■The Bow Rotary Club is always looking for men and women who want to give back to their community. The Bow Rotary Club includes Bow and Dunbarton residents, and anyone who works in Bow or adjacent towns. Meetings are normally ever Friday morning from 7:15-8:30 a.m. at the Bow Old Town Hall on Bow Center Road. Currently, weekly meetings are held on Zoom. Check bowrotary.org for the meeting schedule and. You can also contact rotary president Matt Gatzke at msgatzke@gmail.com or 496-9044, or email bowrotary@gmail.com.
■The Bow Garden Club recently booked speakers to present their garden programs via Zoom for the first few months of the Garden Club’s year (April-June). The club hopes to be able to offer some type of in-person meeting with a speaker present, however these plans are tentative. Meanwhile, club members are enjoying staying in touch via the club newsletter, which began last April. Members share their gardening tips, book reviews, recipes and other gardening related topics with fellow members.
■The Bow Garden Club welcomes new members and encourages anyone living in the Bow area to become part of the organization. You do not need to be an experienced gardener to join. Garden Club members learn from each and have fun doing it! If you are new to the area, being part of the Garden Club introduces you to a host of people of varying ages and backgrounds who share at least one common thing – the love of gardening. New members may wish to volunteer to help with the club’s ongoing civic beautification projects around town or in other ways (community service, craft projects, etc.) that take place throughout the Garden Club year (April through December). There is something for everyone! Visit bowgardenclub.org or contact membership chair and club president Keryn Anderson at kerynanderson@ericandkerynanderson.com, 856-8563 (home) or 731-6425 (cell) for additional information about the Bow Garden Club.
JOYCE KIMBALL
bowcomnews@comcast.net
■School February vacation is this week. There is no school on March 9 for Teacher Workshop Day.
■The next Virtual Read to Dogs at the library is scheduled for Thursday with Jake and Pat, and March 11 with Lily and Liz. Please call the library to schedule your child’s 15 minutes of virtual reading.
■Supervisors of the Checklist will hold a session for corrections to the checklist at the Town Office on Saturday from 10-10:30 a.m. This is the final date to register to speak or vote at the School District Meeting on March 6. Election day registration will be available at the Town Election on March 9. To check if you are registered in Dunbarton, go to sos.nh.gov.
■“Winter Pantry Soul Warming Recipes: A Virtual Cooking Demonstration with Liz Barbour’s Creative Feast” will be March 4 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Whether you are a seasoned cook or complete novice, creating a meal from what you’ve got on hand is always a challenge. Join Liz for this fun and tasty class. Email the library at dunlib@gsinet.net if you are interested in attending.
■This month the DCC Book Club is reading “Wrestling With Angels” by Rosenblatt & Horowitz. Discussion will be March 4 from 7-8:30 p.m. All are welcome.
■The School District Meeting will be March 6 at the Community Center. There is room for 100 participants seated 6 feet apart. More can be accommodated depending on how large the “pods” are of people sitting together. If more people attend than the Community Center can accommodate, participants will use classrooms in the school that will be linked electronically with real-time video and audio. Attendees in the classrooms will be able to speak to the assembly, make motions to amend articles and vote on each article as it is being considered.
■The Town Election and Town Meeting is scheduled for March 9. Voting will be conducted with the same procedures used during the election last November, with masks and social distancing required for all those in the voting space. Other arrangements will be available for those who have concerns about wearing a mask. For those who do not believe it necessary to wear a mask or believe it is their right not to, please think about the concerns of your fellow town residents and the efforts of your elected officials. Please wear a mask. Each board is also exploring the possibility of streaming each meeting in real time on the web. This would allow anyone to watch the proceedings, but not to comment or vote. State law requires voters be present to check in with the Supervisors of the Checklist in order to speak or vote at the meeting. This check in cannot be done over the internet. Some in town have expressed a health concern about coming to either meeting. That is understandable. We each have our own assessment of how much risk attendance involves and how much risk we are willing to take. Clearly, there is no solution this year that will satisfy every resident’s concerns. The plan developed by the boards is an attempt to be the best compromise in a difficult situation. This appears to be the plan that allows for fullest participation in the meetings, while still providing protection for attendees from exposure to COVID-19. Please check that the above plan for the meetings has not changed before you go. Comments or questions about the structure for this year’s Town and School District Meetings can be addressed to either board or moderator.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■The application deadline for the Chase Park attendant summer job is March 15. Put your application in the drop box or mail to Weare Town Offices, 15 Flanders Memorial Rd. A full-time transfer station foreman (with benefits) and a part-time truck driver are also wanted.
■The school district budgets for Weare and John Stark will be open for public questions on March 4 on Zoom. The budget session will be held from 6-7 p.m. The second session will be a Meet the Weare School Board Candidates event beginning at 7 p.m. Link information is available at sau24.org.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■“Artists We Admire,” a virtual discussion led by Jane Balshaw from Two Villages Art Society will be on Saturday at 10 a.m. Email info@twovillagesart.org for link to sign up. Pour yourself a cup of coffee or tea and join the first meet up of 2021. During this virtual conversation, participants will have the opportunity to share artists who inspire or move them and get some inspiration to start the new year. Artists and art lovers alike are encouraged to join in.
■Registration for the 2021-22 school year is now taking place at Harold Martin School. Call the school office at 746-3473 for registration information. Preschool is open to children who will be 3 and 4 years old on or before Sept. 30. This is a tuition-based program and enrollment is filled by lottery. Kindergarten is for children who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 30. First grade is for children who will be 6 years old on or before Sept. 30.
■Work Song Farm has opened CSA registrations for the 2021 season. Full and half shares are available. Visit worksongfarm.com/join-our-csa.
■The Contoocook Farmers Market is a community of growers, makers and artists. Check out harvesttomarket.com and place your order by Wednesday midnight for pick-up on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Depot. Thanks for supporting local farmers! Masks are required. Visit the Contoocook Farmers’ Market page on Facebook for updates.
■Gilded Fern Farm is a family operated fromagerie, creating artisan cheeses with milk sourced from dairies whose animals are fed and cared for in the traditional manner, free from stress and without supplemental hormones or antibodies. Gilded Fern Farm is located at 258 Dustin Road. The Farm Store is open year round from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Order online at gildedfernfarm.com. Visit the Gilded Fern Farm Facebook page for more information.
■The Hopkinton Town Library is open Tuesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to noon and 2-5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please call to reserve your half hour slot. If capacity has not been reached, walk-ins are still welcome. Please wear masks. Information regarding youth programs and story hours can be found by calling the library at 746-3663 or contacting Leigh Maynard at lmaynard@hopkintontownlibrary.org. Visit hopkintontownlibrary.org.
■Volunteer tax preparers will be at the Library Community Room on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting in February. Appointments are required. To request an appointment for free tax help, go to nhtaxhelp.org. You can also call 211. The library cannot schedule your appointment. Free tax preparation is available to all ages and occupations. Returns cannot be filed with rental income, self-employed individuals with a loss, employees, inventory or home office deductions. Other limitations may apply to your circumstances. An appointment is not a guarantee that the volunteers can prepare your return.
KATHLEEN BUTCHER
724-3452
kathb123@comcast.net