to do, consider going to the See Science Center in Manchester. The library has passes to the center, which might come in handy.
■It’s Back! Makerplay Mondays have returned to the library after a hiatus. Every Monday (from 1 to 8 p.m.) there will be toys that promote imagination and creative problem-solving in a fun way. This month drop by and build something with everyone’s favorite, Legos.
Nancy Picthall-French
webstertowncrier@gmail.com