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Special sale in the Marketplace!
Winnie's Gold on sale NOW!
EVERY WEEK IN OUR COMMUNITY
| Monday Evening:
Monday Night Contra Dance
8:00 pm ~ Nelson Town Hall
Admission: $3.00
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Tuesday & Thursday:
Town Offices Open
9:00 am until Noon
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Sunday:
Nelson Congregational Church
Service at 9:30 am
Info 603-847-3280
Chapel By The Lake
Service at 10:00 am
Info 603-847-9900
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Olivia Rodham Memorial Library Hours Monday 10:00 - 1:00
Tues, Wed, Thurs
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Story Hour: Tuesday
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Oct - May
Saturday 10:00 - 1:00
Free Internet Connection
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Knitters & Crocheters Club
meets every other Thursday, 10:00 am, at the Chapel By The Lake
next meeting: 08/02 |
| Does Your Project Need Funding?
If you are planning a community project that you believe will benefit the Nelson and Munsonville community, there may be funds available to help you get started. Moving in Step has a convenient downloadable application form available at the website.
Contact Richard Popovic 847-3192 or Dave Birchenough 827-3552 for more information.
What's Happening in the Marketplace?
What makes our online Classifieds and Marketplace so unique? It's our friends and neighbors that make it stand out.
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Greetings!
Even though it's a little more than two weeks away, many of our thoughts have been focused on our annual summer tradition - Old Home Week in Nelson. Yes, we DO celebrate Nelson for an entire week filled with music, fun for all, and lots of community spirit. But, how did the tradition of an Old Home Week in New Hampshire come to be?
The whole thing stretches over the length of time that the inventor of the ritual, Frank Rollins of New Hampshire, envisioned back in 1897 when he created an official Old Home Week Association and lobbied towns around the state to take part. Rollins feared that New Hampshire's small towns were dying. He saw the farms and villages emptying out to better-paying factory jobs in the cities and to the promise of prosperity and easier farming in the South and Midwest. In the old homesteads collapsing into cellar holes and brush reclaiming the fields, Rollins saw New Hampshire's place in America's future fading, as well.
Taking office as governor in 1899, he responded with a nationwide appeal to native sons and daughters to return home, to rediscover the wholesomeness of small-town life amid an increasingly impersonal urbanized culture. He hoped that once lured back home, many would choose to stay. The whole idea was a public-relations campaign, built around nostalgia and a longing for some lost sense of community.
We hope that you are looking forward to our own celebration of life in Nelson coming in August!
[Old Home Week history from a Yankee Magazine article]
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'Friends of the Library' Annual Meeting
|  Get involved! Come be a part of the Annual Meeting of the 'Friends of the Library'. The meeting begins at 7:00 pm this evening at the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library, (of course).
We will have election of officers for the coming year, discuss our plans for the Annual Old Home Week Book Sale, and identify other projects we can undertake to help raise funds for the continued support of the Library.
For more information, contact the Library at 847-3214, or email the staff: Olivia Rodham Memorial Library
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| Notices from the Town Officials | |
Selectmen's Notices, Meetings, Etc.
Public Notice for Wednesday July 25, 2012 There will be NO Regular Meeting of the Board of Selectmen this evening.
The Selectmen will be in attendance at the scheduled meeting of the Town Buildings Committee at 6:00 pm.
Due to the construction of the Town Office, the Selectmen's weekly meeting is moving from Tuesday evenings to Wednesday evenings every week at the Nelson Town Office. The Town Clerk's hours will remain the same. For more information, call the offices at 847-0047.
NOTICE: The Town Offices will be closed in August from the 12th thru August 20th for renovations. For further information, contact Edie Drinkwater.
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We've Saved the Best for Last
|  The final Summer Forum program at the Library will be held tomorrow evening at 6:45 pm in the Nelson Town Hall.
Join us as Eric and Sara Sandberg thrill us with their "Adventures in the Foreign Service" More info phone: (603) 847-3214 or via email. |
| One Selectman's Report |  Hello Everyone, Under the category of progress made, we have appointed Susan Hansel as a member of our Select Board and have awarded the contract for the security renovations of our Town Offices to Keene Commercial Interiors. Susan has taken Warren Hammock's seat on the Board after Warren's resignation. Susan's honesty, enthusiasm and love for our Town has made her a respected member of our community. She has served on the Nelson Planning Board, The Nelson Municipal Records Committee, the Friends of the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library, and the Nelson Grant Writing Group. Her knowledge and experience will serve her well as a member of the Nelson Select Board. We opened the bids and awarded the contract for our Town Office security remodeling project on 7/12/12. We awarded the contract for this work to Keene Commercial Interiors. A spreadsheet showing the bids of the three firms that bid on our project can be found here. David Drasba, our architect, has expressed his confidence in the capabilities of Keene Commercial Interiors and the company appears to be very willing to cooperate with us and the office staff to make sure we can do the necessary work with the least possible disruption. We will be closing the Town Offices for the week of August 12. During that week we expect that a majority of the rough-in work will be completed. We expect all of the work to be completed by mid September. If needs be, we can again close the Town Offices for a short period in September. We're confident that the work will be completed by the State imposed deadline of September 30. Under the category of not there yet, we still haven't come to terms with our Farmers' Market Committee relative to the insurances that they must have in order to conduct their market on Town property. I hope that we are making progress, but we still need to have our Town liability insurance carrier review and comment on the latest proposal from the Farmers' Market Committee. As always, your comments and suggestions will be appreciated. Dave Upton
Selectman, Town of Nelson
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Summer Reading is FUN!
|  Kids of all ages are welcome to participate in our summer reading program at the Library the These programs are geared for children of kindergarten ages through elementary aged kids. Younger children are welcome, but we suggest that they bring a helper along with them.
On Tuesday, July 31 - Meteors, Comets, and Things That Fall From the Sky ...
Comets melt as they near the sun? Find out why during this week's summer program! As we make solar system mobiles, play "Unwrap the Meteor", and check out a homegrown Nelson comet, we'll discover all sorts of wacky facts about things that bump around in space!
If you'd like more information or you have questions, please contact the library staff. |
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Come One! Come All!
|  TO THE NEW PEEPSHIRE MINI FAIR
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
from 3:00 until 6:00 pm
@ Fairgrounds at Village Field Farm in Nelson, NH.
Parking will be in the town square and signs will guide you to the fairgrounds!!!
Featuring:
Miniature food, entertainment, exhibits and diversions all created by kids!
Come see an entire town in miniature!!
For details or directions call (603) 876-4328 or (603) 903-5610
The Mini-Fair is presented by the Game of Village Summer Program run by the Game of Village Inc., which is a NH
501(c)3 non profit organization.
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Coming in August
|  OLD HOME WEEK
August 12th thru August 18th
Program to be published soon
SPECIAL 2ND SATURDAY
CONTRA DANCE
August 11th, 8:00 pm
with special performer, Dudley Laufman.
Special Admission Fee of only $2.00
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!!!
There are several projects and events that take place both before and during our Nelson Old Home Days week, and you can be a big part of things by lending your hands to:
Roadside Clean-Up
Saturday, August 11, beginning at 8:30 am from the Town Common.
Contact Bert WIngerson
Ham 'n Bean Supper
Wednesday, August 15th
Donations of items accepted and volunteers needed and welcomed!
Love to bake? We are in need of 27 homemade pies for this event to be delivered to the church by the morning of the 15th.
Call or email Joy Birdsey Smith 847-9533 or to sign up.
25th Anniversary Nelson Congregational Church
Old Home Day Chicken BBQ
Saturday, August 18th, 2012 noon
Volunteers and donations welcome!
Have a memory about the BBQ from years past? Do you have any pictures to share? Give us a call at NCC 603-847-3280, or call or email Joy Birdsey Smith 847-9533 or to sign up.
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Enjoy your week ahead!
If you have something you would like to submit to this newsletter just click on my name below.
Stay cool and be SAFE!
Candyce Fulford
on behalf of Moving In Step, a community project |
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